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The Veteran Fund Announces Oversubscribed Fund and $100K Competition Winner

American Entrepreneurship

Head of Global Operations of The Founder Institute, the world’s largest pre-seed startup accelerator, and the Co-Founder & COO of the Vet-Tech Startup Accelerator. H erbert Dwyer , a United States Marine Corps Veteran, co-founded EMPEQ in 2017, leveraging his prior experience in the energy field.

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New Startup Accelerator for Battery Innovation Accepting Applications

American Entrepreneurship

The Koffman’s Southern Tier Clean Energy Incubator program has much to tout, having fostered over 60 startup companies since 2017. Register at: Scale Your Startup at ChargeUp (Jan. Included is iM3NY , which opened the state’s first battery Gigafactory. 25, 2024, 1–2 p.m. EST) Tips for Applying to ChargeUp (Feb. 8, 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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Techstars unveils sustainability-focused acceleration program in Paris

TechCrunch

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

TechCrunch

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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Early-stage African VC firm, Microtraction reports portfolio boom despite the weight of COVID-19

TechCrunch

Founded by Yele Badamosi in 2017, Microtraction arrived on the continent’s early-stage investment scene with all intent to be “the most accessible and preferred source of pre-seed funding for African tech entrepreneurs.” The companies’ combined valuation stands at over $147 million according to the firm.

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Startup CEOs sound off on picking cloud providers

TechCrunch

TechCrunch’s coverage from the event back in 2017 is worth your time.) work with startup accelerators; if you get a company aboard your public cloud when it’s young, you have (nearly) a customer for life. Startup CEOs sound off on picking cloud providers by Alex Wilhelm originally published on TechCrunch.

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