Dave McClure’s 500 Startups accelerator program will begin accepting applications for the spring class on Thursday, for the first time opening the entire application process to applicants via AngelList. The application process will stay open until March 1. Read more »
Eugene Chung, a former venture capitalist with New Enterprise Associates, is the new managing director of TechStars NYC. In a blog post Thursday, TechStars founder and CEO David Cohen said Chung had been selected to replace David Tisch, who stepped down last August. Read more »
After leaving the accelerator world, Mikko Järvenpää decided to ask entrepreneurs what they really thought about their experiences inside the startup factories. After talking to more than 150 graduates he discovered that acceleration can work well, but programs don’t always provide the help startups really need. Read more »
All over the world, startup accelerator programs have exploded over the last few years – but that growth has been accompanied by diminishing returns for those taking part. How can this improve? Mikko Järvenpää, former staffer at Europe’s HackFwd program, has a few ideas. Read more »
The 125 MassChallenge finalists gathered in South Boston Tuesday night to show off their ideas to media and techies. The array of products and creativity on display was exciting and ran the gamut from smartphone apps to a glycerine polymerization process. Read more »
Tandem Entrepreneurs has closed its second fund, raising $32 million, which it will use to further its core mission: investing in early-stage mobile startups. Tandem began in 2007 as a capital fund for mobile startups, but has since expanded to become a small mobile-only accelerator. Read more »
Up to €300,000 in seed funding and a pro mentor to boot? Sounds great – but it seems the equity demands for Deutsche Telekom’s new Berlin-based ‘incubator’ hub:raum are pretty fuzzy indeed. Read more »
Young, early-stage green-focused startups are a rare breed these days. The demo day for the green digital-focused accelerator Greenstart was one of the first times in a long time that I’ve seen a grouping of new young green-leaning startups looking for their first round of funding. Read more »
TechStars New York, now a TV brand thanks to a new Bloomberg series, graduated its second class today of would-be break out stars. The class shows that the program is still churning out a lot of quality, with a pretty polished group of graduates debuting. Read more »
