TechCrunch

AUGUST 15, 2022

In late 2020, the company had raised $25 million in Series B funding on a $305 million valuation. At the time of the Series B, it was supporting more than 4,500 stores with its technology that brings all of the channels that shoppers use to contact online stores into one feed for each company.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 19, 2023

Stay tuned, and please feel free to share with anyone looking for a new opportunity! million Series A raise back in 2020. He told me that since its 2020 inception and late 2021 launch, the not-for-profit has amassed nearly 10,000 members and raised close to $30 million for charities. TechCrunch had covered its $20.8

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 16, 2021

While the economic effects caused many businesses to fail, it also paved the way for many emerging business opportunities. Offering a platform that can provide all this and support for the in-person event itself is an untapped opportunity for a market that continues to grow. . The pandemic has changed the way business works.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

JANUARY 23, 2024

The lack of opportunities for those interested in STEM led Kavelle to open the door for others to get the education she wanted to have on these subjects, which is how the STEM Builders Learning Hub came to be. She continued to network to get the support that she needed.

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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. Buy your pass and join us on December 16-17 for two days packed with all the right stuff, including untapped opportunity. Pitch, pitch, pitch.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

You have just 48 hours left to secure an early-bird ticket to TC Sessions: Space 2020 , a two-day virtual conference dedicated to early-stage space startups and the community that supports them. Here’s a hot opportunity — each exhibiting startup gets five minutes to pitch live to Session attendees. Talk about focused exposure.

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Angel Capital Association

JANUARY 13, 2022

In fact, ACA members and groups are the most significant source of support for entrepreneurs, investing more than 1 million pro bono hours and $650 million of after-tax financing to more than 3,000 high growth companies annually. Without this support, many early-stage companies wouldn’t get off the ground.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 22, 2020

The country’s Federal Commission for Technology and Innovation (KTI) supports CTI-Startup and CTI-Invest, providing startups with investment and support. Fundraising platforms such as Investiere have boosted the angel community support of early funding rounds. What are some overlooked opportunities right now?

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StartupNation

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

The events of 2020, however, will have shoppers and businesses alike navigating uncharted territory as the pandemic continues to impact consumer behavior. consumers about their 2020 shopping habits , including how they’ve been engaging with small businesses since the start of the pandemic and how they plan to do so this holiday season.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Widespread layoffs during the pandemic contributed to an initial rise in female entrepreneurship in 2020, along with the need for flexibility. By fostering early exposure and education about entrepreneurship and other career paths, Franc.World is paving the way for an inclusive landscape where everyone has equal opportunities to succeed.

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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

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

Bears are hard to find right now: the sector, once undercapitalized, has brought in $10 billion in venture capital funding globally in 2020. As investors told us last week , the biggest consumer opportunity in 2021 and beyond is lifelong learning (and portfolio companies have the profits to prove it).

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

MARCH 6, 2022

OSSM’s Virtual Regional Center brings added educational opportunities and challenges to rural high school students. In 2020, she became instructor of OSSM’s Virtual Regional Center. The Virtual Regional Center brings added educational opportunities and challenges to rural high school students. By Scott Meacham.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 16, 2020

In a year as unprecedented as 2020, entrepreneurs showed the world the kind of resilience they and their businesses are made of amid the coronavirus. Here’s what aspiring entrepreneurs hoping to get their start in 2021 can learn from the businesses that survived, and thrived, in 2020: Create a pivot-friendly business model.

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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. These are the types of programs that need to be more prevalent to provide equal opportunities for all.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 3, 2021

Demand surged and its ARR grew by 200% in 2020. For Sophinos and Kannah, founding CourseKey was more than just a business opportunity. Sophinos, frustrated by his own college experience, applied for The Thiel Fellowship – a program that supports students in company building instead of university attending.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

JANUARY 3, 2021

Helping Oklahoma’s entrepreneurs find ways to put the disruption of 2020 to work to build scalable solutions into scalable companies is at the top of our list. Consider the unexpected improvement of delivery models for consumer goods and the new opportunities for innovation that have been spawned. In 2020 it exploded.

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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. “The bigger picture is that each of our competitors views the opportunity more narrowly than ultimate.ai “We have a big vision for what we want ultimate.ai

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

Creative professionals continue to look for ways to monetize their talents and knowledge through online education platforms like CLASS101 that bring stable incomes and improve opportunities. The company opened online classes for kids aged under 14 in 2020. and Japan. It has 350 employees now. “We in 2019 and entered Japan last year.

