Peak Hosting Teams Up With Technology Accelerator StartEngine
Peak Hosting, the Operations-as-a-Service Leader, and LA-based StartEngine team up to provide mentoring and hosting subsidies to the accelerator’s classes.
Milpitas, CA (PRWEB) May 16, 2012 Peak Hosting, the industry leader in Operations-as-a-Service, dedicated hosting services, and hybrid cloud computing, today announced a partnership with StartEngine, an LA-based technology accelerator. The Peak Hosting Startup Program will provide startup companies enrolled in StartEngine’s program $12K, a $1,000 per month credit for 12 months of Peak Hosting services, along with 1-on-1 mentoring of each class.
“We are so excited to join in the work StartEngine is doing,” said Jeffrey Papen, founder and CEO of Peak. “There is nothing more important to us than giving back to the technology community by sharing our time, knowledge and expertise. We look forward to watching the next Facebook and Google grow from accelerator and incubator programs.”
StartEngine is more than just another rapid accelerator in Los Angeles. They are an engine to help launch a hub for financing, business infrastructure, community collaboration, and exposure to the best VC’s and angels around. The goal is to create an environment of massive creativity and production, a connection between driven individuals who may not otherwise have had the chance to meet and a place where great companies and great leaders are born.
“StartEngine is excited to have Peak Hosting as one of its partners,” said Howard Marks, co-chair of StartEngine. “They will help our startups scale fast and reliably.”
About Peak Hosting
Founded in 2001, Peak Hosting has built 15 of the largest Internet properties in the world. No other service provider has designed, built or scaled larger and well-known Internet giants. Our team of engineers, who average over 14 years in the industry, can design and build any IT network solution. As part of our Operations-as-a-Service, Peak Total Operations™ (PTO) delivers the experts in operating system management, application support, networking, security, database administration, monitoring & alerting, automation tools, performance trend analysis, and virtualization expertise so companies can focus on their individual product without needing the specific skill-sets to implement “the plumbing” around their goals.
About StartEngine
StartEngine is a rapid accelerator focused on helping Los Angeles-based technology startups build solid foundations for success in 90 days. Created by Howard Marks, co-founder of Activision, and Paul Kessler, one of the most prolific investors in Los Angeles, Start Engine will provide local startups with the essential resources and counsel they need to become successful, self-directed businesses. Start Engine offers a team of mentors who have proven themselves as successful entrepreneurs – not professional investors – ensuring that its startups are guided by the right people for the right reasons. Early-stage companies in the web, mobile and ecommerce space are encouraged to apply for the program which completes four cycles per year, culminating in Demo Days that are attended by the region’s top angel investors and VCs.
