Venture Hall accelerator program today announced cliexa (www.cliexa.com) to receive a zero-equity investment of $25,000, as awarded by their peers.

Also announced at Maine Startup Insider website, cliexa won the 1st place award.

Developed in partnership with Village Capital, an international accelerator and venture capital firm, Venture Hall’s program includes an intense peer-review process that has been shown to forecast success better than investors.

“We are honored and feel extremely lucky to be part of Venture Hall Accelerator Program this summer as cliexa. It was not just an accelerator program with just mentor and training sessions, but also working sessions with industry experts and clinicians directly from Maine Health and Unum,”said Mehmet Kazgan, CEO and co-founder of cliexa,” Venture Hall’s program played an amazing catalyzer role by working on specific areas for each startup and reached out to exactly the right group of resources from mentors pool. We came with a list of goals to Portland, Maine and Venture Hall made those happen. cliexa would love to be part of Maine’s economic growth.”

The six startup teams to complete the accelerator were selected from a competitive applicant pool of over 90 companies from 27 states and 12 countries. The accelerator program was delivered in partnership with MaineHealth and Unum to bring more world-class startup talent to Maine, and to provide a way for employees of both partner organizations to assist in the development of innovative new solutions to challenging problems.