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Looking to Apply to Dogpatch?

gusweber — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 17:18:03 +0000

We’ve created a standard application process that covers all 3 US locations of DPL. You can apply here: http://bit.ly/dplapplication.

Another Dogpatch alum receives funding: Congrats to STELLAService!

Matt Meeker — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 21:27:53 +0000

Congratulations to Dogpatch Labs New York alumni STELLAService on its announcement of $2,000,000 in early stage funding. Congratulations to Jordy and the team — we’re very excited for you!

Mashable + Dogpatch = Breakout Apps of SXSW 2011

RyanSpoon — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 00:49:57 +0000

As South by Southwest approaches, start-ups are polishing their applications and planning their launch parties. And today Mashable listed the “13 Potential Breakout Apps to Watch at SXSW 2011“. Of the thirteen companies to watch, three are Dogpatchers:

Also – a reminder that we will have Dogpatch Labs SXSW Sunday and Monday. If interested, click here to learn more or email me directly for more information. Several of us will be present!

- Yobongo (Dogpatch SF)

- Fast Society (Dogpatch NYC)

Fast Society Version 2 Launch from Fast Society on Vimeo.

- Instagram (Dogpatch SF)

Dogpatch Labs coming to SXSW!

gusweber — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 18:50:32 +0000

Polaris Ventures is excited to announce that it will bring its spirit of “open source entrepreneurship” to SXSW 2011, by opening a special edition of Dogpatch Labs. On Sunday March 13 and Monday March 14 Dogpatch Labs Austin will open its doors to entrepreneurs needing a place to work and hang out. DPL Austin will be located at Treehouse Pub, 501 East 6th Street – right in the heart of SXSW action. Similar to Dogpatch in New York, Cambridge and San Francisco there will be free desks, WIFI, food, space for informal meetings and a special SXSW foosball room! So if you are in between sessions and need a place to get some work done and prefer not to be in your room, hotel lobby or coffee shop, sign up at for a spot at Dogpatch Labs.

We would like to invite any and all entrepreneurs who are working on interesting projects to signup and tell us about yourself and your company. While we do not have unlimited space we will try to accommodate as many entrepreneurs as possible

Additionally, Peter Flint (@pflint), Mike Hirshland (@vcmike), Dave Barrett (@dbodbo) and myself (@ryanspoon) will be holding office hours at Dogpatch Labs and would be very interested in meeting with companies.

You can sign up here for meeting time slots: http://ohours.org/PolarisVentures

Here’s the full Dogpatch Austin Schedule:

9am-11pm DPL open for entrepreneurs.
3pm-6pm Polaris Office Hours: http://ohours.org/PolarisVentures
5pm-6pm Informal Open office hours with Partners
8pm-11pm DPL SXSW Party (private invitation)

Monday:

9a-11pm DPL re-opens for entrepreneurs.
3p-6p Polaris Office Hours http://ohours.org/PolarisVentures
8pm-10pm Partners vs entrepreneurs foosball tournament (private invitation)

Sign up for NYC Geo/Mobile Hack Day

jpmarcum — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 20:07:56 +0000

NYC Geo/Mobile Hack Day is a two day event taking place on September 11-12 at Dogpatch Labs NYC where start ups and developers come together to discuss the current landscape of location based technologies. The startups will also share their ideas for the businesses and applications that can be built on top of the frameworks they are creating. At the end of the hack day developers can submit their creations for the chance to win $1,000!

Presenting Startups:

A quick rundown on how it will work:

Saturday September 11, 9 AM
After breakfast we’ll have each startup present their APIs to the developers. Each startup will have 5 minutes to show off/explain the API and 2 minutes for questions. After lunch developers will spend the rest of Saturday brainstorming and building.

Sunday September 12, 9 AM
Developers will continue to hack. At the end of the day they will present their apps to the other developers.

WINNERS
A panel of 5 judges will vote to select the top four apps. Top apps will be selected according the the following criteria:

Most Creative
Most Complete
Broadest Potential Reach
Most Useful

The top four applications will then have 2 weeks to be polished and will then present again at the Mobile Mondays event on September 27th. The attendees of the Mobile Mondays event will select the winner of the grand prize of $1,000.

We bring you APIs food, drinks, schwag and internet. You bring your laptop, hacking skills and creativity.

Space is limited so register today (http://bit.ly/9WQPUa)! Please refer to the event website (http://bit.ly/9ZD6Vi) or email hackday@texting.ly if you have any questions.

The event will be sponsored by Pepsi and Textingly.

