Y Combinator

AUGUST 5, 2019

The only model of institutional seed funding was the “business incubator” model, where VC firms would fund well-connected founders they knew and incubate them in their office. The startup is typically incubated out of the VC’s offices. Then, the cost to start a tech company plummeted.

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WSJ - The Accelerators

JUNE 24, 2015

Since 2000, the speed of broadband has increased more than tenfold, cloud computing and the cost of storage has become affordable to even the most nascent enterprise and the reach of mobile computing devices now puts nearly six billion consumers just a click away.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

This has led to the creation of incubators, accelerators and seed funds. In 1998 there were around 850 VC funds and by 2000 there were 2,300. By 2000 the total LP commitments had mushroomed to more than $100 billion. So of course returns from 2000-2010 were subpar on average for the industry. The Funding Problem.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 9, 2021

The investment firm Flagship Pioneering has incubated a lot of life sciences companies since it was founded in 2000. That’s notable, considering that Flagship incubated 11-year-old Moderna, which currently boasts a $50 billion market cap thanks in large part its coronavirus vaccine.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 13, 2021

Thangavelu is also one of the co-creators of the Cloud Custodian project, which was first incubated at Capital One, where the two co-founders met during their time there, and is now a sandbox project under the Cloud Native Computing Foundation’s umbrella.

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TechCrunch

JULY 16, 2021

. “The websites that [crypto] people use — these exchanges — have also expressed interest,” he notes, flagging that Nym also took in some funding from Binance Labs, the VC arm of the cryptocurrency exchange, after it was chosen to go through the Lab’s incubator program in 2018.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 21, 2021

Jerusalem’s economy and therefore startup scene suffered after the second Intifada (the Palestinian uprising that began in late September 2000 and ended around 2005). However, the decline may also be a function of large tech firms setting up incubation hubs to cut up and absorb talent. billion (£7 billion), came from Jerusalem.

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David Teten VC

MARCH 1, 2022

For emerging VC and private equity investors: accelerators, platforms, communities, and incubators. Founded in 2000 with roots in Singapore and Silicon Valley, GGV has expanded with additional offices in San Francisco, Shanghai, and Beijing. VC recruiters list and compensation data. GGV Capital. GoAhead Ventures. Kleiner Perkins.

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