In excess of the previous year, the assistance technique for New york Metropolis entrepreneurs and tech startups has grown drastically such as the addition of: TechStars NYC mentoring and seed funding program,
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At the moment, DreamIt Ventures announced its growth to your city, only one hour or so away from its original Philadelphia startup accelerator.
DreamIt Ventures presents as much as $25,000 in seed funding to its portfolio suppliers, as well as coaching, distinctive speaking engagements, an opportunity to pitch at a Demo Day to affiliated angel and venture traders, as well as a collaborative workspace. The organization has still to indicator a lease on (or reveal the address of) its Manhattan area, but has confirmed the following entrepreneurs will serve as advisors to agencies accepted into its NYC method this spring: Gil Beyda: Founder, RealMedia (acquired by WPP)
Bryan and Jeffrey Eisenberg: Founders,
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John Eley: CEO, Pivot; Previous CEO HotSpot FX (acquired by Knight Capital)
Jason Finger: previous CEOFounder, SeamlessWeb (acquired by Aramark)
Jonah Goodhart: Co-Founder, Colonize.com; Board Member of Suitable Media (acquired by Yahoo)
Ken Seiff: previous CEO and Founder,
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Jonathan Shapiro, CEO, MediaWhiz; Previous Chief Tactic Officer, Doubleclick; Previous President, Lillian Vernon
Nat Turner: former CEO, Founder,
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Kaleil Isaza Tuzman: CEO, Founder, KIT Digital (NASDAQ: KITD)
Michael Yavondite: CEO, Hashable; former CEO, Quigo (acquired by AOL) The system will run from mid-May to mid-August this year. Candidates to DreamIt Ventures’ NYC system will be reviewed on a rolling basis with an early decision deadline of February 28, 2011 and also a final deadline of March 16, 2011, according towards the accelerator’s site. DreamIt has “Hacker” and “Strategist” tracks where individuals not nonetheless affiliated with a company can apply to potentially join a portfolio startup, on either the technical or business front.
DreamIt Ventures plans to admit ten to fifteen vendors into its NYC plan, five of which will be digital education businesses. That’s the same setup as the Philly plan. In both cities, DreamIt Ventures partners with Startl — an organization funded by the MacArthur, Hewlett and Gates Foundations — to help five, digital education startups build their businesses.
DreamIt Ventures alumni corporations have included SCVNGR (2008), SeatGeek (2009) and MindSnacks (2010).
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