Revolution

MAY 11, 2023

marking its highest level since 2017. Atul National Geographic Explorer, Victoria Herrmann The conversation: Choose your own adventure with National Geographic Explorer, Victoria Hermann The takeaways: Today’s climate problems are also incredible investment opportunities. There are untold impacts of climate change many of us don’t see.

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Revolution

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

In 2017, we partnered with iconic leaders in American business to turn the thesis we developed on the road — that great companies can start and scale anywhere when given a chance — into an investment vehicle. This trifecta serves as a catalyst for accelerated growth and long-term viability.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 22, 2018

Louis, I helped found UMSL Accelerate , an entrepreneurship certificate program that’s organized and taught by practicing entrepreneurs, and grounded in the principle of experiential learning. I’ve made monthly peer-mentoring sessions of 10 to 12 other entrepreneurs an integral part of my ongoing education.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Techstars , a network of startup accelerators and an investment company, is launching a new accelerator in Paris called Techstars Sustainability Paris. This isn’t the first time that Techstars is running an accelerator in France as the company originally launched Techstars Paris in 2017.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

and StartupAmsterdam, there are 1,661 tech companies in Amsterdam, while the city ranked fifteenth in Startup Genome’s 2019 report “Global Startup Ecosystem Report,” moving up four places since 2017. What are some overlooked opportunities right now? More overlooked founders than opportunities. A great team. Very positive.

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Dream It

APRIL 23, 2019

For example, voice-powered ecommerce reached approximately $2 billion in 2017 and Gartner predicts that about 30% of web browsing will happen via voice (and without a screen) by 2020. In 2017, Medscape surveyed more than 14,000 physicians and found that 51% of them reported burnout, up from the 40% in 2013.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 14, 2022

EnCharge AI , a company building hardware to accelerate AI processing at the edge , today emerged from stealth with $21.7 EnCharge has its roots in federal grants that Verma received in 2017 alongside collaborators at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. million effort to investigate new types of non-volatile memory devices.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Following a Covid-driven boost, the popular AllTrails resource for hikers, bikers, climbers, and anyone else who enjoys the outdoors, announced today it’s raised $150 million from the growth fund of global private equity firm Permira to further accelerate its business.

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TechCrunch

MAY 4, 2022

We decided to do this raise right now because we grew so much in the past year that there’s an unlimited opportunity to go out and be the infrastructure that enables all institutions to onboard digital assets,” Douglass said. The capital will be used to build new product lines, and although Amberdata has existing deals in the U.S.,

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AsiaTechDaily

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

In Pangyo, startups, small and medium-sized companies, and large conglomerates are accelerating their plans to enter the global self-driving market. Billion Opportunity first appeared on AsiaTechDaily - Asia's Leading Tech and Startup Media Platform. billion in 2022 to $55.6 billion in 2032.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

A 2017 Pew Research poll found that 50% of women reported gender discrimination at work, compared with 19% of men. It provides opportunities for mentorship. The world of STEM is constantly changing, so you’ll always have opportunities to learn and grow in your career. Career progression. Something for everyone.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 30, 2020

The startup raised a total of $107 million from investors, including Highland Capital Partners, White Star Capital, Insight Venture Partners and Nestlé itself, which led the Series C in 2017. “It’s an evolution brought on by the pandemic but taking hold for the long term. .

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American Entrepreneurship

JANUARY 23, 2024

Part of this initiative was used to open the new accelerator ChargeUp in upstate New York , focusing on battery innovations. Companies participating in the accelerator program, which is mostly remote, benefit from the region’s growing battery industry cluster enabled by New Energy New York ( NENY). awarded a $4.5 25, 2024, 1–2 p.m.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 2, 2019

Sustainable Development Goal 4: Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all. Place more women front-and-center in EO external relations, including leveraging partnerships and speaker agencies to place more EO women speaking to the outside world.

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Dream It

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

Some of the opportunities involve machines, while an equal amount of opportunity lies in the software behind the machines. The main thing is getting construction companies and contractors to accelerate their adoption of the tech and the labor shortage issue is putting substantial pressure on them to act.

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David Teten VC

JULY 27, 2021

We have collected a wide range of freebies, contests, accelerators, online communities, and VCs designed for student tech founders. Some of the greatest areas of innovation opportunity are at the intersection of sectors historically segregated , e.g., computational biology. 3) Accelerators. Right here. Many universities (e.g.,

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American Entrepreneurship

JANUARY 12, 2025

Prizes include cash grants from a pool of over $100,000 along with mentorship opportunities and connections with potential investors and key influencers. Additional sponsorship opportunities are available. Full contest details and the application also are at s tartup302.org.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Africans and people in emerging markets missed out on the first set of opportunities that technological advancements brought to the world. He referenced his time at Microtraction, an early-stage investment firm he founded in 2017 to back African startups.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

Sam also had a vision as early as 2012 about how MakeSpace would be a large employer of middle-income jobs: The company would hire employees rather than just have contractors and he would lead the effort to ensure they had opportunities for growth and benefits for their families.

