Nick Jordan

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grooop has not only a mobile app for individuals, but also B2B solutions that bring safety to universities, workplaces, friends and families. Grooop makes safety more fun, intuitive, non-invasive, and inclusive. Grooop enables users to share safety status instantly, ensuring power in numbers, even if youre alone. Set up safe zones, create grooops of your friends, and update your safety status to alert others if you need help. Why does it matter? 1 in 5 women are sexually assaulted while in college. Safety is not a luxury, it’s an expectation. As conversations around crimes along race and gender lines grow more sophisticated, universities, businesses, and individuals can no longer take a passive approach. Be proactive. Get grooop for your community.

We pick it up carefully. We store it securely. We return it quickly. Never visit a self-storage facility again.

Unboxed Venture Studio is a Durham NC based venture studio established to advance companies from idea to exit. We are entrepreneurs who have developed systems to empower founders to build and grow their companies. We know that building great companies requires more than just a unique idea. Taking on a project means we go all-in with radical transparency and explicit intent to create market and investor ready companies.

grooop has not only a mobile app for individuals, but also B2B solutions that bring safety to universities, workplaces, friends and families. Grooop makes safety more fun, intuitive, non-invasive, and inclusive. Grooop enables users to share safety status instantly, ensuring power in numbers, even if youre alone. Set up safe zones, create grooops of your friends, and update your safety status to alert others if you need help. Why does it matter? 1 in 5 women are sexually assaulted while in college. Safety is not a luxury, it’s an expectation. As conversations around crimes along race and gender lines grow more sophisticated, universities, businesses, and individuals can no longer take a passive approach. Be proactive. Get grooop for your community.

Smashing Boxes lives and builds at the intersection of business value and technology. While striving to bring innovative ideas to life, we help companies grow and evolve by intrinsically linking our success to our client’s success. We are disrupting multiple industries through our transformative services, innovative IP and spin-off incubation. Designing & Developing for Web, Mobile, and Connected Devices, our clients include Cisco, Fidelity, the Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Duke University, Iridium Satellite Communications and many more inspiring startups. New Orleans | Durham Named to the Inc. 5000 and the Triangle Business Journal Fast 50 lists on multiple occasions. Also 2x recipient of Americas Most Entrepreneurial Companies by Entrepreneur Magazine.