Qualcomm lanserar ett nytt globalt ”investment program” för early stage financing. Det är öppet för ännu icke VC-finansierade bolag och kallas QPrize.

QPrize from Qualcomm Ventures

QPrize is a new global investment program will award more than $500,000 in early-stage financing for external companies and non-employee entrepreneurs. It is an International Business Plan Competition, with one semi-finalist for North America, Europe, China and India. Each semi-finalist will each receive US$100,000 funding and will be invited to San Diego, Calif. to compete for the Grand Prize. The Grand Prize winner will receive an additional US$150,000, for a total prize of US$250,000.

Target companies are innovative companies that have not raised any equity from a Venture capital fund yet, which means companies at a seed/early stage that have received university funds and/or angel funding.

The key sectors are:

• Consumer/enterprise applications and services
• Communication devices
• Semiconductor and component technologies
• Mobile platforms
• Digital media and content
• Healthcare technologies and services
• CleanTech

Final date for application is July 31st, and all applications should be submitted via the QPrize website: http://www.qprize2009.com.

The full press release is also available here:

http://news.prnewswire.com/DisplayReleaseContent.aspx?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/05-07-2009/0005021258&EDATE=

Anmäl er på websiten ovan. För mer information kontakta: tomas.sokolnicki@isa.se , 070-642 7831

Detta inlägg postades den tisdag, 2 juni, 2009 kl 2:06 e m i kategorin Investeringsförfrågan. Du kan följa svar på detta inlägg via RSS 2.0-flödet. Både kommentering och pingning är för närvarande avstängt.