It expects to invest most in follow - on rounds of companies graduating from the Starta
Accelerator program in New York.
Starting February 2nd, Knomos will be one of 10 startups from across North America participating in the Microsoft Ventures
Accelerator Program in Seattle.
Global Application Process Opens for Stugan's Second Annual Games
Accelerator Program in Sweden
We were invited by Google to take part in
their accelerator program in Silicon Valley to work towards our mutual goal: innovating the publishing industry.
By Ycombinator, a start - up
accelerator program in Mountain View, California, and angel investors.
After each startup has presented, the top - performing companies, as determined by our investor panel, will advance to a final round where they will be eligible for $ 150,000 in funding from Quake ($ 3.75 M valuation cap) and early acceptance into Quake's
accelerator program in any geographic location.
Oracle, based in Redwood Shores, Calif., on Tuesday, announced it's launching a residential Oracle Startup Cloud
Accelerator program in Austin.
The Austin program is Oracle's first residential
accelerator program in North America.
Tonight's event also features the debut of Law Scout, a MaRS - based legal tech startup that connects small businesses with legal services, and a demo of Beagle, a contract analysis company currently participating in the Microsoft Ventures
Accelerator program in Seattle.
MOUNTAIN VIEW JUNE 26, 2014 — 500 Startups, the most active venture capital fund and startup
accelerator program in the world, is announcing that it has filed with the SEC under the new rules allowing for general solicitation, and is now publicly fundraising for its third flagship fund, targeted at $ 100M.
She is responsible for positioning the program as the best business
accelerator program in Latin America and in the top 5 worldwide.
BTCPoint was for Boost VC's exclusive
accelerator program in the summer of 2014.
Then we went to
an accelerator program in China called Hax, to get a pre-seed fund through an accelerator venture capital firm.
Later that year, Envoy was accepted into the 500 Startups
accelerator program in Mountain View, Calif., and Zhang was selected to join the Thiel Fellowship, a two - year grant program that gives young entrepreneurs $ 100,000 to drop out of school and grow their business.
Since launching its first
accelerator program in 2011, Propeller's fellows have created 72 full - and part - time jobs in New Orleans and generated $ 5.4 million in financing, revenues and grants.
To facilitate those transactions, Draper co-founded and serves as CEO of Boost VC, a 12 - week
accelerator program in San Mateo, Calif., that offers housing, office space and mentoring to early - stage startups with a focus on Bitcoin - related businesses.
Carly Gloge, a Canadian website and application design professional and the co-founder of Ubooly, got her sea legs with the toy at the famous TechStars
accelerator program in Boulder in the summer of 2012.
While Acceleprise has been running
its accelerator program in San Francisco since 2014, many of its portfolio companies have set up shop and found success beyond the Bay Area.
The company recently enrolled in the prestigious Y Combinator
accelerator program in Silicon Valley, deepening its connections to American investors.
Recognized as one of the top
accelerator programs in the U.S., The Brandery puts startups through a four - month program, providing each with $ 20,000 in seed money and mentorship.
Techstars runs 20
accelerator programs in cities from Atlanta to Cape Town to New York.
Cuomo says there currently are
no accelerator programs in the world that have a photonics focus.
New York State is also sponsoring Round Two of the GENIUS NY program in the region; one of the largest startup business
accelerator programs in the world that caters to business proposals in the categories of Unmanned Systems and Data to Decisions Applications.
Not exact matches
As the global population increases, it is important for
accelerator programs to recognize the potential
in untapped markets.
SPECIAL REPORT: Slower growth
in discretionary spending is a challenge for some local fashion hopefuls, but export markets and tech - style
accelerator programs are presenting opportunities.
With an intention of helping define the future of mobility
in the region, the joint initiative of DSOA and Volkswagen will include events, targeted mentorship, and
accelerator programs set to take pla...
So we visited the Demo Day presentations for the fall graduating class of startups
in business
accelerator TechStars's Seattle
program and asked the successful entrepreneurs who serve as TechStars mentors for their insights on how to build a startup that attracts investor funding.
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.
While
accelerator programs have long offered this perk to startups, usually
in exchange for equity, entrepreneurs are finding other types of free space available, says Steve King, partner at Emergent Research, a consulting firm focused on small business
in Lafayette, Calif..
• Engage Ventures, an Atlanta - based venture fund and
accelerator program managed by Tech Square Ventures, has launched with $ 15 million
in capital commitments.
Ryan Bethencourt,
program director and venture partner at San Francisco's Indie.Bio, the nation's first synthetic - biology
accelerator, says that when one applies cost reductions to Moore's Law (the concept that digital technology will increase
in power at an exponential rate), the landscape of business opportunities is limitless.
In November, she was accepted into the prestigious Y Combinator
accelerator program.
Accelerator programs are also effective ways to get yourself and your idea
in front of investors.
It worked well enough to get them accepted into the city's Dreamit Health
accelerator program, where they secured $ 50,000
in funding and met a handful of business advisers.
Tech
accelerator Vocus Upstart has named the seven successful applicants to be offered a placement
in its
program and seed funding to help grow their ideas towards commercialisation.
If you want to impress investors, you can pick up some pointers from the participants
in this hot business -
accelerator program.
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.
Accelerator programs typically last for several months and allow you to work under mentorship
in a very supportive environment.
The founders are also finishing up
programming at the Digital Health
Accelerator in Philadelphia.
If you're chosen for an
accelerator program, you'll be expected to spend three to four months at the
accelerator's offices
in order to fully focus on building your business.
The school, along with Stanford Hospitals & Clinics, is investing $ 1 million to $ 2 million each month into student and alumni companies participating
in StartX, a campus - affiliated
accelerator program.
A major investment by Stanford University
in StartX places it ahead of other university
accelerator programs — but the free - flowing funds also renew questions about a school's role
in incubating the next big thing.
Why are young entrepreneurs from the states traveling thousands of miles away to participate
in an
accelerator program when they have a bevy available on their home turf?
In addition to the fund, Stanford provided a $ 3.6 million grant to the
accelerator program to be doled out over three years.
Digitalundivided's FOCUS Fellow
accelerator / incubator
program has so far helped black and Latina founders raise more than $ 13 million
in angel and venture financing, boosting to prominence a range of companies such as online design marketplace Zuvaa, food supply - chain data provider FoodTrace and postpartum - care developer Mahmee.
«They connected us to government agencies, apprenticeship
program and unions
in a way that your typical tech
accelerator couldn't.»
What's more, just last week the SBA hosted 16 business
accelerators in Washington, D.C., to pitch their
programs to high - net - worth organizations to raise money.
The partners — all of whom earned As on their capstone project — won a spot
in Providence's Betaspring
accelerator program, allowing them to develop their idea, and they were off and running.
Business
accelerator programs offer start - ups low cost space, business services, talented employees, and contacts who can help find customers and partners
in exchange for a small stake.
The application's instructions are clear:
In order to be accepted into TechStars, the prestigious
accelerator program, start - up founders are asked to submit two videos — one to describe the company's product or service, and the other to introduce the team.