StartupNation

JANUARY 12, 2022

We are members of numerous chambers of commerce and associations from across the state that work with small businesses (such as the Detroit Regional Chamber, Grand Rapids Chamber, Dearborn Chamber, The Right Place, MI Chamber, Automation Alley, Metro Detroit Black Business Alliance, MI Business Incubator Assoc.).

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TechCrunch

APRIL 12, 2022

Part 2: Why focusing on holistic care helped Kindbody triple its revenue in 2021. “You can still finance hopes and dreams, but just with smaller dollars, and you’re generally going to give up a little bit more of your company in terms of dilution during an economic downturn,” said Gupta. Editor, TechCrunch+. extrabrunch.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

There were 141 companies from 24 countries in the winter 2018 batch , compared with 377 companies across 47 countries in the summer 2021 group. Regions with the most growth from 2021 are India, Latin America and Africa, the accelerator notes. And of the companies that are new to the list, 28% are outside of the U.S.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 5, 2022

Alto last raised $17 million for its Series A in April 2021. . Existing investors Unusual Ventures , Acrew Capital , Alpha Edison , Foundation Capital , Gaingels and Coinbase Ventures also participated in the round.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 2, 2021

Yieldstreet — which provides a platform for making alternative investments in areas like real estate, marine/shipping, legal finance, commercial loans and other opportunities that were previously only open to institutional investors — announced Tuesday that it has raised $100 million in a Series C funding round. Some context.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

The second quarter was the first time deal value fell below $77 billion since the fourth quarter of 2020, and this past quarter has seen the lowest amount recorded for a single quarter since the start of 2021. There’s been a massive drop in how much investors are funding companies, especially startups.

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Impact Hub

MARCH 16, 2022

At the end of 2021, the EC adopted a new Social Economy Action Plan to support the sector to thrive. Coming from an intermediary’s point of view – that is, an organisation that supports the social entrepreneurs -, she reinforces that “we need to facilitate access to finance and markets in order to mainstream the social economy”.

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