We’re excited to introduce the Fall 2025 Cohort of the TakeOff Accelerator—our program built for founders who’ve built something real but need help turning it into a business people actually buy. This cohort brings together 22 companies led by founders who’ve moved past the “will this work?” phase and are ready to figure out “how do I sell this?”
Meet the Fall 2025 TakeOff Accelerator Cohort
Atlas for Democracy | Website
Founder: Timothy Gaull
Solution: Empowering community builders to grow and reproduce through tech enablement and curricula and cohorts.
Avenue.co | Website
Founder: Heather Utzig
Solution: Robust tags provide on-demand mobile instrument instructions for surgical teams.
Bek Logistics LLC | Website
Founder: Khayriddin Shamsiev
Solution: Improving truckers’ wellness: physical pain management, sleep, loneliness, safety alerts.
Cookie Family Management | Website
Founder: Briana Succop
Solution: Make invisible work visible so the whole family shares the load.
Directix, LLC
Founder: Michael McKervey
Solution: Directix provides valuable eye catching augmentation to traditional outdoor advertisements.
EMDRtherapists.com | Website
Founder: Spencer Kennard
Solution: A directory and community for EMDR trained mental health professionals.
Empath Biosciences, Inc | Website
Founder: Michael Savona
Solution: We generate new drugs with novel chemistry from talented bacteria.
FindMeActivities | Website
Founder: Mundhavni Cheema
Solution: Connecting families with local kids’ activities, camps, and classes.
Future Dox
Founder: Gerald Onuoha
Solution: We help hospitals save money, time, and increase revenue by making healthcare provider recruitment easier.
Greathouse Family Design
Founder: Isebella Greathouse
Solution: Innovative baby gear designed for everyday parenting on the go.
HireAgility | Website
Founder: Michael Leydet
Solution: AI-driven recruiting platform matching candidates to roles through comprehensive profiles.
Korner Inc. | Website
Founder: Zac Stred
Solution: Software that solves problems of service industry operators/employees.
North Star Story Co. | Website
Founder: Lauren Musto
Solution: I help biotechs share their vision with the world.
Nutrition Clarity Academy | Website
Founder: Autumn Shelton
Solution: Clarity-first nutrition education reconnecting people to food and self.
Picki Trips | Website
Founder: Kala Nicholson
Solution: Plan your dream trip in minutes.
PixSeat LLC | Website
Founder: Bryant Haines
Solution: Pixseat turns every cellphone in the crowd into a pixel to generate images across the crowd.
RoadUNO | Website
Founder: Kristofer Cagle
Solution: Tourbooking Agent that can provide booking contact, routing and budget help in seconds without the need of a manager.
SecureConnect Family Services | Website
Founder: Erika Johnson
Solution: Connecting families to incarcerated loved ones through tech-enabled support services.
SwingPro | Website
Founder: Nicole Smith
Solution: Patented AI, hardware-free swing analyzing technology.
The Friendship Project | Website
Founder: Lauren Collier
Solution: The Friendship Project is a research-based friendship finder and accelerator to support constellations of friends.
Titan Grip Boots
Founder: Chip Omer
Solution: An innovative new boot for roofers.
Xyntris | Website
Founder: Toria Springer
Solution: Xyntris was built to serve the unique IT needs of scientific and healthcare innovators—bridging the gap left by generalist MSPs by delivering secure, compliant, and scalable infrastructure tailored to research, clinical, and regulated environments.
What’s Next?
Over the next 12 weeks, these founders will focus on the fundamentals that separate products from businesses: customer acquisition, sales processes, and go-to-market strategies that actually work. They’ll get direct access to mentors who’ve built and sold companies, plus a peer network of founders facing the same “built it, now what?” challenges.
These aren’t companies with big ideas and PowerPoint decks. These are founders with working products or services who need help turning early traction into sustainable growth.
Want to connect with any of these founders? They’re building solutions across healthcare, fintech, consumer products, and B2B services. Reach out directly through their websites or LinkedIn profiles.
Ready to Join the Next Cohort?
If you’ve built something people want but can’t figure out how to scale it, TakeOff might be exactly what you need. Apply for our next cohort.
This program is supported by our partners Launch Tennessee and Metro Government of Nashville Davidson County.
The TakeOff Accelerator is a 12-week program designed for founders with validated products who need go-to-market strategy and sales execution support. Applications for Spring 2026 open in November 2025.
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