gener8tor's gBETA Urban League Accelerator To Be Housed in Black Business Hub
Madison’s gener8tor has joined a seemingly growing roster of companies looking to support or take up space inside what could soon be a business hub for Black entrepreneurs on the city’s South Side.
A Downtown-based startup founded in 2012, gener8tor now has more than 40 accelerator programs available to early-stage companies across the United States and in the small European country Luxembourg. The programs also support musicians, artists, investors and universities.
The Black Business Hub, a $25.3 million construction project recently put forth by the Urban League of Greater Madison, would be the city’s first Black-led enterprise center — an 81,000-square-foot, four-story building at the corner of Park Street and Hughes Place.
Gener8tor has partnered with the league to launch “gBETA Urban League,” an accelerator that will establish and grow Black-owned businesses, and would take up office space inside the Hub once constructed, said managing director of gBETA programming and social impact Lauren Usher.
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Originally published in the Wisconsin State Journal
Written by Emily Heidemann