The Civic Accelerator

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I cannot stand having to watch a video in order to see what something is all about - especially if I am on mobile. I think having this quote from the "What we do" page on the main page, above or below the video, would be massively beneficial if nothing else:

"Points of Light is partnering with Village Capital to launch the first startup accelerator program focused on “civic ventures” – enterprises that inspire, equip and mobilize people to create positive change."

Simple.

Thank you, Andrew. I shall let the accelerator organizers know this.

I wonder if there's a pool of non-profit capital available for purchasing technology meant to foster civic technologies. I'd worry that selling to governments would be too difficult for a startup otherwise. Length, contracting requirements, regulation, etc.

There certainly should be, joeg8. I know of, at least one grid computing infrastructure fund for this (can't remember the name though), and I believe Amazon must be offering discounted stuff AWS credit for non-profits, apart from Google's packages for non-profits.

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