The Founder Institute's East Coast Outposts Graduate 25 Startups
The two East Coast semesters had 48 Mentors and over 100 investors to help companies through the four month apprenticeship and training program. Mentors for the East Coast Program include Munjal Shah, Craig Kanarick, Scott Heiferman, Max Haot, and Pat Keane. Here are five of the 25 startups (the remainder are not ready for public launch at this time):
Heliograph provides a simple plug-in that speeds up your web site by as much as 80% by caching larger files, such as images, on servers close to your users around the world.
CouplesSpark aims to help couples resolve their conflicts through a neutral online voting platform.
Profitably’s web-based service connects to business applications, such as Quickbooks, and makes recommendations for small business owners to increase revenues and drive down costs.
Simple.PR allows businesses to distribute information and promotions beyond social media networks like Facebook and Twitter.
WhatsFun.com is an online and mobile event calendar that makes it easy to find, share, promote and remember local events.
The Bay Area semester is also accepting applications now; interested parties can apply here.