Code For America Announces Five Companies For Accelerator Program
Summary
SeamlessDocs used to focus their product on enterprises, but CEO Jonathan Ende realized they could make a larger impact if they worked with local governments. It can replace a PDF on a website — as many as 100 or 1,000 — with an interactive document that allows the user to fill it out online, eSign and submit it.The form is then automatically routed to the appropriate department or database. “And the great part about it is they don’t have to change anything.” It’s one of the reasons SeamlessDocs is among five startups selected from a pool of 112 companies for the 2014 Code for America Accelerator program announced today. Companies are selected based on the viability of their business model, according to Dharmishta Rood, Accelerator manager at Code for America. The accelerator looks at the value proposition and whether a company aligns with the Code for America mission of bringing technologies to local governments and communities.
