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BlackBerry Partners Fund launches Jump Start initiative
IntoMobile - Cell Phone News, Information, and Analysis — ... have launched a new initiative called Jump Start. With this program, early-stage products can get up to $250,000 in venture funding to get started. The BlackBerry Developer Conference is just the place to launch this kind of program, where budding application developers can have just an idea, but still turn it into something. Remember - the Partners fund is for all mobile platforms, not just BlackBerry. Any budding entrepreneurs should check out the program. ...

Funding for BlackBerry and other mobile applications
Popgadget: Personal Tech for Women — ... you've had a supersmart smartphone inspiration. So where do you go from here? Hop over to the BlackBerry Partners Fund, which supplies venture capital for mobile applications. Its new Jump Start initiative will provide up to $250,000 "to bring new and innovative ideas into the development process faster allowing entrepreneurs to focus on building great smartphone applications instead of raising seed capital." Sounds intriguing in these credit-starved times. Details and application form here. Thanks to Eric Franklin at Crave. ...