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Co-Creation Hub’s edtech accelerator puts $15M towards African startups

TechCrunch

Africa’s largest innovation hub Co-Creation Hub (CcHUB), is launching a $15 million accelerator program, dubbed The Edtech Fellowship Program, to back and support 72 startups across Nigeria and Kenya over the next three years, TechCrunch has learned. One, the edtech space is highly regulated, more than the casual tech observer might think.

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Gener8tor is the biggest startup accelerator you’ve never heard of…

TechCrunch

For the past decade, Gener8tor has been working to shift that by spinning up accelerators in local communities that have money but are underserved in terms of startup support. “These communities are taking their dollars and investing it elsewhere. . Gener8tor is running accelerators across the U.S.

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Sololearn raises $24M for its bite-sized, Duolingo-like mobile-first coding education app

TechCrunch

Today a company called Sololearn — which has built a popular mobile-first education platform to meet that demand, now with over 21 million users across some 25 curriculum categories like Python, JavaScript, Java, C++, HTML and SQL — is announcing $24 million in funding to expand its business. Why fund Yet One More?

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What Will this Crisis Accelerate in Your Ecosystem?

Tomasz Tunguz

Instead, his manager told him that these kinds of crises accelerate change and that he should embrace them. Since then, I’ve been asking myself, what changes will this crisis accelerate? Obviously, telecommuting/videoconferencing adoption will have accelerated. These types of crises accelerate change.

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Austin’s edtech startup Aceable adds another $50 million for accelerated expansion

TechCrunch

“We see HGGC as a strategic, long-term financial partner that embraces and accelerates our vision to create unparalleled education experiences that make it accessible for people to change their lives.” But there’s still some question over who benefits from these new platforms. Who really benefits from reskilling?

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Plaid accelerator announces inaugural cohort of fintech startups

TechCrunch

Plaid, the fintech giant, has announced the inaugural cohort of startups in its new accelerator program, FinRise. The accelerator, announced two months ago , is explicitly focused on backing underrepresented founders in tech. Accelerators embrace change forced by pandemic.

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Privy accelerates digital transformation with $41m KKR-led Series C funding

AsiaTechDaily

Register Committed to accelerate the digital transformation of the world’s fourth largest population, Privy has partnered with KKR , a leading global investment firm. The Company also intends to expand into overseas market to further accelerate growth. Bookmark( 0 ) Please login to bookmark. Username or Email Address. Remember Me.