TechCrunch

MARCH 27, 2023

Apple has quietly acquired a Mountain View-based startup, WaveOne , that was developing AI algorithms for compressing video. It’s an effective approach, but new codecs require new hardware specially built to accelerate compression or decompression, making improvements slow to propogate.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

AUGUST 12, 2019

In 2010, Ravi founded IndiVillage , the first information technology (IT) and information technology enabled services (ITeS) company in India to become certified as a B Corporation. The EO Accelerator program is the catalyst that enables first-stage entrepreneurs to catapult their business to the next level.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 28, 2016

By Lauren King, Director of the EO Accelerator Program. As someone who’s dedicated her career to helping small-scale entrepreneurs grow their businesses, I’ve heard many skeptics say a business accelerator program is just a cover for startups looking to increase capital. A business accelerator program can provide this and more.

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StartupNation

JANUARY 6, 2022

In this post, I’ll cover six realistic ways startups and entrepreneurs can fund their business , including: Incubators or accelerators. Funding from incubators or accelerators. A business incubator or accelerator is an organization that provides resources, mentorship, and connections to startups.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 13, 2021

West Michigan is smack dab between Ann Arbor/Detroit’s tech and startup hub emergence and Chicago’s new habit of minting unicorns about once a month. We’ll show you what we’re looking forward to hearing more about in 2022 with our top Grand Rapids startups to watch. Grand Rapids startups and tech companies to watch in 2022.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 5, 2022

Fractal has raised $360 million from TPG in a new financing round and entered the unicorn club as the Mumbai and New York-based AI startup, which counts Google and Wells Fargo among its customers, scales its offerings and begins preparation for an IPO. Fractal also incubates and invests in AI projects, he explained.

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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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Innovation 2 Enterprise

MARCH 18, 2022

The Tulsa-based accelerator launches Cohort II with eight tech-enabled startups. Powered by their partners, the Tulsa-based accelerator has. million of capital into early-stage startups founded by Black and. The money and resources help accelerate progress, but the contacts and networking. now invested $1.2

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Impact Hub

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

What does adopting a Circular Economy model (circularity) look like for entrepreneurs and startups? What if all startup incubators and accelerators took the step towards integrating design principles that foster circularity? Six startups were selected out of a pool of 50+ applicants. .

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StartupNation

JANUARY 4, 2022

Tune in to the Business Beat, below, for details on three of these promising startups: Tune in to News/Talk 760 AM WJR weekday mornings at 7:11 a.m. Top Detroit Startups and Tech Companies to Watch in 2022. How the Midwest Startup and Tech Scene Boomed in 2021. So, Paul, tech startups are alive and well in our region.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 10, 2022

100ms , the live video conferencing infrastructure startup based in India, has raised $20 million in Series A funding to power the next generation of live video apps, coming barely five months after they closed the seed round. million the total funding raised by the startup. It brings to $24.5 Image Credits: 100ms.

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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. Note we are not including here most of the freebies offered by corporates for founders in general (as opposed to students in particular), which we list in Free Money from the Global 500 for Tech Startups.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

The Kenyan startup has over the last three years been offering a lifeline to traders in Kenya by enabling them to make mobile money transactions that are devoid of transfer charges through its Leja app. Morgane Kablan , is the startup’s other co-founder and chief operating officer.

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AsiaTechDaily

JUNE 28, 2023

million in Startale Labs, a promising web3 startup. With this partnership, both companies look forward to exploring collaborative investment opportunities that will further accelerate the mass adoption of web3 technologies. Jun Watanabe, President and Executive Officer of Sony Network Communications Inc.,

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NZ Entrepreneur

MARCH 12, 2019

One of the questions we’re often asked is, “What Government funding is available for startups in New Zealand?” ” shortly followed by, “I wonder if there’s any funding for startups from the Government?” Recently they introduced a programme specifically for startup founders.

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This is going to be BIG.

SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

A lot of people have talked about the need for NYC to have a PayPal--a multi-billion dollar exit that scattered on the rest of the community a bunch of experienced startup talent that scaled a company over time, as well as a host of new angel investors. The key to this, of course, is that PayPal had over 200 employees when it was acquired.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Smoodi wants to see its smoothies in the hands of, well, everyone, and a new infusion of capital and distribution partnership has the startup well on its way. The smoothie market has doubled over the last five years, and the trends for fresh, healthy and vegan are only accelerating.”.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Angling to cash in on the gold rush, LexCheck, an AI-powered contract analysis platform, closed a $17 million Series A funding round today led by Mayfield Fund, the startup announced. “I founded LexCheck to increase revenue by simplifying and accelerating commercial contracting processes across an entire organization.”

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American Entrepreneurship

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Ideas for a startup business emerge from a variety of sources that should be thoroughly researched and evaluated. It may be a hobby or something of personal interest that enables you to develop a level of expertise that other people value. Estimate your startup costs and become knowledgeable of sources of funding.

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David Teten VC

DECEMBER 2, 2019

You’ve decided to launch a technology-enabled startup with a positive social impact! I’m now researching non-dilutive funding for Action Tank , a startup I’m gestating to “Make America Functional Again”. I suggest start by looking at the many programs offered by the Fortune 500’s startup networks. Congratulations!

