There are tons of creative projects on display in Jacksonville right now for One Spark. Tons. Three of our favorites are here by way of Tampa Bay. Pledge Your Bets, WeVue, and Drawer are all products of the Tampa Bay Wave accelerator.
We have already told you a little bit about WeVue and Drawer, but we haven’t had much of a chance to discuss Pledge Your Bets yet. Pledge Your Bets is incredibly unique. As we said in our preview of the company in the weeks leading up to One Spark, the “goal with Pledge Your Bets is to help non-profits engage with young donors by making the giving process a fun process.” Essentially, the company has found a way to gamify charitable donations, by turning donations into a sort of competition between donors:
Competitions on Pledge Your Bets begin with a challenge. A challenge can be a local charitable golf tournament, national award ceremony such as the oscars, or national sporting event like the Super Bowl. Once a prospective donor picks a challenge they then bet on which outcome they think will win the challenge. The twist is that when donors place a bet, they mark what charity they would like to benefit from it. When the event is run and results are entered, all losing pledges are divided up and used to augment the winner’s donation to their charity.1
We had a chance to speak with one of the co-founders, and learned a lot more about the company:
Pledge Your Bets is a part of the TriAppthlon we told you about yesterday. To vote for Pledge Your Bets, check out their One Spark Creator Profile.
