NZ Entrepreneur

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

At Magnify, we help founders of SMEs to grow a healthy sales pipeline without the risk of hiring. Every day, we get to use our sales strategy and skills to grow pipeline and revenue for some of the most talented founders and business owners on the planet. Its our job to set founders and business leaders up for sales success.

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American Entrepreneurship

JULY 8, 2025

A Modern Solution to an Outdated System Founded in 2019 by Joan Nguyen and Chriselle Lim, two working mothers and serial entrepreneurs, Bumo was born out of personal frustration with the traditional child care system. This funding empowers us to scale our operations and broaden our reach into new markets.”

innovation

StartupNation

JULY 22, 2025

Jeff Sauer , Co-Founder, MeasureU and ProfitSchool From Law to Entrepreneurial Success Like many founders, my entrepreneurial journey started as a side hustle. At the time, I was also newly pregnant and running a baby carrier brand with my co-founder. We were in four cities. We had 50 employees. I soaked it all in.

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Jason Malki

OCTOBER 30, 2024

In 2019, Dan Noma brought the real estate community the first-ever certification to work with iBuyers & Investors, called iReal Estate Pro. If you had to share “words of wisdom” with a founder who’s about to start their own startup, what would they be? I would tell a new founder to be prepared for daily and consistent curveballs.

real estate

Dream It

APRIL 2, 2019

Press Release The venture fund and growth-focused accelerator accepted the cohort from a field of nearly 2,000 pre-Series A companies NEW YORK CITY, NY — April 2, 2019 — Dreamit Ventures, an early stage venture fund and growth-focused accelerator, announced its latest batch of startups this week.

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David Teten VC

JULY 27, 2021

We have collected a wide range of freebies, contests, accelerators, online communities, and VCs designed for student tech founders. The Kauffman Foundation found 47% of US tech founders held degrees in STEM while 34% held degrees in business, finance, and accounting. 1) Freebies for Student Tech Founders. Right here.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 2, 2021

The Future Africa Fund kicked off in 2015 when Iyinoluwa Aboyeji and Nadayar Enegesi , co-founders of US-based and African-focused talent company Andela, wrote checks to African startups as angel investors. Syndicate leads are often experienced angel investors or successful startup founders. Here’s what he means.

founder

500

DECEMBER 20, 2019

It’s been a crazy journey for us from a small first batch of startups in our Silicon Valley Accelerator to running accelerators across the globe and investing in founders from over 76 countries. The post The Value of the 500 Seed Accelerator in 2019 appeared first on 500 Startups. We’ve also seen an ever-expanding set of options for.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

Sesie Bonsi is the founder and CEO of Bleu , a financial technology platform focused on enabling touchless payment experiences. As a Black fintech founder, I believe that venture investors are making safe bets and investing in late-stage founders instead of early or even pre-seed stages. Sesie Bonsi. Contributor. hit nearly $1.8

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Contributed by Alexi Cashen, an EO San Francisco member who is CEO and co-founder of Elenteny Imports , co-founder of St. This historic shift is evidenced in a report published by Women Business Collaborative, C200 and Catalyst, which announced that the number of women CEOs has risen from 6 percent in 2019 to a projected 8.2

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American Entrepreneurship

DECEMBER 8, 2023

in 17 startups since 2019. Angels collaborate with peers, meet interesting founders, and are on the frontlines of exciting new ventures that build businesses, support families and build wealth in communities. Accredited investors are invited to nation’s largest angel conference, which has invested $4.8M It’s inspiring,” says Luckhurst.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

JANUARY 29, 2020

Tamara Isch, a 2018 YLAI Fellow and a co-founder and COO of EcX Labs, has been breaking boundaries in her country, in her field of work, and in the world. 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). By Elise Kemp.

collaboration

Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

He is the founder of Misión Ecuador , , created to benefit entrepreneurs and owners of small- and medium-sized businesses in the country, starting in the province of Manabí after the earthquake of April 16, 2016. Renewing Ecuadorian communities after a natural disaster. With the support of the U.S.

communities

Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 23, 2020

President and co-founder at Planit Matt Doud explains more. Planit initiated a deliberate growth push in 2019, acquiring several new clients just prior to the COVID shutdown. Nimble leadership, a strategic push, and solid communications. What factors have driven your agency’s growth?

leadership

Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

MARCH 25, 2021

The interviews below feature insight from Betty Álvarez, co-founder of C&A Legal Advisors; René Espinoza, founder of the Lazarillo app; and Bibi la Luz González, founder of Eat Better Wa’ik. We consulted with a few YLAI Fellowship alumni to illustrate their best practices for building an inclusive business.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 30, 2021

From varying sources, it is estimated up to $2 billion went into African tech startups in 2019. Stephen Deng, the co-founder and partner of DFS Lab, a firm that invests in digital commerce startups, serially compared the 2016 Southeast Asia funding landscape to where Africa might be in 2021, at $3 billion. billion and $2.8

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Source Link

APRIL 14, 2021

From Elizabeth Hobbs Keckley, a former slave who ran a prosperous dressmaking business that eventually led to her designing and sewing dresses for Mary Todd Lincoln, to Anne Wojcicki, founder of genetic testing and analysis firm 23andMe, women have proved they have what it takes to reach the top of the entrepreneurial mountain.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 6, 2020

Chelle Neff, founder of Urban Betty, shares a tour of one of her salon locations in Austin, Texas. I learned the phrase “celebrate all mistakes” in 2019, and I have made that my motto! You joined the Austin chapter of the Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO) in January 2019. We charge a small (optional) Eco Fee of $2.50

sustainability

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.

entrepreneurship

This is going to be BIG.