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HPA

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Kate Ryder , CEO and Founder of Maven Clinic – A unicorn-valued startup transforming digital healthcare. Alums Dug Song and Jon Oberheide were on the verge of having their Ann Arbor-based cybersecurity startup acquired. Notably, Twilio recently became a publicly-traded corporation. In the mid-2010s, that focus began to evolve.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Ann Arbor continues to be one of the top growing tech ecosystems around the country with some of the best startups to watch. This was a year like no other for Ann Arbor startups, so we’ve spent lots of time keeping up with all the news from Ann Arbor tech companies. Small Ann Arbor startups to watch in 2022. DocNetwork.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

Arrikto , a startup that wants to speed up the machine learning development lifecycle by allowing engineers and data scientists to treat data like code, is coming out of stealth today and announcing a $10 million Series A round. The round was led by Unusual Ventures, with Unusual’s John Vrionis joining the board. Image Credits: Arrikto.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 31, 2021

The sweeping infrastructure package put forward today by President Joe Biden comes with a price tag of roughly $2 trillion (and hefty tax hikes) but gives startups and the broader tech industry about $1 trillion worth of reasons to support it. ” Climate resiliency . Given the steady drumbeat of climate disasters that hit the U.S.

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Impact Hub

JANUARY 28, 2021

Inaugural Survey Report ‘India – An Impact Startup Nation’ released at the TiECon 2021. . Inaugural Survey Report ‘India – An Impact Startup Nation’ released at the TiECon 2021. . They launched the Impact Startup Support (ISS) initiative in India as they unveiled. finance, transforming India into an Impact Startup nation.”.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

An extension of Deepgram’s Series B that kicked off in February 2021, led by Tiger Global, it brings the startup’s total raised to $86 million, which CEO Scott Stephenson says is being put toward R&D in areas like emotion detection, intent recognition, summarization, topic detection, translation and redaction.

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NZ Entrepreneur

AUGUST 22, 2023

Over the last three years, GEN has grown its New Zealand network to more than 200 people representing more than 140 organisations, including entrepreneurs, incubators and accelerators, entrepreneur support organisations, central and local government, academia, investors and NGOs.

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David Teten VC

MARCH 1, 2022

For emerging VC and private equity investors: accelerators, platforms, communities, and incubators. You’re involved in other aspects of the firm’s activities: due diligence, portfolio acceleration, board service, etc. In the startup funding landscape, I would compare AngelList and Gust to dating sites.

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AsiaTechDaily

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

The company said the fresh capital will accelerate its finance dashboard for Web3 teams, called HQ teams, to manage financial operations and reporting for more responsible accounting practices industry wide.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 12, 2022

Does your startup have enough runway? Startups are similar: If the landlord hikes your office rent, a very comfortable 18-month runway could easily shorten to a year. . ” Does your startup have enough runway? Mayfield’s Arvind Gupta discusses startup fundraising during a downturn. Editor, TechCrunch+. extrabrunch.

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OurCrowd

JULY 25, 2021

Startup of the Week: GoDaddy bets on Tailor Brands. The Startup Nation’s startup government. Startup of the Week: GoDaddy bets on Tailor Brands. Join us on Sunday to meet the CEO of Tailor Brands , a fast-growing startup backed by GoDaddy and other top-drawer investors, as noted in TechCrunch. Introductions.

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American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 7, 2024

Funding of women-founded startups remains significantly lower than those that are gender-mixed While women entrepreneurs are making significant strides in startup formation, they continue to struggle to gain access to funding on par with men. venture firms allocated only 22% of their deals to female-founded startups.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 23, 2022

The brainchild of Ilya Gelfenbeyn, Michael Ermolenko and Kylan Gibbs, the startup’s AI-powered service generates virtual characters primarily for games, but also in broader entertainment and marketing campaigns. Inworld AI was founded on this premise. and its intellectual property. Ermolenko was the VP of R&D at API.ai

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Impact Hub

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

How can we better support acceleration and incubation efforts to push for the transition from the linear to the circular economy? They believe in the power of business for transformative change and catalyze innovative startups in emerging and developing economies. .

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Business is booming in Latin America: Startups raised $9.3 As Latin America bathes the startup spotlight, players there need to consider how its startup growth can translate to self-sustaining economic and social development across the board. Businesses that partner with schools can incubate the next talent generation.

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TechCrunch

JULY 19, 2022

In particular, the partnership with Visa landed Bloom as the first Sudanese startup to get admitted into Visa’s Fintech Fast Track program, Tage reports. Startups and VC. Jacquelyn reports that Tribe Capital raised $25 million to launch a crypto incubator program. Blossoming business : Bloom, a Sudan-based fintech, banked $6.5

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TechCrunch

JULY 21, 2021

Pangaea, to date, has been a brand incubator, but post the Series B will expand to be a vertically integrated e-commerce platform for other brands. The firm will work with Pangaea to continue developing the Lumin and Meridian brands and accelerate its international expansion.

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