The LA-based Disney Accelerator program, which is powered by Techstars, announced the 11 companies that will participate in its first class this summer. Four of these companies hail from Los Angeles.
The three-month program includes mentorship from Disney executives and $120,000 in seed investment in addition to access to stories, characters and technology from The Walt Disney Company. The following companies will have plenty of room to use their imaginations this summer in LA before pitching at the Techstars-style Demo Day in September:
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What they do: provide a platform for optimizing online distribution on emerging channels.
Where they’re from: Union City, CA
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What they do: provide a platform for web and mobile that makes chores actually fun for kids.
Where they’re from: Cincinnati, OH
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What they do: provide programming material for children.
Where they're from: Stockholm, Sweden
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What they do: Provide video monetization tools for content creators.
Where they're from: Santa Monica
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What they do: provide an app for video acquisition and sharing
Where they're from: Los Angeles
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What they do: provide a social network for sports fans that lets users follow their favorite teams.
Where they're from: San Francisco, CA
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What they do: create SnowShoe Stamps, which are small pieces of plastic with "secret digital identities."
Where they're from: San Francisco, CA
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What they do: create robotics like the world's first robotic ball gaming system that you control from your smartphone or tablet.
Where they're from: Boulder, CO
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What they do: provide personal parenting solutions.
Where they're from: Los Angeles
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What they do: make mobile entertainment apps.
Where they're from: Los Angeles
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What they do: provide an interactive, educational soft toy for children that can be controlled through iOS devices.
Where they're from: Boulder, CO
