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Scamnetic’s $13M Series A to Scale AI-Powered Scam Detection

American Entrepreneurship

In a major milestone for both Scamnetic and the growing Tampa, Florida innovation ecosystem, the AI-powered scam detection company announced a $13 million Series A funding round to accelerate its growth and expand its market presence globally. consumers lost over $12.5 billion to fraud in 2024 alone, a 25% increase from the previous year.

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CoreWeave’s IPO Marks a Milestone for New Jersey’s AI Ecosystem

American Entrepreneurship

The companys collaboration with the New Jersey Economic Development Agency is a boost to the states program to attract AI companies for its innovation economy. This collaboration represents the best of what private-public partnerships can achieve, said Brian Venturo, CoreWeaves chief strategy officer.

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EDA Awards an additional $210M in Tech Hub Grants Supporting Innovation

American Entrepreneurship

Tech Hub Funding Background In July 2024, the Economic Development Administration (EDA) awarded 12 Tech Hubs Designeeswith implementation grants that ranged between $19million and $51 million, totaling $504million.

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The Pershing Square Foundation Launches Ovarian Cancer Challenge Grant

American Entrepreneurship

With over $930 million committed to initiatives in health, medicine, education, and economic development, PSF is a leader in philanthropic investment. With this initiative, we aim to save lives, amplify awareness, and accelerate solutions.” We believe targeted investment can change the story,” added Dr. Flatto.

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SourceLink + The IEDC: New Certification Program Uniting Economic Developers and Entrepreneurs

Source Link

Now more than ever, entrepreneurs and small business owners require support from economic developers driving local economies forward. The Entrepreneurship Development Professional (EDP) certification. Developed with support from the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation and the U.S. A partnership to champion entrepreneurs.

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The Achilles Heel of Startup Ecosystems

This is going to be BIG.

Across the world, various economic development organizations, government agencies, and non-profits are putting in admirable and well-intentioned efforts to develop startup ecosystems. Not a one—and through conversations with other seed funds I know, this is pretty widespread.

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Budding entrepreneurs receive a head start with startup education scholarships

NZ Entrepreneur

A new batch of enterprising New Zealanders are being given the opportunity to fast track their ventures from idea through to startup, thanks to an online education initiative backed by Callaghan Innovation and entrepreneur education platform Startup NZ. Adam Townsend, Bike Matrix.

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