Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 14, 2014

Accelerators have had quite a good run the past 5+ years. Not just Y Combinator and TechStars but a host of other accelerators across the country. I had witnessed a number of early-stage tech startups in LA raise seed capital from the Bay Area and relocate. None of us was convinced the market really needed 5 accelerators.

accelerator 290

accelerator mentorship peer-to-peer VC 290

TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Alchemist Accelerator , the enterprise-focused startup incubator, is hosting a demo day today for its 31st batch of companies. The accelerator itself, meanwhile, has some news: new leadership. Alchemist is above all a network and a community, and I’m committed to serving that community.”

leadership 89

leadership accelerator incubation construction 89

Y Combinator

MARCH 10, 2020

Over the last few days, a large number of investors have accelerated their outreach to our current batch of founders. They are moving quickly to make investment decisions, and we’re going to match their pace and accelerate our schedule by one week. YC W20 online Demo Day will now be on March 16.

accelerator 87

accelerator communities support founder 87

TechCrunch

JANUARY 25, 2022

Alchemist Accelerator is back with another Demo Day — its 29th Demo Day overall, and the latest in the series to be entirely virtual. As an enterprise-focused accelerator, Alchemist primarily works with companies that in turn work with other companies. Alchemist’s Demo Day is scheduled to start at 10:30 AM Pacific.

accelerator 87

accelerator energy sustainability pitching 87

TechCrunch

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Today is the 28th Demo Day for Alchemist , an accelerator that primarily focuses on enterprise companies — or those that sell to other companies, primarily, rather than directly to consumers. I hopped on a call with Belani, who gave me a rundown of what each company is working on and shared some updates on the accelerator itself.

pitching 79

pitching accelerator construction media 79

TechCrunch

MARCH 28, 2022

The Family co-founder and CEO Alice Zagury announced in a blog post that the French startup accelerator is suing Oussama Ammar for multiple claims — breach of trust, forgery and use of forgery. They teamed up to build a different kind of startup accelerator without any batch or demo day.

accelerator 91

accelerator founder startup accelerator communities 91

TechCrunch

OCTOBER 19, 2020

In 2018, Leslie Feinzaig , the founder of Female Founders Alliance , launched a free, equity-free accelerator for women called Ready, Set, Raise. This year, as funding for female founders drops to 2017 levels , Feinzaig realized why accelerators, hers included, might not work for women as well as they work for men: demo day.

accelerator 119

accelerator pitching health culture 119

TechCrunch

APRIL 1, 2022

How to make a teaser trailer for your startup pitch. With 18 of the 24 African startups in Y Combinator’s Winter 2022 batch hailing from Nigeria, the country is showing the depth and breadth of its technical talent. Our favorite startups from YC’s Winter 2022 Demo Day, part 1. Start here. Senior Editor, TechCrunch+.

pitching 91

pitching energy VC opportunity 91

Impact Hub

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Circularity tales: Accelerating the transition in Rwanda Impact Hub Kigali is a dynamic and forward-thinking innovation hub in Rwanda, dedicated to fostering sustainable business practices and social impact. For entrepreneurs and startups, embracing circular economy principles presents a transformative opportunity.

accelerator 36

accelerator sustainability networking innovation 36

TechCrunch

OCTOBER 15, 2021

We can’t check out every investing outfit’s demo day. But one event that we try to catch every year is that of Pear , which is held annually each fall and features (blessedly) just a dozen or so very nascent startups. Note that we did not write the descriptions below. ” Health U. ” Parthean.

health 74

health hospitality startup networking 74

Dream It

APRIL 7, 2020

The venture fund launched a completely virtual program with a focus on helping 13 Urbantech, Healthtech, and Securetech startups with business development, customer growth, and capital raising in a time of economic uncertainty. Pro tip for creating a sense of community during self-isolation: Virtual Happy Hours ?????

ventures 369

ventures accelerator enablement communities 369

Startup Blogpost

JULY 31, 2023

10 Marketing Tactics That Yielded Great Results for Startups In search of unique marketing tactics that have proven successful for startups, we asked ten leaders from the industry to share their experiences. Well, our startup took a leap of faith and gave it a shot, and boy, did it work like a charm!

