Sodexo Live! selects four startups to join their North American Accelerator
Summary
Sodexo Live!, the leading hospitality partner to the worlds most iconic venues, has selected four startups to join the first North American cohort of its milestone Accelerator program. will tap into its extensive network of well-trained hospitality professionals, local purveyors, and culinary expertise to help scale these companies further into the future of live events and entertainment.The program focused on three key business functions that are relevant for todays stadiums, arenas, convention centers, zoos, museums, aquariums, ski resorts, airport lounges and more the themes were Service Excellence, Guest/Fan Experience and Operational Optimization. and a select number of venue partners and other industry stakeholders.From this highly competitive group, VisioLab, Nina Labs, Thermal Smart, and gigl are the emerging technologies identified as the inaugural class of participating companies. The winners were chosen as those best able to bring the most impactful solutions for further testing in the Accelerator program.Each of these companies will begin collaborating with different facets of the business to drive innovation and adoption of emerging technologies at multiple Sodexo Live! The company offers a variety of materials for a broad range of potential applications from fabric-like covers for hot food, to spray insulation for large cold storage.In the upcoming year, the selected entrepreneurs will work one-on-one as part of an innovation lab with dedicated advisors as part of the programs focus on the revision of go-to-market strategies, user experience, fundraising, sales, marketing and branding, product design and working at enterprise scale.Were grateful to all the talented teams who took the time to present their forward-thinking ideas, and were excited to now move forward with these four companies.