Amazon Alexa Accelerator

developer.amazon.com/en-GB/alexa/the-alexa-incubator-programme

Foreign Corporate Accelerator

TECH VERTICALS

Connected Home, DevOps, Enterprise Applications, Entertainment, IoT, Mobile Applications, Mobile infrastructure, Wireless Infrastructure

General Data

Established

2017

DESCRIPTION

The Alexa Accelerator, powered by Techstars, is a startup accelerator created by the Alexa Fund and built around the belief that voice will fundamentally improve the way we interact with technology.
In partnership with Amazon’s Alexa Fund, the program will focus on domains such as connected home, entertainment, speech science, enterprise, on the go, family-focused technology and connected play, and enabling technologies and developer tools. Teams will also have access to Alexa Skills Kit (ASK), Alexa Voice Services (AVS), Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Amazon Launchpad.

The companies chosen are taking part in a 13-week program in Seattle to work with technologists and product leaders from Amazon and Techstars.
Start of the Program Jul 16, 2018 - Demo Day on October 9. 2018

AFFILIATION

Account ID	Affiliation Type	Name	Parent Name	Status
		Amazon Inc.
7C9881FD-296D-E711-80D7-00155D0B832C	Accelerator	Amazon Alexa Accelerator	Amazon Inc.
	Investment Arm	Amazon Industrial Innovation Fund	Amazon Inc.
66019BB6-D985-E911-80FF-0050569A1018	Investment Arm	Amazon Alexa Fund	Amazon Inc.
B4BB10D3-232A-E511-A24C-80C16E7D3630	R&D Center	Amazon Israel R&D Center	Amazon Inc.
	Subsidiary	Amazon Web Services Inc.	Amazon Inc.
	Subsidiary	Amazon Web Services Israel Ltd.	Amazon Web Services Inc.
	Accelerator	AWS Floor28	Amazon Web Services Israel Ltd.
48F43610-25CF-EA11-810A-0050569A1018	Accelerator	AWS Builder Space Program	Amazon Web Services Israel Ltd.

REMARKS

Date

Remark

26/07/2018

Amazon partnered with Techstars to launch Alexa Accelerator. The accelerator is part of Amazon’s $100 million Alexa Fund, which launched in 2015 and is used by Amazon to invest in companies that will push the boundaries of voice-based interaction. The tech giant has already invested in more than 35 startups as part of the fund. Amazon added another $100 million to the fund last year with a focus on international startups.

CONTACT INFO

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Main Address: Seattle, United States

Address	410 Terry Ave
City	Seattle
State/Province	WA
Country	United States
Zip	98109-5210

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	MANAGEMENT

Key Executive

Name	Title
Mr. Aviel Ginzburg	Managing Director

Investment Data

Capital Remarks

Amazon and Techstars, invest an initial $20,000 in each company for 6 percent common stock, with potential for an additional $100,000 convertible note.

Preferences

Maximum investments	$0.12m
Minimum investments	$0.02m
Type of Financing	Bridge Loans,Equity
Stage Preferences	R&D,Seed

	PORTFOLIO COMPANIES

Current Portfolio Companies (0)

Company Name

Sector

Round/Deal Type

Date Announced

Investor Amount

Total Deal Amount

Remarks

Graduated Companies (3)

Company Name

Sector

Round/Deal Type

Investment Date

Amount

Remarks

BloomX

Agri

Non-Equity Assistance

01/11/2019

N/A

Comet

Ent. SW

Seed

17/07/2017

$0.02m

Voiceitt

CO SW

Seed - Extended

16/07/2018

$0.02m

For 6% common stock, with potential for an additional $0.1m convertible note.

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