TechCrunch

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Blair Silverberg is co-founder and CEO of Hum Capital , a financial services company using technology to accelerate the fundraising process. For many founders in the startup community, a “founder-friendly” investor is one who stays relatively hands off. Factor in founder friendliness.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 23, 2022

Likewise, Varada co-founder and VP of R&D Roman Vainbrand notes that the combined companies will be able to “deliver the best performance and cost benefits in the analytics query market, enabling organizations to accelerate the time-to-insight, while optimizing infrastructure operations and investments.”

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 18, 2022

Meanwhile, the US Bureau of Labor Statistics stated that “the number of voluntary quits were at an all-time high in November 2021.” This helps to accelerate the integration process of their potential new environment. The post 5 ways founders and CEOs can diversify their leadership teams appeared first on THE BLOG.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

The coronavirus pandemic disproportionately reduced venture capital funding for female founders last year, despite a greater boom in fundraising thanks to megafunds and the advent of Zoom investing. billion across 2,661 deals through the first three quarters of 2021, almost doubling 2019’s total of $23.7 That was in an upmarket.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

With the support of a friend who gifted her a van (she paid $1 for it) and a mentor in the dry cleaning business, she built a website and embarked on her entrepreneurial journey as founder of WashRoom Laundry. “I Through a scholarship from ScaleUpCLT , Saichelle had the opportunity to join EO Charlotte’s Accelerator (EOA) program.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 19, 2022

Less than 2% of venture capital funding went to all-female founding teams in 2021, marking a five-year low, new data from Pitchbook shows. All-female founding teams did receive 83% more funding in 2021 in absolute dollars compared to the year prior, but that’s likely because US startups overall raked in a record amount of cash last year.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Graham & Walker , an accelerator and venture fund focused on helping female and non-binary founders, has announced the latest batch of companies to enter its accelerator program. I hopped on a call with G&W founder Leslie Feinzaig to hear what’s new with the program and what these six new companies are up to.

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Revolution

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

2021: The Great Acceleration of the Rise of the Rest (Part II): Does your City have a Moat? The fact that so many cities have small but mighty startup communities can actually help the cities rise, as a more manageable, accessible, and founder friendly market can attract top talent and startups to the region.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

Accelerators have become a major force in the startup world, but these teeming masses of potential have been forced, like every other industry, to adopt major changes with the pandemic. I spoke with the heads of three accelerators about the challenges and opportunities presented by the new restrictions.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

After raising staggering sums of capital through 2021, the financial technology startup industry ran into a valuations wall this year as public markets retreated and many formerly high-flying fintech giants took lumps. YC batch shows founders remain optimistic about fintech by Anna Heim originally published on TechCrunch.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

It needs a couple of successful exits, which in turn drives angel investing as entrepreneurs growing increasingly wealthy look to help new founders building companies reach their own goals. It requires accelerators and incubators and coworking spaces to help nurture early ideas, and it needs VC firms investing across stages.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 25, 2021

4-year founder vesting is dead. In 2020, all the long-term trends forcing change in this sector continued and even accelerated. Among them, millennials decamped from their rentals in crowded cities to accelerate their first home purchases to the benefit of proptech companies and challenger mortgage players alike. Dana Stalder.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Y Combinator’s latest cohort of founders have opinions on the future of fintech. One-fifth of the accelerator’s Summer 2022 batch , which spans 240 companies, is working on solving issues in the financial space. The accelerator backed eight fintech bets in Latin America, worth 57% of its total wagers in the region this season.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Should you try to get your startup into an accelerator program? Neal has seen this industry from just about every angle — as a teacher, advisor, investor and repeat co-founder. How do you make the right impression on the application?

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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

APRIL 30, 2021

No-code and low-code services came into greater demand as accelerating digital transformation efforts met the market’s general dearth of available developer talent. In 2021-style, it’s a Zoom shot: From upper left, clockwise: Michael Tildahl, Eric Rowell (CTO and co-founder), Brian Lichliter, Rocco Cataldo and D.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 21, 2021

If there’s one thing every early founder needs it’s information, and you’ll find it in abundance at TechCrunch Early Stage 2021. Think of it as a condensed accelerator experience packed with workshops and highly interactive Q&As. Listen to what these early-stage founders said about TC Early Stage 2020. “I

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Pattern , a Lehi, Utah-based e-commerce accelerator that helps brands optimize sales on marketplaces like Amazon, Walmart, Target, eBay and Google, brought in $225 million in growth funding to continue developing its technology and expand its global presence. Aggregators will have to become accelerators or I don’t think they will survive.”.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

JANUARY 23, 2024

Innovating AI research and advancing entrepreneurship skills in Colombia By Jewelle Saunders “What motivates me in everything that I do is the movement that comes with curiosity,” says Jonathan Puerta Pereira , a 2021 YLAI Fellow. on Innovation & Technology Policy with a focus on artificial intelligence.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 19, 2022

Contributed by Robert Young, an EO Nashville member, who is the founder and CEO of Covert Results , a private investigation and security firm. He’s also the founder of Operation Rose , a non-profit focused on solutions to prevent and combat human trafficking. In March 2021, we were accepted into EO. What a journey!

