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Why the Accelerator Model is Broken—and how 500 Startups is Fixing it

500

No one would’ve envisioned me as a venture capitalist. When I moved to San Francisco in 2012, I was working on my fourth startup and looking to join an accelerator. When I moved to San Francisco in 2012, I was working on my fourth startup and looking to join an accelerator.

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Gener8tor is the biggest startup accelerator you’ve never heard of…

TechCrunch

One of the ways that those pots of cash are being invested is through venture capital, which means the money flows to the coasts — New York, Boston, Silicon Valley. ” “Where we invest, there was not a lot of capital yesterday. And yet, the name isn’t as well-known as other comparably sized accelerators.

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Meet Seoul-based accelerator SparkLabs’ 19th batch of startups 

TechCrunch

SparkLabs Korea , a Seoul-based seed to early-stage accelerator, held a demo Day on Thursday for its 19th cohort of companies. The latest demo day marks its tenth year after SparkLabs launched its accelerator program in December 2012. and Asia. . Not all teams end up pitching at demo day.

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The Venture Capital Diversity Gap and Why It Matters

StartupNation

Despite the growth in awarded venture capital (VC) funds, a staggering disparity remains between the amount of total VC funds invested in entrepreneurs and the portion of those funds invested in ventures founded and/or led by women—particularly women of color. I am no stranger to this gender gap within the VC space.

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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. I had witnessed a number of early-stage tech startups in LA raise seed capital from the Bay Area and relocate. We had a specific goal in mind. So we went for it.

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Announcing our partnership with Coolwater Capital: the “Y Combinator for VC”

David Teten VC

Thanks to David Bogoslaw for covering our new partnership in today’s Venture Capital Journal. I’m pleased to announce a strategic partnership between Coolwater Capital and Versatile VC. Coolwater is an investor in VC funds and runs an accelerator for emerging VC fund managers. Accelerate Coolwater community funds.

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Startup Business Funding: 5 Business-Breaking Misconceptions

Dream It

The first time, back in 2012, I joined as part of a mobile gaming company. NOT spending time on the accelerator building the product. The product should be live if we hope to raise capital. The most valuable resource the accelerator provides is the network, so use all my time to navigate that network.

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