We are a next generation seed accelerator for technology startups, based in the heart of Silicon Valley. We connect entrepreneurs with a global network of seed investors, mentors and market entrance partners, and work with entrepreneurs to run their startups more effectively.

blackbox connect is an intense educational program for startups from around the world that want to dive into Silicon Valley's ecosystem.

We are already collecting applications for the April 2012 edition.

blackbox connect // Nov 2011

Palo Alto, October 31st - November 5th, 2011

The first edition of blackbox connect was organized around the research from Startup Genome Project, which was conducted by blackbox together with Stanford and Berkeley faculty. CEOs, investors and executives who took part, came from Russia, Poland, Ukraine, Germany, the Netherlands, Italy and Argentina.

Videos

Christine Herron, Intel Capital

David Hornik, August Capital

Speakers

Steve Blank — Steve Blank Stanford

Bill Draper — Bill Draper III Draper Richard

David Hornik — David Hornik August Capital

Saad Khan — Saad Khan CMEA Capital

Toni Schneider — Toni Schneider True Ventures

Christine Herron — Christine Herron Intel Capital

Daniel Zimmermann — Daniel Zimmermann Wilmer Hale

Neil Jacobstein — Neil Jacobstein Singularity University

Enrique Allen — Enrique Allen 500 Startups

Joachim Schwendenwein — Joachim Schwendenwein University of Graz

Andy Tsao — Andy Tsao Silicon Valley Bank

Burton Lee — Burton Lee Stanford University

Max Skibinsky — Max Skibinsky Inporia

Alex Moskalyuk — Alex Moskalyuk Facebook

Emil Eifrem — Emil Eifrem Neo4J

Ankit Gupta — Ankit Gupta Pulse

Rachel Pike — Rachel Pike Draper Fisher Jurvetson

Amit Garg — Amit Garg Norwest Venture Partners

Amit Garg — Josh Breinlinger SIGMA Partners