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<P STYLE="text-align: center;"><SPAN><STRONG STYLE="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;">ERA Summer 2017 Applications are now open!</STRONG><BR STYLE="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;"><STRONG STYLE="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;"><A HREF="http://eranyc.com" REL="nofollow">http://eranyc.com</A></STRONG><SPAN STYLE="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;"></SPAN></SPAN></P>
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<P STYLE="text-align: center;">Our speaker at this event will be:</P>
<P STYLE="text-align: center;"><STRONG>Sim Blaustein<BR></STRONG><STRONG>BDMI<BR></STRONG><STRONG>Bertelsmann Digital Media Investments<BR></STRONG><STRONG><A HREF="http://www.bdmifund.com/team/" REL="nofollow">http://www.bdmifund.com/team/</A></STRONG></P>
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<P STYLE="text-align: center;"><SPAN><STRONG>To pitch your startup at this event, please apply at:</STRONG></SPAN></P>
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<P STYLE="text-align: left;">"Sim joined BDMI in 2012 from High Line Venture Partners, where he co-founded the seed fund, and has been in venture capital since 2002 including 3 years at Gabriel Ventures where he managed 17 investments including 3 IPOs and 3 M&As. In addition to spearheading BDMI's seed fund, he led or co-led BDMI's investments in StyleHaul (acquired by RTL), Dramafever (acquired by Softbank), HelloGiggles (acquired by Time), Food52, Frank & Oak, Jukin Media and Nativo. He is actively focused on new investments in online video and next-generation content-driven companies. He holds an MBA from MIT Sloan, an engineering degree from the Cooper Union where he graduated Summa cum Laude and is a graduate of Stuyvesant High School. Sim is fluent in German, Spanish and can tell jokes in French and Italian."</P>
<P STYLE="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 8px; line-height: normal; color: #666666; font-size: 13.2px; letter-spacing: 0.5px; text-align: left;"><SPAN STYLE="font-weight: bold;">Agenda:</SPAN></P>
<P STYLE="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 8px; line-height: normal; color: #666666; font-size: 13.2px; letter-spacing: 0.5px; text-align: left;"><SPAN STYLE="font-weight: bold;">6:30PM</SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-size: 13.2px;">: Introduction from our speaker</SPAN></P>
<P STYLE="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 8px; line-height: normal; color: #666666; font-size: 13.2px; letter-spacing: 0.5px; text-align: left;"><SPAN STYLE="font-weight: bold;">6:50PM:</SPAN>Q&A with our speaker</P>
<P STYLE="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 8px; line-height: normal; color: #666666; font-size: 13.2px; letter-spacing: 0.5px; text-align: left;"><SPAN STYLE="font-weight: bold;">7PM:</SPAN>Pitches from 5 startups and feedback.</P>
<P STYLE="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 8px; line-height: normal; color: #666666; font-size: 13.2px; letter-spacing: 0.5px; text-align: left;"><SPAN STYLE="font-weight: bold;">8PM:</SPAN>End of the event and networking</P>
<P STYLE="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 8px; line-height: normal; color: #666666; font-size: 13.2px; letter-spacing: 0.5px; text-align: left;"><BR></P>
<P STYLE="margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 0px; color: #666a73; font-family: 'Benton Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; letter-spacing: 0.5px;"><SPAN STYLE="padding-top: 0px;">We're looking for outstanding startups to join <STRONG>ERA's<SPAN STYLE="padding-top: 0px;">Summer</SPAN>2017 Accelerator class</STRONG>:</SPAN></P>
<P STYLE="margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 0px; color: #666a73; font-family: 'Benton Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; letter-spacing: 0.5px;"><SPAN STYLE="padding-top: 0px;">Application Deadline:<SPAN STYLE="font-weight: bold; padding-top: 0px;">March 29th</SPAN>, 2017, midnight EST</SPAN></P>
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<P STYLE="margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 0px; color: #666a73; font-family: 'Benton Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; letter-spacing: 0.5px;"><SPAN STYLE="padding-top: 0px;">Summer 2017 Program: June 12th - Sep 29th, 2017</SPAN></P>
<P STYLE="margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 0px; color: #666a73; font-family: 'Benton Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; letter-spacing: 0.5px;">* $<SPAN STYLE="font-weight: bold; padding-top: 0px;">100,000</SPAN>initial investment with potential for follow-on funding<BR>* 4 months of<SPAN STYLE="font-weight: bold;">free</SPAN>collaborative office space in NYC<BR>* Largest Mentor Network in NYC:<SPAN STYLE="font-weight: bold;">350+ mentors</SPAN><BR>*<SPAN STYLE="font-weight: bold;">Most Hands-on</SPAN>Accelerator: Work Daily w/ Full-Time Staff, Venture Partners and Industry Experts<BR>* Unparalleled Community: NYC's Strongest Post Program Support and Alumni Network of<SPAN STYLE="font-weight: bold;">127+ companies</SPAN></P>
<P STYLE="margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 0px; color: #666a73; font-family: 'Benton Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; letter-spacing: 0.5px;"><SPAN STYLE="padding-top: 0px;">Our alumni:</SPAN></P>
<P STYLE="margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 0px; color: #666a73; font-family: 'Benton Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; letter-spacing: 0.5px;"><SPAN STYLE="padding-top: 0px;">* Raised $225M+</SPAN><BR>* Combined valuation of $1.2B+<BR>* 40% of startups from our first class already have been acquired</P>
<P STYLE="margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 0px; color: #666a73; font-family: 'Benton Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; letter-spacing: 0.5px;"><SPAN STYLE="padding-top: 0px;"><SPAN STYLE="padding-top: 0px;">Share with one click:<A STYLE="color: #0278b8; text-decoration: none; padding-top: 0px;" HREF="http://bit.ly/2jPKPrR" TARGET="_blank" REL="noopener noreferrer noopener nofollow noopener noreferrer nofollow nofollow noreferrer nofollow">http://bit.ly/2jPKPrR</A></SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P STYLE="margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 0px; color: #666a73; font-family: 'Benton Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; letter-spacing: 0.5px;"><SPAN STYLE="padding-top: 0px;">Join us and let's build the next billion dollars of NYC startups together!</SPAN></P>
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<P STYLE="margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 0px; color: #666a73; font-family: 'Benton Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; letter-spacing: 0.5px;">Our other upcoming events:<BR STYLE="padding-top: 0px;">* ER104 March 1:<A STYLE="color: #0278b8; text-decoration: none;" HREF="http://er104.eventbrite.com/" TARGET="_blank" REL="noopener noreferrer noopener noreferrer noopener noreferrer">http://er104.eventbrite.com</A></P>
<P STYLE="margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 0px; color: #666a73; font-family: 'Benton Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; letter-spacing: 0.5px;"><SPAN STYLE="padding-top: 0px;">* ERA Summer 2017 March Happy Hour:<SPAN CLASS="aBn" STYLE="padding-top: 0px;"><SPAN CLASS="aQJ" STYLE="padding-top: 0px;">March 22</SPAN></SPAN>:</SPAN><A STYLE="color: #0278b8; text-decoration: none;" HREF="https://era13hh2.eventbrite.com/" TARGET="_blank" REL="noopener noreferrer noopener noreferrer noopener noreferrer">https://era13hh2.eventbrite.com</A></P>
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<P STYLE="text-align: center;"><SPAN>Organizer: <A HREF="http://muratak.com" REL="nofollow">Murat Aktihanoglu</A> (<A HREF="http://twitter.com/muratny" REL="nofollow">@muratny</A>)</SPAN></P>
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