Operational Assistance Recipients

Our Operational Assistance program focuses on helping existing businesses with the potential for high growth position themselves for further investment by angel or venture capital.

RockDex is a web-based social media metrics tool for music industry professionals that collects and analyzes all data significant for measuring bands’ and musical artists’ popularity on social music and networking sites.  RockDex monitors an array of platforms including Twitter, Facebook, MySpace and iLike and collates the numbers, conversation and buzz into a comprehensive, feature-rich dashboard that can be used to build marketing strategies and evaluate their progress.

CrowdPicks has developed an online platform to harness “collective intellect” from large numbers of individuals with specialized interests and form them into an accurate prediction of a future event.  The platform utilizes an online community to gather user-generated predictions and leverages powerful algorithms to filter those down to an expert group.

CropMetrics’s mission is to develop and supply precision management technology solutions that increase water, nutrient and energy use efficiency while fostering natural resource conservation. They are dedicated to building long-term relationships with customers through quality products, services, training and support.