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The Praxis Journal

·Sep 5

2024 Business Accelerator Cohort

Introducing the 2024 Praxis Business Fellows and ventures. — We’re thrilled to welcome the 2024 Business Accelerator Fellows and introduce you to their ventures, representing innovation in industries including agriculture, medicine, and technology, across the US, as well as in Kenya, Nigeria, and Korea. Ben Bohannon, Praxis Partner for the Business Portfolio, says, “These founders already have the imagination…

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2024 Business Accelerator Cohort
2024 Business Accelerator Cohort

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The Praxis Journal

·Aug 22

Cultivating a Global Praxis Community

Connecting with venture builders around the world. — Recently, the Praxis team has enjoyed intentionally building relationships with founders, funders, and builders across the globe and listening for ways to come alongside them. We are thankful to learn from and collaborate with others who have shared imagination and practices of redemptive entrepreneurship. Celebrating venture building in East Africa

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Cultivating a Global Praxis Community
Cultivating a Global Praxis Community

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·Jul 24

Ryan Benitez // Meto

Increasing access to higher education for African students. — About the Founder After his sophomore year at Princeton, Ryan spent a summer in Uganda teaching the SAT to three gifted Ugandan students. These students were smarter than many of Ryan’s Princeton peers, yet there was a good chance they would not get to go to university at all (and would instead spend…

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Ryan Benitez // Meto
Ryan Benitez // Meto

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·Jul 24

Remi Sobomehin // Ambition Angels

Rewards-based app for teens to develop life skills. — About the Founder Born and raised in Portland, OR, to parents committed to community activism and educating underprivileged youth, Remi Sobomehin has always known that education was the field in which his life would be committed. After Stanford, Remi spent his career devoted to the community of East Palo Alto, as a school…

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Remi Sobomehin // Ambition Angels
Remi Sobomehin // Ambition Angels

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·Jul 24

Nashlie Sephus & Creston Burse // Bean Path

Closing the tech divide and cultivating innovation in Jackson, MS. — About the Founders Dr. Nashlie Sephus is a principal scientist in artificial intelligence and machine learning focusing on fairness and identifying biases. She formerly was CTO of AI startup Partpic based in Atlanta which was acquired by the Amazon Visual Search team. After then joining Amazon as an Applied Scientist she led many…

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Nashlie Sephus & Creston Burse // Bean Path
Nashlie Sephus & Creston Burse // Bean Path

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·Jul 24

James Kelly & Kevin Burgess // FaithTech

Helping Christians in tech find community and steward their skills. — About the Founders James Kelly founded FaithTech in 2016 with 35 people in a coffee shop. Today, FaithTech is a global tech community for Christ with presence in over 25 cities worldwide. The work of FaithTech has been mentioned in The New York Times, Wired Magazine and Christianity Today. James comes with a…

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James Kelly & Kevin Burgess // FaithTech
James Kelly & Kevin Burgess // FaithTech

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·Jul 24

Dee Punungwe-Chijota & Ko Chijota // GGEM Farming

Training and infrastructure for Malawian farmers. — About the Founders Dee is a seasoned farmer, founder, and agronomy buff. Before becoming an architect for respectful and sustainable farmer-family-focused development solutions, Dee studied Business Psychology at the University of Hertfordshire in the United Kingdom, graduating in 2010 and moving back home to do things differently. Dee’s passion for design and women…

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Dee Punungwe-Chijota & Ko Chijota // GGEM Farming
Dee Punungwe-Chijota & Ko Chijota // GGEM Farming

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·Jul 24

Christy Vines // Ideos Institute

Developing empathic leaders who transform polarized environments. — About the Founder Christy Vines is an empathy expert, thought leader, social commentator, and the President & CEO of Ideos Institute, a research and practice organization dedicated to understanding the theological roots and neuroscience of empathy. With more than 20 years of experience, she has served as an expert and advisor on issues…

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Christy Vines // Ideos Institute
Christy Vines // Ideos Institute

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·Jul 24

Nicholas Sensley // Institute for American Policing Reform

Prioritizing human dignity in the mission to transform American policing. — About the Founder Nicholas Sensley is the Founder & CEO of the Institute for American Policing Reform. Nicholas is a former California Police Chief with 25 years of diverse policing services in three California cities. For 25 years, he has also served as a consultant and developer in the United States, Africa, Asia…

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Nicholas Sensley // Institute for American Policing Reform
Nicholas Sensley // Institute for American Policing Reform

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·Jul 24

Yordanos Eyoel // Keseb

Developing and connecting democracy entrepreneurs worldwide. — About the Founder Yordanos Eyoel is an Ethiopian-American democracy entrepreneur who is the Founder and CEO of Keseb. Previously, Yordanos was a Managing Partner at New Profit, where she led the Catalyze Investments portfolio and the Civic Lab initiative. Yordanos is a 2020 Civil Society Fellow of the ADL & the Aspen Institute…

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Yordanos Eyoel // Keseb
Yordanos Eyoel // Keseb

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