tech·nol·o·gy (těk-nŏl’ə-jē) n. The application of science, especially to industrial or commercial objectives.
wild·cat·ter (wīld’kāt’ər) n. Independent oil entrepreneurs willing to take chances with regard to where they drill. Wildcatter success comes from low operating costs and the ability to mobilize quickly.
TechWildcatters is a mentorship-driven microseed fund and startup accelerator. Our 12-week accelerator “bootcamp” runs every spring and fall starting April 2010 in Dallas.
We’re very selective – each year we expect hundreds of companies to apply to the program and 8-10 of them will be invited to Dallas for each class. The companies get up to $25,000 in seed funding, intensive top-notch mentorship, and the opportunity to pitch to angel investors, venture capitalists and corporate development teams at our end of program “Pitch Day”.
What we look for
- Applications: Web/Enterprise 2.0, BI/data/analytics, gaming/simulation, etc.
- Technology: Web, SaaS, open source, data integration, middleware, etc.
- Customers: SMB through Fortune 500
- Location: come from anywhere, willing to locate to Dallas for the program
- Founders: well-rounded founder teams >1 person, demonstrated understanding of entrepreneurship, relevant technical and business knowledge
- Capital: needing seed capital to support living expenses while bootstrapping, can make efficient use of limited capital, would generally be planning on self/angel/customer financing as a next step coming out of the program
