Sentences with phrase «ran startup accelerator»

When Rupp ran startup accelerator DreamIt, she said some of its strongest early - stage companies were turned down by investors who said they didn't invest in women.

Indeed, adds Brady Forrest, who runs a startup accelerator in San Francisco, «There is a big difference between being a product and being a company.»

Run a Startup Accelerator?

For the past few years, Palo Alto - based ImagineK12 has run a startup accelerator exclusively for education technology entrepreneurs.

Not exact matches

Because these organizations are specialists at providing the type of hands - on assistance that entrepreneurs need at the pre-seed stage, and because entrepreneurs are co-located with the accelerator directors, the people running accelerators can provide more intense help to startup companies than most angels and venture capitalists, speeding up the development of the companies.

Cash and Counsel For many startups, the initial draw to an accelerator is the potential for securing capital to refine their concept or get their business up and running.

You'll be asked to give up between six and ten percent equity in your company, which may hurt you in the long run if you're not one of the startups to gain from your accelerator experience.

At the end of 2013, shortly after joining the startup accelerator Techstars in Boulder, one of its largest clients failed to make a payment and the startup ran out of capital.

Altman runs the most prestigious tech - startup accelerator in Silicon Valley, Y Combinator, but in recent years has increasingly expressed interest in political ideas.

Casting about for additional funds brought them to the IndieBio accelerator program run by SOSV, a startup venture capital firm in San Francisco, Calif..

Plus, you will connect the the Lisbon Challengers: the 10 finalists who survived the Lisbon Challenge, a 4 - month accelerator competition, running against 65 startups from all over the world for investment, real - world advice and a highway to internationalization.

Tech rival Microsoft runs an accelerator programme designed to help build Berlin - based startups.

I run One Million by One Million (1M / 1M)-- a global virtual accelerator for startups.

Since our launch in 2014, we have created and annually help host the Forbes AgTech Summit and run the THRIVE Seed Accelerator, which every year brings startups from all regions of the globe to prove their products with the help of our growers and partners and receive investment from our fund.

In 2016 we ran our first camp - thematic accelerators for startups.

Techstars Music is a startup accelerator run by Techstars and leading companies from the global music business: Sony Music Entertainment, Warner Music Group, Harmonix Music Systems, Silva Artist Management, Bill Silva Entertainment, QPrime Management, Concord Music, Royalty Exchange, and RecoChoku.

And sure enough, Healthbox has opened up a London branch, HealthXL accelerator run by Startupbootcamp in Dublin has just opened applications and Bethnal Green Ventures (which I help run) has just launched six new tech startups trying to solve social and environmental problems.

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.

Hong Kong - based VC firm Nest typically partners large corporates and runs accelerators on their behalf, aimed at identifying startups for partnerships, investments or acquisitions.

typically partners large corporates and runs accelerators on their behalf, aimed at identifying startups for partnerships, investments or acquisitions.

African tech startups proved popular with international accelerators, with 12 selected for Google's first Africa - focused Launchpad accelerator, and another 12 chosen for the fintech accelerator run by Village Capital and PayPal.

The news formed part of an active month for Google on the continent, with the company also partnering Nigerian innovation incubator CcHub to run a European tour aimed at drumming up investment for tech startups, and accepting six African companies into its Launchpad accelerator programme.