After many months of hard work we are finally ready to announce RC1. Thanks to everyone who has fought in order to make this possible
Rainmaking in Denmark and Okuri Ventures in Spain are joining forces to create the first accelerator based in several European cities, empowering entrepreneurs to leverage on local resources to access larger markets. The 3 month program in Madrid (Summer 2011) and Copenhagen (Fall 2011) will soon be followed by Berlin (Winter 2012) and London (Spring 2012). And that is only the beginning.
Why are we aiming to succeed where even the mighty European Union has failed? To put it in simple terms, some things just need to be done.
We want Startupbootcamp teams from all over the world to choose to attend any of the cities we are in, experiencing a truly European network. We want entrepreneurs to think about Europe as a single market, not a fragmented ecosystem. We want Startupbootcamp mentors to collaborate with teams all around Europe. We want investors to meet and invest in any startup in the European Startupbootcamp constellation. In our vision, there are no more countries and ecosystems, but a single connected Europe entrepreneurship space.
The 3 month program, where teams will receive 4000€ per team member and work in the free office space at Startupbootcamp sites, is based on the support of over 150 mentors that share their experience buidling truly amazing businesses. Each city has its own batch of local mentors plus a batch of international shared mentors across all programs. We truly believe in one Europe and that means that our people will be everywhere. Startups will have access to not only the whole
Europe team, but to all the mentors and investors in our network which covers the whole world, US, EMEA, Latam and Asia.
We will also hold a European International Investor Day for all of our graduated startups to pitch to international VCs and Business Angels. We believe we need a platform for wider exposure of the European startup scene. We want to bring that to bridge countries and bring together startups and investors from across all geographies of the region.
Are you a entrepreneur? Want to kickstart your startup in a true international fashion? Want to meet peers from all over the world? Summer in partyland-sexy-Spain? Fall in beautiful-Copenhagen? Stay tuned, Madrid applications open on February 2011 and the deadline is May 15th 2011. The Copenhagen edition closes applications July 15th 2011.
Are you an investor? Passionate about finding new startups? Want to help the rising European entrepreneur scene? Want to attend our investor day? Come and join us!
Lets make things happen people, change is on its way, one Startupbootcamp, one program, one Europe!
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