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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AsiaTechDaily

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

To tackle that issue, we have Ampotech as the first of many tenacious and energetic climate warriors that we will support globally.” Bernard Liew, Director of KSL Maritime Ventures said, KMV incubates and invests in high growth start-ups with purposeful and innovative solutions.

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Impact Hub

DECEMBER 15, 2021

As the specialists indicated, “In both the Action Plan for the integration of third-country nationals and the 2020 Entrepreneurship Action Plan , the European Commission emphasises that entrepreneurship represents an alternative form of decent and sustainable employment for migrants” ( 2019 ).

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

The Tokyo-based outfit founded by Takuma Terakubo in 2019 will invest $50,000 to $500,000 in African startups in seed and Series A stages. Together with Japanese startup incubator, Samurai Incubate, they launched Samurai Incubate Fund ; a fund focused on early-stage African startups.

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

JULY 1, 2020

Her thesis entitled “Towards an Ecosystem Approach to the Strategy and Performance of Incubators” received two Best Dissertation in Management and Entrepreneurship Awards. She co-supervises a PhD thesis on “Incubator Sourcing and Performance: An Ecosystem Approach”. ” (#18303, August, Vancouver ).

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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 We would like people who are in, and who interact with, the entrepreneurial ecosystem, to support our key messages and initiatives and create a more entrepreneurial Aotearoa,” Moskovitz says.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 23, 2021

For a very long time, startups in New Zealand had been crying out for capital,” said Imche Fourie, co-founder and CEO of Outset Ventures, a deep tech incubator in Auckland that invests in seed and pre-seed science and engineering companies. USD $76 million) in 2019, due to a near doubling of transactions from 46 in 2019 to 92 in 2020.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

In addition to enabling users to make mobile money transactions at no fee, Leja also supports bookkeeping, making it easier for the traders to track their revenues and outflows, without the need for technical or accounting knowledge. The apps offer collateral-free loans making them attractive to borrowers looking for quick cash.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 28, 2022

For a few years now the Sustainable Ocean Alliance has been a stalwart advocate for the “blue economy,” and an incubator for ocean-focused early stage startups. These entrepreneurs need support for life,” said Fernandez. Apparently that activated the donation center in his brain and the result is this new money.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 5, 2021

The product was originally incubated as part of the company’s internal R&D lab known as Area 120, where it’s been led by CEO Sargun Kaur. “We’re thrilled to see the strides Byteboard has made over the past three years incubating within Google’s Area 120,” a Google spokesperson told TechCrunch.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 11, 2021

Toni Eliasz is the program manager of the Disruptive Technologies for Development Program (DT4D) that supports the innovation and adoption of technology-driven solutions in World Bank Group operations. A glimpse into Singapore’s current startup ecosystem. So, how did Singapore’s startup ecosystem come to be?

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TechCrunch

MAY 9, 2023

This continues the firm’s strategy from its first fund which raised $15 million and started deploying in 2019. “I would say that money trickled in a lot more strongly in 2019 when I raised Fund I,” Winfield said. Winfield isn’t fully avoiding the hype though.

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David Teten VC

JULY 27, 2021

How can you get free money and other support for your business idea? . I have been researching this both to support Versatile VC ’s portfolio companies and also as part of research for my new book, To University and Beyond: Launch Your Career in High Gear. Participants have a chance to win more than $250,000 in cash and other support.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 29, 2021

But the firm is also still eager and “excited” to incubate companies, Wong said. It’s important to us to work with companies from the very beginning and support them through their entire journey.”. We’ll still write $500,000 to $1 million seed checks,” he told TechCrunch. For example, Wong said, “We’re not announcing a $2.2

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TechCrunch

JULY 21, 2021

Harlem Capital’s Henri Pierre-Jacques invested in both Pangaea’s seed round in 2019 and Series A in 2020. Pangaea, to date, has been a brand incubator, but post the Series B will expand to be a vertically integrated e-commerce platform for other brands. We are even more excited for this next phase of their growth.”

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 14, 2021

The twosome changed tact in 2017, when DrugStoc was officially launched, to include distribution, after a year-long incubation at Stanford’s Institute for Innovation in Developing Economies. “I We decided we need to get a distribution license, and to do this the pharmaceutical way.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Vale do Dendê coordinates with local startups, investors and government agencies to support entrepreneurship and innovation and runs startup acceleration programs specifically focusing on supporting Afro-Brazilian founders. There is a clear recognition of the business case for Afro-Brazilian businesses.

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AsiaTechDaily

MAY 2, 2022

The program is supported by the National IT Industry Promotion Agency (NIPA) and is a leading program funded by the Ministry of SMEs and Startups. The KSGC team also gives follow-up support to the top startups for them to establish a business in Korea.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 6, 2021

billion venture dollars invested between 2018 and 2019. Venture firms rush to find ways to support Black founders and investors. In February, several national and Chicago-based organizations banded together to support early-stage Black and Latinx tech entrepreneurs through a new program dubbed TechRise.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 8, 2021

The Kenyan fintech Kwara was launched in 2019 to help credit unions (savings and credit cooperatives societies, SACCOs) in the East African country shift to digital platforms by providing them with its proprietary Back-end-as-a-service (BaaS) software.

