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TechCrunch Live is going to Boston, and you’re invited!

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Apply to participate below: Are you the founder of an established Boston-area startup and want to participate in the pitch off? Click here for the Startup Battlefield application. This application will allow you to apply for this Boston event and, if you choose, Startup Battlefield at Disrupt 2023. Pitch-off!

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With Benioff backing, Sustainable Ocean Alliance aims to be the rising tide that lifts all ‘ecopreneurs’

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Benioff challenged SOA founder Daniela Fernandez to find and accelerate 100 ocean-focused startups and projects back in 2019, and the organization more than doubled that goal. “We see startups leapfrogging across multiple accelerator programs to try and access new networks and funding.

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Pre-Seed Funding Explained: What It Is & How It Works

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An disruptive idea marks the start of a startup. But to make sure that the startup idea can result in a profitable business, an entrepreneur needs to validate it. This validation often requires the startup to pitch in some money. Accelerators. To get this program, startups need to have an MVP at least.

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Extra Crunch roundup: first-check myths, Miami relocation checklist, standout SaaSy startups

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The options for financing are seemingly endless: syndicates, public crowdfunding, VC firms, accelerators, debt financing, rolling funds, and, for the profitable few, bootstrapping. Cities like Miami, Pittsburgh and Austin have been drawing talent and wealth from Silicon Valley for years, but the COVID-19 pandemic accelerated the trend.

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The latecomer advantage in startups

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Sometimes, due to the nature of the startup game, we over index on “the new.” In the rest of this newsletter, we’ll talk about chief inspiration officers, growing startup accelerators and a rare buzz we’re hearing about one tech company and its public market wishes. To get this in your inbox, subscribe here.

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Flexible VCs With Structures Between Equity and Revenue-Based Investing

David Teten VC

With Colorado as an ideal pilot community, the GCVF team has helped grow multiple staple initiatives in the rural Colorado startup ecosystem, including West Slope Startup Week , Telluride Venture Accelerator , Startup Colorado , Energize Colorado Gap Fund , and the Greater Colorado Pitch Series. Details here.

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Flexible VCs With Structures Between Equity and Revenue-Based Investing

David Teten VC

With Colorado as an ideal pilot community, the GCVF team has helped grow multiple staple initiatives in the rural Colorado startup ecosystem, including West Slope Startup Week , Telluride Venture Accelerator , Startup Colorado , Energize Colorado Gap Fund , and the Greater Colorado Pitch Series. Collab Capital.