televëda is honored and privileged to be recognized by the Pakis Center for Business Philanthropy at the Arizona Community Foundation for our response to the COVID-19 virus to tackle social isolation for the elderly quarantined in nursing homes. The event was hosted by the Greater Phoenix Economic Council.

More than 40 Greater Phoenix-based nonprofits and early-stage startups entered the competition, in which televëda was adjudged as the winner unanimously.

Judges for the contest were: Ji Mi Choi, associate vice president of Knowledge Enterprise at Arizona State University; Brandon Clarke, co-founder and CEO, StartupAZ Foundation; and Fred Pakis, chairman of the Pakis Center for Business Philanthropy, Arizona Community Foundation.

Read More:

• https://www.bizjournals.com/phoenix/news/2020/05/28/phoenix-seniors-platform-wins-gpec-pitch-contest.html
• https://www.abc15.com/news/business/phoenix-virtual-activity-platform-for-seniors-wins-50-000-in-gpec-pitch-contest
• https://www.gpec.org/news/televeda-wins-greater-phoenix-tech-challenge-receives-50000-grant/
• https://www.statepress.com/article/2020/06/spbiztech-televeda-wins-gpec-pitch-competition
• https://www.yourvalley.net/peoria-independent/stories/peoria-forward-incubation-venture-wins-50k-grant,167666

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