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Европейская программа акселерации
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TechPeaks …is a People Accelerator! …is a long-term initiative, already set up and funded for 4 years with 13M€ (~17M$) of committed capital: One boot camp in 2013, starting in May, and two boot camps each following year. …selects hackers, designers, entrepreneurs, mixing them into a high-pressure 6-month boot camp in the beautiful Italian Alps. …is an intense programme based on hard-core lean methodologies, enlisting technical entrepreneurs and global mentors to generate the best founder teams in high-tech.
Phase 2 – Startup
How it works
3
time
Prototyping, technology test
Commercialization, market test
Revenues
Phase 1 - People and team acceleration
Talented people
Seed funding or first round (angels, VCs)
People, teams, ideas
Great projects
6 months 12 months
Accelerator programmes
Matching Fund
Offer
Participants need skills, talent, passion. We provide a small salary (€500/m), free housing, food, desks, services and visa for 6 months. Teams and ideas can be there from the beginning or be shaped during the programme. During the first weeks, teams form and change, validate ideas using lean methodologies. Teams pitch ideas to get a non-equity grant of 25k€ (~33k$), incorporate and start their businesses. Top-notch mentors with global business and tech background coach teams. Research labs provide people networks and ideas. Startups attracting private investors in the following 12 months can access phase 2 and get matching funds up to 200k€ (~330k$).
What is the difference?
5
People
Startups
Funding
• Unique value: Bringing together international technology competences, in particular from Eastern Europe, mixing them with Italian creativity and design
• Strong technological background: Trento hosts the Italian node of the European Institute of Innovation & Technology (EIT) ICT Labs, leading community in EU
• Great dealflow down the line: Creating a free-thinking, high-pressure environment for great entrepreneurs to meet and grow, and build great products and startups
• Growth is key: First phase provides pre-seed funding (25k€); Second phase of the programme provides matching funds to promising teams, up to 200k€ per startup
Technology
Some mentors…
Andy Parsons
Co-founder/CTO at Happify
Obie Fernandez
Vladimir Oane
Co-Founder of UberVU
Bostjan Spetic
CEO at Zemanta ltd.
Renaud Visage Co-Founder & CTO at Eventbrite
Fausto Gimondi
Digital Media Expert
Rebecca Paoletti
CEO, Co-founder – CakeWorks
Evan Nisselson Investor, Mentor (Seedcamp, 500 start-ups, MindtheBrindge)
Jeremiah Robinson
VP Software at Jawbone
Peter Stern Web Designer at Newport News Shipbuilding
Author of bestseller CTO Lean StartUp Machine
Partner accelerators
We partnered with great private accelerator programs, aiming to help the next generation of world-class startups and improve the ecosystem: We provide great deal flow and matching funds. Our partners 2013:
Alessandro Ligabò
• Business Analyst in New Business Creation team, TrentoRise
• Ex McKinsey consultant
Matteo Cevese
• Community manager in New Business Creation team, TrentoRise
• Communication specialist
The team
Paolo Lombardi
• Leader of New Business Creation team in TrentoRise
• Public sector innovator, micro angel investor and AI expert
Andrea Baldini
• Principal at Earlybird in Milan
• Formerly software engineer and manager in Silicon Valley for Cisco
Evan Nisselson • Investor at LDV Capital,
mentor, • Experienced entrepreneur,
team leader, and digital media expert
Daria Batukhtina
• Marketing and product development leader
• Entrepreneur, EU and Russian start-up ecosystem
• Blogger, DO evangelist