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WJR Business Beat: Hot Regional Startups To Watch In 2022 (Episode 338)

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How the Midwest Startup and Tech Scene Boomed in 2021. It’s 2022 and already local VCs, angel investors, startup founders, incubators and accelerators, and more are pushing hard to make their startups go. WJR Business Beat Transcript. Good morning, Paul!

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Amazon wants to boost ten generative AI startups around the globe

TechCrunch

Amazon’s first foray into the world of accelerator programs, designed to help early-stage startups build and launch, was focused on conversational AI back in 2016. Announced today, AWS has created a 10-week program for generative AI startups around the globe.

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Korean VC Sopoong closes $8M fund for startups focused on environmental impact

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I spoke with Sopoong chief executive Max Sang-Yeop Han , a serial entrepreneur who joined Sopoong in 2016 and acquired the firm in 2019, to learn about the VC’s plans. The early-stage VC had already set up five social impact funds and backed 81 startups since 2020, after Han acquired the firm in December 2019.

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

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Eunjin Son, CEO of MegaStudy, expressed their enthusiasm, stating, “We are excited to embark on this new fund and eagerly anticipate discovering innovative startups that are revolutionizing different sectors.

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“Putting adVenture back into Venture Capital!”- Jeshua Soh’s Unique Approach to Investing

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“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. This gave me a front-row seat to the world of tech/innovation, and I began making some personal angel investments along the way.”

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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

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But what about those minority founders who don’t have family, friends or connections to lean on for the first $250,000? Venture funding does remain elusive , but here are some tricks for startup founders to hack the system. Realize you are up against an outdated system.