3. Channels of Innovation Funneling Deal Flow into the Plug and Play Ecosystem through Events, International, University and Corporate Partnerships. International Partnerships University Partnerships Events & Complex : Attracting Local Innovators Corporate Partnerships
6. Team Building & Mentorship Executives in Residence (EIR) program matches industry veterans, serial entrepreneurs, and other domain experts with startups as potential co-founders, advisors, team members and investors Acquisition On-site recruiting department helps startups find key personnel at all levels
9. University Relationships Working with over 100 Universities to increase a startupâs success Strategic Objective 2011: Partner with 10 universities to source and support 10 top tech startups
10. Centers of Excellence 10/17/11 Objective : To attract, support, and invest in technology entrepreneurs by providing them with a vibrant place to work, test, learn, and network. Each Center of Excellence is focused on a particular vertical. The initial verticals of focus will be in the areas of Mobile, Smart Grid, Digital Media and Cloud Computing . Plug and Play is working to create corporate and investment partnerships to support this program and its entrepreneurial community via a corporate membership program.
11. CASE STUDY 10/17/11 Plug and Play Tech Center / Confidential and Proprietary Co-Founders: Shayan Zadeh and Alex Mehr
12. CASE STUDY 10/17/11 Plug and Play Tech Center / Confidential and Proprietary Co-Founders: Mohamed Adham and Adil Lalani Seed Round, June 2008 $400K with DFJ Series A, October 2010 $1 million Series B, September 2011 $6.5 million with Azure Capital and DFJ
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