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Korean VC Sopoong closes $8M fund for startups focused on environmental impact

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Though some businesses may never be truly sustainable, a venture firm in Seoul argues that emerging climate-tech startups will help big manufacturers do better overall. I spoke with Sopoong chief executive Max Sang-Yeop Han , a serial entrepreneur who joined Sopoong in 2016 and acquired the firm in 2019, to learn about the VC’s plans.

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What Drives The University Of Michigan’s Entrepreneurial Success

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With the region’s recent transformation into a top-tier entrepreneurial producer (ranked in 2019 as the nation’s #1 undergraduate entrepreneurship education by the Princeton Review), the CFE is able to send students down the street to learn from real-world founders and entrepreneurs.

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Free money for your impact tech startup

David Teten VC

Fortunately, there are a wide range of organizations that specifically want to support you, not just the VC community. I’m now researching non-dilutive funding for Action Tank , a startup I’m gestating to “Make America Functional Again”. Bluhm/Helfand Social Innovation (BHSI) Fellowship. J.M.Kaplan Innovation Prize. “The

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Free money for your impact tech startup

David Teten VC

Fortunately, there are a wide range of organizations that specifically want to support you, not just the VC community. I’m now researching non-dilutive funding for Action Tank , a startup I’m gestating to “Make America Functional Again”. Database of grants for a wide range of startup types. J.M.Kaplan Innovation Prize. “The

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Commit raises $6M seed round to match senior engineers to startups they want to work for

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The company, which focuses on working with remote-first startups, launched in 2019, with co-founders Greg Gunn (CEO) and Beier Cai (CTO), who met as early employees at Hootsuite, bootstrapping the company while they worked out the details of how they wanted Commit to work. Image Credits: Commit.

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Free Agency CEO seems to care more about control than the company, former employees say

TechCrunch

According to former employees of human resources startup Free Agency, CEO Sherveen Mashayekhi’s leadership style is holding the startup back as he seems to care more about demanding loyalty and controlling his employees than building a company. I’m ending it because the reality is it’s hurting the business.”

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What minority founders must consider before entering the venture-backed startup ecosystem

TechCrunch

But what about those minority founders who don’t have family, friends or connections to lean on for the first $250,000? Venture funding does remain elusive , but here are some tricks for startup founders to hack the system. Realize you are up against an outdated system.