TechCrunch

APRIL 7, 2021

Black Innovation Alliance and Village Capital today announced Resource, a national initiative aimed at boosting the efforts of entrepreneur support organizations (ESOs) led by, and focused on, founders of color. Resource aims to give local accelerators and incubators support in the form of training and community.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

We’re just about two weeks away from launching TC Sessions: Space 2020 , our first focused foray into early-stage space startups and the essential satellite industries that support them. Here are five stellar reasons to attend TC Sessions: Space 2020. Buy your pass and tap into a galaxy of opportunity at TC Sessions: Space 2020.

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AsiaTechDaily

MAY 9, 2022

Register South Korea’s largest accelerator program for foreign startups, K-Startup Grand Challenge (KSGC) , is accepting applications for its 2022 edition. The KSGC program, launched in 2016, supports international startups that want to enter the Korean market and further explore the Asian region. Besides the 3.5-month

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 3, 2020

The European startup’s flagship claim for the data-ingesting bot-builder platform is it’s capable of automating up to 80% of customer support interactions. “We believe that customer service automation will be its own category in the future and so we are working hard to define what that means today.” Now ultimate.ai

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 22, 2017

I joined EO Accelerator in 2009, when I owned a business and my business owned me. It was to return to Positano by 2020, spend six weeks there and then be able to freely choose to spend another six weeks there. My company is now four times larger in staff and nearly 10 times larger in revenue than when I began EO Accelerator.

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American Entrepreneurship

JUNE 14, 2023

AptEdge’s contextual answer engine understands all the knowledge across the support team’s workflows. Customer questions and support tickets continue to rise which is putting incredible pressure on support teams that are facing tightening budgets and can no longer afford to throw bodies at the problem.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Today, pitch competitions, incubators, accelerators, VCs and angel groups proliferate. The country’s Federal Commission for Technology and Innovation (KTI) supports CTI-Startup and CTI-Invest, providing startups with investment and support. Ten years ago startups were unusual. It grants up to CHF 130,000 per company.

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Impact Hub

DECEMBER 1, 2021

What if all startup incubators and accelerators integrated design principles that foster circularity? Here’s what we have learned so far: As of 2020, only 8.6% Circularity-focused incubation and acceleration programs already exist, but there are two problems: There aren’t enough of them to transform the private sector as a whole.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

million (30 billion won) Series B funding to accelerate its growth in South Korea, the U.S. We will keep supporting creators to monetize their talents and we will also allow creators to expand their revenue streams by selling their goods, digital files and more products via our platform,” Ko said. It has 350 employees now. “We

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 10, 2021

The new funding gives the company a total of $16 million — it raised $2 million at the end of 2020. Saar said the Series A enables the company to accelerate growth through R&D and marketing and to double its team so it can expand into new markets, like major cities across the United States, over the next 12 months.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 7, 2021

Annie Cheng is active in the Seattle chapter of Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO) ‘s Accelerator programme, which empowers entrepreneurs with the tools, community and accountability necessary to aggressively grow their businesses. Why did you join EO Accelerator? But in early March 2020, they were not yet common.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Flip , an Indonesia-based fintech startup, announced today it has raised $48 million in a Series B to accelerate its growth. The startup plans to use the fresh capital to accelerate its business expansion further, strengthen its operations in Indonesia, advance technology and expand its engineering and product teams. .

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Impact Hub

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

The focus is on providing personalized support to underserved communities. For this first cohort, the program supported 20 ventures, 70% of whom completed the program, 50% were women, 45% refugees, and 55% were non-EU-migrants. Entrepreneurs from historically oppressed backgrounds (migrants, women of color, rural entrepreneurs, etc.)

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 12, 2020

’s Seraphim Capital , the country’s only space tech accelerator, has released details of its newest cohort as part of its Space Camp programme, timed with the end of World Space Week last week. Raised so far: Undisclosed amount / seed from ICE71 Accelerate, 25 June 2020. ” Kinnami.

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

JANUARY 24, 2020

24, 2020) — Gov. The initiative supports fledgling enterprises at their most vulnerable point — the early stages of commercialization and market development — and provides vital support services that clients cite as being key factors in their eventual success. HARRISBURG, Pa.

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Impact Hub

AUGUST 19, 2020

The Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) in their ‘ The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2020 ’ report, sound the alarm loud and clear about the growing impact of what we eat. The post Accelerating Sustainable Food Business Solutions to Reshape Our Cities appeared first on Impact Hub.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 3, 2021

Demand surged and its ARR grew by 200% in 2020. We saw a massive acceleration trend that was already going to happen. Sophinos, frustrated by his own college experience, applied for The Thiel Fellowship – a program that supports students in company building instead of university attending. Every industry had been eaten.

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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. K-Startup Grand Challenge (KSGC) Program is the flagship accelerator program for international startups looking to enter the competitive Asian market.

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HPA

MARCH 21, 2024

“This funding marks a significant milestone, enabling Fuel Me to accelerate the development of advanced technology while continuing to deliver unparalleled service to our customers. Since its launch in September 2020, Fuel Me has demonstrated rapid growth , showcasing a fivefold increase in performance metrics year-over-year.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 17, 2021

OctoML , a Seattle-based startup that offers a machine learning acceleration platform build on top of the open-source Apache TVM compiler framework project , today announced that it has raised a $28 million Series B funding round led by Addition. We look forward to supporting the company’s continued growth.”