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Impact Hub

AUGUST 19, 2020

Photo: Global Climate Strike 2019, Lausanne. 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. ” The hidden costs of our diets.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 25, 2021

outside London, according to Whitecap’s 2019-2020 Ecosystem Report. A collaborative effort by the five universities of Bath, Bristol, Exeter, Southampton and Surrey, the accelerator has supported over 4,000 entrepreneurs and helped their startups raise a total of £1.8 city for tech investment. attracting a bevy of tech entrepreneurs.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

The latter two firms are tied in part to the Samwer brothers, who also built the Rocket Internet e-commerce incubator in Berlin.) “We need quite a war chest to unlock that, so we think the cash flows will support the U.K. The remaining $115 million is coming in the form of debt from Goldman Sachs and GGC.

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Impact Hub

JULY 30, 2021

INMI , a social startup dedicated to supporting young students in finding the best educational programs around the world, was born out of that journey. Inspired by the 2030 Agenda, INMI is an award-winning platform that connects the migrant community with a network of professionals and resources in an all-in-one support ecosystem.

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Impact Hub

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

At Impact Hub, we have been working relentlessly towards this goal for the past 15 years, supporting impact entrepreneurs who put people and the planet at the forefront. We strive to give them tools to succeed with our support programs and a strong network of 16,500 people throughout 59 countries. The Kitchen at 44 .

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TechCrunch

APRIL 6, 2022

Alongside its organic expansion, it has also been expanding via M&A: in February Nord announced a merger with Surfshark, another security company with Lithuanian roots (and more specifically, roots to the same business and incubator where Nord Security was also hatched, Tesonet ). So why raise now?

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StartupNation

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Try searching online for angel investors , early seed investors, or incubator/accelerator programs that could help your business get funding. In 2019, the failure rate of startups was around 90%. You will need support from others to take your business to the next level and, most importantly, to prove that you can work as a team.

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AsiaTechDaily

JUNE 22, 2023

The Korean government and related ministries are making various policies to support the growth of the biotech industry in the country. I founded this company in 2019 with the electronic eye that I had been working on as a researcher, and I am currently working to make my company a leader in ophthalmic medical devices.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

One 2019 survey found that 88% of people prefer speaking to a live service agent instead of navigating an automated system. Countless tech giants and startups have thrown their tech at the automated call handling problem, from Google (and Google’s Area 120 incubator ), Microsoft and Amazon to Got It AI , Replicant and Tenyx.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Rome has more than 20 incubators/accelerators and many established VCs; because of its lower costs compared to other European cities, it’s become a major base for startups. Milan tends to attract the lion’s share of VC funding — in 2019, startups located there received €311 million, according to NGP Capital. More than 50%?

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Note: I originally published this article in 2019 to share my lessons-learned from mapping a local ecosystem. You basically want to unearth any resource, program, organization, or person that supports and helps entrepreneurs, whether that’s their sole mission or ancillary. Start here! What kind of information should you look for?

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Forward Cities

JULY 25, 2019

In my last blog, I talked about the definition and evaluation of two key elements of an entrepreneurial ecosystem – entrepreneurs and entrepreneur support organizations (ESOs). Collaboration between organizations providing various services creates a cohesive network of resources better suited to support innovation.

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AsiaTechDaily

MAY 18, 2022

The spending per buyer in e-commerce is forecasted to go from $2,600 in 2019 to $4,300 in 2024. Strong Government Support: The Korean government is constantly improving the country’s infrastructure. Its startup ecosystem is active and well designed, attracting the attention of investors, accelerators, and incubators worldwide.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

JUNE 8, 2019

By Kevan Goff-Parker Copyright © 2019 The Oklahoman. “There’s a lot more activity, whether it’s venture capital investments, accelerator and incubator programs or things that make it easier for entrepreneurs to grow. This trade show has turned out to be quite successful for us.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

Meg retired from the Council April 8, 2019. Statewide, the number of small business incubators that focus on women and minority-owned business has grown rapidly. Women business leaders have created mentorship networks to help support a culture of innovation and risk-taking.

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OurCrowd

JANUARY 5, 2020

We ended off 2019 with exciting news for OurCrowd and the Israeli ecosystem. Israeli tech raised over $350M in December , and raised a record $8.19B in 2019, easily surpassing the $6.4B This will be the world’s first government-supported medical cannabis technology incubator. . raised in 2018, which was itself a record.

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StartupNation

OCTOBER 3, 2021

Although commitments such as SoftBank’s $100 million fund to support people of color may seem like a leap forward, when we consider the $120 billion of dry powder (available funds remaining to invest) that the industry saw in mid-2019, these proclamations are merely a drop in the bucket. Supporting companies post-investment.

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