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Co-Creation Hub’s edtech accelerator puts $15M towards African startups

TechCrunch

Africa’s largest innovation hub Co-Creation Hub (CcHUB), is launching a $15 million accelerator program, dubbed The Edtech Fellowship Program, to back and support 72 startups across Nigeria and Kenya over the next three years, TechCrunch has learned. One, the edtech space is highly regulated, more than the casual tech observer might think.

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Despite creaky markets, European edtech is showing its resilience

TechCrunch

European, North American edtech startups see funding triple in 2021. The unbundling of professional learning and entrepreneurship education. billion raised in 2021. The first half of 2022 saw 16 so-called mega-rounds, compared to 24 in the second half of 2021 and 30 in the first half of 2021.

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K-Startup Grand Challenge: The South Korea accelerator program that is ‘a gateway’ to doing business in Asia

AsiaTechDaily

The country’s focus on education, business, and innovation has made it the 11th largest economy and the fifth largest exporter of goods and services globally. In July 2021, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) upgraded Korea’s status to a developed economy. were chosen from the pool of applications.

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WJR Business Beat with Jeff Sloan: Motown Musician Accelerator Program (Episode 182)

StartupNation

On this morning’s WJR Business Beat, Jeff shares details of the Motown Musician Accelerator Program , an education and grant initiative designed to help local aspiring musicians and music managers break into business. Tune in to News/Talk 760 AM WJR weekday mornings at 7:11 a.m. for the WJR Business Beat.

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Governor Murphy Cuts the Ribbon at HAX Flagship U.S. HQ in Newark

American Entrepreneurship

With the opening of HAX, Newark accelerates its momentum as an emergent global hub for manufacturing and technological breakthroughs. In 2021, SOSV issued a Request for Proposal (RFP) regarding its intent to establish HAX’s U.S. SICs can be accelerators, like HAX, or incubators and research centers. headquarters.

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Nestcoin raises $6.45M pre-seed to accelerate crypto and web3 adoption in Africa and frontier markets

TechCrunch

billion between July 2020 and June 2021, per research by New-York based research firm Chainalysis. Bademosi was the Director of Binance Labs in Africa, overseeing the incubation and development of blockchain projects when he decided to start Bundle as CEO in 2019. million pre-seed to that end.

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Despite the downturn, CVC gains traction in Brazil’s startup ecosystem

TechCrunch

Despite the challenging fundraising environment of 2022, we saw more big corporations launching their corporate venture arms in Brazil last year than during the boom years of 2020 and 2021. This has resulted in a dynamic where the majority of the successful and mature startups in Brazil are fintechs.