TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Burrow participated in the Y Combinator accelerator in 2016 with an initial aim of building sofas that, by virtue of being modular, were easier to move and adapt to a variety of living spaces. ” Jet co-founder Nate Faust is building a more sustainable e-commerce experience with Olive.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 7, 2021

Resource aims to give local accelerators and incubators support in the form of training and community. Resource’s “ESO Accelerator” will train startup ecosystem leaders on how to build a more financially sustainable organization, as well as help connect them to potential funders.

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Impact Hub

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Building Legacies Out of Movements), an accelerator program for social entrepreneurs of color. Through knowledge sharing and funding, the program cultivates a thriving ecosystem for changemakers to accelerate impact and deliver initiatives at the intersection of sport, equity and creativity for Black and Latinx communities. .

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TechCrunch

MARCH 21, 2022

Launched in 2016, the startup works with a network of agents, who recruit farmers and retailers to its platform. Since the close of a $6 million series A in 2020 , Pollak said Apollo has grown 10 times, accelerated by product financing. Apollo uses the satellite imagery data of farms and AI to rate the credit-worthiness of farmers.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 24, 2023

The Japan-headquartered company, which builds drone software, hardware and uncrewed aircraft traffic management software, said the new capital brings its total raised to $97 million since its inception in 2016. It declined to comment on its post-money valuation.

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Impact Hub

MAY 23, 2024

Building a thriving Armenia through sustainable tourism: the journey of ONEArmenia Founded in 2012, ONEArmenia (1A) has been on a mission to build a thriving Armenia by funding sustainable projects with radical transparency at the heart of their efforts.

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AsiaTechDaily

AUGUST 23, 2023

In 2012, it surpassed Melbourne, Australia; in 2014, it surpassed Osaka, Japan, and Sydney, Australia; in 2016, it overtook Seoul, South Korea; and in 2018, for the first time, it outranked Tokyo, Japan. Now, Shanghai is poised to become one of the top global financial centers in the world, like New York, London, and Tokyo.

innovation

David Teten VC

APRIL 30, 2018

Take a look at The Fortune Unicorn List : of the top 100 most valuable unicorns in 2016, 39 are currently based outside of the United States. As a result, the Canadian government created the Canadian Technology Accelerator Initiative. Why are more US VCs investing in international startups? Source: NVCA, Pitchbook.

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American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 7, 2024

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.

venture capital

TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

In 2016, Andrew Hoag, formerly a senior manager at Verisign and a web project lead at NASA’s Ames Research Center, founded Teampay , a platform that attempts to automate the software purchasing process for companies. ” Teampay’s platform provides workflows for employees to submit and approve spending. .”

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AsiaTechDaily

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

“My work with startups and the ecosystem began in 2016 when I founded Startupmedia to help startups and the ecosystem tell their stories and school myself in starting/scaling businesses. According to him, a valuable company, sustained by growth and impact, naturally becomes an attractive acquisition or public offering candidate.

venture capital

David Teten VC

DECEMBER 2, 2019

“Since 2011, the Bluhm/Helfand Social Innovation (BHSI) Fellowship has supported the work of 36 innovators—representing the United States as well as 18 other countries on five continents—who address pressing global issues, from healthcare delivery to college persistence and sustainable construction in developing nations.

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Impact Hub

APRIL 24, 2019

Slow and sustainable fashion is gaining momentum, and you no longer have to make a choice between style or ethics – you can have both. They audit every single brand that wishes to be stocked with them, to prove their ethical credentials and sustainable practices. Slow and sustainable is the new luxury. There is a way forward.

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TechCrunch

JULY 25, 2021

Years of heavy investment in logistics by the private sector, accelerated by government support and infrastructure buildout, means that delivery costs have come down significantly over the years, even dipping below $0.40 By 2016, China was shipping 30 billion packages a year , already accounting for 44% of global shipments.

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Impact Hub

JANUARY 23, 2020

In 2016, they took a grand leap to relocate to a 25,000 sq/ft location in the Mission District and signed a landmark Community Benefits Agreement that outlines their commitment to the Mission community. We are saddened to lose this landmark Impact Hub and seek to support their members and partners during this transition.

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StartupNation

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Headquartered in Metro Detroit, Altimetrik is a software company that helps clients transform and accelerate their business. Though located outside of Detroit in the city of Flint, Michigan, Genusee Eyewear is a sustainable eyewear manufacturer that’s making a difference in the Flint community—and the fashion industry.

startup

TechCrunch

MAY 25, 2021

Now imagine you’re going 80 miles an hour, slam on the brakes, then rebuild the car kind of while still moving, and then try to accelerate into an IPO, all on Zoom.” But do your due diligence and work constructively with them and, together, you might actually build a sustainable future. 5 predictions for the future of e-commerce.

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David Teten VC

AUGUST 20, 2019

By contrast, according to PitchBook Data, since the beginning of 2016, companies with women founders have received only 4.4% The Boston Consulting Group and MassChallenge , a US-based global network of accelerators, partnered to study why “ women-owned startups are a better bet ”. of venture capital deals. Don’t hire people you know!

