gener8tor OKC Doubles Down on Innovation with Eight Startups, Announces Investment of $800K into Cohort
OKLAHOMA CITY - Eight new, fast-growing startup companies from across the country have been selected to participate in the next gener8tor Oklahoma City Investment Accelerator and are eligible to receive a $100,000 investment.
Each of the eight high-growth startups will be eligible for a $100,000 investment. Founders will work through an intensive 12-week, cohort-based accelerator program, which includes one-on-one coaching, mentorship-driven programming, more than $1M in deals and perks and more than 100 connections to the gener8tor network of mentors and investors.
The selected startups are: Enliven Foods, minimally processed vegan 2-minute mug muffin meals; Eroma Health, non-invasive odor-based disease detection; Ganaio, regenerative damper technology InfraTie Solutions, a municipal infrastructure management platform; Limpiar, a property management platform; Microbe Finder, bioinformatics software to improve laboratory diagnostics; Moonbase, a research data analysis platform; and Valhalla Healthcare, a next-generation clinical automation platform.
gener8tor Oklahoma City Investment Accelerator program received more than 150 applications from across the country for the program. The eight selected companies were chosen based on their growth potential and investor readiness.
“It’s always exciting to see the energy and ideas these startups bring,” said Jennifer McGrail, Executive Director of the Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science & Technology. “We can’t wait to see the impact they’ll have on Oklahoma’s innovation economy.”
The gener8tor Oklahoma City Investment Accelerator program is part of the Oklahoma Accelerator Program funded through the Oklahoma Legislature and is made possible through partnerships with the Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science and Technology, Cortado Ventures and Boyd Street Ventures.
“Cortado Ventures partners with the best to source and support innovative companies in the Midcontinent. Partnering with gener8tor and investing alongside in outstanding pre-seed companies is a force-multiplier and embodies our vision to back founders building outside traditional coastal hubs. The gener8tor model proves the advantage of backing companies at the forefront of this third wave of innovation,” said Nathaniel Harding, Managing Partner of Cortado Ventures.
Come meet the founders in person at the annual MidCon Summit Thursday, April 24, at the gener8tor hosted afterparty. To register, click here.
At the end of the gener8tor Oklahoma City Investment Accelerator program, the startup founders will pitch their companies to investors, community partners and the public at a Showcase event at 6 p.m. on June 10 at Factory Obscura (RSVP).
Startup founders interested in learning more about gener8tor’s programming or applying to a future gener8tor Oklahoma City program can visit the gener8tor Oklahoma City Investment Accelerator website, or reach out to Managing Director Anita Ly at anita@gener8tor.com. Those interested in mentoring these companies or getting involved in other ways are also encouraged to connect.
Investment Accelerator | Spring 2025 Cohort Summary
Enliven Foods makes whole food, plant-based eating (minimally processed vegan) delicious and convenient with 2-Minute Mug Muffin Meals and educational resources. Vegan snacks are seeing major growth, but more than half of customers are frustrated with unhealthy ingredients they contain. Enliven Foods helps people ditch vegan junk food for super clean ingredient snacks! After pre-selling $36K on Kickstarter in 2023, the company generated $116K in sales in 2024 and built a customer base of 2,500+ with 300+ reviews averaging 4.6 stars.
Chase Worthen | Co-Founder & CEO | Info@enlivenfoods.com | Enlivenfoods.com
Eroma Health aims to produce a non-invasive, predictive, odor-based disease detection and health management solution. Leveraging molecular scent-identifying technologies and AI, Eroma Health scans biosamples for these trademark scents and biomarkers to unlock health insights. Eroma Health has conducted more than 70 customer interviews to validate its ideal customer profile and have amassed a waitlist of more than 100 individuals.
Matthew J. Sanchez, | Co-Founder & CEO matt@matteoparfums.com | Eromahealth.com
Ganaio revolutionizes electric vehicle (EV) efficiency through its innovative regenerative damper technology, delivering significant energy recovery, increased vehicle range and sustainability improvements. Ganaio has secured a utility patent, established a Technology Readiness Level 4, and is in conversations for potential pilots with major car manufacturers.
John Gewarges | Co-Founder & CEO | john@ganaio.com | ganaio.com
InfraTie Solutions revolutionizes municipal infrastructure management through AI-driven solutions for wastewater and sewer system analysis. The flagship product, an AI-powered virtual assistant, streamlines data retrieval and analysis by converting natural language queries into actionable insights. This innovative tool reduces data storage needs, enhances operational efficiency and saves valuable time for municipal staff. Currently, InfraTie’s pilot program is being tested with the City of Stillwater, validating the effectiveness of the technology in real-world applications.
