Launched in 2010, Startupbootcamp operates 14
accelerator programmes in 10 locations, including Amsterdam, Berlin, Istanbul, London, Singapore, Miami and New York.
operates 14
accelerator programmes in 10 locations, including Amsterdam, Berlin, Istanbul, London, Singapore, Miami and New York.
It has been a pioneer behind corporate - backed
accelerator programmes in Asia, something it is already pursuing in Africa through a
Launched in 2010, Startupbootcamp operates 18
accelerator programmes in locations that include Amsterdam, Berlin, Istanbul, London, Singapore, Miami and New York.
Beyond having incubator and
accelerator programmes in place, there is the huge market available with one of the most advanced online and fintech infrastructures on the continent.
500 Startups, one of the most renowned
accelerator programmes in the world, has increasingly opened up to African startups in recent years, with Kenya's CardPlanet — now PayKind — and Egypt's ElWafeyat making it into batch 11, and South Africa's SweepSouth and Ghana's Kudobuzz making it into batch 14.
When we wrote the Startup Factories a year ago,
accelerator programmes in Europe were mainly for digital technology in general but it was clear they would develop into particular verticals as was starting to happen in the US.
500 Startups, one of the most renowned
accelerator programmes in the world, has increasingly opened up to African startups in recent years, with Kenya's CardPlanet — now
Last year, five teams were selected to take part in
an accelerator programme in Amsterdam.
The lesser know partnership was with Epic Games and the Disney
accelerator programme in 2017.
Ten fintech startups from across Africa and beyond have been selected to participate in the second Barclays
Accelerator programme in Cape Town, powered by Techstars.
A peer - to - peer payments bitcoin app ZapGo has been chosen along with five other fintech start - ups to take part in Barclays Africa 13 - week TechLab
accelerator programme in Cape Town, South Africa.
Not exact matches
This brings the total number of DBS
Accelerator participants to over 30 since the DBS Bank (Hong Kong)
programme's successful launch
in 2015.
The selection of Discover Dollar
in the
accelerator programme powered by TechStars comes after the global
accelerator network and SAP
in January 2018 said they would invest
in at least 10 artificial intelligence startups every year through SAP.iO Foundry
in Berlin.
Besides guidance
in the three - month
accelerator programme, the company will also get an investment of 120,000 euros ($ 144,988 or Rs 96.8 lakh).
Standard Chartered and SuperCharger, a Fintech
accelerator based
in Hong Kong and Malaysia, revealed 10 finalists for its third
programme in Hong Kong at the Fintech Finals 2018.
SuperCharger FinTech
Accelerator successfully launched its second
programme on January 9
in the newly opened Cyberport FinTech Smart...
SuperCharger, a financial technology (fintech)
accelerator based
in Hong Kong, has announced 10 international start - ups as finalists for its fintech
accelerator programme from more than 100 applications from 30 countries.
The Energy Research
Accelerator (ERA) ERA is a key
programme within Midlands Innovation — a consortium of research intensive universities (universities of Aston, Birmingham, Leicester, Loughborough, Nottingham and Warwick), and the British Geological Survey (BGS), which has the overall aim of harnessing the Midlands» combined research excellence and industry expertise to play a critical role
in tackling some of the biggest challenges facing the UK.
A continuous and dynamic research and development
programme has placed the ESRF as a pioneer
in synchrotron and
accelerator physics and technology.
Entrepreneurial Spark is a non-sector-specific
accelerator programme run by the Royal Bank of Scotland group, with hubs
in London, Brighton, Bristol, Cardiff,...
Career
Accelerator tackles the lack of real world careers support
in schools through a
programme of employer workshops, one - to - one mentoring and work placements.
The driver can use the «S / C / M» mode button
in the centre console to select from the «Sport», «Comfort» and «Manual» shift
programmes that not only change the transmission characteristics but also the
accelerator response and the spring / damper settings of the AMG sports suspension based on Active Body Control.
The «Eco»
programme integrates an ECO start / stop function and a sailing function to reduce fuel consumption: when the driver releases the
accelerator in a speed range between 60 and 160 km / h, the clutch of the transmission is disengaged and the engine is decoupled from the powertrain.
Microsoft has opened the application process for a new 12 - week
accelerator programme it has conceived to help technology and gaming start - ups
in the UK.
But as a taster, there were 104 offshore wind - turbine tower - support designs competing for support
in the Carbon Trusts Offshore Wind
Accelerator programme, which runs until 2014.