startup 98

startup media communities strategy 98

TechCrunch

MARCH 13, 2023

Y Combinator will be writing fewer checks for late-stage companies, a scale back that also cost 17 team members — or roughly 20% of the accelerator’s employees — their jobs, according to a statement released on Monday. venture-backed startups, was taken over by regulators following a historical, seemingly Twitter-induced bank run.

investing 97

investing investment accelerator communities 97

Berkonomics

APRIL 24, 2014

Accelerators are organizations that selectively accept entrepreneurs into a program of intense coaching in a physical environment sponsored by the accelerator that also provides seed funds for the startup to begin its business. Accelerators are popping up in college towns, urban cities and near existing technology hubs.

accelerator 100

accelerator real estate incubation education 100

TechCrunch

MARCH 26, 2021

Clubhouse’s hockey-stick growth is something most startups would kill for. Our favorite companies from Y Combinator’s W21 Demo Day. Our favorite companies from Y Combinator’s W21 Demo Day: Part 1. Our favorite companies from Y Combinator’s W21 Demo Day: Part 1. Image Credits: Bryce Durbin/TechCrunch.

VC 94

VC real estate venture capital pitching 94

Impact Hub

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

What does adopting a Circular Economy model (circularity) look like for entrepreneurs and startups? What if all startup incubators and accelerators took the step towards integrating design principles that foster circularity? Six startups were selected out of a pool of 50+ applicants. . Here’s a sneak peak on their work:

accelerator 36

accelerator creativity networking sustainability 36

Y Combinator

MARCH 15, 2024

Earlier today Michael shared an update with the YC community, outlining a shift to his role within YC moving forward. After 8 years as the Managing Director/CEO of the YC accelerator, I’ve decided now is the right time to hand over my leadership responsibilities.  Effective

leadership 106

leadership advice VC accelerator 106

David Teten VC

JULY 27, 2021

We have collected a wide range of freebies, contests, accelerators, online communities, and VCs designed for student tech founders. You could also live in a local “hacker house” for community support, e.g., Edyfi , The Garden , or Womxn Ignite. Starting a new business as a student is daunting. Right here. school of engineering).

founder 144

founder mentorship peer-to-peer pitching 144

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 18, 2014

The frantic pace of technology cycles, the amount of tech news, the blogs, the conferences, the demo days, the announcements, the fundings, the IPOs. Building Startups for Basecamp. ” And then there are incubators and accelerators. They want you to attend demo days. So I have a rule on accelerators.

peer-to-peer 317

peer-to-peer pitching VC accelerator 317

TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Boston offers a world of advantages for startup founders 5 investors discuss Boston’s resilient tech ecosystem The startup economy has grown and shifted since the turn of the century, and universities — stocked with a never-ending supply smart, ambitious young people — have increasingly taken part.

startup 89

startup entrepreneurship incubation VC 89

TechCrunch

AUGUST 29, 2022

As a partner at the accelerator from 2010 to 2015, Tan spent time working with companies to better understand what they needed from investors after they graduated. “I While Tan’s new gig is set to begin in January 2023, he sat down with TechCrunch to talk about his vision for the accelerator, its batches and his goals going forward.

accelerator 78

accelerator networking communities leadership 78

TechCrunch

MARCH 4, 2021

On the 25th of January, Techstars Seattle announced its 12th class featuring 10 startups from different parts of the world. The accelerator, which has accepted only a handful of African startups, included one from Zimbabwe in this class. As peculiar to most African startups, funding has been hard to come by for the team.

startup 99

startup mentorship collaboration accelerator 99

TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Last year was a good 12 months of firsts for African tech startups. In Africa, incubators, accelerators, angels and seed investors easily outnumber larger funds — simply because it’s much harder to raise a large fund here. billion, according to data from Partech. We are slowly building a more durable capital base for African tech.

startup ecosystem 96

startup ecosystem startup incubation VC 96

TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

According to the accelerator, the decision to downsize the S22 batch — significantly smaller than its most recent batches — was a result of the economic downturn and changes to the venture funding environment this year. Therefore, it is plausible that being an in-person event has led to fewer African startups. Fintech … and others.

startup 81

startup incumbents accelerator financing 81

American Entrepreneurship

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Fearless Fund in collaboration with Amazon awards grants between $10,000 and $20,000 to black women in their B lack Business Accelerator program and the Minority Business Development Agency in the past has awarded g rants to college and universities that assist undergraduate students with entrepreneurship. Accelerators found h ere.

