Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

JANUARY 29, 2020

What started as a small project to develop a small medical device that could evaluate malnourishment in rural areas has become one of the only woman-led technology labs and enterprises in Ecuador. In Forbes Magazine’s 2019 list of the world’s 100 most innovative leaders, 99 were men and only 1 was a woman (Washington Post).

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 19, 2021

Metabase previously raised $8 million in Series A funding back in 2019, led by NEA. Metabase was developed within venture studio Expa and spun out as an easy way for people to interact with data sets, co-founder and CEO Sameer Al-Sakran told TechCrunch. million in funding since it was founded in 2015.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

According to Transparency International’s 2019 Latin America Barometer , 77% of survey respondents in Latin America and the Caribbean are ready and willing to tackle corruption. It hinders the development of a fair market, distorts competition, deters investment and increases the cost of doing business. By Kaelyn Vitale .

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 27, 2022

The unbundling of professional learning and entrepreneurship education. Even as recently as 2019, the edtech ecosystem could have been likened to a shallow well. 2020 will be remembered in education circles for the tumult it caused at schools, universities and workplaces. More posts by this contributor. A year of records.

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Angel Capital Association

OCTOBER 18, 2023

He is also deeply involved with the Angel Capital Association, where he has served on the Marketing & Membership and Education Committees. He also co-chaired the ACA’s 2019 Midwest Regional Meeting in Cincinnati. Following that he served as a founding leader of P&G's business development and open innovation capability.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

MARCH 13, 2019

Copyright © (2019), The Oklahoman. In a true innovation economy, high-speed internet access that is always on and faster than traditional dial-up access (commonly referred to as broadband) is critical — to corporations, to startups and to K-12 schools, educators and especially students. By Scott Meacham.

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Impact Hub

MAY 23, 2024

Energía Vectorial: Pioneering electric vehicle transformation in Latin America Energía Vectorial, a member of Impact Hub Medellín since 2019, is revolutionising urban mobility in Latin America with innovative electric vehicle (EV) conversion technologies. Energía Vectorial’s influence extends beyond mere technological innovation.

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AsiaTechDaily

MARCH 23, 2023

has established itself as a market leader in training to meet the growing demand for education in AI system testing. One of the key advantages of this training is its accessibility, as it is open to anyone interested in creating high-quality AI systems, including developers and test engineers. Korean startup AITest.AI Recently, AITest.AI

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

JULY 1, 2020

Practical Metrics and Methods (Academic Edition): Identify and develop better metrics and methods for ecosystem building. Collaborative research focused on developing the field of ecosystem building would allow the field to identify the principles and practices that are most effective for fostering successful entrepreneurship.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 11, 2018

For Jabez LeBret, the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals combined with his experience as an EO San Diego member provided the inspiration to serve his community’s marginalized youth—an effort that’s earned him a nomination for EO Global Citizen of the Year. Ever since, I knew I’d be involved in education somehow.

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Impact Hub

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

Ahead of this year’s Global Climate Strike (20-27 September) and the Global Goals Week (21-30 September), the Impact Hub network is launching its 2019 Global Impact Report. The 2019 Global Impact Report is the culmination of gathering relevant data from a number of their 16,500 members of 100+ locations in over 55 countries around the globe.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 7, 2021

When it launched in April 2019 in Japan, the Riiid Tutor app took the top ranking in sales among education applications in Android within the first week of its release. . Riiid plans to shore up marketing, sales and B2B business development in Japan by setting up a Japanese unit via the acquisition.

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Source Link

APRIL 14, 2021

As we foster the development of entrepreneurial ecosystems, it’s important to design them to level the playing field for women. in 2019 , and even less makes its way to minority women. According to the National Minority Supplier Development Council, minority-owned businesses collect $1.4 Plenty of initiative.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

StudentFinance , a European fintech that funds educational programs for individuals through so-called income share agreements , has raised €39 million ($41 million) in a Series A round of funding. “We also use data from analyzing systemic and market changes such as government incentives for companies to become ‘greener.’

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AsiaTechDaily

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Surpassing the 3,208 booths of the largest-ever event, ‘G-STAR 2019,’ a total of 3,250 booths (2,386 booths for B2C and 864 booths for B2B) have been prepared as of August 31, 2023. Following 2022, WeMade (CEO Jang Hyun-guk), the developer of MIR 4 and MIR M, has been selected as the main sponsor for this year as well.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 25, 2021

Holberton , the education startup that started out as a coding school in San Francisco and today works with partners to run schools in the U.S., A number of students also accused the school of not giving them the education it had promised. After a hearing, the BPPE allowed Holberton to continue to operate its other programs.

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Paul G. Silva

JUNE 14, 2023

Apprentiscope ApprentiScope is transforming workforce development in the United States by making modern Registered Apprenticeships scalable. Lenoss Medical Designed and developed the first and only biological solution to treat osteoporotic spinal fractures. Lenoss Medical Lenoss Medical Inc. 2021 Ez-Probate Inc.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Embracing vulnerability Dave was listed on the transplant waitlist on February 14, 2019. “In Winnie Hart , former Global Board Director and EO Houston member, and her team at Twin Engine worked passionately to develop and launch the Living Liver Foundation brand. He is a graduate of the inaugural class of EO’s Global Speakers Academy.

