Remove 2016 Remove development Remove funders Remove networking
article thumbnail

Black Innovation Alliance, Village Capital team up to support founders of color

TechCrunch

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. It also will provide milestone-based financial support tied to organizational development. On the diversity front, 2020 may prove a tipping point.

support 86
article thumbnail

Cast.ai nabs $7.7M seed to remove barriers between public clouds

TechCrunch

million seed round from TA Ventures, DNX, Florida Funders and other unnamed angels to keep building on that idea. Company CEO and co-founder Yuri Frayman says that they started the company with the idea that developers should be able to get the best of each of the public clouds without being locked in. That’s what Cast.ai

funders 107
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Atomic-backed Jumpcut uses data to advance diversity in film

TechCrunch

He was a founder of Yodle, which was acquired by web.com for $340 million in 2016. Since Hopkins isn’t publicly known as a writer, she assumed that Jumpcut found her through a television network she had pitched a script to, but that wasn’t the case. “We said, ‘no, our algorithms found you.'”

article thumbnail

Brazil’s Monkey nabs $6M Series A for financial marketplace

TechCrunch

The São Paulo-based startup was founded in 2016 by a trio that includes former Citi investment banker Gustavo Müller, Bruno Oliveira (who worked in strategic planning for Telefonica) and Felipe Adorno, an ex-senior developer for Netshoes and Infracommerce. Quona Capital and Kinea Ventures co-led the round.

funders 71
article thumbnail

8 investors, founders and execs predict cybersecurity, fintech will take Belfast by storm

TechCrunch

The city has undergone infrastructure improvements over the past two decades, tourism has boomed thanks to attractions such as the shipyard where the RMS Titanic was built and Game of Thrones shooting locations, and employment has risen steadily in the city since 2016, according to Northen Ireland’s Department for the Economy.

founder 113
article thumbnail

Free money for your impact tech startup

David Teten VC

I suggest start by looking at the many programs offered by the Fortune 500’s startup networks. We take tech experts, teach them the policy process through an in-residence fellowship program in the Bay Area, and encourage them to develop outside-the-box solutions to society’s problems. If you think I’ve missed any, please contact me.

startup 70
article thumbnail

Free money for your impact tech startup

David Teten VC

I suggest start by looking at the many programs offered by the Fortune 500’s startup networks. We take tech experts, teach them the policy process through an in-residence fellowship program in the Bay Area, and encourage them to develop outside-the-box solutions to society’s problems. If you think I’ve missed any, please contact me.

startup 40