Startups need resources: cash, labour, ideas, technologies. Usually cash and mentorship in some form or shape is what is on offer from various startup accelerators. Those without necessary experience and / or cash, take up the offer. Yet, it seems that Startup Yard is offering so much more to get best Europrean team to join its acceleration programme.
Prague-based startup accelerator has been moving in the direction of search and big data specialization with the announcement of its partnership with the largest Czech search engine and internet company Seznam.
Now another Czech data company and a global success story GoodData has announced partnership with Startup Yard to enable its participating startup teams to access GoodData data intelligence platform. The teams that will apply before the 31st of January and get selected to participate in the to Startup Yard acceleration programme, will have free access to GoodData platform that enables integration, storage, analysis and visualisation of structured and unstructured data.
The advantage for startups is in saving significant amount of time on building these technologies internally, according to the managing director of Startup Yard Cedric Maloux. According to Roman Stanek, the founder and CEO of GoodData, its open platform encourages new ideas and innovation.
Startup Yard offers the cash and in-kind services that add up to an aquivalent of 250,000 Euros as well as accommodation in Prague and flight tickets from anywhere in Europe.
