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The fbFund Gives Out Cash To 25 Facebook Developers
TechCrunch —
... Facebook has just announced 25 winners of cash grants from the fbFund. These grants are given to the Facebook developers that are creating some of the most promising apps on Facebook. The fbFund is a $10 million fund ...
Facebook Finally Pays Out $2 Million From Its Apps Fund To 25 Developers
paidContent —
... Probably six months too late, Facebook has finally announced 25 recipients from its $10 million fbFund. The fund was announced a year ago by Facebook, with money from the company, Accel Partners, and the Founders Fund, but its disbursement has been delayed since then. ...
Facebook Application Grants
dailywireless.org —
... • vDream Racing • Weddingbook • Wildfire
Through early November, each recipient will build and submit their final applications and create a video showcasing their work. As round two kicks off, users will have the chance to try these applications, watch the videos and vote for their favorites. Once round two closes in December, Facebook will announce five winners who will receive up to $225,000 in non-recourse grants.
To learn more about fbFund and the recipients, visit: http://developers.facebook.com/fbFund.php.
Koofers raises $500K to pass along old exams, study guides
VentureBeat —
... , but is also trying to expand its presence on Facebook. It was recently named one of 25 finalists in the site’s fbFund developers competition (out of about 600 entries), and is in the running to win up to $225,000 (it already gets $25,000), free marketing promotions, and connections with investors and Facebook engineers. The contest’s five winners will be announced Dec. 12. ...
Facebook Friends the iPhone, Apps Will Now Connect [GigaOM]
GigaOM Network —
... . David Morin, with Facebook, told the audience that now that they can play games or tie their iPhone apps to their Facebook friends anywhere — on the iPhone and the desktop using Facebook Connect. The company also announced a desktop client using Facebook Connect, and more funding through the fbFund for developers that want to build apps for Facebook Connect. ...
Facebook Announces New fbFund Competition for Facebook Connect Apps
Inside Facebook —
... , Facebook has also announced a new round of the fbFund competition for developers building apps on the web, iPhone, desktop, or any platform with Facebook Connect. ...
fbFund to launch incubator program in the Valley
Webware.com —
... Last fall, fbFund had a successful grant competition where they shelled out $25,000 in seed funding to 25 promising Facebook Platform developers. fbFund is following up that effort by starting a Facebook Platform incubator in Palo Alto this summer. fbFund will pick 50 finalists out of the applicants and choose, "a few lucky startups," to get up to $100,000 in funding and spend the summer in Palo Alto (Facebook's hometown), participating in tech talks and developing applications.
Those who get to spend the summer in Palo Alto will also have access to ...
How Have fbFund Winners Performed Over The Past Year?
All Facebook —
... It also means that Founder’s Fund can take advantage of Facebook’s brand recognition to attract new entrepreneurs making this a win/win situation. Thousands of entrepreneurs apply to each fbFund but only a few make it. If you are interested in this year’s fbFund check out the fbFund page at Facebook. I’ve also included a copy of the chart that was posted on ChubbyBrain below. ...
Facebook Funds Seattle Startups
Xconomy —
... , are two of the 20 startups and nonprofits receiving money through fbFund, a new program designed to help startups that make social websites and software. Sortuv is a search engine designed around plain questions rather than keywords, while Vittana is a nonprofit facilitating direct microloans to people in developing countries. As part of their award, each company will spend 10 weeks at Facebook headquarters in Palo Alto, CA, learning about how to grow and improve their business from investors, entrepreneurs, and Facebook developers. ...
DMC Metamorphosis :)
Master of 500 Hats —
... Metrics for Pirates AARRR! (thx Hiten, Andrew, Eric, *SO* many others)
getting Startup2Startup rolling last year (thx Leonard, Brian, Kat, Saar, & MANY friends/sponsors)
joining FoundersFund this year (thx Sean Parker for giving me a shot)
launching FF Angel LLC and investing in some great startups (thx FF, also Jeff Clavier & many other angels & VCs for great advice)
retooling fbFund & creating the fbFund REV incubator program (thx Cat & folks at ...
