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Two Clean Energy Incubators Launched in Texas

Austin Startup

The Austin Technology Incubator (ATI) and the State Energy Conservation Office (SECO) are announcing a program to launch two new clean energy incubators at Texas universities. This program will make two awards of $200,000 each to build clean energy incubation capability. This program provides the seed capital to do so.

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Boston’s WebInno Is Now BIG

Genuine VC

Accelerators, incubators, and co-working spaces have proliferated in Cambridge and Boston. Seed capital is more readily available, including of course through NextView Ventures. In the mid-2000’s, there weren’t a lot of options to do so, as the ecosystem vibe still hadn’t recovered from the dot-com bubble burst.

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Seed Stage Funding 101: What it Is & How it Works

The Startup Magazine

The fundamental objective and aim of seed investment is to assist a company in launching its operations successfully. Seed capital is a component of the initial investments made in young businesses. Some return value must be offered to the investors for startup seed funding to be considered acceptable.

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The Rise of Chinese Venture Capital – (Part 3 of 5)

Steve Blank

The first wave of startups began when R&D centers and universities began to provide the technology and seed capital for new startups that were spin-outs or spin-offs. Inside the zones were Torch Technology Business Incubators with startups licensed by the local governments.

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Essential Startup Funding Tips from 8 Seasoned Investors

mashable.com

Vaynerchuk also recommends self-funding the incubation process, unless the industry you’re in is about to explode. You may also want to consider Crowdfunding at Seedups which is an innovative online matching service that allows entrepreneurs to raise up to £250,000 in seed capital from Business Angels. Seedups Hi Jeremy.

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Springboard Launches Accelerator Program for Early Stage European Startups

ReadWriteStart

Springboard debuted in 2009 as an " accidental incubator " emerging from the company Red Gate Software. The program offers seed capital, office space, and "most importantly - that magical ingredient of 'smart-community' with mentors and other entrepreneurs." Springboard aims to help early stage startups.

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What Future for Accelerators?

Both Sides of the Table

I had witnessed a number of early-stage tech startups in LA raise seed capital from the Bay Area and relocate. With the success of Idealab in the 90’s every city was building out incubators. My good friend Adam Lilling and I started Launchpad more than 5 years ago . We had a specific goal in mind. Quality endures.