I'd like to publicly thank the sponsors of DevHouse Boston 3, Spark
Capital and uLocate.
Spark Capital (http://sparkcapital.com) is a local venture capital
firm focused on media, entertainment and technology. I consider them
among the most forward-looking and consumer technology-focused firms
in the area. One of their General Partners, Bijan Sabet, is also a
driving force behind OpenCoffee here in Boston, which happens to take
place right around the corner from Betahouse every Thursday morning.
Naturally, I was thrilled when Spark offered to help out. Rob Go from
Spark will be on hand Sunday.
uLocate (http://ulocate.com) is a local company focused on mobile
location-based services. Earlier this year, they released the WHERE
platform (http://where.com), making it much easier to create, publish
and discover mobile GPS-enabled widgets. uLocate is running a contest
(http://developer.where.com/jin/devcontest.jin) for the best mobile
GPS-based application, with total prizes including over $50,000 (from
uLocate and TeleAtlas) and introductions to 3 prominent VC firms. If
you're interested in building a mobile GPS-based application at
DevHouse, someone from uLocate will be on hand to help you get
started. You can also contact Matt Gross directly at matt@....
In addition to his role at uLocate, Matt is one of the organizers of
Mobile Monday Boston (http://momoboston.com), a monthly event for
people interested in mobile technologies.
- Jon