Ideas are important, but we also look for motivation, passion and brains. The ideal start up companies we are looking for usually have one to two founders and are highly technical. Our founding sponsors, Breakthrough Ventures and Urban Technology Ventures provide micro-loans and other resources to help entrepreneurs get started on their ideas. In exchange, they get 2%-10% equity of the venture after finishing Semantic Seed’s 3 month venture accelerator program in San Jose. We help entrepreneurs go from the idea stage to a real company with a product or service generating revenue.

To attract these young entrepreneurs we have set up a board comprised of a “Think Tank” of mentor entrepreneurs who have hands-on operating experience. We will also partner with universities and established enterprises to identify budding ideas and future trends.