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Ben Franklin’s Spring 2024 TechCelerator Winners Announced!

Ben Franklin Technology Partners

On Tuesday, July 9, 2024, Ben Franklin Technology Partners hosted a virtual pitch event for their TechCelerator Startup Bootcamp. Eight entrepreneurial teams presented their business startup ideas to a panel of judges, friends, family, and other community members for a chance to win $10,000 to launch their business.

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Fintech Startup MoneyHash Gains Global Funding for Middle East and Africa Payments Platform

American Entrepreneurship

million pre-A funding round, the FinTech startup aims to expand its regional footprint while laying the groundwork for future global growth. MoneyHashs strategic focus on large enterprise clients has resulted in significant growth, with its enterprise segment now making up over 35% of its client basea threefold expansion in 2024 alone.

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Forging Forward: Scenes and Sentiments from Rise of the Rest’s 2024 Founder Retreat

Revolution

We kicked off our 2024 Founders Retreat with remarks on the setting and its significance from Amazon HQ2 Head of Policy, Brian Kenner. CAVA CEO Brett Schulman shared hard-earned wisdom on growing up with your startup, building culture into the company, and preparing to go public. A common thread: resilience.

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Congratulations to the 2024 YC Top Companies!

Y Combinator

We’re excited to announce the 2024 YC Top Companies list ! This list features the YC alumni with the highest revenue in 2023 ( sorted alphabetically, as revenue is confidential for most startups). Stats about the 2024 Top Companies list: The total revenue generated by these companies in 2023 is $57.2B.

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Acadian Ventures’ 2024 Future of Work 100 Shows Year-to-Year Changes

American Entrepreneurship

The companies in the 2024 list were impacted by several factors that slowed their growth. Acadian Ventures , an early-stage venture capital firm, announced its 2024 Future of Work 100, an annual list of venture-backed startups impacting how work gets done in the future. “We Eight of the top ten startups are based in the U.S.

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2024 Predictions

Tomasz Tunguz

Here are my predictions for 2024. US VC investment falls from $275b in 2022 to $200b in 2023 & sustains at about $200-220b in 2024 as LP interest in venture attenuates after the euphoria in 2020 & 2021. Every year I make a list of predictions & score last year’s predictions. The Fed cuts rates, which helps.

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NEC X Accepting Applications for Elev X! Ignite Venture Studio

American Entrepreneurship

Entrepreneurs with innovative ideas utilizing NEC’s technologies and businesses can move their ventures forward into seed-ready startups upon acceptance into NEC’s Elev X! These startups are pushing the frontiers of technology, creating solutions that address critical market needs and contribute to a better society.” Venture Studio.