European startup incubatorSeedcampis an early-stage micro seed investment and mentoring program that we’ve written aboutquite a few timesat The Next Web. Seedcamp holds events throughout the year that help it to decide which startups to cultivate with investments and advice. In March, Seedcampannounceda partnership with Facebook that means Seedcamp startups receive product, technical, and design support as well as early access to beta products and programs on Facebook platform.
In early June, right in time forNew York’s Internet Week, Seedcamp crossed the pond to host Mini Seedcamp New York. The team received applications from all over the world for the MiniCamp event and picked the final list to present in Google’s New York offices. Seedcamp kicked off its week in the big apple with a panel onFoursquare.Saul KleininterviewedDennis Crowley, the founder ofFoursquare,Bryce RobertsfromO’Reilly Alpha Tech Ventures, andAlbert WengerofUnion Square Venturesabout the early days of the company, the ambitious take on a huge market, and the ways the founders and investors work together for a common goal.
Our first Seedcamp New York was a huge success – we’re proud to say that our venture across the Atlantic bore some great results and left us certain that we will come back. We started off on Sunday with a pre-Seedcamp meetup with all the teams – burgers and beers, what else.ERPLY, who hosted us back in February, made sure no one was left hungry, and it was a great opportunity to get to know the teams in advance. On Monday, we met everybody again, this time at the impressive Google cafeteria, to go through all the pitches and to prepare the teams for the onslaught of feedback they were sure to receive on Seedcamp day.
-Philipp Moehring, Associate at Seedcamp
Today, four teams were announced to be the newest members of the Seedcamp family who convinced the judges about their product, vision, and tenacity to grow a great business.
The Winners Are:
Bilbus– from London and New York,Bilbususes technology to solve the two biggest challenges facing small business working capital: cash flow visibility; and access to finance. The team convinced Seedcamp with both industry experience and a real hunger to solve this big problem for SMEs.
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Campalyst– With a team from Latvia, Estonia, and Lithuania, this diverse group of northern all stars measures whether social media presence helps brands sell. Being up and running only three months, it’s really impressive whatCampalysthas already achieved.
Compilrhails from from Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.Compilris an online aide that allows developers to code from any device anywhere in the world. Compilr impressed Seedcamp with not only with a great product, but also with thousands of users from around the world, who show that new ways of coding and collaborating are coming to a browser near you.
Zin.gl– Based in Belgium, hailing from Russia, and having their eyes set on the US market,Zin.glconvinced Seedcamp that with their vision of leveraging the Social Graph (FB, Twitter, Foursquare) they will make dating a better experience.
Runners-Up:
For related news: See our recent interview withSeedcamp Partner Reshma Sohonion handling pressure and standing out.
Story byCourtney Boyd Myers
Courtney Boyd Myers is the founder of audience.io, a transatlantic company designed to help New York and London based technology startups gr(show all)Courtney Boyd Myers is the founder ofaudience.io, a transatlantic company designed to help New York and London based technology startups grow internationally.
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