article thumbnail

How to run a startup accelerator

Founders Coop

This post is an effort to unpack what’s required of a startup accelerator to truly serve the needs of high-performing founders. Every time I talk to someone about the work we do at Founders’ Co-op , I have to first explain that we don’t really care about technology or business ideas per se. Aviel and I know something about this.

article thumbnail

Pitch Deck Teardown: Gable’s $12M Series A deck

TechCrunch

The company is building an interesting product in the world of remote work, and I was curious how the founders were able to convince investors to part with a big pile of dough. Gable takes all the administrative work out of finding and booking nearby workspaces, both for employees and employers. 1 Case study slide No.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

mHub opens much bigger facility to kick Chicago startups into high gear

TechCrunch

It would involve a prototyping lab, offices, shared workspaces, meeting rooms and classrooms. TechCrunch spoke to mHub’s CEO and co-founder Haven Allen to find out what’s next for mHub, and what makes Chicago its perfect home. “It’s

article thumbnail

Transforming lives through skill development: TSWINI’s inspirational journey

Impact Hub

Transforming lives through skill development: TSWINI's inspirational journey Chisom Nwankwo, founder of The Skilled Women Initiative (TSWINI), began with a vision to empower Nigeria’s internally displaced persons (IDPs) through skills training.

article thumbnail

Brazilian workspace-on-demand marketplace BeerOrCoffee snags $10M

TechCrunch

Kees Koolen, the founder of Booking.com, led the startup’s seed round in 2018. BeerOrCoffee describes itself as a B2B marketplace of workspaces on demand that aims to provide hybrid work solutions for companies. It offers over 1,100 shared workspaces in 160 Brazilian cities on its marketplace, including WeWork, Selina and Impact Hub.

article thumbnail

Mage aims to be the ‘Stripe for AI;’ raises $6.3M for developer tools to build AI into apps

TechCrunch

Founder Tommy Dang started the company at the end of 2020 after working together to build internal low-code tools at Airbnb. Mage’s technology is a low-code, cloud-based tool and user interface with a shared workspace similar to Figma. million in seed funding led by Gradient Ventures. Mage dashboard. Image Credits: Mage.

article thumbnail

All Day Kitchens wants to expand every independent restaurant’s delivery network

TechCrunch

The pandemic ushered in the popularity of shared workspaces, known as cloud kitchens or ghost kitchens, for restaurants to cook meals exclusively for delivery. All Day Kitchens founders Ken Chong and Matt Sawchuk. The new investment brings All Day Kitchens’ total funding to date to $102.5 million.