http://localhost:3000/lists/Early-stage+Startup+Funding+Firms A Seekler Early-stage Startup Funding Firms list created by the community. en-us http://ycombinator.com Location: Cambridge, MA (in summer) & Bay Area, CA (in winter) Investment: $5000(1+x) where x = number of founders Stake taken: 2-10% Deadline: April 2, 2008 <a href="http://ycombinator.com/s2008.html">apply now</a> Seekler community Wed, 06 Feb 2008 10:57:54 -0800 http://localhost:3000/items/Y+Combinator http://localhost:3000/items/Y+Combinator <a href="http://techstars.org">techstars.org</a> Location: Boulder, CO Investment: $5000 per founder, up to $15,000 Stake taken: 5% Deadline: March 31, 2008 <a href="http://www.techstars.org/apply/">apply now</a> Seekler community Wed, 06 Feb 2008 10:58:42 -0800 http://localhost:3000/items/Tech+Stars http://localhost:3000/items/Tech+Stars <a href="http://www.launchboxdigital.com/">launchboxdigital.com </a> Location: Washington, DC Investment: $15,000 - $30,000 Stake taken: 4-8% Deadline: March 14, 2008 <a href="http://www.launchboxdigital.com/apply-online.html">apply now</a> Seekler community Wed, 06 Feb 2008 10:57:16 -0800 http://localhost:3000/items/LaunchBox+Digital http://localhost:3000/items/LaunchBox+Digital <a href="http://www.crv.com/AboutCRV/QuickStart.html">CRV Quickstart</a> Investment: Up to $250K (loan) Stake taken: None Deadline: None <a href="mailto:quickstart@crv.com">apply now</a> Seekler community Wed, 06 Feb 2008 11:35:38 -0800 http://localhost:3000/items/CRV+QuickStart http://localhost:3000/items/CRV+QuickStart <a href="http://www.seedcamp.com/">Seedcamp</a> Location: London, UK Investment: About $74,000 Stake taken: 10% Deadline: August 12, 2008 Seekler community Wed, 06 Feb 2008 11:19:50 -0800 http://localhost:3000/items/Seedcamp http://localhost:3000/items/Seedcamp <a href="http://www.hcp.com/summer/">Summer@Highland</a> Highland Capital Partners is offering summer entrepreneurship opportunities for university students interested in developing their idea to start a company in the technology, consumer or life sciences industries. Location: Lexington, MA Investment: $15,000 (team), $7,500 (individual) Deadline: Not announced Seekler community Wed, 06 Feb 2008 11:28:03 -0800 http://localhost:3000/items/Highland+Capital+Partners http://localhost:3000/items/Highland+Capital+Partners <a href="http://hitforge.com">Hitforge</a> HitForge is an entrepreneur cooperative composed of independent small teams, where people can apply with their ideas, join the team, and see their idea go from idea to product in a few weeks, largely with help of an offshore engineering team. If it works, then the product is turned into a company. If it doesn’t work, the product is killed, and the team moves onto something new. HitForge is out of a few thousand dollars. The team whose product got killed still gets to share in the hits that come out of the cooperative <a href="mailto:applications@thehitforge.com">apply now</a> Seekler community Wed, 06 Feb 2008 11:18:07 -0800 http://localhost:3000/items/Hitforge http://localhost:3000/items/Hitforge <a href="http://beta.yeurope.net/">YEurope</a> Location: Vienna, Austria Investment: approx. $7409 per founder, up to approx. $22,227 Stake Taken: 2-10% Deadline: None Seekler community Wed, 06 Feb 2008 11:30:22 -0800 http://localhost:3000/items/YEurope http://localhost:3000/items/YEurope <a href="http://www.baypartners.com/appfactory/">AppFactory</a> A fast-track program supporting entrepreneurs dedicated to developing applications for the Facebook Platform. Investment: $25,000-$250,000 Stake taken: ? Deadline: None <a href="mailto:appfactory@baypartners.com">apply now</a> Seekler community Wed, 06 Feb 2008 11:24:16 -0800 http://localhost:3000/items/AppFactory http://localhost:3000/items/AppFactory http://dreamitventures.com/ Location: Philadelphia, PA Investment: $10,000-$30,000 Stake taken: 4-8% Deadline: March 12 <a href="http://dreamitventures.com/Apply/tabid/58/Default.aspx">apply now</a> Seekler community Wed, 06 Feb 2008 11:08:07 -0800 http://localhost:3000/items/DreamIt+Ventures http://localhost:3000/items/DreamIt+Ventures Location: Atlanta, GA Not yet launched Seekler community Wed, 06 Feb 2008 11:20:18 -0800 http://localhost:3000/items/Bootphase http://localhost:3000/items/Bootphase Location: Vancouver, Canada Not launched yet Seekler community Wed, 06 Feb 2008 11:21:07 -0800 http://localhost:3000/items/Bootup+Labs http://localhost:3000/items/Bootup+Labs