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…
