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Brazil’s Black Silicon Valley could be an epicenter of innovation in Latin America

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Tara Sabre Collier is an early-stage impact investor with more than 15 years of experience at the intersection of economic development, social entrepreneurship and impact investment. Over the last five years, Brazil has witnessed a startup boom. It attracted backing from Facebook Brasil and grew 770% in 2020. Contributor.

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5 areas where VCs can play an outsized role in addressing climate change

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Jamil Wyne is an advisor, investor and author focusing on entrepreneurship, technology and economic development in emerging markets. A close look at Singapore’s thriving startup ecosystem. Dr. As of October, climate-tech startups had raised over $32 billion in 2021 and, according to Dealroom and London & Co.,

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WJR Business Beat: Hispanic Entrepreneurs Creating Record Number of Startups (Episode 352)

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That’s according to the State of Latino Entrepreneurship 2020 study from the Stanford Latino Entrepreneurship Initiative. Now Marlene Orozco, lead research analyst for the study, indicates that not only are we seeing this torrid pace of growth in Latino startups, it’s broad based across industry sectors in geography.

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Q&A with Meg Salyer

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For 25 years, Salyer led Accel Financial Staffing, until the sale of the company to key employees in the 3 rd quarter of 2020. Salyer served as a member of the Council Finance Committee, Council Economic Development Committee, and as chairman of the Council Social Services Committee. Meg retired from the Council April 8, 2019.

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Does Atlantic Canada have a blueprint for rural revival in the post-pandemic era?

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In doing so, they’re participating in an economic revival that could change the destiny of the depressed Atlantic region. In September 2020, Halifax-based fitness data management company Kinduct was acquired by mCube. In November 2020, Newfoundland-based Verafin was acquired by Nasdaq for $2.75 billion in cash.

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Surging homegrown talent and VC spark Italy’s tech renaissance

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Put off by high taxes and paperwork in their home country, many Italian entrepreneurs moved to places like London in years past to startup. Indeed, the Italian Ministry of Economic Development and the Italian Trade & Investment Agency in London have even been known to fund Italian entrepreneurs abroad to help them gain more experience.

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8 Czech VCs on green shoots, pandemic impacts and 2021 opportunities

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Who are key startup people you see creating success locally, whether investors, founders or even other types of startup ecosystems roles like lawyers, designers, growth experts, etc. 8 investors discuss Stockholm’s maturing startup ecosystem. Osman Salih, associate, Bolt Start Up Development a.s.