Portfolio Company Application Requirements
Accelerator portfolio firms are sizeable, high-growth-potential, minority-owned business enterprises. Qualifications for inclusion include, but are not limited to the following:
Annual revenues of $1 million or more.
Headquarters or a significant presence in the Cincinnati region.
Business plan or defined growth strategy that indicates strong potential for accelerated growth in 2-5 years.
Business to Business (B2B) or Business to Government (B2G) business model
Certification as a minority business enterprise by a third-party agency such as the local minority business supplier development council or a government agency.
Expectations of Portfolio Firms
The Accelerator provides Portfolio Firms with business development services, including:
Work closely with the Accelerator to develop a business strategy that defines where your business will play and how it will win.
Willingness to confidentially share financials, customer lists, and other key company data.
Strategically align with the Accelerator’s five-year goal of creating an additional 3,500 new jobs and $1 billion in aggregate annual sales among our region’s minority-owned companies.
As a Portfolio Company
Requirements
Once you are a portfolio company, you will be assigned an advisor that will support you with any and all of your growth needs, which might include:
Success Stories
As part of the“Building A Business Enterprise” campaign, The Accelerator partnered to share stories of eleven high-potential minority businesses in the Cincinnati region that it has been able to support during the years
Here is a list of featured entrepreneurs:
Michelle Morales-Denisoff
Liona Enterprises Inc.
a full-service IT solutions company designed to improve IT security and infrastructure for government, risk, and compliance management
Vincent Williams
Orchestrate Technologies
a HR and Security IT company looking to bridge the gap between business, people, and technology
Charlie McGregor
TSP Solutions
Building A Business Enterprise Featured MBE
Gerardo Calvo
Yuxi Global
an international nearshore custom software development and implementation firm
Joshua Williams
SurgiHealth
a provider of high-quality sterile processing, operating room, and endoscopy products and solutions
Rachel Angel
Peerro
an employee engagement tool that listens to employee feedback and promotes culture, recognition, and happiness in the workforce.
Joshua Reid
Inphlu
a social media amplification platform, powered by Artificial Intelligence (AI), that helps businesses enhance their brand and hire new talent
Manny Addo
Natural Shea Care
a Black-owned beauty and skincare company that offers all-natural whipped shea butter and black soap products