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OurCrowd

JUNE 20, 2021

In 2016, the Saudi government announced its Vision 2030 which it said aimed to end the kingdom’s “addiction” to oil and diversify its economy and energy sources. H2Pro is developing production technology to enable the wide scale adoption of sustainable hydrogen fuel. The rush to renewables is not a passing fad.

energy

TechCrunch

JUNE 17, 2021

The seed funds will be put towards its next phase of growth — its month-to-month growth rate is 30% and it tells us it’s confident it can at least sustain that — including planning a big boost to headcount so it can accelerate product development. Its long term mission to reinvent the Internet continues.

energy

David Teten VC

DECEMBER 2, 2019

“Since 2011, the Bluhm/Helfand Social Innovation (BHSI) Fellowship has supported the work of 36 innovators—representing the United States as well as 18 other countries on five continents—who address pressing global issues, from healthcare delivery to college persistence and sustainable construction in developing nations.

startup

StartupNation

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Floyd is a furniture company based in Detroit that is concerned with longevity, sustainability, and modern design. StockX was founded in 2016 and already boasts more than 1,000 employees. Signal Advisors recently raised a Series B round. Apply now to Signal Advisors. The company raised $15 million in Series B funding this year.

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Impact Hub

MARCH 16, 2022

Built on the results of the 2011 Social Business Initiative and the 2016 Start-up and Scale-up Initiative , and preceded by extensive dialogue with stakeholders and civil society, the Action Plan proposes 38 concrete measures to be implemented in a nine-years horizon, between 2021-2030.

frameworks

Paul G. Silva

JUNE 14, 2023

PV Grows A collaborative network dedicated to enhancing the ecological and economic sustainability and vitality of the Pioneer Valley food system. 2018 Libboo Accelerating great stories and big ideas. InstaFreebie Accelerating great stories and big ideas. Pixm We are entrepreneurs making technologies to stop phishing breaches.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

Demo days at startup accelerators are a pretty big deal around here. Full disclosure: In 2016, I was 500 Startups’ Journalist-in-residence. If you’re a founder who hopes to break into the $100M ARR club, this guest post can help you identify the right usage metrics for creating a sustainable customer journey.

SaaS

StartupNation

MARCH 10, 2021

Gambyt is a debt-free and fully profitable company that’s been sustainably growing since its founding in 2016. DaySmart is a software company that’s accelerating small business growth with digital tools. Founded in 2016, Groundspeed Analytics is disrupting the $300 billion insurance industry. Groundspeed. Ripple Science.

startup

TechCrunch

JUNE 15, 2021

After Trump took office in 2016, Canada’s federal government boosted the tech ecosystems of cities like Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver by creating a program to fast-track immigration. H-1B program has fallen dramatically, accelerating a decade-long trend. Canadian tech leaders climbed aboard with campaigns to tempt more workers north.

incubation

TechCrunch

JUNE 9, 2021

billion since the company was founded in 2016. Giving EV batteries a second life for sustainability and profit. Other notable customers include Swedish heavy-duty truck manufacturer Scania and energy storage company Fluence. Swedish battery manufacturer Northvolt receives a $14 billion order from VW.

accelerator

TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

It’s now raised $103 million since its launch in 2016. Forto will be using the new funding to accelerate the development of its supply chain management solutions by adding order management and value-added services. The round was led by Inven Capital, a growth fund out of the Czech Republic.

capital

Tomasz Tunguz

JULY 22, 2017

The chart above shows the compound annual growth rate of venture investment rounds A through D in ten fastest growing venture markets plus the US from 2010-2016. A 50% growth rate sustained over 6 years implies 11x growth in venture capital investment during the period. invested in 2016, with a growth rate of 19%.

venture capital

TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Ellen DeGeneres, Portia de Rossi, Shaun White and Shawn Mendes are the new backers, who came in through a strategic round of funding alongside PLUS Capital to bring the Seattle-based company’s total funding to $60 million since the company’s inception in 2016. This includes a $12 million Series A from 2020.

sustainability

TechCrunch

MARCH 2, 2021

The pandemic, however, has accelerated an already-spreading recognition that shareholder value maximization is often a harmful choice — not by any means a moral imperative or even a fiduciary responsibility. Since the 2016 presidential election in the U.S., But Facebook and its brethren remain fragile.

sustainability

TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

While countless companies are developing alternative and more sustainable ways for humans to get their protein fixes such as through lab-grown meat , others are tackling the underlying problem from a different angle by exploring new ways of fostering the traditional meat and fish populace through insect protein. Growth industry.

sustainability

TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Participants ran the gamut from fintech and sustainability to edtech and developer tools, and several stood out from the rest of the pack. 500 Global, formerly branded under 500 Startups , has an accelerator that competes with YC. But the company, which was founded in 2016, has raised $2.4 The moonshots.

accelerator

TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

“We want to feed the world responsibly, and these products have the ability to substitute for synthetic chemicals and provide growers a way to protect their crops, especially as consumers want natural, sustainable tools,” he added. Przemek Obloj, managing partner at Blue Horizon, was introduced to the company by existing investors.

technology

Angel Capital Association

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

During Q4 negative trends accelerated, and by the end of Q4, venture dollars had fallen 59% compared to Q4 of 2021. In many markets, valuations declined by 50% or more, returning to pre-bubble (2016 - 2019) levels. Valuations have returned to “normal” (2016-2019) ranges. 2022 was a correction, not a collapse. We Warned You!

startup

A Smart Bear

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

The initial marketing channel was sustainable for a while , but got wiped away due to external forces. Another is to prioritize accelerating sales until that customer represents a percentage of revenue that you can stomach. But they recognized in 2016 that they were a single-product company. That is a “One Thing.”

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