Innovation 2 Enterprise

JANUARY 30, 2024

On Wednesday, January 24, the inaugural cohort of startups from i2E’s Bridge2 Pre-Accelerator program presented their groundbreaking innovations during the Bridge2 Demo Day at Sailor & The Dock in Oklahoma City. During Demo Day, attendees heard pitch presentations from five founders who participated in the initial Bridge2 cohort.

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Haystack

OCTOBER 2, 2019

And one of the sources of that flow are the new accelerators (I’m lumping incubators, accelerators, etc. all together) combined with the culture of “demo days,” in-person gatherings where angels and professional investors collide with entrepreneurs. 4/ Are Demo Days The Right Model? to solve this issue.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 7, 2021

With 17 startups participating, Berkeley SkyDeck’s Demo Day isn’t the largest cohort we’ve seen by any stretch. Founded in 2012, the accelerator is focused on developing early-stage companies tied to the University of California system. Attending a remote startup accelerator is absolutely worth it.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 1, 2012

I wrote about my experience in this post and why I enjoyed this event more than most. ” The event seems to be more focused on 6pm – 3am than it does to people sitting and watching panels. I refuse to go to demo days. Not just TechStars but any demo day, really. Examples in My Life & Work. We’ll see.

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AsiaTechDaily

MAY 11, 2023

Register Tenity, a fintech accelerator formerly known as F10, has launched the XRP Ledger (XRPL) in the Asia Pacific region. The 12-week XRPL Accelerator program is set to begin in August 2023 and will be based in Singapore. Bookmark ( 0 ) Please login to bookmark Username or Email Address Password Remember Me No account yet?

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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.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 1, 2021

As the next Y Combinator demo day approaches, more startups from the current Winter 2021 batch are showing up in our inboxes. Perhaps this is the impact of so many accelerators going virtual, widening the founder pool from whom they might matriculate to include a more global group of founders. Personio raises $125M on a $1.7B

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Lay the groundwork before the event and apply to become a speaker or invest in a tradeshow booth. Get involved with non-profits where CEOs serve on the board, attend their galas and events, and get to know the leadership. In addition to high-level conferences, where else can you meet CEOs? Look for CEO roundtables and forums.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 5, 2021

Pangea , a marketplace startup that wants to connect college freelancers and companies in need of digital help, is seeing its growth rate accelerate as it races toward the impending Y Combinator demo day. It’s traditional around this time that startups in the accelerator reach out to say hello. Via the company.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

It’s demo day season. This morning marked the kickoff of VC firm 500 Global’s Fall 2022 Demo Day, which saw over a dozen startups give their best pitches to prospective investors — and customers. 500 Global, formerly branded under 500 Startups , has an accelerator that competes with YC. The moonshots.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

Our favorite startups from YC’s Summer 21 Demo Day, Part 1. For YC Summer 2021 Demo Day, the accelerator’s fourth virtual gathering, Natasha Mascarenhas, Alex Wilhelm, Devin Coldewey, Lucas Matney and Greg Kumparak selected 14 favorites from the first day of one of the world’s top pitch competitions.

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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.

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AsiaTechDaily

APRIL 27, 2023

South Korea’s largest accelerator program– the K-Startup Grand Challenge (KSGC) is the unique opportunity for global startups to enter the flourishing market of Asia. The 2023 edition of the accelerator, running from July 25 to November 10, will focus on deep tech startups.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 26, 2022

Exhibiting your early-stage startup at TC Sessions: Mobility 2022 in San Mateo, California on May 18-20 is one of the fastest ways to discover new opportunities and accelerate your growth potential. Along with demo space, a $725 Early-Stage Startup Demo Package includes: Four event passes to help your team maximize time and opportunities.

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AsiaTechDaily

MAY 9, 2023

Register The K-Startup Grand Challenge (KSGC) , the most prominent global startup acceleration program of South Korea, is garnering a positive response from global startups as the deadline for the application stage approaches on May 18, 2023,16:00 (GMT+9). The program will help obtain a Business Startup Visa (D-10-2) and open bank accounts.

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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.

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TechCrunch

MAY 26, 2022

TechCrunch has been covering the demo days of the seed-stage venture firm Pear VC since 2015. “We want to focus on building products and finding customers” while the startups are participating in its accelerator program, he insists. . There we are in the front row in 2016 , surrounded by investors, typing away.).

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

JUNE 18, 2024

On Wednesday, June 5, 2024, the second cohort of Bridge2 founders took the stage at Tulsa’s Agora Event Center for Demo Day. Hosted by i2E and sponsored by the Center for Advancement of Science & Technology (OCAST) and the Greater Oklahoma City Chamber, this event showcased five new startups in the Oklahoma venture ecosystem.

