TechCrunch

APRIL 6, 2021

billion venture dollars invested between 2018 and 2019. Founded in 2016 by former Dell executive Preston James, the organization aims to “e mpower people of color and women entrepreneurs and help them build successful high-growth businesses by providing them with access to education, mentorship and vital networks.”

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StartupNation

AUGUST 4, 2021

You’ll also often hear companies that started in coworking spaces praise the networking benefits of being in a shared space — team collaboration, events and close contact with people in other companies helps startups connect and grow. Bea’s Detroit. Bea’s Detroit is a newer coworking space located in the heart of Eastern Market in Detroit.

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Impact Hub

AUGUST 10, 2021

Originally from Afghanistan, Hasnain is the co-founder and current president of UNIRE ( Italian National Union of Refugees and Exiles ), the first national network of refugees living in Italy. UNIRE is a shared space dedicated to build and strengthen the networks of associations promoted by refugees and individual activists.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 29, 2022

The idea to build Adanian Labs, was conceived in 2018, when Kamara was living and working in Cape Town, South Africa, where he witnessed the fast growth of the startup ecosystem, and how, in most countries, accelerators were the default launch pads. “The How Adanian Labs started. So, we have a short program to help them raise,” said Kamara.

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Impact Hub

AUGUST 19, 2020

In 2018, Impact Hub King’s Cross kicked off an incubation program for UK-based social entrepreneurs aiming to combat the key challenges in our urban food systems. This is where the seed for the Feeding the City incubator was planted. Networks for change. Photo: Sutton Community Farm. Feeding the City. Photo: SuperCoop.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Founded in 2018 (and formerly known as Flugauto), Blueflite is a last-mile logistics startup that offers drone delivery services. Supply chains have become front-page news since the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted global networks of everything from furniture makers to grocery suppliers. RightBrain Networks. After raising $10.3

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TechCrunch

APRIL 23, 2021

’s Tech Nation found in 2018 that about 26% of Belfast’s workforce was employed in tech, and it is among cities in the country with the highest growth potential for 2021. Ignite NI emerged as an important native incubator and accelerator. Halo Business Angel Network feels staid. Susan Kelly, CEO, Respiratory Analytics.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 21, 2021

In December 2018 that figure was $230 million, in 2019 it was just under $200 million. However, the decline may also be a function of large tech firms setting up incubation hubs to cut up and absorb talent. By the end of last year, the annual Israeli Tech Review 2020 showed that Israeli tech firms had raised a record $9.93

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TechCrunch

APRIL 27, 2022

Corporate knowledge, R&D resources, M&A opportunities and networks are invaluable for early-stage companies. In 2018, we moved away from being an accelerator to a CVC to better help more mature startups with joint-venture opportunities and scaling.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 18, 2021

The program , held virtually , provided these startups with funding ($100,000 convertible note and $20,000 stipend), mentorship and access to its network. But so far, it has invested in 10 this year and a total of 13 since 2018.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Barclays had applied for the contract through its network of Eagle Labs incubators , some of which have physical locations, but most do not. Plus, it’s understood that Tech Nation is intending to carry on “as is”, even without the government subsidy, supported by fundraising from sponsors, subscriptions and partners.

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

STATE COLLEGE, PA – On December 6, 2018, six emerging tech entrepreneurs will compete for up to $10,000 at the BF TechCelerator’s graduation “pitch” event. A fun networking reception follows the presentations. When: December 6, 2018. You Won’t Want to Miss This! You Won’t Want to Miss This! Time: 5:00 PM – 7:30 PM. RSVP: [link].

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AsiaTechDaily

MAY 2, 2022

KSGC selects 60 promising startup teams from across the world every year and gives an all-expenses-paid mentorship/networking opportunity in South Korea. The KSGC program became quite popular in the subsequent years, with 49 teams participating in 2017, 73 teams in 2018, and 36 teams in 2019.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 12, 2022

A 2020 UCLA study found that approximately 15% of couples will have trouble getting pregnant, but Kindbody, which has spun up a network of fertility clinics since its founding in 2018 , has taken a holistic approach to the issue. But having 20% to 30% ownership of a token or of a network is very bad and frowned upon by the community.

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Haystack

DECEMBER 26, 2018

TechCrunch’s Kate Clark has done a round-up of the largest “private VC” rounds of 2018, and there’s a whole other list for just $100M+ financings led by Softbank’s Vision Fund. Accelerators and incubators and angels can help new founders get their wings and leave the nest.

