EforAll South Coast to celebrate 5th Accelerator Program cohort

PROVIDENCE – Entrepreneurship for All South Coast, based in Lowell, Mass., with locations in Fall River and New Bedford, will celebrate its latest entrepreneurs who have completed the 12-week intensive Entrepreneurship for All Accelerator Program.

On March 22 from 6-8 p.m. at White’s of Westport, EforAll will highlight the 14 businesses that have completed the program, which will present their services and products to the public. John Vasconcellos of the New Bedford-based Community Foundation of Southeastern Massachusetts will be the keynote speaker.

EforAll will be awarding cash to a few of these entrepreneurs; the cohort will have more opportunities throughout the year to be awarded cash prizes over the next nine months.

EforAll South Coast launched in 2015. Forty-seven ventures have gone through EforAll’s accelerator program and about 100 startups have been involved in pitch contests. EforAll South Coast has given out more than $100,000 in cash prizes.

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The group will also hold All Ideas Pitch Contests on April 4 in New Bedford and April 26 in Fall River.

Susan Shalhoub is a PBN contributing writer.