Hunter Walk

JUNE 26, 2023

Hunter Walk: So why venture capital, why early stage, and why Canada? Chris Neumann: I’ve been lucky to have been a part of 5 startups going back to the late-90s, including two that were VC-backed (DataHero and Aster Data). If you could magically give one piece of advice to every founder seeking venture capital what would it be?

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Jason Malki

AUGUST 10, 2023

As a matter of fact, we’re launching a venture builder in Slovenia next year, where we aim to invest in and actively support promising startups from the Balkan region, providing them with capital, strategic guidance, and operational resources. What has been your biggest challenge when growing your company?

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Revolution

MAY 21, 2019

Also, utilize our ecosystem and engage support systems available such as our growing network of business accelerators, and the University of Central Florida Business Incubation Program, a support system from which AireHealth has benefited. Why is the Space Coast a great place to scale a space tech startup? Yes, absolutely.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Startups and VC. Meta Platforms is looking at India’s burgeoning startup ecosystem as it bolsters its bet on the metaverse. This startup just raised $12 million to try to make things a little bit less confusing, Mike reports. InsightFinder raises fresh capital to predict when IT problems might occur, Kyle reports.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

As Italy reinstates many COVID-19 restrictions, the country’s tech ecosystem is watching and waiting to see what the wider effects of the emergency will be. Italy’s ecosystem for tech venture capital and startups has been in development for years and has made decent strides in the last decade.

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Accelerators, incubators, entrepreneurship training programs and workshops, co-working spaces, maker spaces, universities, pitch events and competitions, networking events and meetups, venture capital firms, angel investors, government and other civic programs, and mentors. What kind of information should you look for?

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 3, 2016

Zappos also offers opportunities to learn about its company culture, which you can apply to your business. Boulder is quickly becoming a startup mecca on par with Silicon Valley — largely due to the Techstars accelerator, which has cultivated the city’s startup ecosystem. Boulder, Colorado.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

5 investors discuss Boston’s resilient tech ecosystem Boston’s university-to-startup pipeline defies downturn to grow and diversify In order to build a startup culture, a city or region needs some key elements in place – like an innovation engine to drive startup ideas. Greg Dracon, a partner at.406

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

With venture investors committing to funding Black and minority founders, alongside the growing availability of government-backed proposals, such as New Jersey allocating $10 million to a seed fund for Black and Latinx startups , can we expect to see fundamental change? Make serious headway with accelerators.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 20, 2022

Now, as competition heats up among investors to work with the most promising startups earlier, and the field of the founders hoping to build and launch companies gets wider and wider, the firm is taking a new approach. “Company design is more than just company building,” Lee said in the interview I had with her and Lixandru.

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NZ Entrepreneur

JANUARY 20, 2022

Having spent close on a decade working in and reporting on our small but burgeoning startup ecosystem, and a decade before that “building my chops” in other various entrepreneurial endeavours, I am familiar with the toll that entrepreneurship can exact on founder mental health.

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Founders Coop

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

tl;dr + Techstars was once one of the world’s leading accelerator programs, but has steadily been eclipsed by Y combinator. Rather than compete for the #1 market, Techstars made a virtue of supporting nascent startup ecosystems in the other major tech and financial hubs in the US, and eventually, around the world.

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TechCrunch

MAY 29, 2021

Laura González-Estéfani is the founder and CEO of TheVentureCity , an international, operator-led venture acceleration model designed to make the global entrepreneurial ecosystem more diverse, international and accessible to fair capital. Share on Twitter. More posts by this contributor.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Ann Arbor continues to be one of the top growing tech ecosystems around the country with some of the best startups to watch. It accelerates enrollment and improve retainment of trial participants. A genomics startup in Ann Arbor is a growing thing, just like cybersecurity. and the world. Apply to KLA now. . Duo Security.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 25, 2021

Its proximity to London has meant that it is a good alternative for founders looking for a more affordable stay while letting them tap the capital’s financial resources. Bristol is also home to an important startup accelerator, SETsquared. Which are the most interesting startups in Bristol? What’s their focus?

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Haystack

DECEMBER 26, 2018

Much of this can trickle down into the startup ecosystem. USV’s Albert Wenger has been writing his book, World After Capital , which lays out the argument that money is no longer the scarce asset driving the economy, but rather, it’s attention. Getting capital in the earliest stages continues to get easier.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 19, 2021

What industry sectors is your tech ecosystem strong in? The pros are high-tech systems, collaboration culture and excellent startup ecosystem; The cons are that it’s a small region with limited visibility globally. Which are the most interesting startups in your city? What are you most excited by? They will stay.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 21, 2021

Israel’s heady mix of questioning culture, tradition of national military service, higher education, the widespread use of English, appetite for risk and team spirit makes for a fertile place for fast-moving companies to appear. Israel’s startups industry began emerging in the late 1980s and early 1990s. So how are they doing?