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OFFICIAL SCHEDULE

Saturday September 11:

9am -10am: Breakfast

10am – 12pm: Start up API Presentations/Discussion

12pm – 1pm: Lunch break

1pm – 3pm: Brainstorming Idea/Team registration

3pm – 6pm: Start hacking

6pm – 7pm: Dinner break

7pm – 9pm: More hacking

Sunday September 12:

9am – 10am: Breakfast

10am – 12pm: Morning hack session

12pm – 1pm: Lunch break

1pm – 5pm: Finish up hacking/register apps

5pm: Hackers Demo apps

Handful of Dogpatch Labs Company Updates

RyanSpoon — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 16:12:25 +0000

A handful of various updates from Dogpatch Labs companies across our three locations: Boston, New York and San Francisco. This is by no means a complete list – but it is includes links from TechCrunch articles within the last week:

YCombinator Demo Day Includes Dogpatch-ers

- Congratulations to the 36 companies that launched at the most recent YCombinator Demo Day. Three of the companies are of Dogpatch Labs: FanVibe, Rapportive and one that is ‘off the record’

Zozi Funding

- Local-Activity Site Zozi Lands $3 Million Series A From 500 Startups And Zig Capital

WiseStamp Launches Its Platform

- WiseStamp Signs Your Emails With Tweets, Stumbles And Plans

Welcoming Four New Companies to Dogpatch NYC

RyanSpoon — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 15:21:33 +0000

Every few months a new group of companies come to build their businesses inside Dogpatch Labs. The good news is that the rotation of of companies in and out of all three Dogpatch Labs locations injects new people, companies and energy into Dogpatch. The bad news is that we have to say goodbye to people who have become friends all if whom will hopefully remain part of the Dogpatch community.

You can see the entire roster of all the companies currently in the three Dogpatch Labs locations in New York, San Fransicso and Cambridge.

I am excited to introduce the 4 new companies that moved in over the past few weeks:

Food52 is building the world’s most passionate food community.

Provides social media analytics for advertisers and agencies from content to social platform accounts to buzz tracking.

Spinback is a solution for online retailers that drives traffic and new sales from the social web by driving consumer product sharing.

STELLAService comprehensively evaluates and rates online businesses to highlight the best in customer service.

CNN Visits Dogpatch Labs New York

RyanSpoon — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 01:15:54 +0000

As Internet Week New York kicks off next week, CNN visited Dogpatch Labs New York to understand how New York’s growing tech scene compares to Silicon Valley’s.

For the piece (“The next Silicon Valley? It may be New York“), CNN spoke to several of the Dogpatch Labs residents and Polaris partner Peter Flint about New York entrepreneurship, networking and culture. While opinions varied (see the video below), it is clear that:

1. The New York tech scene is growing rapidly, and
2. It has its own unique culture and community

As Peter Flint says in the below video, “I don’t know if New York will ever become Silicon Valley. In some ways, do you want it to become Silicon Valley? The culture here is very different than the culture there.”

With Dogpatch Labs hosting entrepreneurs in New York, Cambridge and San Francisco – we are excited to take part in each of the communities and hopefully add to the unique cultures.

You can watch the video on CNN.com:

The WSJ Covers Dogpatch: “Entrepreneurs Find New Way to Grow”

jonsteinberg — Tue, 11 May 2010 19:49:42 +0000

From the article:
Since 2008, Polaris Venture Partners, a Waltham, Mass., venture-capital company, has opened incubators, called Dogpatch Labs, in Waltham, New York and San Francisco.

Another benefit of incubators is that their tenants can exchange ideas and advice with other budding entrepreneurs. “If you need help with something, like understanding how to advertise on Facebook, you can go to others in your space,” says David Ambrose, whose start-up, Scoop St., an online collective-buying service, moved into Dogpatch Labs’ New York incubator in January.

Mr. Ambrose’s company must move out by June, as residency there is limited to six months. The incubator currently provides 15 start-ups with as many as five desks per company, Wi-Fi access, conference space and snacks.

Congrats to AssuredLabor!

jonplim — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 20:14:07 +0000

Our friends at AssuredLabor, a co-located Dogpatch Labs Cambridge and Dogpatch Labs NY resident, announced today they have raised $1 million in seed funding. We’re very excited for the team!

Co-founder and CEO David Reich discussed the investor group in this Xconomy article: “Michael van Swaaij was the CEO of Skype and the Chief Strategy Officer at eBay during a period of tremendous growth. Nexus Venture Partners is one of the top venture funds operating in India and will be instrumental when we move in that direction. Also, Fabrice Grinda has built one of the largest marketplaces in the world with OLX.com and Jose Marin was one of the founders of DeRemate (a digital marketplace in Latin America which was sold to MercadoLibre).”

Congrats David and Sidd!