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Acceleprise is a new Washington DC based accelerator that is targeting new startups in the Enterprise space. TechCrunch recently said that Acceleprise wants to be the “500 startups for Entreprise”
Acceleprise has great DC based founders in Sean Glass, Allen Gannett and Collin Gutman. They also have some great mentors that include well known founders, executives, venture capitalists and experienced operators. Their mentor list includes Scott Case, head of Startup America, Katharine Weymouth CEO of Washington Post Media, Maria Thomas former CEO of Etsy, Sonny Ganguly CMO at wedding wire and many more.
Their website says they are “The Enterprise Technology Accelerator”. Enterprise was a natural sector to pursue, Glass told TechCrunch’s Sarah Perez that he started thinking about how he wanted to do his personal angel investing. He found while evaluating his portfolio that he had the most success with and was able to help the most in early stages, were all enterprise focused.
Washington DC is also the perfect location for an enterprise focused accelerator. Of course the federal government is the largest enterprise customer in the country. In their immediate surroundings you have most of the largest defense companies and contractors in the world. Accelleprise is also a quick 4 hour drive to New York City and not to far from Atlanta as well.
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Acceleprise points out the words of DC Mayor Vince Gray:
“With over 2,000 technology companies, world-class universities, and a growing number of accelerators and incubators, Washington D.C. is bursting with entrepreneurial activity. As an international center for governments, non-profits, and associations, the District is a particularly attractive place for the enterprise software entrepreneurs that Acceleprise will assist.”
The founders of Acceleprise haven’t cut any corners when it comes to this tech accelerator. In addition to the founding partners and huge list of more than qualified mentors, Acceleprise has already made deals with some of the largest enterprise customers in the world like Microsoft and the Washington Post company, who have agreed to take sales meetings with portfolio companies. Acceleprise plans to have 10 portfolio companies at launch.
“When you come to the accelerator, you’re not just coming for the capital, or the mentors, or the collaboration, or the community,” Acceleprise co-founder Allen Gannett told TechCrunch, ”there’s actually going to be customers that are waiting to meet with you.”
Acceleprise is offering a number of benefits to portfolio companies including; a seed round, mentor team, customer panels, office space, structured curriculum, and Demo Days. Also each portfolio company will get $60,000 in technology from Microsoft and $25,000 in deferred legal fees from Goodwin & Proctor LLP, and much more.
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If you’re a startup in the enterprise tech space, apply at Acceleprise here
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