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CCNY Student-Led Start-up Organovis Wins USD25,000 Top Prize at Standard Chartered 2023 Women in Tech Incubator Competition

American Entrepreneurship

Organovis hopes to transform drug testing by making it more precise, ethical, and affordable NEW YORK, May 8, 2023 – The City College of New York (“CCNY”) student-led start-up, Organovis has won the 2023 Women in Tech (“WiT”) Incubator Competition. We are thrilled to be named the winner of this year’s Women in Tech Incubator competition.

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Japanese startup ispace raises $46M to support planned moon missions

TechCrunch

The Series C was led by Japanese VC firm Incubate Fund, with additional investment from partnerships managed by Innovation Engine, funds managed by SBI Investment Co., Incubate Fund’s investments in ispace stretch back to the company’s seed round in 2014. Ispace’s total funding now stands at $195.5 million.

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How entrepreneurs benefit from ‘Alien Thinking’

Entrepreneurs' Organization

In the book Alien Thinking , three innovation professors at IMD Business School argue that people who generate truly breakthrough ideas look at their world like aliens–outsiders unburdened by the assumptions, biases and conventional thinking that constrain imagination. Two types of breaks can foster innovation.

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60 Top Women-led Venture Capital Firms

American Entrepreneurship

Aspect Ventures : co-founded in 2014 by Theresia Gouw and Jennifer Fonstad, the early-stage venture firm uniquely focuses on bridging the funding gap between angels and the larger multi-stage VC platforms through collaboration and diversity. 90% of their funded startups are led by women or people of color.

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Smart lock maker Latch teams with real estate firm to go public via SPAC

TechCrunch

Founded in 2014, the New York-based company came out of stealth two years later, launching a smart lock system. The company is set to go public courtesy of a merger with blank check company TS Innovation Acquisitions Corp. This week, Latch becomes the latest company to join the SPAC parade.

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Unlocking the Entrepreneurial Potential of People With Disabilities

Impact Hub

Looking to accelerate inclusiveness in Europe’s entrepreneurial and incubation environment , Impact Hub teamed up with partners to enhance Business Support Organisations’ skills, methods and approaches towards different under-represented groups. Interested in reading more action stories related to the program?

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Is American Entrepreneurship In Crisis?

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Today, there are more nonprofits and incubator programs supporting potential entrepreneurs than ever before. What happens when the entrepreneurial spirit and sense of innovation diminish? Perhaps I am an optimist, but I do not see the entrepreneurial spirit or sense of innovation dying out in our country.