The 10-week programme, Summer@Highland, offers university-affiliated start-ups office space in California and $15,000 in funding but Highland does not take an equity stake.
Highland Capital Partners, a US-based venture capital firm, has opened the doors to its summer start-up programme.
The 10-week programme, Summer@Highland, offers university-affiliated start-ups office space in California and $15,000 in funding but Highland does not take an equity stake.
Summer@Highland has been going for five years and this year the VC firm said it was "especially interested" in scaleable business plans beyond the initial idea stage in technology-focused areas, such as software-as-a-service (SaaS), internet/digital media, e-commerce, mobile, payments, social media, infrastructure, energy efficiency, robotics, healthcare IT, advanced materials & semiconductors.
There are two application deadlines this year: Early (March 1, 2012 at 11:59pm PT) and Regular (April 5, 2012 at 11:59pm PT). If you apply Early are not selected for some reason, your application will automatically roll into our Regular review process.
The program is open to teams with co-founders that are current undergraduate or graduate students, post graduate docs, as well as recent grads (must not have graduated earlier than December 2011).
At least one participating member of the team must meet this criterion. Teams need to consist of at least two co-founders and preferably aren’t larger than four members. Each selected team will receive $15,000
