Clocr shares the first place in Kendra Scott’s “Dream to Venture” Pitching Competition
The Kendra Scott Women’s Entrepreneurial Leadership Institute focuses on strengtheing the next generation of courageous, creative women leaders who can change the world, conducted their 2022’s pitching competition ‘Dream to Venture’
Clocr is proud to announce that our team led by co-founder Apoorva Chintala won the competition. We shared first place with Hera Biotech. Hearty congratulations to the team of Hera Biotech and more power to you!
Clocr thanks Kendra Scott and all the judges for giving an exceptional opportunity to display our passion to solve real world problems.
It was an absolute pleasure to witness women entrepreneurs dismantle the barriers to take the entrepreneurial world forward and to its heights, says Apoorva Chintala, CEO and Cofounder of Clocr who has been part of the program for the past 2 years. Apoorva was picked as the budding student women enterpreneur in march 2021.
Big thanks to all the Dream to Venture judges Julia Cheek, Kelly Steckelberg, Liz (Wolski) Matthews, Dee Poku Spalding, Julianne Hough and Kendra Scott, for all the guidance and wisdom!
Kendra Scott announced Philanthropic Investment in UT Austin that Expands Support for Future Women Business Leaders “Kendra’s investment will transform the lives of thousands of future leaders, and all of society will reap the benefits,” said Jay Hartzell, president of UT Austin. “I am thrilled she is expanding her partnership with UT to attract top talent and leverage the strength of our city and university as an engine for entrepreneurship.”
“Clocr is building solutions that help families around the world have peace of mind. Grooming young founders like Apoorva and providing support to budding companies like Clocr proves that the program is already a success.
“The saying ‘we’re all in the same storm, but in different boats’ can definitely be applied to entrepreneurship. The resources that the WEL Institute brings to female founders is uplifting and necessary to empower us and foster a community of founders with different backgrounds that we can learn from, says Apoorva.
Apoorva started her entrepreneural journey with her dad, Sree Chintala when she was in high school. The father daughter duo bootstrapped the company for three years, put all the available family savings into the company believing in their mission and dream.
The idea for Clocr (pronounced “Clock-er,” as in short for “Cloud Locker”) came when Apoorva lost her grandfather and saw her father struggling emotionally and mentally with digital assets and legacy management.
Clocr exists to eliminate the stress and confusion during an emergency or death and showcases Clocr’s commitment to providing its users complete peace of mind.
Clocr won over fifteen startup competitions in the past 18 months and got earned media placements in Forbes, Wall Street Journal, Tech Crunch and more. The programs like Kendra Scott’s Dream Venture help companies like Clocr to get the confidence that they can have a fair shot at success says the cofounder and CTO Sree Chintala. Clocr has 4 pending patents and working on 5th patent application.
About Clocr Inc.
Clocr, a SaaS (Software as a Service) offering many legacy planning services under one roof, empowers its users to efficiently organize their digital assets including all accounts (social media and others) and files, identify their heirs, and provide these heirs access to the digital legacies of their loved ones. Clocr offers customizable onboarding and has four-pending patents including a proprietary multi-layered security protocol, built on IPFS and blockchain concepts.
Clocr’s digital vault enables you to consolidate all your important information, critical files and set up your ICE Vault™. Clocr also offers a unique Time Capsule feature that allows you to pass-on your legacy, memories, and messages to your loved ones in the future.
“Clocr’s patent-pending Emergency Card and In Case of Emergency aka ICE Vault™ offer a unique solution that can bring peace of mind to travelers, digital nomads, and bikers, and pedestrians.
Clocr’s “In Case of Emergency” (ICE) Vault™, part of its Digital Vault™ provides a first-of-its-kind, patent-pending solution that enables one’s emergency contacts to access important information, especially in case of emergencies. The information in the vault is safe and super secure, and it won’t be accessed until the emergency switch is turned on. The contents in the vault are protected by cutting-edge, patent-pending security built based on IPFS and blockchain concepts that slice the information and documents and distribute the pieces across multiple storage locations.