Hossein Khaleghian | Co-Founder & CEO | hossein.khaleghian@gmail.com | infratie.com
Limpiar leverages AI-driven technology to revolutionize commercial cleaning and waste management, guaranteeing reliable, cost-efficient, and eco-conscious solutions. Limpiar’s platform optimizes job matching, enhances transparency, thus helping property managers achieve sustainability objectives. With the growing network, Limpiar delivers high quality, scalable cleaning solutions. Limpiar generated more than 193K in revenue in the first year and is rapidly expanding nationally.
Demilade Oloyed | Founder & CEO Demi@limpiar.online | Limpiar.online
Microbe Finder (MiFi®) offers a proprietary bioinformatics software which provides a web-based subscription software as a service (SaaS) tool that allows diagnostic laboratories to perform faster and more accurate detection of multiple pathogens in a single plant, animal, or human sample from which the nucleic acids (DNA/RNA) have been extracted and sequenced. MiFi has established partnerships with Kaiser Foundation and the NIH and the National Clean Plant Network and Citrus Clonal Protection Program now utilizes their products towards citrus pathogens of regulatory concern.
Kitty Cardwell | Founder, CEO | kitty.cardwell@okstate.edu | Mifi.tech
Moonbase AI Inc. provides custom software that helps universities navigate and visualize research data efficiently. Universities face massive inefficiencies in research management, costing them an estimated $10 million annually. Current systems require months to analyze and retrieve insights from research documents. Moonbase AI transforms this process, enabling university administrators and researchers to access, organize and generate compliance reports instantly. Moonbase AI secured a three-year paid contract with Mississippi State University.
Ryan Hopson | Co-Founder, COO | ryan.hopson@tempospace.co | moonbase.biz
Valhalla Health created a next-generation clinical automation platform that streamlines medical office operations. Valhalla Health’s infrastructure plugs into any electronic health record (EHR) and enables providers through AI-powered patient intake forms, automated clinical documentation and configurable Zapier-like automations. Valhalla Health’s product is in market generating revenue with more than 6 health system and EHR partnerships, and more than 1.2M patients engaged with 80 percent year-over-year growth.
Alexeis Baqui | Founder, CEO | alex@valhalla.healthcare | Valhalla.Healthcare
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About gener8tor
gener8tor is a global venture firm and accelerator network that supports startups, workers, employers, artists and musicians across race, place and gender. gener8tor partners with companies, governments, universities and nonprofits to operate accelerator programs and conferences in more than 46 communities across 25 states and three countries. Fast Company named gener8tor one of the Best Workplaces for Innovators in 2021 and 2022. The International Trade Council recognized gener8tor as the Global Venture Capital Firm of the Year in 2022.
About gener8tor Oklahoma City Investment Accelerator
gener8tor Oklahoma City Investment Accelerator Program invests $100,000 into each of eight high-growth startups per cohort across all industries and business models. Accepted startups take part in the intensive 12-week, cohort-based accelerator program, which includes 1:1 coaching, mentorship-driven programming, $1M+ in deals and perks, and 100+ connections to the gener8tor network of mentors and investors.
About OCAST
The Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science and Technology (OCAST) is the state's agency for technology-based economic development. We are a results-driven, high-performing organization that increases research activity and public/private partnerships leading to innovation in the core tech sectors most important to Oklahoma's economy, including Aerospace - Defense and Autonomous, Biotechnology and Life Sciences, and Energy Diversification. This results in new businesses, job growth, higher wages, and an improved quality of life for the citizens of Oklahoma.
About Cortado Ventures
Cortado Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm that invests in ambitious, growth-driven companies, backing a new generation of economic prosperity for Oklahoma and the Midcontinent region. As one of the largest VC funds in Oklahoma, Cortado's focus is on tech companies bringing innovative solutions to the energy, logistics, life sciences, aerospace and the future of work sectors. For more information, visit cortado.ventures.
About Boyd Street Ventures
Boyd Street Ventures is a groundbreaking early-stage venture capital firm connecting institutional and other investors to high-growth investment opportunities developed within the ecosystem of University of Oklahoma, recipient of the Carnegie Classification’s highest rating for research activity, and by OU alums and other Oklahoma-affiliated entrepreneurs. BSV places Pre-Seed, Angel, Seed and Series A/B investments in the Life Sciences, FinTech, Energy Tech, Aerospace & Defense, and Climate Tech sectors. The firm focuses on under-the-radar startups that are less likely to have their prices overbid and overpriced than are startups on the East and West Coasts. This strategy, coupled with its unusually active involvement in providing de-risking strategic and operational counsel to these startups through its BSV Venture Studio, enables Boyd Street Ventures to target above-average returns for its investors. For more information, please visit www.boydstreetventures.com.
