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Paris-based accelerator The Family sues co-founder Oussama Ammar

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The Family co-founder and CEO Alice Zagury announced in a blog post that the French startup accelerator is suing Oussama Ammar for multiple claims — breach of trust, forgery and use of forgery. In November 2021, Ammar announced on LinkedIn that he was moving on and leaving The Family.

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Colgate-Palmolive, Coca-Cola and Unilever join AB InBev’s sustainable supply chain accelerator

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Since the launch of the accelerator and investment program, AB InBev has backed 36 companies in 16 countries, according to a statement. Those startups have gone on to raise more than $200 million in follow-on financing. Applications for the latest cohort will be due by May 31, 2021. How to get into a startup accelerator.

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Last day to join K-Startup Grand Challenge 2022

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The program, which is also supported by the Ministry of SMEs and Startups (MSS), is organised by the National IT Industry Promotion Agency (NIPA). The startup accelerator program, launched in 2016, supports foreign startups that want to enter the Korean market and further explore the international markets.

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The startup landscape has shifted dramatically: Accelerators must adapt or fade away

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growth from 2020 to 2021. The number of accelerators has more than doubled since 2014 , while the number of accelerator-backed startups in the U.S. has nearly quadrupled in the same time period (investments from 2005 to 2015 and total investments through 2021 ). Crowdfunding witnessed a 2.4x

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Formwork Labs aims to build ‘the YC of construction tech’

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For starters, Formwork Labs will select five pre-seed companies to participate as a cohort in its immersive, 10-week startup accelerator program. So that suggests for somebody who’s thinking about maybe an opportunity in this sector, there’s still an awful lot of whitespace,” he told TechCrunch. investors,” he said.

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K-Startup Grand Challenge 2022: The world’s most tech-savvy country South Korea invites startups to grow their businesses

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The biggest accelerator program, sponsored by the Korean government, supported by the Ministry of SMEs and Startups (MSS), and organized by the National IT Industry Promotion Agency (NIPA), will be held for 3.5 In 2021, KSGC got 2,568 applications from 129 countries, with 54 startup teams finally selected to participate.

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AC Ventures reaches first close of a $250M fund for Southeast Asian startups

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The last time TechCrunch covered ACV was in December 2021, when it closed its Fund III. Through our experience of investing over past funds, we’ve also developed expertise, particularly around commerce opportunities, fintech and micro- and small enterprises. Fund V has already made five investments, including SkorLife , IDEAL and Atma.