{"id":942,"date":"2018-03-23T17:55:50","date_gmt":"2018-03-23T22:55:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cah.ucf.edu\/?post_type=news&p=942"},"modified":"2018-03-23T17:55:50","modified_gmt":"2018-03-23T22:55:50","slug":"omnimodal-win-2","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/cah.ucf.edu\/news\/omnimodal-win-2\/","title":{"rendered":"SVAD grads' Omnimodal wins local investment in pitch competition"},"content":{"rendered":"

In an effort to create positive change by nurturing local social entrepreneurs, Rally: The Social Enterprise Accelerator<\/a> recently awarded a $25,000 investment to UCF alumni-created company Omnimodal.
\n\u201cWe are humbled to have been awarded this investment money,\u201d said Nathan Selikoff ’04, co-founder of Omnimodal. \u201cThere were seven other great social enterprises the judges could have chosen.\u201d
\nDavid Moran ’14, co-founder of Omnimodal, added: \u201cIt\u2019s thrilling to have folks believe in our work to make transportation easy for everyone. This is our dream job, and real-time information is a critical tool for combating transit inequity.\u201d
\nThe company will use the funds toward its mission of making public transportation successful. Omnimodal competed with seven other local ventures during the Accelerator\u2019s inaugural pitch event on March 15.
\nThe first program of its kind in Central Florida, the Accelerator was launched in 2017 by Central Florida Foundation<\/a>, Entrepreneurs in Action, Rollins College, Downtown Credo, Clean the World and City of Orlando. The program provides training, mentorship, education, legal advice and investment to social entrepreneurs seeking to tackle social, environmental and economic challenges through their work while earning revenue.
\nBoth Moran, who graduated with an MFA in Emerging Media, and Selikoff, an Art \u2013 Computer Animation BFA graduate, are alumni of the\u00a0School of Visual Arts & Design<\/a>\u00a0(SVAD). Moran is also currently a fourth year student in the Texts & Technology Ph.D. program<\/a>.
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\nRead more about Moran, Selikoff and Omnimodal here:\u00a0SVAD Alumni Finalists in Startup Competition<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"David Moran ’14 and Nathan Selikoff ’04 have won a local startup competition and $25,000 investment for their company, Omnimodal.","protected":false},"author":"","featured_media":"https:\/\/cah.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2018\/03\/omni-2.2-1.jpg","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"dept":[10],"class_list":["post-942","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","dept-college-of-arts-and-humanities"],"acf":[],"approved":3,"site_name":"CAH News","yoast_head":"\nSVAD grads' Omnimodal wins local investment in pitch competition - CAH News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cah.ucf.edu\/news\/omnimodal-win-2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"SVAD grads' Omnimodal wins local investment in pitch competition - 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