FbStart update: 17 companies offering support, 500 developers in program

Facebook’s FbStart program, aimed at helping startup app developers find success on the platform, is growing. The social network announced that there are now 17 companies who have joined Facebook in offering help and support to newer developers.

Braintree, Appmethod and Get Satisfaction are the newest of FbStart’s 17 partners, which offer up to $40,000 in services. So far, the program has accepted more than 500 developers in 63 countries.

Facebook Product Marketing Manager Kevin Prior blogged about FbStart’s progress:

Braintree offers a payments platform to help apps accept payments from people, while Appmethod makes it easy to build native cross-platform apps with a single codebase.