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Oxfam Novib and Goodwell target East African startups with €20M Pepea fund

TechCrunch

Goodwell Investments, which will manage the fund’s operations, and help develop its portfolio, told TechCrunch that part of the support to startups will include ensuring that they have the right ‘structures and systems’ in place, to help them prepare and raise their first rounds.

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60 Top Women-led Venture Capital Firms

American Entrepreneurship

Female-founded venture firms have shown strong support for female-founded startups accounting for 28% of their deal counts from 2016 to October 2021 in startups with at least one female founder. In addition, Crunchbase reports that w omen-founded venture firms in the U.S. raised approximately $7 billion in 2021 , up 59% year over year.

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

TechCrunch

Factors such as remote work, offshore development, and the steadily growing labor pool of software engineers have enabled startups to hire additional engineering talent, adding yet another catalyst to this vibrant ecosystem. has nearly quadrupled in the same time period (investments from 2005 to 2015 and total investments through 2021 ).

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LexCheck raises $17M to automate common contracting processes

TechCrunch

” Sangha, a law lecturer at the University of Pennslyvania and a licensed attorney in the State of New York, founded LexCheck in 2015. LexCheck uses AI, including natural language processing, to support processes around editing and negotiating contracts.

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Accelerating Sustainable Food Business Solutions to Reshape Our Cities

Impact Hub

Technological leaps have enabled many (though by no means all) of us city-dwellers to sustain ourselves adequately, despite breaking our traditional connection with agricultural life. This is where the seed for the Feeding the City incubator was planted. Feeding the City. Photo: Kina Mama. A translocal collaboration is born.

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Surging homegrown talent and VC spark Italy’s tech renaissance

TechCrunch

Rome has more than 20 incubators/accelerators and many established VCs; because of its lower costs compared to other European cities, it’s become a major base for startups. It has also launched two different acceleration projects aimed at supporting SMEs and startups with mentoring, networking and support services.

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Ycombinator - Where unicorns are born

Don Dodge

Ycombinator is the largest and most successful startup incubator in history, and it was started right here in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Startup incubators and accelerators are everywhere today, but were relatively unknown when Ycombinator started 10 years ago. Dropbox is expected to IPO in 2015 at a valuation exceeding $10 Billion.