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Kristina Yee Nov 5, 2015 (Jun 11, 2020) -- Blog

Bank POV: An Interview with U.S. Bank CIO Dominic Venturo

At the Plug and Play Retail and FinTech Expo on October 22nd, I had the opportunity to interview Dominic Venturo, CIO of…

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Fintech, Mobile
Larry Hawes Sep 30, 2015 (Jun 11, 2020) -- Blog

Slack Posts New Functionality

Slack is widely acknowledged as the enterprise real-time messaging (work chat) tool with the most traction, having passed the million daily user…

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Work & Collaboration
Christina Mercando, Ringly Oct 2, 2014 (Jun 11, 2020) -- Blog Post

How we built it: Ringly and the first 5,000 units

This is the fourth post in our How We Built it package featuring lessons from hardware entrepreneurs on getting from an idea to a product. Ringly offers a lesson in manufacturing your initial shipments.…

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Mobile, Technology
Kif Leswing Sep 22, 2014 (Jun 11, 2020) -- Blog Post

MakerBot founder Bre Pettis heads back to the garage

Bold Machines, a new workshop in Brooklyn headed by MakerBot founder Bre Pettis and owned by Stratasys, is an entrepreneurial garage which plans to give gives architects, designers, and artists access to 3D-printing tools and expertise.…

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Mobile
Stacey Higginbotham May 1, 2014 (Jun 10, 2020) -- Blog Post

More money and more space for Highway1 hardware incubator

Highway1, the hardware incubator founded by Irish manufacturing giant PCH, is offering its next class of startups $50,000 in seed money, up…

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Technology
Derrick Harris May 1, 2014 (Jun 10, 2020) -- Blog Post

‘Venture lab’ Data Elite announces inaugural class of startups, ranging from BI to deep learning

Data Elite launched in October promising office space, advice and funding to data-focused startups founded by experienced teams. On Thursday, the firm announced its first seven portfolio companies, which span a wide range of products.…

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Cloud & Infrastructure, Data Infrastructure, AI & Analytics
Stacey Higginbotham Feb 20, 2014 (Jun 10, 2020) -- Blog Post

SK Telecom Americas launches a spin-in accelerator for core technology ideas

This is the age of seed-stage funding and the incubator/accelerator model. But for those trying to invent a new optical interconnect or chip architecture, funding is harder to find than ever. SK Telecom's new incubator wants to help.…

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Cloud & Infrastructure, Data Infrastructure, AI & Analytics, Technology
Derrick Harris Oct 17, 2013 (Jun 9, 2020) -- Blog Post

Big data startups have a new place to go for guidance and cash: Data Elite

A new firm called Data Elite is trying to help accomplished engineers and scientists launch their startups. It features some prominent investors and advisers, and promises at least $150,000 in capital to accepted companies.…

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Data Infrastructure, AI & Analytics
David Meyer Aug 16, 2013 (Jun 9, 2020) -- Blog Post

Coke may be getting into the accelerator business (again) but what’s the point?

There are many corporate-backed accelerators, but they usually offer startups expertise and contacts in a relevant field. Coke's effort sounds like a scattershot attempt to feel relevant through the magic power of the tech scene.…

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Europe, Technology
Barb Darrow Aug 9, 2013 (Jun 9, 2020) -- Blog Post

Good news for Boston startups — new incubator space on tap for Watertown

Home Depot? Check. Registry of Motor Vehicles? Check. Restaurants? Check. Startup incubator? Coming soon to the Arsenal Mall.…

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Technology
Eliza Kern May 14, 2013 (Jun 9, 2020) -- Blog Post

500 Startups announces latest batch of accelerator companies

500 Startups announced the 28 companies that will make up its summer incubator batch. The companies will launch in July at demo days in Mountain View, San Francisco, and New York.…

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Technology
Janko Roettgers Apr 23, 2013 (Jun 9, 2020) -- Blog Post

Skype co-founder Janus Friis is working on a stealthy new product incubator

Skype co-founder Janus Friis is at it again, launching a new, stealthy startup incubator that wants to reuse and share code across a number of projects.…