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AsiaTechDaily

OCTOBER 12, 2023

As a software engineering student, he set on a mission to transform South Korea’s education environment. The country’s education system predominantly relied on one-way knowledge transfer, and Ahn believed that information technology could alter this landscape. Jaewoo Ahn and Jungho Choi lead the development team.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 9, 2022

New York-based Acorns had last raised more than three years ago — a $105 million Series E round in January of 2019 at an $860 million valuation. Alex reported that from 2019 to 2020, Acorns grew 61%, from $44 million in revenue to $71 million. billion SPAC with Pioneer Merger Corp. in favor of an eventual traditional IPO.

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TechCrunch

JULY 21, 2022

Quad Partners — a specialist investor focusing on in education and “workforce” technology — is leading this round, with Edison Partners, Next47, Origin Ventures, Matrix Partners, Point Nine Capital, and New Ground Ventures also participating. million in 2019.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 5, 2021

As Latin America attracts record-breaking venture capital totals, education technology startups in the region are given new opportunities to grow. In the past week, Coderhouse, a live cohort-based learning platform, and Crehana, an on-demand skills development service for the enterprise, both announced financing rounds.

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NZ Entrepreneur

AUGUST 22, 2023

Wellington-based entrepreneur and investor Dave Moskovitz has been the chair of GEN New Zealand since 2019. “We If we’re able to get the education system to provide entrepreneurial mindset education at an early age, that will be a huge win for the manifesto. These issues are discussed in the manifesto. “If

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TechCrunch

APRIL 25, 2022

Noting critical gaps in the region’s agri-food space, Ghanaian agritech Farmerline has stepped in to deliver technologies that are envisaged to increase farmers’ access to high-quality production inputs and education on the best farming practices including on how to better deal with the effects of climate change. million ($6.4m equity and $6.5m

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AsiaTechDaily

APRIL 20, 2023

Accredify was founded in 2019 and initially provided solutions to the education sector for issuing verifiable qualifications. This successful round of funding will contribute significantly to Accredify’s development in verifiable technology and in driving the digital trust revolution forward.”

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TechCrunch

MAY 2, 2021

This brings Bibit’s total funding to $110 million, including a Series A announced in May 2019. Its latest round will be used on developing and launching new products, hiring and increasing Bibit’s financial education services. For example, Ajaib also presents its financial educational features as a selling point.

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Source Link

DECEMBER 1, 2021

During my tenure with the local University I worked with economic developers all across Iowa, from Sioux City to Davenport and a great many small but mighty communities in-between: Grinnell, Parkersburg, Webster City and Lamoni to name a few. Entrepreneurial development in rural areas is needed now more than ever.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 2, 2019

On 25–26 June 2019, EO presented a two-day International Entrepreneurial Summit at the United Nations focused on inspiring, educating and connecting business leaders to promote sustainable business practices. SDG 5 – Gender Equality. • SDG 6 – Clean Water and Sanitation. • SDG 8 – Decent Work and Economic Growth.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 28, 2021

billion in 2019. Given the sudden extinction of snow days and yeast shortages brought on by student bakers in the early days of the pandemic, it’s easy to see how remote education extends beyond traditional school hours. Last year brought a flurry of record-breaking venture capital to the sector. billion the prior year.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 11, 2021

The universities and Eruditus work to develop courses that are aimed at offering higher education to students. The startup said it will deploy the fresh funds to develop more courses and build new products. These courses cost anything between $5,000 to $40,000. The Japanese investment firm has also backed Unacademy.

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TechCrunch

JULY 7, 2022

. “Accomplished roboticist, entrepreneur and educator Ayanna Howard, PhD, became dean of The Ohio State University College of Engineering on March 1, 2021. Her career spans higher education, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and the private sector. Zyrobotics products are based on Dr. Howard’s research.

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AsiaTechDaily

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

It will also support the development of new consumer and enterprise products to enable Indonesians and businesses to access a wider range of services securely and accelerate broader digital transformation. The Company also intends to expand into overseas market to further accelerate growth.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 22, 2021

The Swedish ADAS software development company Terranet led the round with €3.2 The Swedish ADAS software development company Terranet led the round with €3.2 The Munich-based company launched at CES in 2019. The other part is what we call our Elastic Software Development Kit. million (~$3.9 million (~$3.9

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

MARCH 31, 2020

2018 YLAI fellow Kenishia Mais is the founder of ThrivingDollars , a financial education platform empowering young adults with the tools and resources they need to make smarter decisions, create their ideal financial lives, and gain the freedom to pursue more of what they love.

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Jason Malki

MARCH 24, 2023

Dare to Run will be launching the first cohort of the Women’s Leadership Training Program in 2019. Simultaneously, she worked as the Program Manager for the Quality of Life Innovations Program for an educational nonprofit called Working in Support of Education in Midtown. Prior to founding Dare to Run, Ms.

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AsiaTechDaily

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Their ‘Find Friends Game Land’ initiative, launched in 2019, extends gaming experiences to marginalized communities, including disabled children. Moreover, they’ve committed a whopping 260 billion won to uplift indie game developers in South Korea, fortifying the country’s gaming ecosystem.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 8, 2022

These markets make up 32% of Africa’s population, 51% of the continent’s mobile network connections, 50% of its professional developers and 51% of its GDP. from 2010 to 2019. There are five main sectors in Africa’s startup landscape: financial services, commerce, transport, healthcare and education. and Latin America’s 2.8%.

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