American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 12, 2024

Program will Provide Grants up to $250,000 to Assist Small-Scale Developers in Gaining Access to Capital TRENTON, N.J. March 8, 2024) – The New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA) will host in-person and virtual information sessions to introduce the newly established $20 million Emerging Developers Grant pilot program.

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American Entrepreneurship

APRIL 25, 2024

Company formerly known as Semi-Stow Expanding its Network of Secure Fleet Yards AUSTIN, TX and SEATTLE, WA – April 23, 2024 – Outpost ( www.outpost.us ), a leading network of managed semi-truck parking facilities, today announced that it has raised $12.5

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American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 26, 2024

Founder Brad Hel ler Ecodrive – B2B platform that makes sustainability accessible, transparent and ROI effective. Angel investment fund selects six companies to pitch live on USD campus on May 9. Tickets for live pitch event now available.

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American Entrepreneurship

APRIL 25, 2024

April 24, 2024) – The New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA) has closed its first four approvals under the Angel Match Program , awarding a total of $2 million to support early-stage technology companies. This fuels the growth for the product-based technology company by increasing the pool of available capital.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 7, 2022

New and existing investors, including Tarsadia Capital, Citius, Arago Capital, Foundation Capital and Quiet Capital also participated in the round to bring Jüsto’s total venture capital investment to date to over $250 million. billion industry by 2024, up from $95.8 is poised to be a $187.7 billion in 2020.

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Ben Franklin Technology Partners is thrilled to announce the upcoming Feed the Founders networking event, scheduled for Thursday, March 21, 2024, from 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM. Calling all entrepreneurs and business enthusiasts! Admission is free, but registration is required.

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American Entrepreneurship

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

February 15, 2024) – To respond to challenges faced by New Jersey technology and biotechnology companies in raising capital, the New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA) is launching monthly Innovation Programs Office Hours to highlight programs offered by the Authority to stimulate the innovation economy.

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AsiaTechDaily

MARCH 30, 2023

The round was also joined by SEEDS Capital and Masik Enterprises. Equatorial Space Systems’s breakthrough in rocket propulsion holds the potential to lower barriers related to safety, cost, and sustainability that have traditionally impeded the adoption of space technologies. million in seed funding led by Elev8.VC.

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American Entrepreneurship

JANUARY 15, 2024

To sustain the growth and close the gaps, it’s important that we continue to create opportunities that help these businesses flourish, including removing barriers to capital, providing technical assistance, and offering support with business certification,” said Wells Fargo Women’s Segment Lead for Commercial Banking, Judith Goldkrand. “To

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American Entrepreneurship

APRIL 16, 2024

April 15, 2024) – Last week, the New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA) Board approved the creation of the New Jersey Green Bank (NJGB), which will make investments in the clean energy sector that will help advance the state’s efforts to make an equitable transition to 100 percent clean energy. TRENTON, N.J.

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AsiaTechDaily

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Based in Bali, Indonesia , Stilt Studios specializes in creating sustainable and modular homes. The injection of capital will fuel the startup’s expansion across international markets. Looking ahead, Stilt Studios is set to venture into constructing its maiden commercial office building, a project scheduled for early 2024.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Existing investors, including co-founder of Facebook Dustin Moskovitz, Peter Thiel’s Mithril Capital and notable sustainable tech investor Capricorn Investment Group also participated in the round. “Our first funding round was led by Mithril Capital, and Y Combinator was part of it. And then what do you do?

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AsiaTechDaily

JUNE 12, 2023

A 2020 report by the International Finance Corporation (IFC) revealed that despite women constituting 30 percent of the region’s entrepreneurs, they receive a mere eight percent of venture capital funding. The five most promising teams will be able to secure up to S$80,000 in funding to fuel their ventures and drive social impact.

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American Entrepreneurship

OCTOBER 14, 2023

The NJIEF is unique to New Jersey because of its self-sustaining model, designed to create a continuous loop of investment and mentorship,” said New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy. 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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AsiaTechDaily

MAY 10, 2023

Register Singapore-based coffee chain Flash Coffee has raised a total of $50 million in its Series B funding round led by White Star Capital , with existing investors including Delivery Hero, Geschwister Oetker, and Conny & Co also participating.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 12, 2021

Aforza , developing cloud and mobile apps for consumer goods companies, announced a $22 million Series A round led by DN Capital. The global market for consumer packaged goods apps is forecasted to reach $15 billion by 2024. Joining DN Capital in the round were Bonfire Ventures, Daher Capital and Next47.

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American Entrepreneurship

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

The $5 million program encourages investors to provide additional funding to businesses by providing an NJEDA guarantee on loans advanced for working capital purposes. NJ Entrepreneur Support Program provides guarantees to support investments into Garden State companies TRENTON, N.J.

