American Entrepreneurship

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Most battery innovation to date has focused on material science,” Inbar said. However, the industry needs a larger focus on process and manufacturing innovations to ensure both affordability and safety. Northvolt’s intention is to accelerate the transition to a sustainable and electrified society.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Existing investors, including co-founder of Facebook Dustin Moskovitz, Peter Thiel’s Mithril Capital and notable sustainable tech investor Capricorn Investment Group also participated in the round. Round-leader Altman has been involved in the company as an investor and chairman since 2015.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 21, 2016

With a 98% client-retention rate since our founding and the successful resolution of more than 20,000 IT support requests in 2015 alone, we’ve discovered the core to building a winning customer-service promise is to start with your team, particularly through employee recognition and staff-training programs.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 28, 2022

” Reuveni founded Gloat in 2015 alongside Amichai Schreiber and Danny Shteinberg. In cases where a worker falls short of requirements, the platform provides guidance on what they need to learn as well as part-time and shadowing opportunities. Reuveni noted that it marks Generation’s first investment out of its new $1.7

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TechCrunch

MARCH 13, 2021

Stephen Harper, the country’s prime minister from 2006 to 2015, famously quipped that the region suffered from “ a culture of defeatism.” Once lone rangers, Q1 Labs and Radian6 are now surrounded by thriving copycats in a self-sustaining ecosystem. million USD) through its Atlantic Innovation Fund (AIF).

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Impact Hub

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Here are 10 impactful moments that led us to become the largest global network that supports social entrepreneurs and innovators. And, looking now at 102 Impact Hubs across 60 countries and 24.000 entrepreneurs and innovators supported, it looks like we were right to believe so. In 2015 we had already become more than 60 Impact Hubs.

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Impact Hub

MARCH 10, 2020

With such a fundamental shift in the mindset of their customers, businesses are having to reconsider their approach, not only to ensure that they are sustainable in terms of resourcing but to guarantee their appeal to consumers. The mindset of consumers is changing. Measuring our impact using the SDGs .

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

MAY 22, 2018

ERIE, PA – More than 15 years ago, a Penn State Erie faculty member, Tom Briselden and his team at Spin-Works LLC, developed an innovative, silicon-carbide radiant tube insert called a SpyroCor. In 2015, Spin-Works moved to its current location in North East, PA. Others did as well.

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

AUGUST 14, 2020

In a nascent field like entrepreneurial ecosystem building, practitioner examples are rare and we were not going to pass up the opportunity to speak to four representatives of this pilot project to learn more about: What gave rise to the need of hiring an ecosystem builder. River and bridges in Danville. Patience is key.

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OurCrowd

AUGUST 14, 2019

Macy’s, its better-faring competitor, is moving away from physical storefronts, cutting its square footage by 13% between 2015 and 2018. Buyers now expect stores to offer an opportunity to connect with a brand in a way that is relational rather than purely transactional. “A Sustainability and Transparency. buyout by Dollar Tree.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 11, 2022

Two firms stuck out in recent days, including Urban Innovation Fund , which closed with commitments of $101 million for its Fund III and $20 million Opportunity Fund, and VMG Catalyst ‘s $400 million Fund II. Both firms are led by women, Clara Brenner and Julie Lein at Urban Innovation Fund, and Brooke Kiley over at VMG.

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TechCrunch

JULY 25, 2021

Hundreds of startups dot the landscape, and the amount of money being raised and spent on innovating around the country’s industrial heft is mind-boggling. He soon set up his own investment fund, Challenjers Capital , convinced that the next big tech opportunity in China was in tech’s application to everyday consumer products.

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Don Dodge

APRIL 6, 2015

Seeing little opportunity here, Drew and Arash moved the company to Silicon Valley later that year. Dropbox is expected to IPO in 2015 at a valuation exceeding $10 Billion. It has never been easier to start a company, but it has never been harder to build a sustainable business. None of the local VC firms invested.

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Paul G. Silva

JUNE 14, 2023

Apprentiscope ApprentiScope exists to bolster our national workforce by facilitating the adoption, expansion and success of apprenticeship programs through innovative, efficient and powerful software solutions. Tursus Developing innovative back-office solutions for the point-of-sale industry.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 3, 2022

“Other incentives such as the Enterprise Investment Scheme , Patent Box Scheme , and the ‘ regulatory sandbox ‘ make London an ideal place for innovative companies to test new technologies, products, and services,” Coyle added. In the U.K., So while Atlassian has never meaningfully existed in the U.K.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

“We invested in Hai because they have created an innovative, high-quality showerhead that meets consumer demand for sustainable home products,” said Phillip Sarofim, founder of Trousdale Ventures. That’s a huge opportunity there for us.” ” “You are looking at a $9 billion market.

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StartupNation

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

In 2015, the world’s first and only flexible window screen was born. Adversity is always an opportunity to grow, innovate and differentiate, so we kept pushing forward and decided to market our product directly to homeowners, as well. The “slow yes” just about did me in. But there was no turning back.

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OurCrowd

JULY 17, 2019

Money poured into a business that takes off provides job opportunities and helps the economy grow while investors recoup their money and make a profit too. Between 2000 and 2015, for example, spending on education in the US grew 15%, but test scores have been stagnating. The global impact ecosystem is starting to take shape.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 28, 2016

As President and co-owner of the 102-year-old Lamey Wellehan shoe stores, Jim Wellehan used sustainability to foster innovation and remain relevant in the face of fierce competition. If you are simultaneously interested and confused by sustainability, you are not alone. Of that material, 99% is no longer in use after 6 months.

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American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 7, 2024

Beta Boom : founded in 2017 by two veteran Silicon Valley innovators, Kimmy and Sergio Paluch the firm invests in pre-seed software startups that are building the future for womxn, Black, Latinx and other ethnic minority consumers. 90% of their funded startups are led by women or people of color.

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TechCrunch

MAY 21, 2021

In order to determine one, you should ask fundamental questions: What’s the long-term, sustainable reason that the company will stay in business? For our latest Extra Crunch market map, we sized up the general market opportunity before creating a roster of major players and reaching out to investors to see where they’re placing bets.

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Angel Capital Association

OCTOBER 17, 2023

ACA also became part of the innovation ecosystem in Washington, DC, partnering with other organizations and joining White House and other Obama administration initiatives to shine a light on entrepreneurship. She has introduced bills focused on public markets, small businesses and retail investor opportunities.

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