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© 2012 IBM Corporation
IBM Smarter PlanetSparking Innovation through collaboration
© 2012 IBM Corporation
Building a Smarter Planet
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instrumented, interconnected and intelligent.
The world can be Smarter
An opportunity to think and act in new ways -economically, socially and technically – including collaboration
It is time to address our challengesusing Smarter solutions
© 2012 IBM Corporation
Building a Smarter Planet
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IBM is bringing its Smarter Planet vision to life with a thriving innovative partner ecosystem
4Global Business Partner Advisory Council
Our Global Entrepreneur initiative drives value:
• Opens our doors and resources to entrepreneurs looking to bring the next big idea to market
• Brings together investors, mentors and entrepreneurs – 25 thought leaders in each city
• Focused on startups with 2-5 employees
• Supports cities building smart city solutions
Our results demonstrate global reach:
• Over 650 Global Entrepreneur participants
• 177 referrals to IBM Innovation Centers
• 175 builds or ports to IBM technologies
• 8 SmartCamp events in 2010, 9 in 2011
• 2012 schedule to be announced soon
Our Global Entrepreneur initiative fuels collaborative innovation
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5Global Business Partner Advisory Council
Global Entrepreneur offers benefits to startups…
• Mentoring and networking
• IBM Industry Insights
• Access to IBM technical leaders
• Free Software
• Local go-to-market support
• IBM Smarter Planet visibility
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IBM SmartCamp events bring together the local ecosystem for mentoring and networking. Startups apply and are selected based on the smarter planet solutions they develop.
• Bangalore: April 27
• Austin: May 17-18
• Barcelona: June 14
• New York: June 28-29
• Tel Aviv: Sept 21
• Turkey: Oct 4-5
• China: Oct 27-28
• Rio de Janiero: Nov 10-11
• London: Nov 16-17
2011 Schedule
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SmartCamp winners attract venture capital funding and awards
Streetline gets $15M for smart parking VatorNews
CareCloud Raises $5 Million in Second Angel Investor Round HealthPlanNews
Panoramic Power Announces $4.5 Million Funding
Globes Israel
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SmartCamp:
SmartCamp is an exclusive event aimed at identifying early stage entrepreneurs who are developing business ventures that align with our IBM Smarter Planet vision.
2010 SmartCamp Winners:
Since November 2010 SmartCamp finalists have raised more than 40 million dollars total in venture capital funding: Streetline($15m) , CareCloud ($20m) , Panoramic Power ($4.8) , and Sproxil ($1.8m)
2011 SmartCamp winners:
Bangalore: ConnectM - energy efficient telecommunications solutions
Austin: SecureWaters- water monitoring solutions
Barcelona: BitCarrier - traffic management solutions
New York: Localytics - real-time data analysis for mobile applications
Tel Aviv: C-B4 (Context Based 4Casting) - analyzes hidden data patterns in large scale data warehouses