Concept

TechPeaks …is a People Accelerator! …is a long-term initiative, already set up and funded for 4 years with 13M€ (~17M$) of committed capital: One boot camp in 2013, starting in May, and two boot camps each following year. …selects hackers, designers, entrepreneurs, mixing them into a high-pressure 6-month boot camp in the beautiful Italian Alps. …is an intense programme based on hard-core lean methodologies, enlisting technical entrepreneurs and global mentors to generate the best founder teams in high-tech.

Phase 2 – Startup

How it works

3

time

Prototyping, technology test

Commercialization, market test

Revenues

Phase 1 - People and team acceleration

Talented people

Seed funding or first round (angels, VCs)

People, teams, ideas

Great projects

6 months 12 months

Accelerator programmes

Matching Fund

Offer

Participants need skills, talent, passion. We provide a small salary (€500/m), free housing, food, desks, services and visa for 6 months. Teams and ideas can be there from the beginning or be shaped during the programme. During the first weeks, teams form and change, validate ideas using lean methodologies. Teams pitch ideas to get a non-equity grant of 25k€ (~33k$), incorporate and start their businesses. Top-notch mentors with global business and tech background coach teams. Research labs provide people networks and ideas. Startups attracting private investors in the following 12 months can access phase 2 and get matching funds up to 200k€ (~330k$).

What is the difference?

5

People

Startups

Funding

• Unique value: Bringing together international technology competences, in particular from Eastern Europe, mixing them with Italian creativity and design

• Strong technological background: Trento hosts the Italian node of the European Institute of Innovation & Technology (EIT) ICT Labs, leading community in EU

• Great dealflow down the line: Creating a free-thinking, high-pressure environment for great entrepreneurs to meet and grow, and build great products and startups

• Growth is key: First phase provides pre-seed funding (25k€); Second phase of the programme provides matching funds to promising teams, up to 200k€ per startup

Technology

Some mentors…

Andy Parsons

Co-founder/CTO at Happify

Obie Fernandez

Vladimir Oane

Co-Founder of UberVU

Bostjan Spetic

CEO at Zemanta ltd.

Renaud Visage Co-Founder & CTO at Eventbrite

Fausto Gimondi

Digital Media Expert

Rebecca Paoletti

CEO, Co-founder – CakeWorks

Evan Nisselson Investor, Mentor (Seedcamp, 500 start-ups, MindtheBrindge)

Jeremiah Robinson

VP Software at Jawbone

Peter Stern Web Designer at Newport News Shipbuilding

Author of bestseller CTO Lean StartUp Machine

Partner accelerators

We partnered with great private accelerator programs, aiming to help the next generation of world-class startups and improve the ecosystem: We provide great deal flow and matching funds. Our partners 2013:

Alessandro Ligabò

• Business Analyst in New Business Creation team, TrentoRise

• Ex McKinsey consultant

Matteo Cevese

• Community manager in New Business Creation team, TrentoRise

• Communication specialist

The team

Paolo Lombardi

• Leader of New Business Creation team in TrentoRise

• Public sector innovator, micro angel investor and AI expert

Andrea Baldini

• Principal at Earlybird in Milan

• Formerly software engineer and manager in Silicon Valley for Cisco

Evan Nisselson • Investor at LDV Capital,

mentor, • Experienced entrepreneur,

team leader, and digital media expert

Daria Batukhtina

• Marketing and product development leader

• Entrepreneur, EU and Russian start-up ecosystem

• Blogger, DO evangelist

Starting May 2013 in Trento!

http://techpeaks.eu