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Surging homegrown talent and VC spark Italy’s tech renaissance

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Indeed, the Italian Ministry of Economic Development and the Italian Trade & Investment Agency in London have even been known to fund Italian entrepreneurs abroad to help them gain more experience. This has seven different funds under management, including a VC fund-of-funds, “Series A/B matching” funds and acceleration funds.

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Why Has LA Suddenly Gotten So Much Attention from VCs and Entrepreneurs?

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” in 2014 the data seems pretty conclusive because LA has now become the fastest growing tech startup region by numbers of companies being started and those of us here have noticed this pace accelerating. acquired Overture for $1.63 billion (Upfront Ventures was an early Overture backer). Yes, Google won.

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8 Czech VCs on green shoots, pandemic impacts and 2021 opportunities

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Use discount code CZECHIA to save 25% off a 1-year Extra Crunch membership. As far as green shoots, COVID-19 has “played a role of an accelerator for innovation in many business areas and even e-government and other rigid/conservative industries,” said one. Innovative. I miss a more innovative approach.

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Free money for your impact tech startup

David Teten VC

Our program mixes the best of both Washington and Silicon Valley, bringing together stakeholders in policy and technology to train the next generation of policy entrepreneurs. Bluhm/Helfand Social Innovation (BHSI) Fellowship. For pre-seed and seed companies based in the US and Israel with a focus on AI for social impact”.

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Free money for your impact tech startup

David Teten VC

Our program mixes the best of both Washington and Silicon Valley, bringing together stakeholders in policy and technology to train the next generation of policy entrepreneurs. Bluhm/Helfand Social Innovation (BHSI) Fellowship. Google for Startups Accelerator. Google for Startups Accelerator. J.M.Kaplan Innovation Prize.

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