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American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 7, 2024

March 5, 2024) – The New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA) held the first in-person meeting of the Diversity Finance Advisory Board (DFAB) last week, bringing together a diverse group of investors, entrepreneurs, and mentors for presentations and networking sessions. “The

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 26, 2023

The 100,000-square-foot facility was financed in part by a $150 million Series C round of capital raised last year and a brand new extension round of $22 million. The new capital round was led again by Revolution Growth and also included Rockefeller Capital. Cultivated beef companies tout sustainability.

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Andreessen Horowitz

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

This license has lighter capital and regulatory requirements, while still allowing its holder to gather deposits via savings or electronic deposit accounts, offer loans backed by these deposits, and issue cards.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

JANUARY 4, 2024

No amount of capital will turn a bad idea into a good idea. Business #3 (Scale): The only job is to create a growing but sustainable business. Businesses that are scalable like startups, but at the same time they are a well-oiled machine, sustainable, not super risky. Even if we raise, we’ve just delayed the inevitable.

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American Entrepreneurship

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Over $19 Million will Support Capital Projects to Improve Local Neighborhoods TRENTON, N.J. The $19,650,000 pilot program will utilize American Rescue Plan (ARP) State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds (SLFRF) to fund capital projects in Atlantic City, ensuring that local neighborhoods are directly supported.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 27, 2023

Existing investors also participated, including Barclays’ Sustainable Impact Capital, CDP Venture Capital, Invitalia, Novum Capital Partners and 360 Capital. Other investors in the round include Japan Energy Fund and Elemental Excelerator.

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American Entrepreneurship

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Board will work to increase capital to minority-owned startups, create diverse innovation economy WOODBRIDGE, N.J. The board will provide knowledge, guidance, and insights on ways to best increase capital, access, and investments in New Jersey’s diverse entrepreneurs.

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American Entrepreneurship

JANUARY 16, 2024

January 12, 2024 ) – Applications for Delaware’s fourth annual Startup302 funding competition are being accepted now through January 29 from technology-enabled startups with high-growth potential and at least one founding team member from an underrepresented group. WILMINGTON, Del.

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TechCrunch

MAY 18, 2021

The new capital is the second round of funding announced by the company this year, after the company raised $143 million in private capital in March. The company has not entirely ignored passenger transportation, however, announcing last month a partnership with Blade Urban Air Mobility for five aircraft to be delivered in 2024.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 29, 2023

And given the current emphasis on achieving cost efficiency to extend runways in the broader startup ecosystem, it appears investors are open to insurtech startups that can build a sustainable business model, regardless of it including embedded insurance. This makes it much more challenging to close subsequent rounds.”

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American Entrepreneurship

MAY 18, 2023

The capital from the Series A round adds to the capital raised through BTC denominated promissory notes issued in late 2022 and allows Cormint to rapidly expand its footprint at its flagship site in Fort Stockton towards its goal of 2.4 EH of self-mining capacity by the end of 2024.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 7, 2023

In a galaxy far, far away : If you’re a Star Wars fan, Disney+ will debut a new series called “The Acolyte” in 2024. Alex went unicorn IPO hunting and came back with a list of names, saying, “The first group of upcoming potential unicorn IPOs is shaping up well.”

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 20, 2021

His leadership at Proterra was first and foremost about increasing access to affordable, sustainable solutions and shaping a zero-emission transportation future for the benefit of our planet and the health of our communities. His work as a partner at and Kleiner Perkins was dedicated to leading the sustainable transformation of industries.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 27, 2023

Deal of the week The battery business keeps attracting capital. million in a Series A2 round led by Blue Bear Capital and HSBC Asset Management with participation from Riverstone Holdings and Capnamic Ventures. Just take a look at Swedish lithium-ion battery producer Northvolt. The company raised around $1.2 NaaS Technology Inc. ,

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 29, 2023

There was a lot to talk about this year, and investors and founders sure did share their thoughts freely with us in our surveys. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 4, 2021

As nations around the world race to reduce their environmental footprint and embrace more sustainable methods of production, finding a way to remove carbon from the metals business will be one of the most important contributions to that effort. One startup that’s developing a new technology to address the issue is Boston Metal.

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Andreessen Horowitz

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Talent in 2024. It’s getting more difficult to hire great talent at the growth stages because many companies were expected to go public and get the associated capital infusion from going public. This has more to do with retention issues and less to do with raising new capital. And how are you thinking about 2024?

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 26, 2023

“They’re interested in the fact that it’s clean and sustainable… So they’re excited, shall we say. It’s expecting to start commercial production (and generate its first revenues) in late 2024 — projecting revenues will exceed £50 million in its three pilot markets in 2027. Spain and California.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

The company publicly debuted as a SPAC company in July last year after merging with Churchill Capital IV. For its part, working with Lucid helps Saudi Arabia’s goal of transforming and diversifying its economy by developing sustainable energy and transportation. The company’s value has had a turbulent day. to its per-share value.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

trillion by 2024. Even so, according to Merritt Hummer, a partner at Bain Capital Ventures, “B2B marketplaces cannot simply remain stagnant, serving as simple transactional platforms.” According to one report, transactions in these venues generated around $680 billion in 2018, but that figure is predicted to reach $3.6

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