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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

Over the past nine years, our partnership with the Zahn Center has supported over 2,000 students in today’s ever-changing economy through mentorship, and we look forward to engaging more for many years to come.” “I CCNY is as diverse, dynamic and visionary as New York City itself. View CCNY Media Kit.

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Korean VC Sopoong closes $8M fund for startups focused on environmental impact

TechCrunch

Sopoong was launched in 2008 by Jaewoong Lee , who co-founded South Korea’s largest internet portal operator Daum Communication, which merged with Kakao in 2014. The early-stage VC had already set up five social impact funds and backed 81 startups since 2020, after Han acquired the firm in December 2019.

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NJEDA Hosts Diversity Finance Advisory Board Meeting, Convening Diverse Group of Entrepreneurs and Investors

American Entrepreneurship

(March 5, 2024) – The New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA) held the first in-person meeting of the Diversity Finance Advisory Board (DFAB) last week, bringing together a diverse group of investors, entrepreneurs, and mentors for presentations and networking sessions.

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What Future for Accelerators?

Both Sides of the Table

There were a lot of requests for us to turn our mentorship program into a physical accelerator with a fund, office space and full-time staff. Sam is an uber-networker, savvy, helpful, product-oriented leader who had a great eye for young entrepreneurs and a passion about helping them. But by 2014 much had started to change.

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Is American Entrepreneurship In Crisis?

Entrepreneurs' Organization

These business and mentorship networks have made great strides helping entrepreneurs in local communities across the U.S. What are the new trends we are seeing in entrepreneurship today that didn’t happen 10 years ago? Today, there are more nonprofits and incubator programs supporting potential entrepreneurs than ever before.

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How Do VCs Choose Their Investors (and should entrepreneurs care?)

Both Sides of the Table

We capped our fund size so that we would stay true to our investment strategy in terms of size, scope and number of partners as we stood in 2014 when we raised the fund. She has formerly worked at a VC fund (DFJ) and worked closely with the partners and the network at DFJ and knew what it was like to build, manage and evolve a VC partnership.

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Andela begins global expansion in 37 countries months after going remote across Africa

TechCrunch

When Andela launched in 2014, it built hubs in Nigeria, Kenya, Rwanda and Uganda to source, vet and train engineers to be part of remote teams for international companies. It also helped developers improve their skills via training and mentorship. It also tested satellite models in Egypt and Ghana as substitutes to physical hubs.