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Morgan Stanley Inclusive Ventures Lab hosts Global Demo Day of Disruptive Startups

American Entrepreneurship

Twenty-three members of the Morgan Stanley Inclusive Ventures Lab cohort are pitching today to an audience of over 300 investors, potential partners, and customers. The disruptive technology-enabled startups are being showcased at its Demo Day, following their five-month participation in the Labs’ accelerator program. “At

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Free Money for Student Tech Founders

David Teten VC

We have collected a wide range of freebies, contests, accelerators, online communities, and VCs designed for student tech founders. The Microsoft Student Accelerator , though it has the word “accelerator” in its name, is a free, 4-month boot camp teaching students advanced analytics and AI, Azure and cloud fundamentals, and web apps and APIs.

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K-Startup Grand Challenge: The South Korea accelerator program that is ‘a gateway’ to doing business in Asia

AsiaTechDaily

The country also organizes the biggest startup festival, COMEUP, a 3-day extravaganza with lectures, panel talks, mini-events, and relevant topics for startups, attended by global and domestic startups, experts, mentors, innovators, media, venture capitalists, etc. were chosen from the pool of applications.

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Google’s Africa Investment Fund makes first investment in Uganda’s SafeBoda

TechCrunch

Before launching the fund, Google proved helpful in startups’ journeys via its Google for Startups Accelerator Africa program. The accelerator program has supported more than 80 startups in seed to Series A stages with equity-free mentorship and resources. Collectively , they have raised over $100 million in venture capital.

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NJEDA Names Inaugural New Jersey Innovation Fellows Cohort

American Entrepreneurship

in income replacement grants and mentorship to first-time entrepreneurs, creating 10 new businesses and helping fuel innovation in strategic sectors The New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA) today announced the inaugural cohort of the New Jersey Innovation Fellows (NJIF) program. First-in-nation program will provide $3.6M

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The Summer Solstice And Seed Stage Squeeze

Haystack

Despite that lack of experience, I am fortunate in that I have direct access to many of the greatest VC leaders and franchises for mentorship and guidance. Back in 2017, Fred Wilson noted the strategic importance of the seed stage , writing: Seed is really hard. Granted, 6.5 You lose way more than you win.

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25 Sources For Funding Minority Entrepreneurs

Smart Hustle Magazine

It is also a competition that provides the opportunity for start-ups to grow and has been doing so since 2017. Should you be one of the grant’s beneficiaries, you will also receive lifetime access to the foundation and the SoGoal Ventures teams. Acceleration Grants. Acceleration Grants. Website: [link].