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Paris-based accelerator The Family sues co-founder Oussama Ammar

TechCrunch

The Family co-founder and CEO Alice Zagury announced in a blog post that the French startup accelerator is suing Oussama Ammar for multiple claims — breach of trust, forgery and use of forgery. Back in 2011, Ammar used to work for a company called Be Sport. Since 2020, we have been trying to find an amicable solution.

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Vista Equity takes minority stake in Canada’s Vena with $242M investment

TechCrunch

The round follows $25 million in financing from CIBC Innovation Banking last September, and brings Vena’s total raised since its 2011 inception to over $363 million. Its customers hail from a variety of industries, including banking, SaaS, manufacturing, healthcare, insurance and higher education.

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Sequoia picks its horse in the consumer carbon offset market, leading a $2.5 million round for Joro

TechCrunch

The Princeton undergraduate saw the film in 2011, and it started her on the journey that would lead her to launch Joro , the Sequoia-backed startup that monitors consumer spending to offer tips on how to offset and reduce a user’s carbon footprint. .” Aspiration can now tell you the ‘social impact’ of your monthly spending.

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You Need to Win the Battle for Share of Mind

Both Sides of the Table

They got us to fill out the details of where we worked in the past and the network effect compels us to keep it updated. So resume + directionally-correct social graph = goldmine for recruiting, networking and marketing. It doesn’t strike me as a “social network&# in the way we’ve come to define them.

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PetHub’s Clemens is Leading Innovation in the Pet Tech Industry

Jason Malki

the first networked database in the U.S. She joined PetHub in June of 2011 as the modern pet ID tag startup was in its beginning stages. We launched the first networked database and QR-coded pet ID tags in the United States in 2010. We’ll participate in a three-month accelerator program. for pets and pet parents.

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Free money for your impact tech startup

David Teten VC

I suggest start by looking at the many programs offered by the Fortune 500’s startup networks. They will also be offered the opportunity to join a customized 6-month Google Developers Launchpad Accelerator program, including guidance from our nonprofit partner, DataKind, to jumpstart their work. Google for Startups Accelerator.

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No Better Future without Better Business

Impact Hub

2011-2020 was the warmest decade of all. The pandemic hit hard on the fundamental tripod of human development – income, health, and education – and inequality has sky-rocketed. Businesses that challenge the status quo, accelerate innovation and create more inclusive job opportunities. Impact Hub Global Retreat 2021.