586516 external_news 1485463422 1485464590 <![CDATA[Social Video Entrepreneur Zuley Clarke Selected for Startup Accelerator, Receives Initial $50K in Capital Investment]]> Zuley Clarke, an alumna (2005) of the Digital Media master's program in the School of Literature, Media, and Communication, was featured in “Social Video Entrepreneur Zuley Clarke Selected for Startup Accelerator, Receives Initial $50K in Capital Investment” by The St. Louis American.

Excerpt:

Zuley Clarke’s company Humblee is one of five women-led companies that have been selected to participate in the Spring 2017 Prosper Women Entrepreneurs (PWE) Startup Accelerator in St. Louis.

Each company will receive an initial $50,000 capital investment and will have the opportunity for up to $100,000 in follow-on funding. Participants gain access to mentors, exposure to a network of experts and investors, and receive a customized curriculum designed to advance business growth and raise follow-on capital. More than 80 percent of previous participants have received follow-on funding.

For the full article, read here.

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