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LA-based A-Frame, a developer of celebrity-led personal care brands, raises cash for its brand incubator

TechCrunch

Joining Initialized in the round is the serial entrepreneur Moise Emquies, whose previous clothing lines, Ella Moss and Splendid, were acquired by the fashion holding company VFC in 2017. As part of the round, actor, activist, and author Hill Harper has joined the company as a co-founder and as the company’s chief strategy officer.

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Unsung Hero Spotlight: Christina Theodoraki

Ecosystem Builder Hub

These can be policy makers, entrepreneurs, students, incubator managers and staff, universities, professors, educators and researchers, or just citizens. I also do research on incubators, as intermediaries between entrepreneurial and the ecosystem and how they decrease the gap between them. We are all connected to our ecosystem.

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Navigating Singapore’s Startup Ecosystem: Top 5 Funding Initiatives Unveiled

AsiaTechDaily

Entrepreneurs are drawn to Singapore’s comprehensive support system, which has business-incubating infrastructure, tax incentives, substantial government subsidies, and strong international connections. Startup SG Equity Scheme Launched in 2017, the Startup SG Equity scheme operates through two interlinked modalities.

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Contentsquare closes a mammoth $600M round as customers clamor for digital analytics

TechCrunch

That’s one of the reasons Jonathan Cherki founded Contentsquare , a platform that allows businesses to track online customer behavior to inform digital strategies. Since 2012, he’s served as CEO, moving the company’s headquarters from Marseille to New York in 2017.

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Women Face More Challenges When it Comes to Venture Capital Funding

Smart Hustle Magazine

In 2017, just 2.2% Ask for More - Gloria Kolb, CEO and co-founder of Elidah and mentor at UConn's Technology Incubation Program shared with Business News Daily that women need to change their pitching strategies. But, with all of the progress that’s been made, there are still looming disparities. .

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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. This may include design, development and growth, but often it’s also strategy, help with fundraising and more. Why does your strategy require defining a minimum viable product (MVP)?

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Go global or grow local? The Kiwi startup quandary

NZ Entrepreneur

The business evolved and the Niesh platform followed in 2017. Niesh worked with ecentre, the startup business incubator at Massey University, as part of the Sprint Launch programme, focusing on growth through customer acquisition. Business incubator “ecentre” is based at Massey University’s Auckland campus in Albany.