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Impact Hub

APRIL 23, 2021

To open an Impact Hub, like starting any business, takes courage – even more so in 2020, the year our world changed. From England to Bangladesh via Switzerland, we spoke to some of our fearless founders who opened an Impact Hub in 2020. Impact Hub Dhaka, one of the Impact Hubs that opened in 2020. Let’s start with why.

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Source Link

JANUARY 29, 2022

After collectively witnessing many of our main street and small businesses across the country close in 2020, there arose a new sense of appreciation for the value entrepreneurs bring to our communities and our economy. In 2021, we saw new programs and funding opportunities from the EDA and SBA to rebuild, sustain and grow entrepreneurship.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Vinehealth , a 2018-founded, London-based digital health startup that’s built an app which offers personalized support for cancer patients while also making it easier to gather patient-reported outcome (PRO) data, including for drug development and clinical trials, has closed a $5.5

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Forward Cities

DECEMBER 16, 2019

It is a description for a new entrepreneurial support pilot program launching in Franklin County, OH in January of 2020. The results of this community-informed process were two pilot programs that will launch in the spring of 2020. . No, this isn’t a description of a new reality TV show! For me, this hits even closer to home.

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Impact Hub

APRIL 8, 2020

This is due to two elements: the Bootcamp nature of the program and the large sum of grant money involved; and 2020 marks its 10 anniversary. Things such as catering and preparing the space were important elements that local Impact Hubs provided support with. In 2020 the tour will be repeated, so keep an eye out on further information.

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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. “We did a survey among the internationals we relocated and 98% stated that they wanted to relocate, and weren’t forced by the company. .

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Smart Hustle Magazine

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Her priority for this month, as she closes the year, is to ensure she has the right team in place and systems and procedures to support that team. If you're offering the same thing to your current customers, or new customers, you could be missing a big opportunity. This is so important. Who is on your team? They already trust you.

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Forward Cities

DECEMBER 30, 2019

It is a description for a new entrepreneurial support pilot program launching in Franklin County, OH in January of 2020. The results of this community-informed process were two pilot programs that will launch in the spring of 2020. No, this isn’t a description of a new reality TV show! For me, this hits even closer to home.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 24, 2020

In early April 2020, larger financial institutions including Morgan Stanley, Bank of America and Citigroup, vowed to hold off on making layoffs. In April 2020, Alex Yastrebenetsky and fellow leaders at his organization, InfoTrust , decided to launch a No Layoff Pledge which will last through 1 July 2020.

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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

MARCH 2, 2022

Emtech’s solutions also enable collaboration among multiple regulators, for an integrated regulatory environment that is key to the opening up of cross-border innovations and opportunities. The startup, which carried out a successful pilot in Africa, has signed five agreements with central banks in the continent and the Caribbean region.

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Angel Capital Association

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

As you can imagine, 2020 has added a lot of challenges that are becoming even more complex. Making a difference for every member, every group…and the entrepreneurs they support. What should Angel Groups be doing proactively to mitigate those risks? This program can help you secure the best insurance options. But, we will also do more.

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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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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

FEBRUARY 2, 2020

There are a bunch of reasons why a long buy is so attractive: 1/ You get to learn more about the opportunity before committing significant funds and each and every subsequent investment is based on a better understanding of the business, the team, the market, the product, etc. Seed funds tend to get tapped out after two or three rounds.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JUNE 29, 2022

As an EO member who has been a co-chair for previous initiatives, it didn’t take long to see the power of GSEA in supporting young entrepreneurship. Live streaming can support future applicants who want to learn what competition day looks like. Our goal was to run the contest virtually and successfully select a winner.

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Angel Capital Association

AUGUST 27, 2020

ACA has supported the SEC’s incremental expansion of the accredited investor pool and other proposals to expand startup access to angel capital. I am also pleased that we have expanded and updated the list of entities, including tribal governments and other organizations, that may qualify to participate in certain private offerings.”

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

JUNE 4, 2020

I support these efforts and am sympathetic to them. And they mean that the economic opportunity that a black person has matters as much as our economic opportunity. While we are late to put our collective minds on this opportunity, we are not too late. But the words black lives matter mean even more to me.

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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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