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Free Money for Student Tech Founders

David Teten VC

Participants from all over the world are eligible to compete for more than $100,000 in prize money and also receive mentorship and other resources. Eligible startups compete to win funding, legal support, and mentorship totaling more than $100,000. It provides mentorship, networking, and equity-free grants up to $50,000.

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Accelerate Your Growth With This Top EO Program

Entrepreneurs' Organization

The right time came in 2016 when Accelerator launched at EO Forth Worth. Hana reached her goal and graduated from the Accelerator program in April 2016. Hana Laurenzo is among nearly 100 Accelerator 2016/2017 graduates. So, Hana waited. From my first day of learning, I was amazed.

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Adidas Cultivate & B.L.O.O.M. program elevates Black and Latinx social entrepreneurs to accelerate their growth and impact

Impact Hub

designed to equip entrepreneurs of color with tools and resources to enable them to accelerate growth and maximize impact. These resources include funding, access to industry experts, mentorship, workshops, fireside chats and visibility into adidas’ networks. To enable inclusive and sustainable innovation – at scale. .

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Top Ann Arbor Startups and Tech Companies to Watch in 2021

StartupNation

Community organizations like Shine & Rise provide support and mentorship to women who work at tech companies, and coworking spaces like Cahoots offer dedicated tech entrepreneurial spaces for the community. Gambyt is a debt-free and fully profitable company that’s been sustainably growing since its founding in 2016.

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Muslims come into the frame in Southeast Asia’s fintech boom

TechCrunch

enabling people to buy Bitcoin. Along with the growing number of Islamic fintech startups digitizing the process, Islamic-compliant services are becoming accessible to more people. Profit sharing instead of debt The seed of Blossom Finance was planted when Martin was running a project in the U.S.

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What minority founders must consider before entering the venture-backed startup ecosystem

TechCrunch

Sesie Bonsi is the founder and CEO of Bleu , a financial technology platform focused on enabling touchless payment experiences. That’s how I found the VC FinTech Accelerator in 2016, where one-third of founders were from minority backgrounds. Sesie Bonsi. Contributor. Share on Twitter. Funding for Black entrepreneurs in the U.S.

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Flexible VCs With Structures Between Equity and Revenue-Based Investing

David Teten VC

In addition to a fund, the overall Capacity organization provides direct mentorship, consulting and connects founders to a broad network of talent, diverse forms of capital, and existing resources focused on the post-startup stage of growth. Their 2016 Fund was the first and largest fund so far using this structure, with $25M AUM.