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A new incubator program, Imagine K12, launched today in Palo Alto aimed specifically at building entrepreneurship in the education space. Founded by three Silicon Valley veterans - Tim Brady, Alan

At Tuesday's Demo Day, the latest batch of Y Combinator startups raved about the experience, the guidance, the resources, the networking that their participation in the incubator program gave them.

A group of Australian tech investors and entrepreneur have formed a new seed fund that will offer a Y Combinator-style incubator model, with small early stage investment and up-close mentoring

A story last week in the San Jose Mercury News highlights, as the title suggests, "the dearth of women in tech." The article begins with a description of InDinero founder

The European startup incubator Seedcamp announced today the launch of Seedcamp Johannesburg, the organization's first event in Africa. A Mini Seedcamp will be held in Johannesburg, South Africa on August

Joystick Labs announced this week that it is accepting applications for a seed-stage venture fund and accelerator program for independent video game startups. Game developers who participate in Joystick Lab's

When Phoenix-based designer Jamie Martin's blog post hit the front page of Hacker News earlier today, he realized what it's like to burn bridges in a connected world. After his

While there aren't nearly enough, there are several incubator programs out there for startups in most of the major cities with thriving startup cultures. These programs provide early-stage companies with

A decade ago, entrepreneurs saw seed funds as a means to an end. There was little effort to brand the separate groups, there were few celebrity angels and the entire

Raising funding is hard any way you slice it, but the emergence of cause-base resources is helping pave the way for ethical startups that might have otherwise gone unseen. A

Early-stage New York City startups are about to get some tender loving care and it's got nothing to do with Valentine's Day. As highlighted in Jason Calacanis' blog seed-stage investment

In 2006, Y Combinator founder Paul Graham wrote an essay entitled, "How to Be Silicon Valley." He argues that a tech hub must have nerds and people with money. At

The downturn certainly hasn't made getting a term sheet an easy endeavor. Many early-stage companies have chosen to forgo traditional investment in favor of participating in incubator programs . This

Pittsburgh-based startup incubator AlphaLab hosted its Fall demo day earlier this morning. Created by seed funding group Innovations Works, AlphaLab provides 6 promising startups with funding, office space and

Morpheus describes itself as "a gang of serial entrepreneurs and around 40 startup founders" who are "trying to make a small contribution towards India's startup revolution." The venture aims to

While lifecasting in mobile devices is not new, Nokia announced this morning that its S60 series phones will be shipping Qik. Starting with the Nokia N97, Qik will provide live

We spoke recently with Joshua Baer and Bryan Menell of Capital Factory, a technology incubator/accelerator based in Austin, Texas. Capital Factory puts on an intense 10-week summer program that gives

For the fifth in our series of interviews with investors, we decided to do something different. Elliott Dahan, of the START Fund, cannot write you a check. At least not