A group of founders has turned to Richmond accelerator Lighthouse Labs to improve their startup’s sales process.
Project Mongoose was started in 2020 and markets a customized software platform for multifamily residences that monitors things like thermostat and electricity usage. The founders have iterated the concept several times and opted to apply to Lighthouse Labs to help them fine-tune their sales process.
“We are focusing on what the actual sales channel will be,” co-founder Bernard Harkless said. “There are a lot of different ways you could scale what we’ve built. We are trying to leverage some of the expertise at Lighthouse Labs.”
Project Mongoose is the only Richmond company out of the eight that are in the spring cohort at the accelerator. Each member received $20,000 in equity-free financing as well as access to Lighthouse’s mentor network.
Project Mongoose started as a side project for Alex Otanez, the CEO of Richmond app developer Shockoe. Otanez developed…
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