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MindMate first Scottish startup to be selected for leading US tech accelerator
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indMate, a Glasgow- based startup whose apps are designed to help people affected
with dementia live more independent lives, was chosen as one of 15 early stage companies from more than 1,500 applicants to join the world’s mostly highly rated and renowned tech accelerator programme – Techstars – in New York recently. Te three-month stint in NYC
will see MindMate’s co-founders – Susanne Mitschke, Patrick Renner, Rogelio Arellano and Gabriela Matic – receive mentoring from some of the tech world’s leading founders, entrepreneurs and funders. Techstars includes a “list of perks”
Charity award
Cornerstone achieves Investors in Young People accreditation
Social care charity Cornerstone has achieved the Investors in
Young People accreditation, the only people management standard that focuses on an employer’s recruitment and retention of young people. This represents a commitment to the training and development of young people and demonstrates Cornerstone as an employer of choice for young people.
Launched in July 2014, Investors
in Young People originated through a key recommendation from the Commission for Developing Scotland’s Young Workforce, led by Sir Ian Wood. The accreditation is offered to all businesses across Scotland and exists to recognise and support organisations across Scotland in the employment of young people. Cornerstone provides care and
Archie Watt, Barry Graham and Vicki Graham with Jack Ferguson, Director, Glasgow Taxis Ltd at the site of the wartime crash
Brian O’Hara and Gemma Newman from Cornerstone’s Learning and Development Team with the IIYP Good Practice Award plaque
support services for adults, young people and children across Scotland who live with learning disabilities, physical disabilities, autism, dementia and other support needs. Since 1980, it has grown to become a leading charity, supporting more than 2,000 people each year and delivering services within 18 local authority areas in Scotland.
American ancestors of a wartime pilot involved in a 1943 air crash in Strathaven came face-to-face with the site for the first time recently – and met a local who was at the scene at the time of the accident. Barry and Vicki Graham, from
South Dakota in the US, travelled 4,000 miles on a family history mission to see where Vicki’s Uncle, Mearl C Waswick, a tail gunner on the B-17, came down in mysterious circumstances 73 years ago. Mr Waswick always told of
how well he was looked after in Strathaven while he recovered and when he returned to the States he took a British coin with him in tribute to the way he was treated. This coin has been passed down the family
line and is today worn as a necklace by the Grahams’ daughter. Glasgow Taxis Ltd took Barry
and Vicki to Strathaven where they met 84-year-old Archie Watt who guided them to the site. Archie witnessed the accident on the day, as an 11-year-old boy, and shared original photography from the time. The couple contacted Glasgow
Taxis Ltd to arrange local travel in advance of their trip to Scotland. Jack Ferguson, Director at Glasgow Taxis Ltd, stepped in to help establish the local contacts required for the couple to visit the site and meet Archie, as well as waiving the fare for their travel from Glasgow to Strathaven and back as a goodwill gesture.
Susanne Mitschke, CEO;
Rogelio Arellano, CTO; Patrick Renner, CFO; and Gabriela Matic, CMO of MindMate
totalling over $1 million. More than 90 per cent of companies accepted onto the accelerator programme go on to receive over $2 million in follow-on funding. Being located in the US
will give MindMate access to the largest dementia market in the world, for a team who have
developed three apps that support people and their family and carers through all stages of dementia. Te most recent product launched
by MindMate is called ‘MindMate Family’ and it helps connect a dementia sufferer with their family and friends.
Glasgow Taxis help trace family history
Picture courtesy of the SIE
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