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Revolution

JANUARY 18, 2022

the proptech company seizing an untapped opportunity within the $85B pre-sale home improvement market and the latest addition to the Revolution Growth portfolio. Where They’re Headed: Curbio’s $65 million Series B will accelerate the company’s growth and its support of real estate agents across the country.

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American Entrepreneurship

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

25 seed and early-stage startups participate in a 5-month long program ending with a Demo Day showcasing their disruptive innovation For its 2024 global accelerator cohort, Morgan Stanley received thousands of applications. The global financial services firm narrowed its selection down to 25 companies for its I nclusive Ventures Lab.

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Haystack

DECEMBER 29, 2018

Traditional seed funds have gotten bigger, many armed with opportunity funds on top. In 2017, Softbank rounds caught folks’ attention. In 2017, we learned about how social media feeds were used to surface biased or planted information. Hundreds of new micro funds somehow keep getting into the market.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

He later left for the Pictet Asset Management firm, where he rose through the ranks to become an Equities portfolio manager, a position he later left in 2017 to pursue entrepreneurship. “By By the time I was leaving Pictet in 2017, I was part of a team of four running a €5 billion ($5.6b) portfolio, but then I wanted more out of life.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

APRIL 23, 2021

Real winners use failure as a learning opportunity. Most of the time the world around me appalled me, especially with regards to climate change, and yet, there would always be times when the optimistic would reign in and believe that these problems were an opportunity for my generation to solve.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 12, 2021

It went live with its mobile and internet banking service in 2016 and launched an instant card issuance product in 2017. Since its inception , the Google for Startups Accelerator alumnus claims to have led Africa’s fintech sector in some global firsts from the continent. ” Image Credits: Appzone.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

Solivan brings her keen insight as an early-stage investor who has invested in and helped many early-stage companies spanning consumer tech, marketplaces, hardware and retail — but also her eight years of experience leading TaskRabbit, the startup she founded and led to a successful exit when it was acquired by IKEA in 2017.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 14, 2023

Founded in 2017, the startup has already empowered more than 10,000 doctors who treat 2.5% “Every time you make a decision, whether it’s a small feature, a revenue opportunity, whether you build a tech stack or any decision you’re making, are you putting doctors first?” to 3x next year.

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American Entrepreneurship

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

The disruptive technology-enabled startups are being showcased at its Demo Day, following their five-month participation in the Labs’ accelerator program. “At Since its founding in 2017 the Morgan Stanley Inclusive Ventures Labs has established a track record of success. Of the 23 current cohort members, 12 are U.S.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 25, 2021

Goalsetter launched in 2019 out of the Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator. This latest round was oversubscribed, giving Van Court the opportunity to be super selective about her investors. Smith, Kevin Durant, Chris Paul, Baron Davis, Sterling K. Brown, Ryan Bathe, CC Sabathia and Amber Sabathia. ” Goalsetter raised $2.1

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AsiaTechDaily

MAY 2, 2022

K-Startup Grand Challenge (KSGC) Program is the flagship accelerator program for international startups looking to enter the competitive Asian market. KSGC selects 60 promising startup teams from across the world every year and gives an all-expenses-paid mentorship/networking opportunity in South Korea.

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American Entrepreneurship

JUNE 24, 2025

is being met by nurse practitioners whose careers are being accelerated by NPHub’s digital platform. There’s such a huge need for nurse practitioners and, until now, they’ve had to cold call and email, searching for months for training opportunities and later for jobs. A growing shortfall of physicians in the U.S. As the U.S.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 1, 2021

The company has gone down the debt route before — a Series F raised in 2017 combined $115 million funding with $25 million in debt. Steinberg said this approach has only become more crucial, with 2020 delivering “a five-year acceleration” as brands face the challenge of “digitally transforming their business structure to be data-centric.”.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

TechCrunch’s favorites from Techstars’ Boston, Chicago and workforce accelerators. Today, I’m appropriating the term to describe this roundup by Greg Kumparak, Natasha Mascarenhas, Alex Wilhelm and Jonathan Shieber that recaps their favorite startups from Techstars accelerators. ” Will ride-hailing profits ever come?

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AsiaTechDaily

MARCH 21, 2023

The fundraise will also help the company accelerate the growth of UPI payments in India, including UPI lite and credit on UPI. The company plans to use these investments to build and scale new businesses such as insurance, wealth management, lending, stockbroking, ONDC-based shopping, and account aggregators.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 25, 2021

The Rise Fund led a $20 million Series B for Digital House in December 2017, marking the San Francisco-based firm’s investment in Latin America. Nelson Duboscq, CEO and co-founder of Digital House, said that accelerating demand for tech talent in Latin America has fueled demand for the startup’s online courses.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 22, 2021

CEO Kevin Bennett, and the investors behind the company, saw the opportunity to service Americans who collectively hold $1.2 MotoRefi, which was born out of QED Investors in 2017, developed an auto refinancing platform that handles the entire process, including finding the best rates, paying off the old lender and re-titling the vehicle.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 23, 2021

Ignite NI emerged as an important native incubator and accelerator. Chris McClelland, MD of Ignite NI: He’s a mentor on the city’s top accelerator program. 9 investors discuss hurdles, opportunities and the impact of cloud vendors in enterprise data lakes. Ignite NI – Seed-stage accelerator program.

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