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TechCrunch

APRIL 1, 2021

Today’s the day new founders get down to the business of, well, building a better business. TechCrunch Early Stage 2021: Operations & Fundraising provides early-stage founders with access to top founders, investors and subject-matter experts across the startup realm. Who’s ready for bootcamp? Are you ready?

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TechCrunch

JUNE 29, 2022

For founders without the right network, it’s hard to find investors. Vasa said he and Srivastava’s background as founders give them an advantage, because they understand the needs of other founders. The company claims that it saw 300% year-over-year growth in 2021, and helped its clients achieve 1.8x

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

Full coverage of TechCrunch Disrupt 2021. Duolingo CEO and co-founder Luis von Ahn has appeared at TechCrunch Disrupt before, but this year was his first time representing a public company. Editor-at-Large Mike Butcher spoke with: Svanika Balasubramanian, co-founder and CEO, rePurpose Global. Financial Founder.

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AsiaTechDaily

NOVEMBER 12, 2022

million during the initial Series A round held in December 2021 and participated in the Founder and management-led buy-out of FastCo from then SGX-listed Singapore Press Holdings (“SPH”). We are excited to welcome OSKVI and Kairous onboard as FastCo embarks on a journey of accelerated growth. The post FastCo raises S$10.5

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TechCrunch

APRIL 23, 2021

.’s Tech Nation found in 2018 that about 26% of Belfast’s workforce was employed in tech, and it is among cities in the country with the highest growth potential for 2021. With that in mind, we reached out to founders, investors and executives in the city to get an inside look at the state of the current tech startup ecosystem.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

According to Jose Cayasso, CEO and co-founder of pitch deck design agency Slidebean, there are five slides where pretty much all founders miss the mark : Go-to-market. 5 critical pitch deck slides most founders get wrong. As a concept, minimum viable product (MVP) has given founders maximum flexibility. Use case/audience.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Tackle says it plans to use its new funding to accelerate the execution of its product roadmap, scale its go-to-market (GTM) teams, expand its global reach, and continue to innovate. Of course, we’d like to know more about Tackle’s revenue, but it is only saying that it doubled its ARR in 2021.

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Y Combinator

MAY 10, 2023

Curtis Fonger and Matthew Busel met on YC’s Co-Founder Matching (CFM) Platform, a tool we built to help co-founders find each other. Even in early conversations, their fit as co-founders was clear to each of them. YC invested in Whalesync in the Summer 2021 batch. What was your process for evaluating co-founders?

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AsiaTechDaily

MAY 2, 2022

In July 2021, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) upgraded Korea’s status to a developed economy. K-Startup Grand Challenge (KSGC) Program is the flagship accelerator program for international startups looking to enter the competitive Asian market. were chosen from the pool of applications.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 22, 2021

We’re just days away from kicking off TC Early Stage 2021: Operations & Fundraising on April 1-2. Join us for two program-packed days dedicated to founders in the earliest stages of startup life (pre-seed through Series A). Buy your pass and join your community at TC Early Stage 2021: Operations & Fundraising on April 1-2.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 4, 2021

Kunal Lunawat is the co-founder and managing partner of Agya Ventures , a venture capital firm focused on proptech, travel, hospitality and the future of the built world. Though 2021 is far from over, it’s already witnessed a record level of venture capital activity in the technology sector. So far this year, we’ve seen $292.4

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TechCrunch

APRIL 3, 2021

I urged founders to think less about how to bundle and unbundle lecture experience, and more about how to replace outdated systems and methods with new, tech-powered solutions. A few months into 2021, the exit environment in edtech…feels like it’s doing exactly that. Tips for founders thinking about doing a remote accelerator.

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Impact Hub

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Building Legacies Out of Movements), an accelerator program for social entrepreneurs of color. Through knowledge sharing and funding, the program cultivates a thriving ecosystem for changemakers to accelerate impact and deliver initiatives at the intersection of sport, equity and creativity for Black and Latinx communities. .

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Nikunj Bajaj, co-founder and CEO of TrueFoundry, said in an interview with TechCrunch that some key learnings from Meta have helped the startup solve machine learning deployment problems. He founded TrueFoundry in June 2021, along with his IIT Kharagpur batchmates Anuraag Gutgutia and Abhishek Choudhary.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 22, 2021

Gleb Polyakov is co-founder and CEO of Nylas , which provides productivity infrastructure solutions for modern software. Gleb Polyakov. Contributor. Gleb studied Physics at Georgia Tech and enjoys chess, motorcycles and space. Previously, he worked in finance and founded an IoT coffee company.

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StartupNation

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

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. And that’s a wrap!

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StartupNation

JANUARY 6, 2021

As 2021 begins, we’re witnessing a fast-changing landscape. To ensure your business continues to take advantage of the changing tide, here are 21 ways to help accelerate the growth of your new business in the year ahead: Become a prolific content creator. In fact, according to emarketer.com ; “U.S. e-commerce sales will reach $794.50

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