Silicon Mountain Project is a technology ecosystem and cluster, situated within mountain area of Manchester Jamaica, with its epicentre in the parish capital of Mandeville. This Silicon Mountain technology ecosystem or cluster is currently home to tech start-ups and a growing community of developers, designers, business professionals.
ConsultationThe Big Picture and Why Mandeville? – The Silicon Mountain Project: is setting out to secure and position Mandeville and itself as The Business Technology, Incubator, Accelerator and Innovation Hub of the Caribbean by 2030. with Mandeville Manchester at the centre, is seeking to serve Central Jamaica, covering the parishes of Clarendon, Manchester, […]
The Project will adopt and embrace the following ethos edited from an open letter from Silicon Valley Technology Sector Leaders written by Katie Jacobs Stanton, former vice president of global media at Twitter and a former special adviser on innovation at the U.S. State Department. “We are Inventors, Entrepreneurs, Engineers, Investors, Researchers, And Business Leaders […]
Starting January 2nd 2024 and for the first 15 to 18 months The Silicon Mountain Project will work out of and be based in designated Business Centres, which are shared workspaces in main town centres. These business centres “as a shared workspace aims to change the way people work through modern office solutions that will […]
Creation of a dynamic entrepreneurial programme within which symbiotic relationships exist among entrepreneurs, provision of requisite business support services, and the provision of risk capital. Develop a sustainable pool of viable business enterprises that meet investment criteria for private investors and financial institutions Attract a network of Venture Capitalists, Angel Investors and other types of […]
The Silicon Mountain Project Accelerator, is a high growth potential programme that focuses on building the capacity of Small Teams to provide support to the Founders/Owners. The accelerator programme is a fixed term, cohort-based programme which includes business education, mentorship, seed investment in exchange for equity. The programme culminates in a “Demo Day” where participants […]
The Silicon Mountain Project will also accept entrepreneurs with companies who are ready for Venture Capital or IPO but need to tidy up and get their business in shape. They will be invited to join one of our 3-month Nitro Accelerator Programmes to gain funding, mentorship, and access to the Silicon Mountain network for period. […]
Travel, tours, experience and accommodation entrepreneurs will have an opportunity to gain access to critical resources through the recently established partnership between the Silicon Mountain Project and Walkbout Caribbean’s “Walkbout Ignite Programme” designed to help and empower tourism entrepreneurs maximise their presence on the walkbout.com platform. The Walkbout Ignite Programme brings together industry leaders and […]
Increase The Chances Of Success By Distributing Risk Across Various Projects. The SMP Blackslate Venture Studio also known as our start-up studio is focused on creating start-ups from the conception and idea generation stage, by providing the initial team, strategic direction and capital for the start-up to reach product-market fit. What we do Once a […]
In addition to the above base of operations, the Project will be heavily technology driven providing the following additional services and features. Work From Anywhere Facility This is our Tech Driven remote-first platform for both Incubator and Accelerator teams, and supports entrepreneurs in creating a strong work life balance. The facility provides entrepreneurs who are […]
“The Silicon Mountain Project is a technology ecosystem and cluster, situated within mountain area of Manchester Jamaica, with its epicentre in the parish capital of Mandeville. This Silicon Mountain technology ecosystem or cluster is currently home to tech start-ups and a growing community of developers, designers, business professionals, with the Northern Caribbean University (NCU) at […]