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Impact Hub

AUGUST 13, 2020

After two years of operations, we are sad to see Impact Hub Montreal leave the network. Since launching in 2005, the Impact Hub network has undergone significant growth, now reaching over 16,500 members in 100+ locations across the globe. Impact Hub Montreal focused ever since on SDG ecosystem building at the Quebec-level.

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Impact Hub

JUNE 18, 2019

As a finalist, Merce was awarded a place on a 6-month bespoke incubation program at Impact Hub Madrid – Alameda and mentorship with Leyre Romero, also an entrepreneur and the co-founder of the social consultancy firm Areteia, with whom she still enjoys a close and trusty relationship.

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Impact Hub

JULY 22, 2020

This was in 2018 and the same year the Nelson Mandela Decade of Peace was announced by the United Nations (UN). In 2019 the incubation and empowerment programs had education at its center, as learning and awareness are crucial for bridging gaps that will enable access to a higher standard of living and building a more inclusive society.

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Forward Cities

JULY 25, 2019

Collaboration between organizations providing various services creates a cohesive network of resources better suited to support innovation. In others, support organizations provide a more cohesive network to collaboratively meet the needs of entrepreneurs. Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion. Resources and Suggested Readings.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 12, 2021

The company is organized as a public-benefit corporation and was founded in September 2018 and first launched a year later. Later, she joined local suicide prevention non-profit Crisis Text Line , which has an SMS-based network of crisis counselors who are trained to calm people and begin their process of recovery.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 16, 2021

The army plays an important role in the socialization, education, skills development, social network and fabric of Israeli society. Many personal and professional networks are the result of army service. In 2018, IVC awarded TAU Ventures an award for one of the most active VCs in Israel. Chaim Meir Tessler, partner, OurCrowd.

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OurCrowd

JULY 7, 2022

In 2018, she co-founded and became the CEO of Maolac to fulfill her vision. On July 13th, we will pull back the curtain on seven early-stage startups backed by Labs/02, OurCrowd’s early-stage fund and incubator. Your portfolio gets stronger when the OurCrowd network gets involved. Introductions. More than 3,400 High-Tech Jobs.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 21, 2021

Existing investors Incubate Fund, Vela Partners and 468 Capital also contributed. CloudNatix was founded in 2018 by chief executive officer Rohit Seth, who previously held lead engineering roles at Google. The company also added DNX Ventures managing partner Hiro Rio Maeda to its board of directors.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Summer International stays ahead of the game by identifying the most influential content creators, and working with them to incubate new brands. The company launched in 2018 along with Gushcloud International, an influencer marketing firm. They are also available on Summer.store, the company’s proprietary social commerce network.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

It was there that she met the engineers over at the company’s Area 120 incubator for experimental products, Jake Stelman and Christian Bersch, who would later go on to become her co-founders at Cartken. That was in 2018. Stelman and Bersch worked on Bookbot, a sidewalk delivery robot that would deliver books from libraries.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 19, 2020

In 2018, Leslie Feinzaig , the founder of Female Founders Alliance , launched a free, equity-free accelerator for women called Ready, Set, Raise. The goal was to provide under-networked female founders the coaching and connections needed to raise money.

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OurCrowd

JULY 7, 2019

Featured in TechCrunch: Viziblezone, part of OurCrowd’s Labs/02 incubator, wants to make pedestrians more visible to autonomous cars. billion raised by startups in 2018.” Get the Q2 2019 Innovation Insider and share with your network using this download link (OurCrowd). News from the Industry .

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TechCrunch

JULY 16, 2021

The founders also took in grant money from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research fund during an earlier R&D phase developing the network tech. Suddenly network level adversaries were front page news. And the team behind Nym thinks conditions look ripe for general purpose privacy-focused networking tech to take off too.

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TechCrunch

MAY 1, 2022

QED incubated this auto financing company in 2016 and Kevin Bennett became CEO in 2018 and soon after raised its first seed round. This event opens on May 4 at 11:30 am PT / 2:30 pm ET with networking and pitch practice submissions. It started as MotoRefi, and rebranded in November 2021 to Caribou. Register here for free.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 3, 2022

But Apollo — which first had its start as a product called ZenProspect , which was incubated at Y Combinator and found strong early traction while still there among others in its cohort and other tech companies — was definitely not the only one in what has become a pretty crowded space.

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