American Entrepreneurship

APRIL 24, 2023

Launched in 2022, GGV Capital’s SMBTech 50 demonstrates both the breadth and depth of the sector and the enthusiasm of venture capital investors for these companies. Placement on the 2023 SMBTech 50 is the latest in a string of accolades Boulevard has garnered in recent months. billion in investments across the U.S.,

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Angel Capital Association

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Back to top The History of the ACA's Public Policy Efforts The Angel Capital Association was a nascent organization in 2009-2010 when Congress developed the bipartisan Dodd-Frank Act in response to the fallout of the great recession. ACA has continued its efforts to push legislation to help the entire Angel community.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 13, 2023

VCs now predict that the funding slowdown in Africa will be sustained in 2023 as investors continue to pull back, making it harder for new and existing startups to raise capital. Africa predicted to experience sustained funding slowdown in 2023 by Annie Njanja originally published on TechCrunch.

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AsiaTechDaily

MARCH 27, 2023

Register Harriet, a leading platform championing female founders, has partnered with venture capital firms Artesian, Wavemaker Partners, Wavemaker Impact, B Capital, and 1982 Ventures to launch a new forum aimed at bridging the funding gap for female-led startups in the Asia Pacific region.

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Angel Capital Association

OCTOBER 2, 2023

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 10/01/2023 10/01/2023 - The Angel Capital Association (ACA), the world’s largest association of angel investors, has announced that Columbus, Ohio will host its 2024 Summit of Angel Investing.

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Revolution

MAY 11, 2023

And while this May’s economic backdrop was markedly different from last’s , enthusiasm was high and outlooks remained positive for the startup momentum building between the coasts. We named this summit after a report we wrote with Pitchbook at the end of 2021 to explore the impact of the pandemic on investment patterns.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 22, 2023

A hallmark of that spirit is quite visible these days in the country’s flourishing startup ecosystem, which has expanded rapidly in the past few years, to say the least. However, the global slowdown has impacted startups’ growth in the country, just like everywhere else in the world. How has your investment strategy changed?

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AsiaTechDaily

JUNE 13, 2023

Register Solarvest Holdings Berhad, a prominent distributor of clean energy in Malaysia, has officially announced the selection of five grant recipients for the Seed Grant Round of Solarvest Innovation Lab 2023 (SIL 2023).

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 3, 2023

It’s a decent metaphor for our startup ecosystem: Just as there aren’t enough sandbags in San Francisco to keep everyone’s house dry, rising interest rates, skittish investors and looming economic uncertainty are poised to bring valuations down even further in 2023. We need to destigmatize down rounds in 2023.

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AsiaTechDaily

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

Register Multi-stage global venture capital firm MSA Novo , announced that it has invested more than $16 million in six Indian startups and plans to further inject funds into the Indian startup ecosystem by the end of 2023. We are incredibly bullish on investing in India.

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Angel Capital Association

JUNE 28, 2023

To understand the importance of that dynamic, this article explores the 100 largest employers in the US today and breaks them into decades since their founding to reveal insights on the long-term impact of losing a generation of startups. That has generated enormous wealth and taxes through capital gains.

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Angel Capital Association

MARCH 13, 2023

Monday, March 13, 2023 - The near-term crisis has largely been averted with the Federal Reserve, Treasury and FDIC regulators announcing that depositors regained access to 100% of their money starting Monday and that no losses will be borne by the taxpayer. Resources: 03/13/2023 - Read the latest from the U.S. From the U.S.

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Andreessen Horowitz

MAY 6, 2024

On the flip side, athletes, entertainers, and C-level executives also ask what they should expect when investing in technology startups and working with founders looking to build the next big thing. For Founders Make It Make Sense Venture capital is where innovation meets investment.

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AsiaTechDaily

AUGUST 31, 2023

Through a joint announcement, the entities unveiled their intention to combine conventional bank credit with venture capital investment, all while ensuring minimal equity dilution for shareholders. This initiative will primarily focus on startups in the series B and series C funding stages.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Boston offers a world of advantages for startup founders Boston’s university-to-startup pipeline defies downturn to grow and diversify Boston has had a thriving tech startup ecosystem for a while, but things can change fast. After setting records in 2021 as “Zoom investing” took off, how are local startups faring in 2023?

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 8, 2021

As we get into our dive into Q3 2021 venture capital numbers, one region in particular has our attention: Europe. While venture capital gains in markets like India, Latin America and the larger African startup ecosystem have proved impressive, Europe has posted strong results of its own. Let’s talk Europe!

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American Entrepreneurship

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – (February 7, 2023) Keiretsu Forum, a global network of angel investors, is exploring an expansion into the Texas startup ecosystem. Its 2,000+ members have invested over $1 billion in 2.400+ companies since its founding in 2000. Investors report that they continue to invest actively!

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TechCrunch

MARCH 29, 2023

You see, insurtech startups often need to take into account the myriad rules and regulations in place when they seek to innovate and embed insurance into products, which might make it difficult to pull it off. There’s another reason why fundraising is harder for insurtech founders in 2023. tourist investors”) have left the space.