funders 52

funders peer-to-peer incubation entrepreneurship 52

TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Startups and VC. ” New crypto startups forged ahead during Alliance DAO’s demo day on Wednesday amid the FTX implosion. The most recent cohort, known as All9, for Alliance DAO, a web3 accelerator and builder community, presented their ideas on Wednesday during a demo day , exclusively covered by Jacquelyn.

capital 99

capital investing investment pitching 99

TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

That’s a substantial increase from the 1-2 neobanks per batch that made the cut for YC in both 2020 and 2021, suggesting that the accelerator is doubling down on founders who are aiming to build the next “one-stop-shop” for fintech services. International fintech remains a key focus at YC Demo Day.

founder 92

founder accelerator pitching angel investing 92

David Teten VC

DECEMBER 2, 2019

You’ve decided to launch a technology-enabled startup with a positive social impact! Now the bad news: some venture capitallists have a bias against startups with an explicit positive social impact, on the grounds that they have a smaller addressable market, and that the founders are not sufficiently focused on creating shareholder wealth.

startup 70

startup incubation accelerator innovation 70

Gust

JUNE 4, 2014

For example, the most recent investment I’ve led, Social Bicycles, I saw when they demoed at NY Tech Meetup last summer. Major industry conferences like Business Insider’s Startup. Demo Days from the NYC-based accelerators. University-affiliated demo events from NYU, Columbia, Pace and others.

disruption 150

disruption education pitching entrepreneurs 150

TechCrunch

JULY 29, 2021

We’re currently on the lookout for top-tier growth marketers that you can recommend to other startups. Van den Ingh spoke with us about his “modern” approach to marketing, setting realistic goals, how startups had to shift during the pandemic and more. The process we’ve designed works for B2B startups, scaleups and SMBs.

founder 100

founder SaaS sustainability strategy 100

Berkonomics

AUGUST 3, 2023

Some businesses require very little capital and the founder can self-finance the enterprise and retain 100% of its ownership and control from ignition through liquidity event (startup through sale). And even with the significant cost of credit card debt, many entrepreneurs aggressively use existing cards to finance a startup.

accelerator 118

accelerator mix-use financing finance 118

TechCrunch

JUNE 9, 2021

Community has never felt louder in startupland. Bringing people together over a shared interest is innate to human nature, and coming out of a lonely, draining pandemic, every startup is looking to cultivate community, conversation and camaraderie. Privacy first. It’s more than a polite request.

communities 99

communities accelerator founder culture 99

TechCrunch

AUGUST 18, 2023

As a result, he says the accelerator model must evolve, as “nearly every early-stage VC will have a ‘platform’ component to support early-stage founders.” In his latest TC+ column, growth marketer Jonathan Martinez describes the process he used to lead his last startup from zero to $1 million ARR in Year One. “I

VC 81

VC frameworks mix-use pitching 81

TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

Startup founders set up hacker homes to recreate Silicon Valley synergy. Diversity of a cohort matters when trying to create a community that will systemically empower women of all backgrounds. The co-founders plan to host another cohort in February, and then focus on building out a digital community for the participants.

mentorship 124

mentorship incubation communities networking 124

Y Combinator

MAY 10, 2023

Their process is a great example for anyone looking for a co-founder, including best practices for laying the groundwork of a successful startup and important questions to ask early on. They all had reasons to not do a startup. I was so determined to do a startup again though that I decided I would just do it alone.

founder 96

founder advice culture networking 96

TechCrunch

MARCH 23, 2021

In its latest batch, the famed accelerator had its highest number of edtech startups yet: 14 companies from around the world, working on everything from teacher monetization to homework apps to ways to train software engineers in an affordable fashion. Internationalization is a factor. Poliglota: A language school for Latin America.

education 108

education accelerator communities opportunity 108

Impact Hub

MARCH 13, 2020

We do this by organizing panels on emerging topics in the entrepreneurial ecosystem with academic, business and startup leaders. The opportunities we have been providing are an entrance point to becoming part of a community that enables you to create new economic models. 5 years of impact. We organized a number of events.

entrepreneurial ecosystem 41

entrepreneurial ecosystem communities mentorship leadership 41