R/GA and TechStars are looking for a total of ten startups for the program, which will see teams set up shop in R/GA's New York digs and (hopefully) bring their kooky concepts to fruition in about three months.
To celebrate the implementation of a part of the JOBS Act called general solicitation, which allows startups to publicly advertise the opportunity to invest in their company through social media or news publications, Wefunder is also launching a Startup of The Month program.
In line with the progressive startup of the FB p3 program the communication within the program was at times incomplete.
During a call, Director of Wayra U.K. Gary Stewart, told me that since Wayra/Telefónica's primary business isn't running accelerators for other corporates, the partnership with Asos had to have a strategic fit for both companies, in terms of the kind of startups the program is aiming to attract but also the mentoring and biz dev support Asos will bring to the table.
This is the 16th ever Demo Day being put on by YC, and this class is notably smaller than the past two startup classes to graduate out of the program — 66 startups graduated from YC's Winter 2012 class, and 84 startups graduated out of Summer 2012.
It recently accepted a second batch of startups into the program, which doesn't take any equity.
Where the startups fall within that range will be up to the Triangle leadership team, but it means that your startup could come out of the program with as much as $200,000 in pocket — not bad for 7.5percentt.
Instead, the team timed the opening of the free-agency hunting season with the startup of the "Knicks Night Live" program on MSG.
We're here at the ERA Demo Day in New York City, set to bring you the latest and greatest new startups to launch out of the program.
Discussing how the Academy compares with incubators or mentoring programs, he says the price point is "very competitive" (albeit incubator programs are usually 'paying' the startups to be part of the program via an investment) but also stresses that it's more of a class environment than you'd get at an incubator.