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American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 19, 2025

Additionally, the program requires that the business enter into a collaborative relationship with a New Jersey-based public or private research university, technology startup, incubator, accelerator, or similar entity. For more information, including additional eligibility requirements, click here.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 5, 2023

Y Combinator, the startup accelerator that has launched the likes of Instacart, Stripe and Airbnb, has broadened its investing lens in recent years, backing companies all over Africa and India, and beyond. 500 Global just brought back Demo Day to San Francisco, although its class of startups came from all over the world.

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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. This will keep you up to date on important deadlines, events, and other updates. 3) Accelerators. We track here all of the free accelerators for founders, in general not just students in particular.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 30, 2022

This week, in light of Y Combinator’s biannual Demo Day, Natasha and Alex asked about the utility of the parade of pitches. Our big question: Are demo days outdated? The question comes after Natasha’s latest Startups Weekly column, where she looked into the trend of everyone constantly trying to re-invent startup accelerators.

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This is going to be BIG.

JANUARY 31, 2010

Hopefully, you can find a way in to some of these events as most are sold out. The phenomenon, they argue, will accelerate creativity across a larger network. We hold a monthly social event for undergraduate students and recent graduates to mingle and exchange ideas. Fewer demos this time. Try the waitlists. RSVP: [link].

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NZ Entrepreneur

MARCH 16, 2025

Locally here in Christchurch where we’re headquartered we operate a lot of events and organisational activities. We had this event called Coffee and Jam that was intended to let people think and share their ideas and big dreams for the city. So we’ve also eliminated these high-end production demo days, the big events.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 10, 2021

TechCrunch has covered the company modestly before this seed-extension, noting that it was part of the CRV-backed Liftoff List , and reporting on some of its business details when it took part in a recent Y Combinator demo day. Here are the 98 companies from Y Combinator’s Summer 2020 Demo Day 1.

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AsiaTechDaily

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Register Web3-focused accelerators have emerged to offer specialized programs and resources, aiding startups in navigating the unique hurdles of this domain. The accelerators aim to address the recent decline in funding for Web3 startups in the past year, leading to challenges for emerging projects during their early stages.

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AsiaTechDaily

DECEMBER 7, 2023

The financial institution recently organized the ‘2023 HUB Day,’ a startup demo day held at the KB Innovation Hub Center in Seocho-gu, Seoul. The event facilitated in-depth discussions about these startup concepts, particularly emphasizing collaboration and potential partnerships.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

For the LA event, for example, they will not only have a selection of great LA VCs but also 10+ senior VC women from the SF Bay Area will be coming down for it. Many VCs simply wait for referrals to come to them via email or introductions they get at conferences or demo days. LA Female Office Hours.

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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. BIG TECH will not care about this. They have cash elsewhere.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 14, 2017

In this special interview, EO South Australia’s DAVID BARTHOLOMEUSZ , a longtime member leader and EO Accelerator trailblazer, opens up about his PoL journey, finding his purpose as a leader and giving back to get ahead. So, in 2010, when our Chapter President-Elect needed my help delivering events, it was an easy ‘yes’ for me.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 20, 2021

Pregame Y Combinator Demo Day with Equity. Shell’s Gamechanger Accelerator selects three companies for its energy transition accelerator. First up, I’m tossing you a discount code to our TechCrunch Early Stage conference, our two-day virtual event for founders, investors and operators. Across the week. Seen on TC.

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AsiaTechDaily

MAY 2, 2022

The country also organizes the biggest startup festival, COMEUP, a 3-day extravaganza with lectures, panel talks, mini-events, and relevant topics for startups, attended by global and domestic startups, experts, mentors, innovators, media, venture capitalists, etc. The program received applications from 2,439 startup teams from 124 countries.

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StartupNation

JANUARY 26, 2022

This could look like sponsoring virtual events that your ideal customer plans to attend, branding the spaces they will inhabit, or creating your own immersive adverts to feature on streaming and video sharing platforms. Deliver engaging virtual events . Take the first step now by choosing to pursue just one of the areas outlined above.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 29, 2022

Y Combinator has announced Launch YC , a platform where people can sort accelerator startups by industry, batch and launch date to discover new products. YC Head of Communications Lindsay Amos said that YC founders who are currently participating in an accelerator batch can announce via Launch before Demo Day. RIP Y Combinator.

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AsiaTechDaily

MAY 9, 2022

Register South Korea’s largest accelerator program for foreign startups, K-Startup Grand Challenge (KSGC) , is accepting applications for its 2022 edition. We would like to thank NIPA and the Ministry of SMEs and Start Ups for organising and pulling off this amazing event. Khenda won the top prize for its technology in KSGC 2021.

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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.

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Tomasz Tunguz

DECEMBER 1, 2019

The first is Dreamforce, Salesforce's annual event and the largest software conference in the world. Benioff and Musk use these events strategically. I imagine this is how every founder fats on the eve of demo day. But, the product launch can be a powerful management technique to align and accelerate teams.

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