NZ Entrepreneur

MARCH 16, 2025

James covers the genesis of Ministry of Awesome following the Christchurch earthquakes in 2011, and provides updates on Ministry of Awesome approaches to startup founder support and programming. We run programs like Founder Catalyst, which is our flagship incubation nine-month long program that happens year-round.

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NZ Entrepreneur

JUNE 24, 2025

Melanie (Mel) Langlotz is the founder and CEO of Geo AR Games , a game design studio that utilises augmented reality for “creating digital experiences that positively impact the world, fostering education and empowerment with simulations and serious games.” .” Geo AR Games founder and CEO, Melanie (Mel) Langlotz. I love AR.

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Jason Malki

JUNE 10, 2025

She’s the founder of Chez Faint , a curated networking and retreat company that hosts transformative gatherings, of Faint Services Group , a creative consultancy, and of Floor 51 Productions , an entertainment production company. There’s a thriving creative community there that I’m eager to tap into. Plus, to use my French!

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 24, 2021

Tomorrow’s episode of Extra Crunch Live will feature guests VC Aileen Lee of Cowboy Ventures and Rachel Carlson, CEO and co-founder of Guild Education. Among other topics, Lee will talk about how Guild Education met her criteria for investment before the duo offer feedback on startup pitches submitted by audience members.

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Leapfunder

JUNE 5, 2025

Leapfunder events 6 Jun Round Table Session (Online Event for Investors & Startups) 03:00 PM, 9 Jun Pitch Deck Clinic (Online Workshop for Startup Founders) 03:00 PM, No time spent networking with startups outside of your interests, and no time wasted handling the paperwork. You keep paying to reach what’s already yours.

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Leapfunder

JUNE 5, 2025

Leapfunder events 6 Jun Round Table Session (Online Event for Investors & Startups) 03:00 PM, 9 Jun Pitch Deck Clinic (Online Workshop for Startup Founders) 03:00 PM, No time spent networking with startups outside of your interests, and no time wasted handling the paperwork. You keep paying to reach what’s already yours.

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Leapfunder

JUNE 5, 2025

Leapfunder events 6 Jun Round Table Session (Online Event for Investors & Startups) 03:00 PM, 9 Jun Pitch Deck Clinic (Online Workshop for Startup Founders) 03:00 PM, No time spent networking with startups outside of your interests, and no time wasted handling the paperwork. You keep paying to reach what’s already yours.

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Leapfunder

JUNE 5, 2025

Leapfunder events 6 Jun Round Table Session (Online Event for Investors & Startups) 03:00 PM, 9 Jun Pitch Deck Clinic (Online Workshop for Startup Founders) 03:00 PM, No time spent networking with startups outside of your interests, and no time wasted handling the paperwork. You keep paying to reach what’s already yours.

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Leapfunder

JUNE 5, 2025

Leapfunder events 6 Jun Round Table Session (Online Event for Investors & Startups) 03:00 PM, 9 Jun Pitch Deck Clinic (Online Workshop for Startup Founders) 03:00 PM, No time spent networking with startups outside of your interests, and no time wasted handling the paperwork. You keep paying to reach what’s already yours.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

But this is something that French startup Edda is looking to fix, with a platform aimed at helping investors, analysts, chief financial officers (CFOs), and even company founders get the insights they need, and the tools that make working collaboratively on deals just that little bit easier. Investors invest. Market opportunity.

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Leapfunder

JUNE 5, 2025

Leapfunder events 6 Jun Round Table Session (Online Event for Investors & Startups) 03:00 PM, 9 Jun Pitch Deck Clinic (Online Workshop for Startup Founders) 03:00 PM, No time spent networking with startups outside of your interests, and no time wasted handling the paperwork. You keep paying to reach what’s already yours.

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AsiaTechDaily

MARCH 30, 2022

This inspired its founders Minette Navarrete, Dan Siazon, and Christian Besler to pitch for a pioneering evergreen fund to the Globe board, starting with $2.5M We have a dedicated team to support our portfolio companies for business development, media relations, and community engagement. on its first year.

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TechCrunch

MAY 21, 2021

Lew Cirne, New Relic’s founder and CEO, is stepping into the executive chairman role. But there’s a simple way to speed up the clock: Bring in one or more founders who have previous executive experience. If you’re an early-stage founder, it is one of the best ways to build and grow your direct relationship with your customer.

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Hunter Walk

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

What will unionization rates in private workforce be in 2025? So a sincere hope of mine in building Frank isn’t that we’re right, it’s that we can be part of growing an ecosystem or community of folks building tools specifically for worker power (LaborTech). It is a certainty that things are and will change… How fast? I don’t know.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 26, 2021

Zach Aarons, co-founder and general partner, MetaProp. Adam Demuyakor, co-founder and managing partner, Wilshire Lane Partners. But TechCrunch reporters spend a lot of time talking with startups, hearing pitches and telling their stories; if you’re curious about which companies stood out from Y Combinator’s W21 Demo Day, read on.

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Andreessen Horowitz

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

We brought together some of the best AI founders and leaders—from those scaling the underlying foundation models to those building products that could transform entire industries—for a series of conversations on where we are, where we’re going, and the big open questions in the field.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 1, 2021

Its trio of remote working co-founders have made a simple app for teams to silo some ‘fun’ social interactions — be it a quiz, a game or a baking or ‘who has the cutest baby’ competition — keeping that sort of non-work related yet team-building chatter out of more formal comms channels like Slack and Zoom.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 4, 2021

Our submission guidelines haven’t changed, but Managing Editor Eric Eldon and I wrote a short post that identifies the topics we’re prioritizing at the moment: How-to articles for early-stage founders. Let’s take a look at the different ways you can work with the investment community. Market analysis of different tech sectors.

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Revolution

APRIL 9, 2025

The end of 2024 and beginning of 2025 brought sunsets, snow, and spirited conversations. As always, our team covered plenty of groundconnecting with founders, investors, and ecosystem builders, with a few great meals and scenic stops along the way. See you on the road thisspring.

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