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The unusual story of an unusual company – Melanie Langlotz and Geo AR Games 

NZ Entrepreneur

But, at age 45, Mel had to face her fear of financial insecurity – but with some redundancy insurance coverage that gave her six months of leeway to build up the studio, she also secured funding from a well-known incubator, Start Up Chile, which got the company on track. β€œIt You could say I was a bit old school!”

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Startup School for Future Founders

Y Combinator

We launched Startup School as an online program in 2017 to support founders actively working on building their companies. This course will run for 6 weeks and is designed for students, engineers, creatives and anyone who is thinking about founding a startup at some point, but not actively working on one right now.

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Twitter co-founder Biz Stone joins board of audiovisual startup Chroma

TechCrunch

In 2011 , as Twitter hit the 100 million active users mark, the entrepreneur left to pursue new projects with Obvious Corporation , a startup incubator and investment vehicle that had included fellow Twitter co-founder Evan Williams and former Twitter exec Jason Goldman. The venture most notably incubated the blogging platform Medium.

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Mr Eazi, Black Coffee and Ajebutter22: The African music artists backing startups

TechCrunch

Thus, for Black Coffee , who backed Andela, a tech talent incubator and unicorn launched from Lagos in 2015, his win meant Africa’s tech scene could, for the first time, brag about having a homegrown Grammy Award-winning artist as an investor in its startups. Europe and globally. . But when it’s time to grow, I’ll need nobody to tell me.

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Innovation for More Inclusive Urban Spaces: the Case of MiFriendly Cities

Impact Hub

In October 2017, the European Union’s Urban Innovative Actions fund awarded €4,2 million to Coventry, Birmingham and Wolverhampton for a 3-year initiative called MiFriendly Cities. For the same reason, it is also believed to be the second most diverse region in Europe. Untapping the potential of diverse communities.

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Appetiser’s co-founders discuss building client relationships and getting to MVP

TechCrunch

Jamie Shostak: Back in 2017, I ran into a tall German guy at the coffee machine of a co-working space in Melbourne: Michael. We also believe that product design is not just a creative field; it’s a matter of performance: One design will always outperform the other. What’s Appetiser’s origin story?

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A year on from Russia’s invasion, Ukrainian startups show astounding resilience

TechCrunch

In 2017, MacPaw acquired The Unarchiver. Sigma Software Sigma Software Group includes a VC fund, business incubator, University, and R&D centers. MacPaw is the maker behind CleanMyMac X, Setapp, ClearVPN, and other products. MacPaw claims its products have more than 30 million users worldwide.

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