ERA’s demo day: “This is not a general solicitation”!!!!!!

ERA’s demo day: “This is not a general solicitation” (via Pando Daily)

By Erin Griffith On September 25, 2013 Today ten companies from ERA’s latest accelerator class made their debut at the IAC headquarters. It’s the first demo day I’ve attended since general solicitation was sort of unofficially legalized Monday,…

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TechLaunch Accelerator Unveils Second Class of Startups!!!!!

TechLaunch Accelerator Unveils Second Class of Startups (via NJ Tech Weekly)

TechLaunch founder Mario Casabona addresses the founders, mentors and investors. | TechLaunch Greg Liebowitz and Harry Abrahamsen founders talk about RelationshipManager | TechLaunch New Jersey tech accelerator TechLaunch (Clifton) introduced the companies…

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Abusix GmbH is here to handle your internet security!!!!

Abusix GmbH is a company from Germany that deals in Internet security, network abuse handling, antispam and fraud specialists. Their mission is to help ISPs and Internet companies solving the rapidly growing problem of outgoing spam and all kind of other network abuse or security issues in a solid, accurate and reliable way. They are providing network abuse reporting, customized spamfeeds, consulting and tools against network abuse for ISPs, ESPs and technology providers. Tobias Knecht is the CEO of abusix.

My Success. Our Visions. Part 5!!!!!

On Wednesday, August 7, 2013 at 6:00pm the German Silicon Valley Accelerator held My Success. Our Vision. featuring individuals who have made it in Silicon Valley and asks to share his/her learning and path to success. Further, the series welcomes the new batch of companies participating in the German Accelerator and introduces them to the Valley.

For the upcoming event we proudly present Holger Assenmache (Managing Director, Ternius GmbH) and Ken Singer (Director of the Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology CET) as speakers. Ken and Holger were both co-founders of AppCentral, a San Francisco based startup backed by BlueRun Ventures, which got acquired by Good Technology in 2012.

WebFWD IV: Community Mixer!!!!!

WebFWD is Mozilla's accelerator to help entrepreneurs around the world build products to make the web more open. We take the best practices from both open source development and entrepreneurship to help them build the future of the web.

Let’s kill the demo day and replace it with a one-year reunion!!!!!!

Let’s kill the demo day and replace it with a one-year reunion (via Pando Daily)

By Erin Griffith On August 12, 2013 The accelerator bubble can solve itself quite easily: Do away with overhyped demo days for too-young companies. Anyone can put together a flashy pitchdeck in three months. Instead, why not have the programs prove the…

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Colombian Accelerator Wayra is amazing!!!!!!

Wayra is a startup accelerator owned by Telefónica. Wayra first launched in Latin America and Spain in 2011 and there are now 14 Wayra academies in 12 countries in Europe and Latin America. Companies accepted into the Wayra program receive funding of up to €40,000 plus office space and mentoring.

Inside TimeSpace, the New York Times’ new startup accelerator!!!!!!!

Inside TimeSpace, the New York Times’ new startup accelerator (via Pando Daily)

By Erin Griffith On July 26, 2013 Like many entrepreneurs, Tarikh Korula takes pride in the standard perks of entrepreneurship: He doesn’t have a boss, a corporate cubicle, or a “real job.” It’s been seven years since he’s worked in what he…

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Competition Stiff For 7 Global Startups To Live American Dream!!!!!!!

Competition Stiff For 7 Global Startups To Live American Dream (via PR Newswire)

Top startup accelerator guides int'l startups through Dallas, San Francisco, and Las Vegas Download image Tech Wildcatters. (PRNewsFoto/Tech Wildcatters) DALLAS, July 25, 2013 /PRNewswire-iReach/ --  In less than one week, the hand-picked founders…

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South Africa Can Turn Brain Drain Into Brain Gain!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

South Africa Can Turn Brain Drain Into Brain Gain (via MarketWired)

SOURCE: The SABLE Accelerator July 15, 2013 08:00 ET Survey by Rhodes University and The SABLE Accelerator Reveals 72 Percent of Alumni Living Abroad Feel Their Skills and Knowledge Would Be Useful and Valuable to South Africa PALO ALTO, CA--(Marketwired…

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Samsung Opens It's Accelerator!!!!!!!

On July 11th, 2013 Samsung opened the doors of its latest digs: a startup and entrepreneurship incubator/accelerator located on University Avenue in Palo Alto, the incubator is housed in the historic Varsity movie theatre.  That's right Samsung has an Accelerator!!!


As part of Samsung’s Open Innovation Center division. There will also be a New York incubator come September. Next, the company may open incubators in other tech hubs such as Austin, Boston, Russia, and Israel.


The Samsung Ventures America Fund is a $1 billion fund separate from Samsung’s $1 billion in assets under management through Samsung Ventures investments. The company also established a separate $100 million Samsung Catalyst Fund to invest in global innovation.

Samsung announced, it would be opening a new Samsung Strategy and Innovation Center in Menlo Park, a relative stone’s throw away from the accelerator in Palo Alto.

Here are some pictures from the night:

Here are a  few Vine videos from the night:

iCatapult is a hot new accelerator from Hungary!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

iCatapult is an specialized accelerator which provides lean development methodology and experiential global startup know-how by experienced mentors in the acceleration phase and global business development and market access functions in the rollout phase.

iCatapult exclusively focuses on CEE startups and technologies with global technologies (or technologies which has the potential to become global). iCatapult runs its program twice a year in a 2+3 months format, in which each tech team participates in a 2 month long European startup education program then moves to iCatapult’s New York City offices to access the US/global markets in the most efficient manner.

The goal of iCatapult is to take technologies (with likelihood of global success) to the global market and have them reach Series A financing. Typically iCatapult joins forces with the tech team and forms a company dedicated to the success of the technology. iCatapult provides finances in the joint company in exchange for equity.

In short, iCatapult is a non-traditional accelerator as it does not only take the companies through an acceleration process but most of its resources concentrate on how the technology can reach the markets and investors.

Here are videos about iCatapult: