TechCrunch

JULY 13, 2021

Additional investors in the newest seed round and expanded credit facility include Village Global VC, Flexport Ventures, Tresalia Capital, 342 Capital, Struck Capital, Antler LLC, Antler Elevate, Florida Funders and Fox Ventures.

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Forward Cities

MAY 13, 2024

And since more equitable business ownership holds great potential for addressing the racial wealth gap, we are on a mission to catalyze wealth-building opportunities for Black, Hispanic, and Indigenous entrepreneurs by transforming the way local communities see, support, and sustain those entrepreneurs.

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American Entrepreneurship

MAY 3, 2024

ABOUT THE PROGRAM Invest In Women x Pittsburgh , a dynamic accelerator in collaboration with Ascender and powered by the Richard King Mellon Foundation, empowers emerging entrepreneurs by providing vital resources and unwavering support to fuel the growth of their ventures. Attend to meet them during the program and reception.

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American Entrepreneurship

JANUARY 25, 2024

We are excited to partner with TravelPerk and support the next stage of growth,” stated Stephen Thorne, Investment Director for SoftBank Investment Advisers. I’m delighted that SoftBank has backed that vision, and that our existing investors continue to support our responsible and thoughtful approach to long-term growth.

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

MARCH 1, 2022

You’ll come away from this experience with a working business model, networking contacts, and experience pitching to potential funders. Business mentoring from Ben Franklin’s Transformation Business Services Network and Penn State’s Small Business Development Center staff will also be provided at no cost. Apply now at [link].

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Founders Coop

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

In simple terms, the local LP community owned 70% of the fund economics, the Managing Director owned 20% and Techstars owned 10%; we also paid Techstars a $50K annual fee to support the program’s back-office operations. Bottom line, Techstars needed cash. Killing the Golden Goose Organizations become what they’re staffed and led to do.

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Angel Capital Association

MARCH 25, 2024

Pitch to Angel Investors at the Innovation Funders Showcase Participating in Angel Capital Association’s Innovation Funders Showcase at their Annual Summit presents a pivotal opportunity for black founders and entrepreneurs. She is an entrepreneur who supports entrepreneurs!

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Angel Capital Association

JANUARY 26, 2023

In fact, ACA members and groups are the most significant source of support for entrepreneurs, investing more than 1 million pro bono hours and $650 million of after-tax financing to more than 3,000 high growth companies annually. Without this support, many early-stage companies wouldn’t get off the ground.

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Angel Capital Association

JANUARY 13, 2022

In fact, ACA members and groups are the most significant source of support for entrepreneurs, investing more than 1 million pro bono hours and $650 million of after-tax financing to more than 3,000 high growth companies annually. Without this support, many early-stage companies wouldn’t get off the ground.

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Angel Capital Association

MARCH 11, 2024

Venture funding fled to safety, often to less capital-intensive stages, deals less sensitive to quarterly fluctuations, notably to early stage and away from Series B and later deals supporting existing companies. Data from the recently published 2023 Angel Capital Association Angel Funders Report can provide answers to these questions.

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American Entrepreneurship

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Launched in Boston in 2019 the program serves over 300 students with many more on the horizon due to Third Rock’s support. That contribution with Third Rock’s founding support is a great convergence of focus, creating optimism that more underrepresented and underserved college students will pursue positions in life science industry hubs.

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American Entrepreneurship

MAY 28, 2024

We’re so grateful for the ongoing support from sponsors and community members for this exciting competition, and, as usual, we were extremely impressed by the quality of the startups who made it to the finals,” said DPP Director of Innovation Noah Olson. These included a welcome reception on May 15 and a breakfast with investors on May 17.

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

JULY 22, 2020

– Greater clarity on the financial returns achievable by supporting New Majority Entrepreneurs. – Formalized collaboration between funders, founders and ecosystem builders. Though based in Washington D.C., they are welcoming all to their town hall on Friday, July 31 at 2:00pm ET. Why Participate?

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Source Link

APRIL 20, 2022

As entrepreneurs and small business owners continue to recover , it’s a good time to strengthen ecosystems to support them. When you share the survey, remind your network how this information will help you to better support them, reinforcing the importance of their participation. Survey your resource partners.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 24, 2022

Specifically, we need to be tracking as metrics: (i) the number of first institutional round venture deals, (ii) the demographics of the founders of those companies and (iii) the composition of the funders on an annual cohort basis. The data supports this, as the numbers for women founders and the overall first-financing growth are 1.6x

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TechCrunch

MARCH 2, 2023

In particular, the philanthropic community is just starting to recognize that there is an urgent need to support efforts to develop ocean-based climate solutions. The urgency of the climate crisis has kept passionate funders and entrepreneurs engaged in the development of solutions regardless of the state of the economy.

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American Entrepreneurship

JANUARY 25, 2024

The two-year-old fintech startup gained the support of top venture capital funders and regional banks that included Andreessen Horowitz, Remarkable Ventures, and leading banks Huntington National Bank, First Horizon, and Regions. The current round adds to a $4.5

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TechCrunch

MAY 9, 2023

Support the startup community as a Disrupt partner If you want to reach the world’s most ambitious founders, investors, and technologists, there’s no better place than TechCrunch Disrupt. CTA: Want to reach the biggest funders, founders and Disruptors? And here’s the best part: It’s not too late to join the Startup Battlefield!

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Impact Hub

MARCH 25, 2024

The programme aims to strengthen organisations, facilitate community engagement, and increase visibility, offering tailored support and funding opportunities. The goal by 2030 is to establish an inclusive investment ecosystem, a support network for social enterprises, and position Bradford as a hub for social innovation and enterprise.

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American Entrepreneurship

JUNE 16, 2023

Latest funding supports next phase of flight-redefining growth Possibly we are in an era of grand visions, not just big dreams. The convergence of technology, talent and funding now makes the vision of one-hour hypersonic global transport within reach—so say the co-founders of Venus Aerospace and its most recent funder Airbus Ventures.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

With the support of Oikocredit alongside our first-round funders, our distribution, logistics and financing services will continue not only in Ghana but also in Ivory Coast where we’ve recently begun the process of expanding our team,” said Attah in a statement.

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American Entrepreneurship

OCTOBER 20, 2023

For any entrepreneur to be successful in starting a business, they must have the right help and resources to support of their hard work. Accelerators are programs run by a range of organizations and funders to assist the best startup applicants they choose. Search out resources that are timely to starting and growing a small business.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 24, 2023

Enter LGBT+ VC, a nonprofit organization that aims to support LGBTQ+ founders and investors allied with the cause. There are no numbers on how much of that capital goes specifically to trans founders or how many investors identify as part of the LGBTQ+ community.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 8, 2021

We want to encourage capital into African women-led businesses, and to support a high number of existing local and global investors to invest more capital in this market,” Impact Room CEO and founder Blantern told TechCrunch. Our job is to support startups and help them all the way to maturity.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 31, 2023

In the EU, states like France are actually ramping up support for tech entrepreneurship. Critics of the government’s decision to hand the contract to Barclays say it will put it into a conflict of interest, such as needing to support startups in the fintech space which might compete with it.

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Surdna Foundation

APRIL 11, 2022

As a racial justice funder, we also know that shifting power and building equity, mutual accountability, and authentic, trusting relationships are vital to our grantmaking. We are also proactively sharing our data with Candid and signing on to data-sharing initiatives, such as the Climate Funders Justice Pledge. Learning together.

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Angel Capital Association

JULY 10, 2023

In fact, winning the Hans Severiens Award at the 2023 ACA Summit of Angel Investing is a validation of his profound efforts to grow and support angel investing nationally through the Angel Capital Association as well as the community in which he works.

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TechCrunch

MAY 2, 2022

What I like about Oceankind is that they recognize the true cost of doing technology projects and they’re prepared to support it,” said Dunbabin. They’ve been absolutely a dream funder.”. That makes Oceankind one of the biggest non-governmental funders of ocean science in the world. Casting a wide net for science.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

At roughly the same time, Y Combinator (YC) and other accelerators emerged as a largely analog means for entrepreneurs willing to commit three months of time and ~6% of their company to receive en masse training and connections to mentors, peers and funders. What do these approaches have in common?

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Impact Hub

OCTOBER 7, 2023

Social enterprises and social enterprise support organisations locally and internationally can get involved by reaching out to Impact Hub Amman. Unleash your impact potential today Join our free global membership for the latest news, resources, and inspiring stories of entrepreneurial impact.

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Impact Hub

OCTOBER 7, 2023

Social enterprises and social enterprise support organisations locally and internationally can get involved by reaching out to Impact Hub Amman. Unleash your impact potential today Join our free global membership for the latest news, resources, and inspiring stories of entrepreneurial impact.

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Forward Cities

JUNE 11, 2021

After centuries of racial violence, displacement, segregation and a lack of investment, the idea of a Black Wall Street – where businesses and entrepreneurship can thrive and money can continue to support it – is a near impossibility. How many Black Wall Streets were there in America? It's hard to know.

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

JULY 10, 2020

Data today, 3-5 years later will not support that notion though. Today, I have asked some key funders to consider requiring ecosystem asks vs asks from individual organizations. Through an effective PR/Educational campaign, we’ve affected the shift to much more of a focus on encouraging more startups and risk taking.

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Impact Hub

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

How can we better support acceleration and incubation efforts to push for the transition from the linear to the circular economy? Talking about key numbers from the Accelerate2030 Circular Economy program pilots: At the national level, 64 entrepreneurs were selected to take part in the program among more than 450 applicants; .

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American Entrepreneurship

JUNE 22, 2023

FPV Ventures was the lead funder with participation from existing investors Human Capital Ventures based in the United Kingdom, and like early-stage venture firm Autotech Ventures has offices in California. FPV Ventures brings great depth of support for the startup via its co-founders Wesley Chan and Pegah Ebrahimi.

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This is going to be BIG.

MAY 14, 2012

These are people whose business it is to support startups. Ideas get poorly vetted because the funders aren't current on tech trends. It's not quite the same when you're putting government money to work supporting new companies. Plus, you lack for visible champions--which is the complimentary air support.

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Over the two days of the workshop, nine projects were identified to move the EBLP forward from the following prompts: Regarding the Field: Imagine the field of entrepreneurship ecosystem building takes center stage; it is consistently adopted among practitioners, funders, policy makers, and others – locally, regionally, and nationally.

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