A new tech accelerator is coming to town: Fortify.vc, a venture fund from Virginia, will begin accelerating some of its portfolio companies at The Fort in DC. The Fort’s launch is supported by a grant of $100,000 from DC mayor Vincent Gray. Initial startups will include Venga and Social Tables – you’ll find them over…
Read MoreThis past summer Chicago-based Excelerate Labs incubated its first class of ten early-stage startups. We were on hand to cover the demo day event in August. This week, Excelerate Labs released a short video recap from demo day created by Tribeca Flashpoint Media Arts Academy. The video highlights the day which was filled with a…
Read MoreToday in Austin, Texas five companies launched as part of the Capital Factory startup accelerator program. The program, which was founded in 2009 by Joshua Baer, an email marketing pioneer and founder of OtherInbox, Sam Decker, Chief Marketing Officer at Bazaarvoice, and Bryan Menell, founder of AustinStartup.com, offers up to $20,000 in cash as well…
Read MoreLast week, fifteen teams comprised of Babson College undergraduates, MBA students and recent alums finished up ten weeks of strategy, mentoring, and business development at Babson’s Summer Venture Program. The program provides participants with an entrepreneurial community and support, including work space, mentors, peer reviews, speakers, and other resources. Up to 20 teams are chosen…
Read MoreSeed funding programs have been popping up everywhere the last few years and we have worked with many of them from TechStars, LaunchBox Digital and DreamIt Ventures among others as we help amplify the local startups in those various communities. We are excited to connect with the latest seed funding program in our hometown of…
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There are a number of startup accelerator and incubator programs in the United States. We are fans of these programs (not to be confused with... Read More
Two months after the iPad 2 debuted in March, around 40% of users surveyed said their iPad was their primary computer, up from around 30%... Read More
With our Startup Mixology Conference coming up next week followed by our classic Tech Cocktail DC Summer mixer which will showcase a handful of early-stage... Read More
Coming off of one of our biggest Tech Cocktail mixer events in Chicago this past week, which showcased 14 early-stage start-ups, we thought it would... Read More