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New Startup Accelerator for Battery Innovation Accepting Applications

American Entrepreneurship

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). The Koffman’s Southern Tier Clean Energy Incubator program has much to tout, having fostered over 60 startup companies since 2017. 25, 2024, 1–2 p.m.

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

TechCrunch

The undisclosed investment comes two months after Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai announced the tech giant’s intentions to commit $1 billion over the next five years in “tech-led initiatives”, which includes a $50 million Africa Investment Fund targeted at early- and growth-stage startups on the continent.

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K-Startup Grand Challenge 2022 is accepting applications from global startups till May 31

AsiaTechDaily

World’s best ICT Infrastructure: Korea has a highly developed ICT infrastructure, with 100% of its territory covered by LTE, and offers the world’s fastest internet speed. In 2017, South Korea established the Ministry of SMEs and Startups to systematically oversee various startup support projects to reinforce momentum.

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Extra Crunch roundup: StockX EC-1, Early Stage recaps, unpacking Alkami’s IPO, more

TechCrunch

Fuel Capital General Partner Leah Solivan joined us at TechCrunch Early Stage 2021 to explain how to avoid early mistakes in building your startup. Solivan has ample experience on both sides of the fence, as she founded TaskRabbit and led it to exit through an acquisition by Ikea in 2017. How to get into a startup accelerator.

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Engaging with the startup community: in conversation with Reece Walker and William McCullough

Startup Catalyst

The 2017 Startup Catalyst Europe Mission cohort?—?Will Australian startups generally have learnt to play things smarter. The original concept of a startup in Australia was really “develop an app”. The Startup Catalyst effect. Will has been on two Startup Catalyst missions to London.

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Nigerian fintech Appzone raises $10M for expansion and proprietary technology

TechCrunch

It commenced as a services firm to provide commercial banks with custom software development services. It went live with its mobile and internet banking service in 2016 and launched an instant card issuance product in 2017. In 2011, the company launched its first core banking product targeting microfinance institutions.