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TechCrunch

MAY 31, 2022

CEO Eric Youngstrom founded the company in 2020 after a career at multicarrier shipping software company ShippingEasy. Youngstrom and his team tried solving the problem inside of Stamps.com, but couldn’t find a good solution, so he decided to leave in 2020 and launch a product that could help merchants. Amazon set the standard there.”.

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TechCrunch

JULY 7, 2021

Y-Combinator- backed Localyze has nabbed $12 million in Series A funding led by Blossom Capital for a SaaS that supports staff relocations and hiring across borders. The startup says it’s been seeing growth rates hitting, on average, more than 30% month-on-month, as employer demand for its services accelerates.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Customers have a natural tendency to prefer voice call support over other self-service channels and this has led to the increase in pressure on the traditional interactive voice responses (IVR) systems and support agents to respond to all incoming queries,” he said. million Series A, in May 2020. It currently has 150 employees.

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AsiaTechDaily

AUGUST 11, 2023

million in its seed round in 2021, with support from Philippine’s venture capital investor Foxmont Capital Partners. The new funding infusion gained support from diverse investors, including venture capitalists, family offices, and existing angel investors from the Philippines, the US, and Europe. AHG Lab had previously secured $1.1

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

In 2020, the venture industry continued to invest in startups, despite the COVID-19 crisis. Amsterdam has tech industry “schools” such as Growth Tribe , The Talent Institute and THNK for educational courses, as well as accelerators like Rockstart, Startupbootcamp and Fashion for Good. million raised in the quarter before.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 25, 2022

In late 2020, a group of Stanford students banded together to create Stanford 2020, a venture fund solely to invest in their fellow classmates’ ventures. PIN wants to replicate the Stanford 2020 story for other community-based ventures. million for the debut investment vehicle — waitlist not included.

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AsiaTechDaily

AUGUST 31, 2023

Register Indonesian digital bank Superbank , supported by Grab, Singtel, and Emtek Group, is collaborating with Singapore’s Genesis Alternative Ventures to offer a financing package of $40 million for startups in Indonesia. This initiative is designed to support startups within the country’s startup landscape.

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TechCrunch

JULY 13, 2021

Spradling through the Antler accelerator, a Singapore- and New York-based early-stage investment and advisory services program that connects entrepreneurs and tech operators to launch new businesses. Miami-based Marco Financial is launching a revenue-based lending service for Latin American SMEs. Shoihet met his co-founder and COO Peter D.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Sopoong , a social impact-focused VC, intends to support environmentally minded tech founders in South Korea and Southeast Asia, while building a bridge between Korean conglomerates and startups in the sector. On top of the accelerator, the firm also launched a six-month fellowship program to foster climate tech entrepreneurship.

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Revolution

AUGUST 8, 2023

In the following series, I’ll examine the current status of “work” and how it impacts lives — from where people are moving to how they are spending their time — and various business models that support these new habits. While growth had been slowing in urban cores in the years preceding the pandemic, the trend accelerated in 2020 and 2021.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 8, 2021

For comparison, that two-quarter figure is billions more than French startups raised in all of 2020. According to Techstars, its Paris accelerator will operate two classes per year, while Stockholm will run once in 2022 and twice per year from 2023 onward. The Exchange explores startups, markets and money. Let’s talk Europe!

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Revolution

JANUARY 19, 2021

2021: The Great Acceleration of the Rise of the Rest & the End of “Silicon X Syndrome.” Many industries temporarily froze in March-April 2020, paralyzed by the uncertainty that an invisible enemy unleashed. Many industries temporarily froze in March-April 2020, paralyzed by the uncertainty that an invisible enemy unleashed.

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AsiaTechDaily

AUGUST 24, 2023

Fourteen Taiwanese startups, supported by local corporate and venture partners, converged with Vietnamese experts in Ho Chi Minh City for the Taiwan Tech Solution Day. Startup Island Taiwan, a platform initiated by Taiwan’s National Development Council, is pivotal in providing support and resources to Taiwanese startups.

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AsiaTechDaily

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Data from the Global Sustainable Investment Alliance highlights a staggering 605% increase in Sustainably-Themed Investing in 2020 compared to 2016. Aimed at supporting SMEs grappling with burgeoning ESG demands, this initiative also strengthens carbon reduction regulations, paving the path for 2050 carbon neutrality.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 28, 2021

Catalyst Fund , a global accelerator managed by BFA Global , announced the 8th cohort for its Inclusive Fintech Program today. The accelerator, backed by the JP Morgan Chase and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, runs the flagship program annually. In 2020, all five countries had representatives in the accelerator.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 29, 2023

“Today’s reality is a contrast from two years ago where we saw unprecedented growth because of accelerated adoption of online learning. The latest move comes just days after the Bengaluru-based startup hived off programming learning platform CodeChef, which it acquired in 2020.

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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. It attracted backing from Facebook Brasil and grew 770% in 2020.

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