Extreme Venture Partners is presenting another round of Extreme University this summer! At “ExtremeU” you’ll get a chance to bring your great idea to life, and draw upon the technology and business expertise of the EVP team. Our 2009 class was a great success! Experts from last year’s ExtremeU will be returning to speak and mentor the ExtremeU “class of 2010″. New speakers this year include Anand Agarawala, Austin Hill, Chamath Palihapitiya, Dinesh Moorjani, Leonard Brody, and Rob Balarhura.
After you apply and are accepted you will:
- Get an initial $5,000 + $5,000 (US) per founder in exchange for a 10% ownership stake in your company
- Move your team to our shared ExtremeU office space at Yonge & King streets (downtown Toronto)
- Attend weekly mentoring sessions by industry experts in technology, funding, legal, public relations, marketing and human resources.
- Meet a who’s who of experts at our weekly socials and have an opportunity to practice your pitch and demo your in-progress prototype
- Have access to local shared resources to accelerate product development
Who: We are looking for four smart and fast-moving teams to participate. Typically all members of the two-three person team will be deep technically, but at least one of the founders should have a technical background.
Why: Let’s face it we need a program like this in our community!
When: Applications are due by June 4th, 2010. The program starts Monday, June 14th, 2010 and concludes Thursday, September 10th, 2010 at the ExtremeU offices in Toronto at Yonge and King streets. The final demo day will be Tuesday September 16th, 2010 at Demo Camp.
Extreme University will be led by Farhan Thawar, Dean of ExtremeU. Farhan has over 11 years experience in the technology sector. He is currently the VP of Engineering at Xtreme Labs.
Last year’s ExtremeU teams included location services provider Locationary, Twitter monetization specialist Assetize, and Uken, a social games network, who have gone on to raise over $1M in follow-on financing.