Geekdom’s 2024 Incubator Cohort Unveiled: Meet the 15 Selected Companies
After a jam-packed year of programming in 2023, San Antonio’s premier collaborative entrepreneurial community and workspace, Geekdom, will kick off the new year with another Incubator cohort consisting of 15 companies. The Geekdom Incubator Program has helped over 50 companies since its creation in 2020 to discover their target market, identify their minimum viable product, […]
From Coworking in Downtown SA to an AI Cold Calling Startup
Ray Cantu, a San Antonio native who returned to his roots, and Eliot Gerstel, a newcomer from Los Angeles, found themselves at Geekdom, a coworking space and collaborative startup community that sparked the ignition of their creative partnership. Ray initially used Geekdom’s coworking space for his real estate ventures, hoping that staying in the environment […]
Geekdom Admits 15 Startups to its 2023 Incubator Cohort
San Antonio’s longest-running startup community has admitted 15 new companies to its latest incubator program cohort. Geekdom runs a free eight-week incubator program annually. Designed to help first-time founders and early-stage entrepreneurs refine their startup ideas, Geekdom “supports entrepreneurs and their visions at every stage of their journey,” said Geekdom program manager Jon Ryan Garcia. […]
Geekdom Incubator adds 14 new companies to San Antonio’s ecosystem
San Antonio’s longest-running startup community has added 14 new companies to the Alamo City’s ecosystem. Geekdom hosted a showcase Wednesday to mark the completion of its free eight-week incubator program. Designed to help first-time founders and early-stage entrepreneurs refine their startup ideas, Geekdom “supports entrepreneurs and their visions at every stage of their journey,” said […]
2023 Geekdom Incubator Selects 15 Startup Companies
Geekdom, San Antonio’s collaborative startup community, has selected 15 startup companies to participate in its initial 2023 Geekdom Incubator, an eight-week program designed to help first-time founders and early-stage entrepreneurs refine their startup ideas, learn business basics, build their network, and take the first steps towards traction. “Geekdom supports entrepreneurs and their visions at every […]
San Antonio Express-News : Skipcart founder brings startup experience to Geekdom as its first entrepreneur in residence
The tech sector in any city is defined in large part by its success stories: people who have shown that it is possible to grow profitable startups there, emboldening others to believe they can do the same. Last year, local entrepreneur Ben Jones became one of the premier successes in San Antonio’s tech ecosystem when […]
Startups San Antonio : LASO Health raises $8M for innovative healthcare platform
December 12, 2022 By Iris Gonzalez We’ve all experienced the frustration of looking for a doctor to diagnose a concerning symptom, calling multiple practices to find the right one, and waiting weeks for an appointment at a final cost you discover only later. What if, in just minutes, you could search for local healthcare services, […]
San Antonio Express-News : Veteran San Antonio educator creates a mentoring app for teachers
After 13 years as an educator, and with state and local awards under her belt, Belinda Medellin set out to develop what she describes as “a dating app for teachers.” “But without all the baggage,” she added of the service she recently launched, Bmyvillage.com, which seeks to offer one-on-one virtual career coaching for and by classroom […]
Geekdom Awards HydroTek $25,000 Community Fund
HydroTek a local startup created by Trinity University graduates Zach Taylor and Tara Lujan has been named the winner of Geekdom’s 2022 fourth-quarter Community Fund pitch competition and will receive a $25,000 investment from San Antonio’s collaborative startup community. HydroTek is a hardware-enabled SaaS company, and its initial product is a smart water bottle that […]
Skipcart CEO Ben Jones named Geekdom’s 1st Entrepreneur in Residence
Ben Jones, founder and former CEO of on-demand delivery company Skipcart, has been named Geekdom’s first Entrepreneur in Residence (EIR). The serial entrepreneur launched the on-demand and same-day delivery services for restaurants, grocers, and retailers in 2017. The four-year-old startup developed a major network of drivers for fast delivery of restaurant food and other goods in […]
