#50: Marius Ciocirlan - Managing Director Techstars Seattle, Co-Founder of Sharegrid (Acq by Backstage)

Startup Project: Build the future

To stay up to date checkout thestartupproject.io & follow Nataraj on twitter: @natarajsindam In this episode Nataraj spoke to Marius Ciocirlan who co-founded ShareGrid, a marketplace for filmmakers and photographers to rent and sell their equipment. It was acquired by Backstage and is now Managing Director of Techstars Seattle. Techstars expanded to Seattle in 2010, and since then more than 130 companies have gone through the program & collectively gone on to raise more than $2.5 billion in capital.

Full Conversation includes:

• How skateboarding led do film school
• Raising funds via grants
• Startup weekends
• Early days at Groupon Mobile Team
• Origin story and cofounding Sharegrid (acquired by Backstage)
• Joining Techstars Seattle as Managing Director
• What's special about Techstars Seattle?
• How founders should think about Techstars Seattle

If you are founder and is interested in applying to TechStars Seattle you can get in touch with Marius at [e-mail]