MAY 4, 2021

In June of 2019, I got a cold e-mail with a single link: “My name is Braeden Kelekona and I’m the founder of Kelekona, a drone service for passengers and cargo. What would a founder who built city guide software know about space travel?” What would a couple of adtech founders know about curing cancer?”

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

He is the co-founder and CEO of Surf the Greats , Canada’s largest brand and community for surf education, adventure and lifestyle on the Great Lakes and beyond. She is the co-founder of Brand of a Leader , the personal branding agency for entrepreneurs. Lennert continued to grow the business with Murnaghan’s help.

communities

Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

JULY 27, 2021

Kenna is the founder and chief executive of LinkUp , a company that provides small businesses in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines a digital space to collaborate as well as promote and sell their products and services. In 2018 we had 200 businesses, and in 2019, 400. 2021 YLAI Fellow Kenna George knows this well.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 21, 2020

Tim Hamilton, an EO member in Austin, is founder and CEO of Praxent , a custom software and web app development firm that has been named for three consecutive years to the Inc. 5000 list of the fastest-growing private companies in the US, most recently as #2,118 on the 2019 list.

innovation

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

As the idea went from innovating on software & systems to launching a company to rolling it out in the field brought on Rahul Gandhi as his co-founder to physically launch the company. No prizes for guessing what some of MakeSpace’s innovations will be in 2018 and 2019. Seriously, this happens.

innovation

Dream It

MAY 18, 2020

Market Opportunities "Our mission has always been to seek out and support the patient populations that need help the most,” said Wellth CEO and Co-founder Matthew Loper. I am excited to help the team achieve their goal of becoming one of the most important companies in healthcare.”

health

NZ Entrepreneur

APRIL 23, 2023

In Founder Focus we introduce entrepreneurs and innovators working on our next generation of new business startups, social enterprises and small businesses. JOIN OUR COMMUNITY OF FOUNDERS AND TELL US ABOUT YOUR VENTURE HERE. WORKING ON SOMETHING NEW, INTERESTING OR IMPORTANT?

creativity

TechCrunch

MARCH 22, 2021

Ben Eluan and Osezele Orukpe , two software engineers based in Nigeria, faced this problem in 2019. Pioneer gives founders access to funding streams and talent hardly found outside Silicon Valley. It has already backed more than 100 founders who give up 1% equity to join the accelerator. to reach a relative in Nigeria.

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Dream It

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

In 2019 alone, the robotics space saw roughly 600 venture-backed fundraising rounds, while construction companies successfully raised roughly 200 venture rounds. As of April 2019, there are 434,000 vacant construction jobs ( Forbes ).From As of February 2017, nearly 200,000 construction jobs were left unfilled across the U.S.,

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American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 7, 2024

Data reveals Women Entrepreneurs Gaining Ground On the startup side, according to the 2024 Wells Fargo Impact of Women -Owned Business Report, between 2019 and 2023 women-owned businesses grew at nearly double the rate of those owned by men which was exceeded during 2022 to 2023, reaching 4.5 In contrast, male-only founded U.S.

venture capital

AsiaTechDaily

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

The figure represents an 80% increase compared to the amount raised for its previous fund, VVSEAI Fund IV, in 2019. VVSEAI Fund V’s substantial corpus includes a dedicated co-investment envelope of $50 million, which will be utilized to invest alongside the primary fund in startups led by women founders.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

She is the co-founder of Brand of a Leader , the personal branding agency for entrepreneurs. Global Speakers Academy (GSA)was launched in 2019 with the goal of bringing together members from across the globe and world-class speaker coaches for an intense and immersive 4.5-day day classroom training programme on public speaking.

peer-to-peer

TechCrunch

MAY 4, 2022

But in 2019, various policymakers across different parts of the continent signed the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Agreement — a framework for Africa to be a single market for trade and services — to make intra-trade less painful (side note: the agreement is yet to make any significant impact.).

frameworks

AsiaTechDaily

AUGUST 31, 2023

Jeremy Loh, Co-founder and Managing Partner of Genesis Alternative Ventures highlighted a concerning trend of dwindling venture capital (VC) funding for Asian startups. Genesis Alternative Ventures, founded in 2019 by Jeremy Loh, Ben J Benjamin, and Martin Tang, is a distinctive venture lender focusing on innovative funding approaches.

peer-to-peer

Revolution

JANUARY 19, 2021

this can be their moment as the tech industry’s investors, founders, and employees reimagine where they work, live and play. For many of those cities– who have been laying the foundational bricks of innovation and entrepreneurship in their communities for the last decade or more?—?this The Miami ecosystem, which we visited on our ROTR 8.0

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AsiaTechDaily

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Marshall Pribadi, CEO and Co-Founder of Privy, said he is thrilled to welcome KKR as among their new investors. In 2019, it also became the first electronic Know-Your-Customer service provider to be registered under Indonesia’s Financial Services Authority.

accelerator

AsiaTechDaily

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

William Temple, Ampotech CEO and Co-Founder, said they always look for strategic investors that share their passion in energy and sustainability. Ampotech, which is a spin-off from an A*STAR and University of Illinois research institute, also raised $1 in vestments during the seed funding round in 2019.

real estate

AsiaTechDaily

OCTOBER 11, 2023

The First Cheque program plans to leverage the expertise of experienced founders from Jungle Ventures’ current and former portfolio startups. The firm secured $100 million for its second fund in 2016 and then raised $240 million for its third fund in 2019. billion in follow-on capital raised.

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