The new office which Google is opening for the global startups program is a 14,000-square-foot space located at 301 Howard Street in San Francisco. In addition, the office will also offer an event space for Codelabs, Design Sprints, and Tech Talks.
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At around 14,000 square feet, this downtown San Francisco space will host and educate startups and developers at home and overseas, the company said in a blog post. During the Launchpad Accelerator, the third class of which will be hosted at the new San Francisco startup space, over 20 Google teams provide mentoring to “late-stage app startups” seeking to become leaders in their local emerging markets. Roy Glasberg, Google’s global lead on this initiative, told VentureBeat at the time that these three countries could represent the next billion dollar markets. At the end of the course, Google brings the applicants back to Mountain View to meet the next batch of Launchpad Accelerator startups and to encourage a networking process. The company made the announcement on the Google Developers Blog and revealed the space will be over 14,000-square-feet in size and located at 301 Howard Street.
Almost 50 startups have graduated from Launchpad Accelerator, all with a focus on tackling critical local problems. By participating in the program, Google gives them $250,000 worth of assistance, including $50,000 in seed funding.
Google isn’t shy about branching out in new neighborhoods, and come September, it opens its next office a few blocks from CNET headquarters. By providing input during the startup phase of a development business, Google is able to provide technical training and backup and ensure a large and healthy third party application market.
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