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Dispatches from the Road: Q2 2022

Revolution

What we did: Steve Case was a featured panelist at Heartland Forward’s 2022 Heartland Summit?—?an Dispatches from the Road: Q2 2022 was originally published in Revolution on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story. Where we went: Bentonville, AR ??

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After a record 2022, 8 investors explain why it’s ‘still just Day 1’ for Africa’s startup ecosystem

TechCrunch

For the first time, the sector attracted over 1,100 unique investors in 2022, which in turn resulted in a record fundraising haul of $6.5 In Africa, incubators, accelerators, angels and seed investors easily outnumber larger funds — simply because it’s much harder to raise a large fund here. billion, according to data from Partech.

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

TechCrunch

More posts by this contributor US-listed SPACs have a new target: Latin American tech companies Will Brazil’s Roaring 20s see the rise of early-stage startups? Despite the downturn, CVC gains traction in Brazil’s startup ecosystem by Ram Iyer originally published on TechCrunch

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

TechCrunch

Amid these turbulent times, the VC accelerator industry has emerged as a stalwart player. At the start of 2022, there were $1 trillion in assets under management (AUM) and $230 billion in VC dry powder, figures that dwarf the prefinancial crisis AUM by a factor of five. Flyover Tech ) have played a significant role in this shift.

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Where is Y Combinator startup-hunting in 2022?

TechCrunch

Like the startup ecosystem itself, accelerators change with time. Y Combinator, perhaps the best-known startup accelerator, has also evolved. Per the investing group, the Summer 2022 class has startups from 34 countries, down from the 42 countries in the Winter 2022 cohort. Global overview.

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Gener8tor is the biggest startup accelerator you’ve never heard of…

TechCrunch

For the past decade, Gener8tor has been working to shift that by spinning up accelerators in local communities that have money but are underserved in terms of startup support. We spoke with the Gener8tor founders about why they are passionate about thinking about the startup ecosystem a little differently.

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Korea’s biggest startup event COMEUP 2022 calling for promising startups to be ‘COMEUP Stars’

AsiaTechDaily

Register Korea Startup Forum (KSF) is calling for startups from all around the world to join COMEUP Stars at COMEUP 2022. COMEUP Stars are promising startups that are bound to lead the global startup ecosystem and are hand-picked annually by professional judges consisting of well-known VCs and founders.

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