YouWeb incubator
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At YouWeb, a Constant Quest to Anticipate Social and Mobile Gaming’s Future
It’s not easy to create a successful company in Silicon Valley; by popular estimates, only about 1 in 10 will survive, much less be successful. One of the ways entrepreneurs can try to hedge their bets is by joining an incubator, like YouWeb , a well-known venture started by former tech exec Peter Relan. In three years YouWeb hasn’t yet had an exit, but it has managed to produce three companies – CrowdStar , Aurora Feint and Sibblingz — that look like good bets, with more waiting in the wings. YouWeb has definitely developed a specialty over its short lifespan.Play Facebook Games | The Best Social Games are at Crowdstar.com
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YouWeb now has a New York branch! One Entrepreneur in Residence position plus one Intern position is open. Exceptional technologists from top schools are welcome to apply. Two more positions will be opening next spring at our Silicon Valley branch. A team of six YouWeb technologists will work together in 2010 to explore and create the next generation of mobile and consumer internet technologies. YouWeb entrepreneurs spend a year coming up with ideas, building technologies and products, and launching their own companies - typically in consumer internet and mobile computing sectors.
YouWeb Incubator
Even in the insular echo chamber of Silicon Valley, the name YouWeb doesn’t come up a whole lot. Yet the young incubator, largely a one-man show run by founder Peter Relan, has in just three years taken its initial seed capital of $700,000 and already launched a couple of hot internet startups. YouWeb tells Forbes that by its estimates, the companies it has invested in, including social games company CrowdStar and mobile social games platform provider OpenFeint , are collectively worth about $1 billion. Because this is the incubator’s own estimate, it should be taken with a grain of salt. But there is evidence and support to believe this number isn’t that far off base either.