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beSUCCESS Media spotlights the vibrant Korean startup ecosystem at BEYOND Expo in Macau

AsiaTechDaily

James Jung, the CEO and founder of beSUCCESS Media, took the opportunity to introduce the company and its initiatives to the participants, which included startups, corporates, media representatives, and organizers. The company operates various platforms and initiatives to foster entrepreneurship and innovation.

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How To Grow Your Economy. Build It, Don’t Buy It!

Ecosystem Builder Hub

The best way to revitalize a city’s economy is through entrepreneurship and startup ecosystem building. Startup Genome provides data-driven insights to inform innovation policy leaders and help them focus their actions. Ecosystems need to intentionally build and nurture a startup community. The evidence is clear.

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The startup landscape has shifted dramatically: Accelerators must adapt or fade away

TechCrunch

Angel investments in 2022 equaled those from 2006 to 2011 combined. Family office investments increased by 5x , and corporate venture investments rose 6x , thus opening new capital avenues for founders who found it difficult to raise capital. Crowdfunding witnessed a 2.4x growth from 2020 to 2021.

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Does Atlantic Canada have a blueprint for rural revival in the post-pandemic era?

TechCrunch

When they return, young people like Morrison are finding that Atlantic Canadians have quietly built a robust startup ecosystem that has resulted in a dozen acquisitions to companies like IBM and Salesforce, the sum of which likely surpasses $5 million in cash and stock.

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

TechCrunch

A recent speech by the chancellor saw him imploring entrepreneurs to move to the UK: “If anyone is thinking of starting or investing in an innovation or technology-centred business, I want them to do it here. tech startup scene. The idea of Government as a provider of startup advice to founders backed by Tier 1 VCs is finished.

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“If I never again have to read a bunch of entitled tech bros mansplaining on twitter about their way of working is the only way, I will die a happy man.” Canadian Investor Chris Neumann on Venture Vibes, Who Helped Him Along the Way, and the Qualities of a Founder Who Could Fail But He’d Back Again

Hunter Walk

Chris Neumann: I’ve been lucky to have been a part of 5 startups going back to the late-90s, including two that were VC-backed (DataHero and Aster Data). 500 Startups was looking to add someone with an enterprise background to their investing team, so I made the leap into venture at the start of 2017. As to “why Canada?”,

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‘Insane’ — UK tech reacts to government moves that might hand UK startups contract to Barclays Bank

TechCrunch

tech startup scene. 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). Today, Tech Nation’s work represents a £15 return on every £1 invested by the UK Government.

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