{"id":4059,"date":"2014-05-13T07:51:55","date_gmt":"2014-05-13T07:51:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.combell.com\/en\/blog\/?p=4059"},"modified":"2015-06-04T17:50:26","modified_gmt":"2015-06-04T15:50:26","slug":"combell-supports-start-ups-with-the-cloud-angel-fund","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.combell.com\/en\/blog\/combell-supports-start-ups-with-the-cloud-angel-fund\/","title":{"rendered":"Combell supports start-ups with the Cloud Angel Fund"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Screen<\/a>The BeNeLux region counts many promising Internet start-ups. The major challenge for young businesses is often an efficient and reliable hosting infrastructure that serves as an essential foundation for them to host their SaaS applications (Software As A Service) or other (web) apps. Combell wants to help these start-ups and offers \u20ac 1,000,000 worth of free hosting infrastructure via the Combell Cloud Angel Fund<\/a>.<\/em><\/b><\/p>\n

Combell, which was once a start-up too, wants to give a little help to the start-up scene in the BeNeLux. This is why the Combell Cloud Angel Fund was born. No business incubator or venture capitalist, but a separate division for which Combell will offer free hosting in collaboration with several incubators for a period of one year.<\/p>\n

Hosting expenses are often a significant part of the total budget<\/b><\/p>\n

<\/b>\u201cHosting is not meant to be used in the development phase. At that point, expenses are not too high yet. The problem with many start-ups is that once they start growing, often after a capital injection, hosting expenses become a significant part of their total budget\u201d<\/i>, says BetaGroup Managing Director Julie Foulon.<\/p>\n

Focus on Saas, e-commerce or application hosting<\/b><\/p>\n

\u201cThe criteria for submitting an application are clear. First of all, the company must be a start-up, not an existing business. Then, we will focus on SaaS, e-commerce or application hosting and, finally, the start-up must be a member of BetaGroup\u201d<\/i>, says Combell CEO Jonas Dhaenens.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe total budget for the fund amounts to 1,00,000 euros. Combell requires no participation in the companies that benefit from free hosting. Start-ups that meet the aforementioned criteria can submit their application via the Cloud Angel Fund website<\/a>. The Cloud Angel Committee will then review the applications and make a decision. After that, selected applicants will go through the presales stage in order to design a solution that suits their needs.<\/p>\n

After a period of 12 months, start-ups are free to either renew their hosting services or transfer them to another hosting company with the help of our team of experts\u201d, says Dhaenens.
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Collaboration with incubators<\/b><\/p>\n

In a first phase, there will be collaboration with BetaGroup. In the next months, collaborations will be initiated with other incubators. \u201cAs a tech community, we can only applaud this sort of initiative. This one will be a godsend for the start-up community in Belgium\u201d<\/i>, says Foulon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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