Ignite 100, The UK YC?

Re:Ignite 100, The UK YC? by amirmc on Friday July 01, 2011 @05:47AM (#2717664)

Same guy running it (jdbradford). It'll be the 4th accelerator cycle he's run (3rd in the north-east).

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Re:Ignite 100, The UK YC? by dmitri1981 on Friday July 01, 2011 @06:06AM (#2717698)

Makes me wonder why there are so many iterations. Also, have there been any interesting success stories to come out of his accelerators?

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Re:Ignite 100, The UK YC? by tjmoon on Friday July 01, 2011 @06:18AM (#2717721)

Three I know of:

http://eu.techcrunch.com/2011/01/27/screenreach-raises-50000...

http://eu.techcrunch.com/2011/05/23/loveyourlarder-wants-to-...

http://techcrunch.com/2010/11/23/curated-by/

Not sure about Springboard, the programme is still going on.

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Re:Ignite 100, The UK YC? by jessinblue on Friday July 01, 2011 @12:34PM (#2718986)

Yep, first cycle of Springboard will finish end of July, so let's see what happens from there!

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Re:Ignite 100, The UK YC? by amirmc on Friday July 01, 2011 @06:22AM (#2717730)

Makes me wonder why there are so many iterations

Why? Isn't iteration a good sign? The accelerators have only been going for the last couple of years so it's too soon to cite 'success' (unless you count fundraising as newsworthy)

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Re:Ignite 100, The UK YC? by dmitri1981 on Friday July 01, 2011 @06:34AM (#2717750)

Don't get me wrong, I am all in favour of the work they are doing. I was just wondering about what was and what was not working for them.

I guess it's easy to get used to YC companies bursting out of the gates and making an impact from the get go that I thought it strange I did not know any companies from those accelerators.

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