JumpStartFund

JumpStartFund
Crowdsourcing
Headquarters Southern California
Key people
 Dirk Ahlborn
Andrew Quintero
Paul Coleman
Donald R Thorne

JumpStartFund is a Southern California based crowd-powered online incubator and crowd collaboration platform.[1] The company provides a platform that allows to build communities around projects,[2] technologies and ideas. The founding members of the company are Paul J.Coleman, Dirk Ahlborn, Andrew Quintero,[3] they have been part of Girvan Institute of Technology, a non-profit incubator providing help in growing of technology start-up companies.[4][5][6]

History

JumpStartFund was started in 2012 as a web portal for crowd collaboration and crowdfunding by JumpStarter Inc,.[7]

Projects

JumpStartFund is focused on entrepreneurial projects, especially;

Hyperloop

Hyperloop Transportation Technologies, a research company determined to bring Elon Musk's idea of Hyperloop into reality is backed by JumpStartFund.[8] After giving concept of Hyperloop, Elon Musk could not work on it and give a prototype because of his busy schedule and commitments to other projects with his own companies Tesla Motors and SpaceX. JumpStartFund considered it to be their first project and started work on it using their crowd collaboration platform.[9] On 27.02.2015, JumpStartFund announced plans to build a 5-miles test track in California, to be built from 2016 to 2019, and financed by an IPO in 2015. [10]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Top U.S. engineers join crowdfunding effort to help turn Elon Musk’s ‘Hyperloop’ from dream into reality". .nydailynews.com. September 26, 2013. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
  2. ↑ "Elon Musk’s Hyperloop Dream Continues to Move Forward on JumpStartFund". crowdfundinsider.com. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
  3. ↑ "Hyperloop Update: Elon Musk Will Start Developing It Himself". forbes.com. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
  4. ↑ "JumpStartFund-Backed ‘Hyperloop Transportation Technologies Inc.’ to Publish Next Hyperloop Development Milestones". businesswire.com. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
  5. ↑ "A Southern California Startup Is Trying To Jump-Start Elon Musk's Hyperloop". forbes.com. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
  6. ↑ "JumpStartFund-Backed ‘Hyperloop Transportation Technologies Inc.’ to Publish Next Hyperloop Development Milestones". Yahoo. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
  7. ↑ "JumpStartFund Launches First Ever Crowd-Powered Portal for Startups". Yahoo! Finance. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
  8. ↑ "Elon Musk's pressurised transport system Hyperloop wants crowdfunding". news.com.au. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
  9. ↑ "Here’s How Elon Musk’s Hyperloop Dreams Are Coming True". wallstcheatsheet.com. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
  10. ↑ "Elon Musk's Hyperloop Moves Closer to Becoming Reality". Retrieved 27 February 2015.
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