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Angel Capital Association

JANUARY 23, 2023

January 20, 2023 - ACA Leadership met with Commissioner Hester Peirce of the SEC to talk about the accredited investor definition, QSBS, and what success looks like in a thriving startup ecosystem. ACA believes in the impact and benefits of angel investing to entrepreneurs, job growth and the economy.

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AsiaTechDaily

AUGUST 10, 2023

Register Karakalpakstan , a region in Uzbekistan, outlines plans to allocate $200 million in soft loans to support companies and establish a Youth Socio-Economic Center in the Khojaili district, with an investment of 1 trillion soums. Karakalpakstan has charted a comprehensive plan for the years 2023-2024. in national currency.

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Angel Capital Association

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

This is Part 2 of a two-part examination of the state of the startup capital market during the past two years. From an investor’s perspective, 2022 witnessed a sudden market reversal from an extreme equity seller’s market to an equity buyer’s market, causing dislocations throughout angel, VC, and startup ecosystems.

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American Entrepreneurship

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – (February 7, 2023) Keiretsu Forum, a global network of angel investors, is exploring an expansion into the Texas startup ecosystem. Its 2,000+ members have invested over $1 billion in 2.400+ companies since its founding in 2000. Investors report that they continue to invest actively!

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TechCrunch

MARCH 16, 2023

The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) last week sent ripples in startup ecosystems around the world, and it is emerging that millions of dollars held by African startups and venture capital funds at the bank were at stake, until the U.S. Federal Reserve acted to save the day. Sad to see them go down. bank accounts.

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AsiaTechDaily

MAY 18, 2022

Seoul, its capital, is the world’s second-largest metropolitan area, with almost half of all Korean citizens living in or around the city. Furthermore, the government plans to find 200 promising startups through 2022 and 1,000 promising startups, and 700 pre-unicorn startups by 2025. trillion won (US$6.4

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Angel Capital Association

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Qualified Small Business Stock and Section 1202 Qualified Small Business Stock (QSBS) provides for up to 100% exclusion of Capital Gains taxes. QSBS is treated favorably for capital gains purposes if both the investor and the company meet certain requirements. Darin LaHood (R-IL) did not vote.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 14, 2023

To put it mildly, the meteoric collapse of Silicon Valley Bank has been a historic time of confusion for everyone the startup ecosystem touches. The general consensus seems to be that SVB’s collapse may have far-reaching consequences for venture capital, startups and the entire financial sector in the U.S.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 11, 2023

Last year was a painful one for startups and their employees. Venture capitalists tightened their investments, thousands of people lost their jobs and company valuations stalled or fell amid a protracted bear market. Looking ahead, the data suggests that 2023 will continue to be challenging for late-stage startups.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 29, 2022

India, which has doubled its pool of unicorns to over 100 in the past two years, has attracted over $75 billion in investments from tech giants Google, Meta and Amazon and venture funds Sequoia, Tiger Global, SoftBank, Alpha Wave, Lightspeed and Accel in the past half decade. Swaroop’s presentation from 2014. Image credits: Accel).

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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 31, 2023

The team behind the non-profit, which derived the bulk of its funding from the UK government, plans now to look for new backers and a new direction, after closing its doors on 31st March 2023. While 80% of startups fail within their first 2-5 years, over 95% of startups on Tech Nation’s accelerator programs have gone on to scale, it claims.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

JANUARY 4, 2024

However, there are principles that every founder should know before raising, and we will talk about them from the very beginning of the startup to later stages. Let’s get one thing very clear, not every startup has to raise investment nor it’s the job of a startup to raise money. When should we raise?

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TechCrunch

MARCH 16, 2023

Here’s what went down: How it started The drama kicked into high gear in the middle of last week: SVB’s shares fell over 60% on Wednesday evening, when the bank said that it planned to sell shares to raise capital after taking a $1.8 The bank invested all that money, at low rates, into things like U.S.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Startups and VC It’s been a pretty slow day on the news front today — I think everyone has a case of the Fridays today. Here’s a few of the stories worth taking a closer look at, though: Ka-ching : Catherine reports that Sequoia Capital Southeast Asia backs cross-border payments startup Tazapay. Becca and Ron wonder.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Tech Nation’s existing government funding runs until March 2023. Gerard Grech, chief executive of Tech Nation, said the body’s work represented a “£15 return on every £1 invested by the government.”. Today, Tech Nation’s work represents a £15 return on every £1 invested by the UK Government. s tech startup ecosystem.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 14, 2023

Imagine being a tech reporter coming back after a few lovely days at Disney World with the family, only to discover that the entire startup ecosystem is in turmoil after a major bank collapsed. To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s biggest and most important stories delivered to your inbox every day at 3 p.m. PDT, subscribe here.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 10, 2023

Meanwhile, Ben Verschuere, co-f ounder and chief investment officer of fintech Treasure, said his company has “seen a large inflow of deposits… to be allocated to safe goverment back securities.” “We have also seen a 500% increase on our website.”

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Aura, a startup founded by early Twitter employees that makes digital frames and photo-sharing apps that can also be used to update those frames, has pulled in some funding to expand its business as it closes in on 3 million users of its app and 1 million frames sold, Ingrid reports. You can sign up here.

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