Sentences with phrase «combinator accelerator program»

In November, she was accepted into the prestigious Y Combinator accelerator program.

The company recently enrolled in the prestigious Y Combinator accelerator program in Silicon Valley, deepening its connections to American investors.

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Now, he's getting a taste of Silicon Valley - style priorities as part of the country's most famous accelerator program, Y Combinator, with his new travel tech startup, Solve.

After participating in the Y Combinator tech accelerator — FarmLogs was the first farming - focused startup ever accepted into the program — the duo started marketing their data science tools to farmers growing row crops such as corn, wheat and soybeans.

Less than a year after their Indiegogo campaign, Whirlscape has also nabbed $ 500,000 in seed funding from BDC Venture Capital (a Canadian venture capital fund), a U.S. - based fund, and California's renowned Y Combinator incubator, which took Whirlscape on as a participant in its accelerator program earlier this year.

In April 2016, they were accepted to the accelerator program at Y Combinator in Mountain View, California, and received a $ 120,000 cash injection (they had previously raised $ 330,000 from friends and family).

One of the main reasons for accelerator programs such as Y Combinator or 500 Startups is the access they give to mentors and experts from different areas of business.

We have high regard for Y Combinator, TechStars and other accelerator programs.

Founded in 2012, Whirlscape has been supported by Silicon Valley startup accelerator Y Combinator, the Creative Destruction Lab, and UTEST, the MaRS Innovation and University of Toronto accelerator program for early - stage technologies.

The startup was previously covered by TechCrunch last summer while taking place in Y Combinator's accelerator program.

The second Indonesian company accepted into Y Combinator (after bill payment platform Payfazz), PlayingViral finished the accelerator program last month and is now getting ready to expand in the United States, Canada, Brazil and other markets.

General accelerator programs like TechStars and Y Combinator, which backed startups Codecademy and Clever, are open to ed tech startups.

Previous REach classes included a company that raised $ 50 million before entering the program and another with a revenue run rate greater than $ 10 million, along with graduates from other accelerator programs - including Y Combinator - and those backed by prominent investors in the venture community, such as Andreessen Horowitz, Bessemer, Madrona and Maveron.