Capital Factory incubator chooses five startups
Capital Factory, an early-stage incubator that provides its annual class of startups with up to $20,000 each, mentorship services, office space, legal counsel, public relations and accounting support, has announced its 2009 selections. Those chosen from 250 applicants are internet and mobile companies aimed at making consumers’ lives easier:
Cubit Planning: A web service that provides quick, clear environmental data to help construction developers, urban planners and engineering firms comply with the National Environmental Policy Act.
Famigo:… Continue Reading
Capital Factory’s Joshua Baer on incubating startups in Austin
Silicon Valley may have the most established and well-known startup incubator in the form of Y Combinator, but other areas are joining in, with TechStars in Boulder, Colo., Launchbox Digital in Washington, D.C., and Start@Spark in Boston, Mass. — and Austin, Texas is getting into the game with Capital Factory.
Applications are now open for its first batch of startups; the firm says it will be selecting 10 finalists, then narrowing the list down to the… Continue Reading