Reflecting on 25 Years: SEG Welcomes Its Fall 2026 Incubator and Accelerator Cohorts
This fall is a pretty special one for Social Enterprise Greenhouse (SEG). We’re celebrating our 25th year supporting social entrepreneurs across Rhode Island and Southeastern Massachusetts, and there’s no better way to mark that than by welcoming a new group of changemakers into our programs.
This season, SEG received 74 applications for just 25 spots across our Accelerator and Incubator programs, which comes out to a 33% acceptance rate. These entrepreneurs are joining SEG’s 29th Accelerator cohort and 25th Incubator cohort, two milestones that say a lot about how much this community has grown since SEG got its start.
As always, we’re proud of the range of ideas, industries, and backgrounds in this new group, everything from healthcare and consumer products to biotech, fintech, and art. Each entrepreneur brings something a little different to the table, and together they’re the next chapter of SEG’s story.
Welcome to the Fall 2026 Accelerator Cohort:
- Modulus Joint: Kelley McShane & Brett Owens
- AirSpotter Assist: Mindi Sokoloski
- Hushbugs: Stephen Milbank & Erin Butner
- Jib: Ryan Meehan
- NextPlay: Desma Dietz
- Open Source Everything: Aiden Pittenger
- Pinwheel Health: Lauren Mills
- SOLACE Collective: Aidan Turner
- Yuval Gur: Yuval Gur
Welcome to the Fall 2026 Incubator Cohort:
- Akoma Nutrition: Augustine Broadi
- Artemis Digital Solutions: Heather Robertson & Maia Schlussel
- FreeFly: Chidiebere Otuonye
- Gnome Surf Newport: Geo Mottram
- Green Thumb Gardening: Alexi Raglin
- Little Clay Studio: Jessica Schlachter
- Omniglots: Laura Healy
- Seeing More Relational Technology: Chad Desisto
- The Lore Masters Guild: Saynabou Sarr
- The Travelling Doula: Lisa Kennedy
- Valor Pet Fund: Meagan Leach
- Vision Band: Melody Cunningham
- ZiZ Care Co.: Maya Gutmann-McKenzie
Congratulations to all of these entrepreneurs on being selected. We can’t wait to see what this cohort builds over the coming months, and we’re grateful for the 25 years of community that made it possible.