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Seedcamp is Recruiting – Come Join our Awesome Team As many of you know Seedcamp has been a very lean operation from the earliest of days. We were 1 person, growing to 2 for a few years, and then became 4 recently. We have accomplished an incredible amount in that time and our ambitions are to do so much more in London, Europe, … [Read More...] Final Days to Apply – Seedcamp Week London We have been meeting some great founders in the last couple of months at our Meet and Greets and in our Mini Seedcamps across Europe.

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Incubateur Paris, incubateur ingenieur, entreprendre projet, Centrale Paris L'incubateur de CentraleSupélec en quelques chiffres : 15 à 20 projets incubés en permanence 70 entreprises créées Plus de 500 emplois créés accompagnés de dizaines de stages Un taux de réussite de 80% un centre d'appel équipé de 5 boxes 18 bureaux tout équipés 3 salles de réunion un espace détente... Créé en 2001, l'incubateur s'inscrit dans l'approche éducative avant-gardiste de l'École Centrale Paris depuis 1829. Elle consiste à « former des ingénieurs capables de relever les plus grands défis de leur époque », comme le souligne Hervé Biausser, directeur de CentraleSupélec. Dans des locaux dédiés tout équipés, nous accueillons et soutenons des projets innovants et ambitieux, à un stade très précoce, portés ou non par des diplômés de Centrale et de Supélec.

crowdfunding / Crowdfunding Please request to get permission to edit this page. I approve people who appear legitimate so it helps to add a message with your request. Due to overwhelming amount of requests and spam, I am not activating any editors so instead please just send a brief description and URL of the crowdfunding project that you would like listed here. That is the main reason why people want edit access (as opposed to enhancing the article). Thanks. Contact Michael Sullivan - sulleleven on gmail or @sull on Twitter. Social Proof Is The New Marketing Editor’s note: This guest post is written by Aileen Lee, Partner at venture firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, where she focuses on investing in consumer internet ventures. Full disclosure: some of the companies mentioned below are KPCB-backed companies, including One Kings Lane, Klout and Plum District (both of which count Lee as a board member). You can read more about Lee at KPCB.com and follow her on twitter at @aileenlee. As I’ve written about before, we’re in an amazing period of the consumer Internet.

Is tapping the crowds the future of funding? Crowd funding matches entrepreneurs with members of the public who are keen to investEnterprises pitch their business plans to potential investors onlineUK-based Crowdcube has so far helped SMEs find almost $450,000 in equity funding (CNN) -- Small and medium size businesses (SMEs) struggling to convince banks to loan them money are turning instead to the masses, in a new strategy being called crowd funding. It works like this: Enterprises pitch their business plans to potential investors online. It allows for a large number of people to contribute smaller amounts, rather than a SME needing to attract a couple of big investors. Crowd funding for businesses is a relatively new idea.

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weblog about crowdfunding & crowdsourcing Crowdfunding has many faces; when someone talks about crowdfunding, he or she either means investing, supporting, loaning or donating. The concept of investments, loans and donations are clear, but what is supporting exactly? Crowdfunding creative projects is about supporting: the crowd finances a creative project in return for rewards. Elevation Dock: The Best Dock For iPhone by Casey Hopkins Thanks for checking out our project! If you missed out, you can get your Elevation Dock at ElevationLab.com, along with updates and future projects. And thanks again to all the backers, these would never have been made without your support. - Casey Wired: "The Dock Apple should have made in the first place." John Gruber: "An exquisitely well-crafted, beautiful, useful iPhone dock.

10 Start-up Incubators to Watch Founded in 2006, TechStars is one of the country's most prestigious incubators. Its four locations in Boston, Boulder, New York City, and Seattle, host 10 teams for three months of the year on rotation, funding each team member between $6,000 and $18,000. More than 600 teams applied last year, making TechStars one of the country's most competitive incubators. TechStars focuses on technology companies with transnational appeal, and requires a 6 percent equity stake in any new companies that are funded. Each program ends with a pitch event with venture capitalists and other investors.

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