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Despite economic downturn, space startup funding defies gravity

TechCrunch

“We looked back historically over the last decade and a little bit more, and it turns out that even during the 2008-2009 economic downturn, the space industry continued to grow at 7% per year,” Crawford said, adding that they saw almost no correlation between the performance of the Global S&P 1200 and the space industry.

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Buckle up before we sell out — here comes TechCrunch Early Stage 2023

TechCrunch

Wilcox founded E Ink, which commercialized electronic paper displays and was acquired by Amazon in 2009. TechCrunch hosts Darrell Etherington and Becca Szkutak will interview serial-founder-turned-VC Russ Wilcox. Currently he’s a partner at Pillar VC.

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Impact Hub San Francisco Closure

Impact Hub

As one of the first spaces to open in North America by joining the Impact Hub network in 2009, Impact Hub San Francisco has had significant impact in their community including housing and supporting the Social Capital Markets Conference (SOCAP) in its early years.

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The Best Coworking Spaces in Detroit for Your Hybrid Work Model

StartupNation

Coworking spaces offer nearly as much networking as tech startup incubators and accelerators, so if your business is forward thinking and sustainability oriented, Green Garage Detroit might be the perfect landing place for hybrid work and coworking. Green Garage is located in the heart of Detroit on Second Ave.

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The Optimal Seed Round Construction to Maximize Series A Success

Tomasz Tunguz

So I’ve tried to answer the complex question using Crunchbase data from 2009 to today. ” I’m using the word angels broadly; it includes individual investors, incubators and accelerators. Below, I compare and contrast the fundraising histories of about 3700 startups that have raised seeds.

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Ycombinator - Where unicorns are born

Don Dodge

Ycombinator is the largest and most successful startup incubator in history, and it was started right here in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Startup incubators and accelerators are everywhere today, but were relatively unknown when Ycombinator started 10 years ago. Ycombinator has deep roots in the area.

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What Future for Accelerators?

Both Sides of the Table

Accelerators have had quite a good run the past 5+ years. Not just Y Combinator and TechStars but a host of other accelerators across the country. It was 2009 and it was terribly difficult to get any financing (if you can remember a time like that!) None of us was convinced the market really needed 5 accelerators.