Project Olympus Notable numbers*
210+
(of 560+ exploratory projects) have excelled past the exploration stages.
139
companies have been formed.
$324+ Million
in follow-on funding has been awarded directly to the companies (does not include acquisitions).
39
have graduated to AlphaLab/Gear.
20
graduated into other accelerator programs, e.g., Plug & Play, LaunchHouse, Kaplan Ed Tech, DreamIt Ventures, Accelprise, YCombinator (nationwide programs).
11
acquisitions total; see below.
*since Project Olympus started in January 2007
Traansmission was acquired by ShipLync: April 2017.
FacioMetrics was acquired by Facebook: November 16, 2016.
Activaided was acquired by Elizur Corporation: September 15, 2016.
ConnectWith was acquired by Newton Consulting: May, 2016.
Safaba was acquired by Amazon: September 25, 2015.
Tunessence was acquired by Hal Leonard: May 1, 2015.
Lightside Labs was acquired by Turnitin: October 7, 2014.
LearnBop was acquired by K12: August 4, 2014.
CareerImp was acquired by PDN: July 17, 2012.
Black Locus was acquired by Home Depot: December 17, 2012.
ReCaptcha was acquired by Google: September 9, 2009.
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