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Mark Volchek, founding partner, Las Olas Venture Capital. We are excited to invest in fast-growing consumer and techsumer companies doing over $10 million in revenue, are quickly scaling and need growth capital. Where do you see Miami’s startup scene five years from now? Mark Volcheck, founding partner, Las Olas Venture Capital.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 12, 2021

Pipedrive is an EU-based CRM company with offices in eight countries, but it has a Czech co-founder in VP of Product Martin Henk, one of several founders to emerge from the ecosystem. Then there was Integromat, which did not raise any external capital but sold for around 2.5 Roman Horacek , partner, Reflex Capital. Lukáš Kone?ný

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Wider issues seem more cultural; startups not thinking big enough, investors lacking the necessary appetite for risk, and even — among wider society — some latent suspicion of entrepreneurs. While Spain-based investors are champing at the bit for administrative reform and better stock options.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

The startup’s initial raise, a $1.5 million pre-seed party round, includes Udemy and Maven co-founder Gagan Biyani, Better Capital founder Vaibhav Domkundwar, Teachable co-founder Ankur Nagpal, NotBoring Media founder Packy McCormick, Dunce Capital investor John Danner and Zivame co-founder Richa Kar.

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OurCrowd

JULY 1, 2019

The Summit provides unprecedented insight into the world of startup venture capital, with exclusive exposure to cutting-edge technologies, the entrepreneurs behind them, and the corporate leaders deploying them. Click here for 2019 Summit highlights.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 16, 2021

Israel’s startup ecosystem raised record amounts of funding and produced 19 IPOs in 2020, despite the pandemic. Subscribe to access all of our investor surveys, company profiles and other inside tech coverage for startups everywhere. The investors: Boaz Dinte , managing general partner, Qumra Capital.

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David Teten VC

MARCH 1, 2022

This is part of a series on building your career in venture capital: Reading list for working in private equity/venture capital , including all of the major online communities, programs, and educational options for people studying VC. How to get a job in venture capital. Accel, Sequoia) give the Scout a small pool of capital.

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OurCrowd

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

Michael, Co-founder and General Partner at Aleph VC, was my partner for over a decade at Israel Seed, one of Israel’s pioneering venture capital firms. The 2022 OurCrowd Global Investor Summit , the biggest investor event in the Middle East, will take place in Jerusalem on May 25, once again bringing the entire startup ecosystem together.

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OurCrowd

MAY 20, 2022

Funds from this $5M SAFE at a 20% discount with a $20M cap will be used to set up operational centers in Mexico and Spain, accelerate production capabilities, and scale up sales and marketing. Israeli startup ProFuse aims to cut the production price of lab-cultured protein. Learn Mo re. Top carmaker invests in Connected Energy.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 1, 2021

InvestNext is a Detroit fintech startup that has created a platform to streamline how real estate investment firms raise and manage capital. Qodex is a Detroit-based startup that offers web-based, AI-leveraged automated tools and solutions to the healthcare industry to accomplish tasks more efficiently. InvestNext. Pocketnest.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 9, 2021

The Nordic countries make up just 4% of Europe’s total population, but they account for a significant amount of venture capital investment. One investors we spoke to said Norway is “becoming a major hub, with scale-ups and international capital incoming much faster these days.” Kjetil Holmefjord , partner, StartupLab.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 10, 2021

“Most of the startups I give advice to about how to raise venture capital shouldn’t be raising venture capital,” an investor recently told me. While the idea that every startup isn’t venture-backable might run counter to the narrative to the barrage of funding news each week, I think it’s important to double click on the topic.

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David Teten VC

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Blue Future Partners, a venture capital fund of funds, recently interviewed me on ESG in venture capital. I see a clear cultural change happening in the investing universe, as more people pay attention to ESG objectives and apply an ESG filter to their investments. But in the longer run, the result is a dysfunctional society.

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David Teten VC

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Blue Future Partners, a venture capital fund of funds, recently interviewed me on ESG in venture capital. I see a clear cultural change happening in the investing universe, as more people pay attention to ESG objectives and apply an ESG filter to their investments. But in the longer run, the result is a dysfunctional society.

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