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Tech Nation looks for new home as UK Gov hands tech ecosystem contract to Barclays

TechCrunch

In the EU, states like France are actually ramping up support for tech entrepreneurship. Tech City UK, its predecessor, was launched in 2011 by former prime minister David Cameron and concentrated largely on the London ecosystem until 2018 when it merged with Tech North (based in Manchester). tech startup scene. and abroad.

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VC meets the land of opportunity

TechCrunch

She is also the co-founder of Build In SE , a community of founders, funders and ecosystem partners committed to company building in the Southeast (#BuildInSE). When Mucker launched back in 2011, our founding partners, who had left Silicon Valley for LA, set out to prove that high-growth companies can be built anywhere. and Canada.

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Data obscures positive trends in VC dollars reaching women-founded startups

TechCrunch

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. from 2011 to 2016 and 3.8x from 2006 to 2011, respectively.¹ The rest is noise. compared to 1.4x

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Free money for your impact tech startup

David Teten VC

Since 2011, the Bluhm/Helfand Social Innovation (BHSI) Fellowship has supported the work of 36 innovators—representing the United States as well as 18 other countries on five continents—who address pressing global issues, from healthcare delivery to college persistence and sustainable construction in developing nations. .”

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