The global company LexisNexis announced the first five participants
in its new Silicon Valley legal tech
accelerator programme based
in the Lex Machina offices
in Menlo Park, California.
Startups from Nigeria and South Africa have been selected to take part
in the fifth class of the Google Launchpad
accelerator, a six - month, equity - free mentorship
programme.
The report divides the e-health sector into eight sub-categories which are looked at
in detail, and also includes data on regional hotspots and trends, startup launches, funding rounds, trends
in funding,
accelerator programmes and competitions.
Global
accelerator programmes are vitally important
in bringing new technologies into the insurance industry's value chain, writes Stanley Gabriel, head...
Global
accelerator programmes are vitally important
in bringing new technologies into the insurance industry's value chain, writes Stanley Gabriel, head of innovation at Old Mutual Personal Finance.
«We are also looking at ways of tackling the gender gap
in tech investment by putting together an
accelerator programme for female tech founders and connecting them to both local and international investors.»
For the most part, an
accelerator differs from an incubator
in that
programmes usually run for shorter periods, often ranging between three and six months.
In 2017 the bank revealed the names of the 10 startups from across Africa that would be supported in the second Barclays Accelerator programme, powered by Techstar
In 2017 the bank revealed the names of the 10 startups from across Africa that would be supported
in the second Barclays Accelerator programme, powered by Techstar
in the second Barclays
Accelerator programme, powered by Techstars.
Launched
in Amsterdam
in 2010 and now also running
programmes in Berlin, Copenhagen, Eindhoven, Istanbul, London, Barcelona, Rome and Singapore, Startupbootcamp is another major
accelerator fluttering its eyelashes at African startups.
Europe's largest
accelerator Startupbootcamp has announced two one - day «mini
accelerator programmes» to be held
in South Africa
in March.
«
In Africa our
accelerator programmes and events are gaining a lot of traction and so we are starting to see more startups coming through these channels,» Fu said.
, which the company will use as a base to roll out
accelerator programmes and invest
in startups across Africa.
In fact, it's been quite a rollercoaster since Nest, which services early - stage, high growth businesses, landed in Kenya, which the company will use as a base to roll out accelerator programmes and invest in startups across Afric
In fact, it's been quite a rollercoaster since Nest, which services early - stage, high growth businesses, landed
in Kenya, which the company will use as a base to roll out accelerator programmes and invest in startups across Afric
in Kenya, which the company will use as a base to roll out
accelerator programmes and invest
in startups across Afric
in startups across Africa.
Hong Kong - based startup
accelerator Nest has announced the opening of an office
in Nairobi, Kenya, which the company will use to roll out
accelerator programmes and invest
in startups across Africa.
IBM have built Blockchain platforms for more than 400 clients globally and the assets provided to members of the
accelerator programme is based on the past experience of IBM
in building blockchain platforms.
500 Startups has been accepting an increasing number of African startups onto its Silicon Valley
accelerator programmes of late — South Africa's SweepSouth and Ghana's Kudobuzz were the latest two to take part — and the company has now escalated its activities
in Africa — or at least North Africa — with the launch of 500 Falcons.
Nigerian beauty and personal care e-commerce startup Podozi has become the latest African startup to win a place
in the Silicon Valley - based 500 Startups
accelerator programme, gaining US$ 125,000
in funding as a result.
The
accelerator has started a number of initiatives
in South Africa, holding mini-bootcamps last year, and there have been suggestions more full - scale
programmes are
in the offing.
It remains to be seen whether the renowned
accelerator will further increase its activities
in Africa, or whether they will take the advice of Sandheep Ramluckan, managing director (MD) of Cape Town - based
programme StartUp90, who says the Y Combinator approach does not work for African startups.
to run the bank's fintech
accelerator programme at the end of last year and will shortly be running its own African
accelerator for the first time,
in Cape Town.
IBM will select and include Eight blockchain network founders
in it's
accelerator programme which will be spread across a range of industries such as banking, logistics, manufacturing and retail.
Nigerian tech startups are proving more and more attractive to overseas
accelerator programmes, with Printivo, Fyodor Biotechnologies, MailHaven, and Mobile Forms all making it onto 500 Startups
programmes in 2017.
Startupbootcamp is now set to launch its first full
programme in South Africa, based
in Cape Town, signalling the start of a three - year
programme of
accelerators in the country.
m: lab East Africa and the World Bank Group launched the Traction Camp initiative
in 2016, one of a series of
accelerator programmes being launched by the World Bank across Africa.