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Share the mindset of success in EO Accelerator

Entrepreneurs' Organization

In 2013, Allen went into business in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. She quickly realized it was a difficult place for her to succeed, since she built her network roots in Charlotte, North Carolina. In 2018, she moved her business to Charlotte and has seen significant improvements since.

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BuuPass raises $1.3M to scale mobility sector digitization in Africa

TechCrunch

million pre-seed funding it has raised from the Founders Factory Africa, FrontEnd Ventures, Adaverse, Gullit, Five35, Renew Capital, Changecom, XA Network, Ajim Capital, Artha Ventures, Daba Finance, Google Black Founders Fund, and several angel investors.

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Towercutting with goTenna

This is going to be BIG.

It is a small piece of hardware that syncs up with your phone, freeing it from the carrier network and enabling point to point communication. I was scanning the SXSWSocial network for anyone that had tagged themselves "Brooklyn". — Charlie O''Donnell (@ceonyc) March 9, 2013. But handy isn''t why I backed it.

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Indonesia’s eFishery Raises $200M in Series D Funding, Attains Unicorn Valuation

AsiaTechDaily

Founded in 2013, the startup introduced an affordable and efficient technology solution for fish and shrimp farmers in the Indonesian aquaculture industry. The company has also collaborated with fish and shrimp farming communities, managing a network of 12,000 farms.

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Breach simulation startup AttackIQ raises $44M to fuel expansion

TechCrunch

AttackIQ was founded in 2013 and is based out of San Diego, California. It provides an automated validation platform that runs scenarios to detect any gaps in a company’s defenses, enabling organizations to test and measure the effectiveness of their security posture and receive guidance on how to fix what’s broken.

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Thailand’s fintech startup Ascend Money lands $150M at a $1.5B valuation

TechCrunch

The company, which was founded in 2013, also plans to strengthen its global operations across six countries — Thailand, Indonesia, Vietnam, Myanmar, Cambodia, and the Philippines. In Thailand, Ascend Money has about 70% of market share based on its own research, Thamavaranukupt said. Ascend Money considers going public after hitting $1.5

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Singapore’s TC Ventures invests in German, French startups

AsiaTechDaily

TC Ventures not only provides capital but makes a deep understanding of – and contact network in – maritime and aviation available to its investee companies. Founded by Isabelle Rickmers, the company’s mission is to enable data driven recruitment decisions at global scale and to provide seafarers with a safe home.