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Black Innovation Alliance, Village Capital team up to support founders of color

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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 is supported by a national coalition of funders committed to supporting entrepreneurs of color.

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4 Startup Myths That Hold Innovation Back (and How to Overcome Them)

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We live in a world with a stereotypical representation of what a startup founder looks like, so it’s no wonder that a large portion of the population feels underrepresented. A Gender Gap Grader study shows that women represent 9 percent of developers in the startup ecosystem. Myth 4: Startup founders are white.

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8 investors, founders and execs predict cybersecurity, fintech will take Belfast by storm

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The city also has the famed Queen’s University and low living costs to count in its favor, and gentrification is starting to take place, which shows things are looking up for Northern Ireland’s capital. And as far as the local startup scene goes, the U.K.’s Ignite NI emerged as an important native incubator and accelerator.

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Flexible VCs With Structures Between Equity and Revenue-Based Investing

David Teten VC

V: Should you raise venture capital from a traditional equity VC or a Revenue-Based Investing VC? This is a summary of: Revenue-Based financing: State of the Industry 2020. Please contact us if you are deploying capital using this strategy. IV: Should your new VC fund use Revenue-Based Investing? Revenue-Based Flexible VCs.

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4 Startup Myths That Hold Innovation Back (and How to Overcome Them)

StartupNation

We live in a world with a stereotypical representation of what a startup founder looks like, so it’s no wonder that a large portion of the population feels underrepresented. A Gender Gap Grader study shows that women represent 9 percent of developers in the startup ecosystem. Myth 4: Startup founders are white.

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Flexible VCs With Structures Between Equity and Revenue-Based Investing

David Teten VC

V: Should you raise venture capital from a traditional equity VC or a Revenue-Based Investing VC? This is a summary of: Revenue-Based financing: State of the Industry 2020. Please contact us if you are deploying capital using this strategy. IV: Should your new VC fund use Revenue-Based Investing? Revenue-Based Flexible VCs.

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12 ‘flexible VCs’ who operate where equity meets revenue share

TechCrunch

Previously, we introduced the concept of flexible VC : structures that allow founders to access immediate risk capital while preserving exit and ownership optionality. Capacity Capital. Chattanooga, TN-based Capacity Capital was launched in 2020 with a primary focus on the southeastern U.S. Compensation-based.