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.
ConsultationMany Start-up’s lack the resources, experience and networks to get off the ground. These hurdles include space, funding, legal, accounting, computer services and other prerequisites for running the business. The Silicon Mountain Project offers both virtual and physical incubator programmes allowing for formal and informal learning opportunities and connecting you to our ecosystem of related […]
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 […]