NZ Entrepreneur

JUNE 19, 2023

Commenting on their support for the initiative, Callaghan Innovation Startup and Founder spokeswoman, Dr Jenny Douché, said that the partnership with Startup NZ was a natural fit within the organisation. Dr Jenny Douché, Callaghan Innovation. ” Richard Liew, Startup NZ. Adam Townsend, Bike Matrix.

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

APRIL 26, 2022

The statewide Ben Franklin network also supported 1,647 companies and helped clients create 2,438 jobs while retaining 12,923 more positions, the report found. This latest report reinforces Ben Franklin’s leadership position as one of the most widely known and emulated state technology-based economic development programs in the nation.

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American Entrepreneurship

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Working capital loans with competitive interest rates and no collateral requirement will support New Jersey small businesses TRENTON, N.J. November 28, 2023) – The New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA) today announced the opening of the NJ Capital Access Fund.

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

MARCH 16, 2022

The largest early-stage investor in the region, Ben Franklin provides investment capital, business support services, BIG IDEA Contests, and Tech Startup Boot Camps to emerging tech-entrepreneurs and small manufacturers located in central and northern Pennsylvania. Visit www.cnp.benfranklin.org for program details. www.croptix.solutions.

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Source Link

MARCH 30, 2022

Here are some additional recommendations for empowering your network in 2022. Racial wealth disparity is a major barrier to thriving communities and economic growth. However, it’s important to consider what barriers entrepreneurs of color face that may keep them from being able to benefit from investment and support resources.

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

APRIL 26, 2022

In partnership with the PA WILDS Center for Entrepreneurship, and with funding support provided by the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC), Ben Franklin Technology Partners’ recent innovation competition targeted the counties of Centre, Clarion, Clearfield, and Jefferson. RSVP: [link].

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Revolution

AUGUST 8, 2023

In the following series, I’ll examine the current status of “work” and how it impacts lives — from where people are moving to how they are spending their time — and various business models that support these new habits. Cities Compete for Talent vs. HQs This trend² seems to have normalized in 2022. 4] [link] Work-from-Where?

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Revolution

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

In 2017, we partnered with iconic leaders in American business to turn the thesis we developed on the road — that great companies can start and scale anywhere when given a chance — into an investment vehicle. We dive deeper into the definition in our 2022 Annual Report. Place comes into play here, too. Plastomics: St.

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

APRIL 16, 2021

On the technical side, the studio is betting on Unreal Engine, the open-source, live-rendering software initially developed for gaming, to produce the film. Patch has already generated diverse support and identified potential funding, according to their Startup Alleghenies Coach, Blake Fleegle. Grief is seldom talked about.

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Source Link

APRIL 20, 2022

As we enter the second quarter of 2022, in-person events are increasing, significant government-funded recovery efforts are underway, and there is a renewed confidence in our ability to collectively adapt through crisis. There’s a lot to be optimistic about for entrepreneurship-led economic development.

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American Entrepreneurship

OCTOBER 14, 2023

October 12, 2023) – The New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA) Board today approved the first investment in an emerging New Jersey company from the New Jersey Innovation Evergreen Fund (NJIEF). The NJIEF, launched in 2022, is a groundbreaking tool to increase access to strategic resources and venture capital in New Jersey.

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American Entrepreneurship

APRIL 26, 2023

Fisher’s Popcorn officials presented to Delaware’s Council on Development Finance an application for a Jobs Performance Grant of $60,000 and a Capital Expenditure Grant of $145,500 from the Delaware Strategic Fund to support the company’s investment in construction, fit-out costs and new equipment.

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American Entrepreneurship

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Since then, the company has become the top Amazon reseller in the PC category and expanded onto the Walmart Marketplace and Newegg Marketplace platforms while developing relationships with most major computer manufacturers. PCOnline grew nearly 300% in revenue from 2020 to 2022.

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Angel Capital Association

JANUARY 13, 2022

In fact, ACA members and groups are the most significant source of support for entrepreneurs, investing more than 1 million pro bono hours and $650 million of after-tax financing to more than 3,000 high growth companies annually. Without this support, many early-stage companies wouldn’t get off the ground.

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Andreessen Horowitz

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Seventy-six percent of Colombians use fintech services, according to an Ernst & Young report, the highest fintech adoption rate in Latin America, and from 2008 to 2022, the percentage of Colombian adults who hold a banking product rose from 55% to over 90%.

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

They amplify the work of local makers, doers and innovators by championing their efforts and rallying support around them. In 2022, Anika launched the Ecosystems for Change podcast. Her ecosystem building guests share how they support change makers in their community by using a systems approach. Check out to Season 1.

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American Entrepreneurship

MAY 31, 2023

Expansion of vaccine research, development and commercialization operations bringing 63 new jobs to Newark over next three years WILMINGTON, Del. Plans there include renovating the site’s existing wet lab and office space into a facility ideal for achieving the company’s goal of developing vaccines that support public health and improve life.

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AsiaTechDaily

MAY 9, 2022

Register South Korea’s largest accelerator program for foreign startups, K-Startup Grand Challenge (KSGC) , is accepting applications for its 2022 edition. The KSGC program, launched in 2016, supports international startups that want to enter the Korean market and further explore the Asian region. Besides the 3.5-month

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

RISE , one of Asia’s largest tech conferences, is returning to Hong Kong in March 2022 as an in-person event, and will be held there for at least five years, announced organizer Web Summit today. RISE will take place at the AsiaWorld-Expo from March 14 to 17, 2022. Rise 2022 was originally meant to take place in Kuala Lumpur.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Patch’s first site will open in Chelmsford, Essex in early November, and the startup says several more sites are planned for 2022. Patch says it will also operate a model of “giving back”, with 20% of peak event space hours donated to local and national providers of community services “that support the common good”.

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Impact Hub

APRIL 9, 2023

Semente Verde: Cultivating Bissau’s blossoming impact ecosystem As one of the largest networks for entrepreneurial support, Impact Hub continuously grows in different ways, shapes and colours. One of them is through what we call seed programmes.

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Impact Hub

OCTOBER 11, 2022

As one of the largest networks for entrepreneurial support, Impact Hub continuously grows in different ways, shapes and colors. Impact Hub Candidate Bissau, for instance, has recently joined our global family through a seed program supported by the MAVA Foundation and the United Nations Program for Development (UNDP).

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Angel Capital Association

JUNE 7, 2021

Angels are nimble, identifying and supporting entrepreneurs with desperately needed new technologies and innovations. We’ve become the most active public policy supporter for early and seed stage investing in the United States. More than ever, we need innovation. We need ingenuity. We need risk-takers and difference-makers.

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American Entrepreneurship

JUNE 20, 2023

Newark, NJ — Choose New Jersey, New Jersey’s leading nonprofit economic development organization, today announced that Enzene Biosciences, Ltd., As a Contract Development and Manufacturing Organization (CDMO), Enzene Biosciences, a subsidiary of Alkem Laboratories, Ltd., site,” said Debbie Hart, BioNJ President and CEO.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 12, 2021

Respondents said they invest around 50% inside Czechia and 50% across Central and Eastern Europe, while some are more focused across CEE generally, with some percentage of the fund supporting startups that have scaled to the U.S. Osman Salih , associate, Bolt Start Up Development a.s. Developer tools, communication apps, applied AI.

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OurCrowd

JUNE 24, 2022

Software product development needs considerable time and resources for testing, which requires complex workflows built and maintained by expensive DevOps engineers. We signed a contract with IntellAct to develop solutions that implement or use AI,” says Lidia Munoz Perez, Indra’s Ports and Airports Director. “We

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