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Technology
Eliza Kern Nov 26, 2012 (Jun 9, 2020) -- Blog Post

Y Combinator startups to get less cash, more connections in strategic shift

Y Combinator, one of the oldest and most prestigious startup incubators in Silicon Valley, announced a change to its funding structure Monday, taking control of the VC investments made in each of its startup classes, and adding more facetime with local investors.…

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Technology
Mikko Järvenpää, Vuact Aug 12, 2012 (Jun 9, 2020) -- Blog Post

Why it’s the right time for the Lean Startup Accelerator

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.…

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Europe, Technology
Bobbie Johnson Jul 10, 2012 (Jun 9, 2020) -- Blog Post

GameFounders pushes deadline back after ‘big uptake’

Game-focused startup accelerator GameFounders has decided to knock back its deadline for applications by three days, in what the founders say is an attempt to accommodate a surge in submissions. Applicants will now have until Friday to apply for the Estonian-based program.…

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Europe, Technology
Kevin Fitchard Jun 14, 2012 (Jun 9, 2020) -- Blog Post

Tandem readies $32M fund; preps for new mobile investments

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.…

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Mobile, Technology
Bobbie Johnson Jun 12, 2012 (Jun 9, 2020) -- Blog Post

Samwers kill their Fab clone after just six months

Just months after Germany's notorious Samwer brothers courted controversy by cloning design sales site Fab.com, they are about to close their copycat site, Bamarang, down -- folding it into its more successful stablemate, WestWing.…

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Europe, Technology
jessicas1 Jun 7, 2012 (Jun 9, 2020) -- Blog Post

TechNexus co-founder: Incubators should make friends with corporate America

In an interview, Terry Howerton, co-founder of Chicago-area incubator TechNexus, argues that rather than view big companies as innovation killers or community destroyers, it's time for some segments of the startup and coworking communities to grow up and leverage corporate America.…

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Technology, Work & Collaboration
Kevin Fitchard May 22, 2012 (Jun 9, 2020) -- Blog Post

Chicago’s new incubator Catapult stocks up on startups

The Windy City is famous for one big giant startup Groupon, but the folks at Chicago’s newest incubator Catapult believe there will be many more, and -- for a short while at least -- it hopes to play host to the next big Web sensations from the Midwest.…

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Technology
David Meyer May 14, 2012 (Jun 9, 2020) -- Blog Post

What does Telekom really want from hub:raum startups?

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.…

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Europe
Bobbie Johnson Apr 5, 2012 (Jun 9, 2020) -- Blog Post

Russia’s Fast Lane flips again with Shopping Live sale

Russian web incubator Fast Lane Ventures is developing a reputation for building big businesses fast, with the sale TV channel Shopping Live -- its second significant exit inside a couple of months.…

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Europe, Media, Technology
David Meyer Mar 9, 2012 (Jun 9, 2020) -- Blog Post

Rocket lieutenant jumps to clone-free rival incubator

Florian Heinemann, long-time marketing chief for the infamous Samwer brothers, has joined other ex-Rocketeers at Project A Ventures -- an incubator that has been explicitly set up as a move away from Rocket's copycat model.…

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Europe, Technology
Om Malik Jan 4, 2012 (Jun 9, 2020) -- Blog Post

What history teaches us about startup incubators

A recent post by Andrew Clay Shafer raised doubts about the abilities of growing number of incubators that are imitating the likes of 500 Startups. The key qualities of these incubators are no different than incubators from 1999, as an old Forbes.com piece of mine shows.…

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Technology
Colleen Taylor Dec 1, 2011 (Jun 9, 2020) -- Blog Post

It’s time for startup founders to think bigger

It's easier than ever to build a web or mobile app and call yourself a startup. But with new funding opportunities and technology tools, entrepreneurs can easily -- and cheaply -- use technology to solve larger problems, rather than create another lifestyle app.…

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Cleantech, Science & Energy, Technology

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