Earlier this month, Google's
startup incubator Area 120 released Uptime, a group video messaging app for the iPhone that allows you to watch YouTube videos with other people in real time.
Not exact matches
But
Area 51's approach will differ from that of other prominent
incubators, like Y Combinator, where
startups trade a stake in their company's equity for a modern workspace and mentorship.
Co-working real estate
startup WeWork is readying a new
startup incubator, called
Area 51 Paradise Ranch, which will be trialed at the company's Tribeca office space, Wired reported on Monday.
The DO School students decided to create «NYC
Startup Stories,» a video competition for students that highlights enterprises successfully launched by
incubators in the
area.
Thanks to a burgeoning scene of business
incubators in countries around the world — as well as a growing awareness that consumers outside the U.S. make up a potentially huge market — international
startups are increasingly attracting millions of investor dollars from the Bay
Area and beyond.
San Diego technology trade group CommNexus has lured Bay
Area network equipment giant Cisco Systems as a partner in its EvoNexus
incubator program for
startup companies.
Like any major city, there is a focus on trying to revitalize the downtown
area and develop more
incubators and co-work spaces where entrepreneurs can collaborate in the city center, while the long term plan is to help find ways to foster the
startup culture in other
areas of the city
area as well.
«It's an invisible market and not well advertised,» says Douglas Crawford, associate director of QB3, a University of California (UC) research institute that provides
incubator space for
startups in the San Francisco Bay
Area.
You no longer need an invite to try Google's YouTube parties app.Gogole's
startup incubator,
Area 120, allows employees to work on approved projects during their «20 per cent time».