We’re pleased to announce that SproutBox is joining Startup Weekend as a national sponsor. Startup Weekend is a set of two-day events for software developers and entrepreneurs in cities around the world, and SproutBox will be its first national venture capital sponsor.  This partnership will provide additional support to create successful, sustainable startups and to close a crucial gap in the funding ecosystem for early stage software companies.

Clint Nelson, Director of Startup Weekend said, “The major benefits are taking teams further and supporting more teams than we can do ourselves. It’s a meeting of the minds and a gathering of passionate people that are willing to work together. For us, SproutBox clearly wants to be part of that ecosystem and that’s awesome.”

We’re going to be speaking at many of the Startup Weekend events, and one Startup Weekend team per quarter will be guaranteed a spot to present for the SproutBox selection committee for consideration as a SproutBox portfolio company, or “sprout.”

Also, all Startup Weekend teams will receive a fully-featured, six month CheddarGetter recurring billing account free of charge.  Additionally, participants will receive six months of Squad Edit, the premier web-based, real-time, collaborative code editor to help them through their development processes.

We’re really excited about this partnership- it’s going to mean great things for the software community.