InfoChachkie
JUNE 9, 2015
With top-ranked accelerators Lauchpad LA closing its doors and Y Combinator rebranding itself as a seed fund, it seems fair to ask the question, “Are Accelerators Dead?”. Yet to be a truly effective accelerator, the work must continue the momentum beyond Demo Day. A version of this article previously appeared in Forbes.
socalTECH
OCTOBER 15, 2014
The Disney Accelerator , the startup accelerator sponsored by Walt Disney and being run by TechStars, had its demo day Tuesday, showing off the nine companies to emerge out of the accelerator. in its seed funding round. disney startup accelerator walt angeles entertainment consumer funding venture capital techstars'
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socalTECH
JANUARY 7, 2019
Our most recent Demo Day in November 2018 (at Google/Venice on the main stage) was the most well-attended Demo Day in the history of Startup Boost. And, many of the presenting companies received sizable funding commitments and offers of ongoing help. And as Ive witnessed countless times, they cant get there any other way.
Startup Professionals Musings
JUNE 3, 2023
Most of these are non-profits, set up by a university to commercialize new technologies, or a municipality to foster business development for the local economy. Direct seed funding, for a share of the equity, and introductions to investors. Mentoring and technical assistance from volunteer or paid experts.
Startup Professionals Musings
SEPTEMBER 11, 2020
Most of these are non-profits, set up by a university to commercialize new technologies, or a municipality to foster business development for the local economy. Direct seed funding, for a share of the equity, and introductions to investors. Mentoring and technical assistance from volunteer or paid experts.
Both Sides of the Table
JUNE 18, 2015
There are too many deals to look at, too many seed funds or angels asking you to look at deals and weekly “demo days” with manicured and monocultural presentations crafted by experienced story tellers to help even the mundane idea sound like it will.
Both Sides of the Table
OCTOBER 30, 2014
They demoed the electricity transfer with a physical device that looked like something that would never be allowed on an airplane. She had raised seed funds from a who’s who list of investors including Andreessen Horowitz, Founders Fund, Marissa Mayer, Mark Cuban, Troy Carter and so on. But it seemed to work.
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