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Mark & Company and Yoonmin Foundation Introduce KRW 5 Billion Launch Fund, Invest in 19 Growing Companies

AsiaTechDaily

The newly introduced MegaStudy-Yoonmin-Mark 2 Venture Investment Fund focuses on early-stage startups demonstrating significant growth and making notable contributions to the startup ecosystem. ” Established in 2016, the Yoon Min-chang Investment Foundation has emerged as a leading institution for early-stage investments.

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Gregslist – The Strange Attractor

Ecosystem Builder Hub

Igniting Startup Ecosystems. What ignites a startup ecosystem? Thriving startup ecosystems are good for the economy, good for society, and good for pretty much everyone. ” Startup ecosystems are more than just the sum of its parts. It was 2016. ” They tread lightly.

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Coral Capital closes third fund with $128M for startups in Japan

TechCrunch

Riney and Sawayama, who were co-founders of 500 Startups Japan, launched their first fund in partnership with 500 Startups in February 2016. The Japanese startup ecosystem is striking its stride now compared to 9 years ago, Riney said. Its previous two funds had about 10 years of fund life, Riney noted.

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Meet the 5 judges who will pick the 2021 winner of TechCrunch Disrupt’s Startup Battlefield

TechCrunch

The battle to win Startup Battlefield began long before TechCrunch Disrupt kicked off Tuesday. Startup founders from all over the world applied to what has been described as the most competitive batch in TechCrunch history.

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

TechCrunch

With venture investors committing to funding Black and minority founders, alongside the growing availability of government-backed proposals, such as New Jersey allocating $10 million to a seed fund for Black and Latinx startups , can we expect to see fundamental change? Realize you are up against an outdated system.

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How York IE Is Reshaping the Way Startups Are Build Scaled and Monetized

Jason Malki

In 2016, we were acquired by Oracle. Shortly after that we endured a global pandemic, a tech cooling-off period, banking woes and so many other changes that have impacted the startup ecosystem. Prior to founding York IE, I was the chief revenue officer for Dyn, an internet performance management company.

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Austin emerges as a city of unicorns and tech giants

TechCrunch

Austin made headlines in 2021 for being “the place” for startup founders and venture capitalists alike to set up shop. That’s why TechCrunch has chosen to shine a spotlight on the city with a special episode of TechCrunch Live centered on the growing startup scene in Austin, Texas.