Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 14, 2014

Accelerators have had quite a good run the past 5+ years. Not just Y Combinator and TechStars but a host of other accelerators across the country. I had witnessed a number of early-stage tech startups in LA raise seed capital from the Bay Area and relocate. None of us was convinced the market really needed 5 accelerators.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 4, 2021

Zeni , a Palo Alto fintech company providing real-time financial services data to venture-backed startups, raised $34 million in Series B funding led by Elevation Capital. Zeni’s AI-powered finance concierge platform offers bookkeeping, accounting, tax and CFO services, managing these for a flat monthly fee starting at $299 per month.

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500

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

Startup founders often have ambitions not just to make money, but to change the world. Enter ImpactAIM Indonesia, a program forged from a partnership between 500 Startups and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP). ImpactAIM Indonesia’s goal is to bridge the world of impact financing with the world of tech startups in Indonesia.

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TechCrunch

MAY 31, 2022

Onramp Funds , an Austin-based company providing financing to e-commerce sellers, secured $42 million in equity and credit to expand its working capital offering. Which form of venture debt should your startup go for? CEO Eric Youngstrom founded the company in 2020 after a career at multicarrier shipping software company ShippingEasy.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 20, 2022

Amazon Web Services (AWS) today launched a new program, AWS Impact Accelerator , that will give up to $30 million to early-stage startups led by Black, Latino, LGBTQIA+ and women founders. But critics contend that AWS Impact Accelerator doesn’t go far enough in supporting historically marginalized entrepreneurs.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

Embedded finance — the idea of offering financial products where customers are already congregating via white label solutions and APIs – isn’t an entirely new concept. In addition to lending, the startup will also soon offer card-based products and other financial services.

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AsiaTechDaily

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

This 10-month regional accelerator program is designed to promote and nurture innovations in Responsible AI in South and Southeast Asia. Currently, the company has a direct portfolio of 39 startups across health, education, agriculture, affordable housing, and women and girls in Southeast Asia.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 6, 2021

So when Chika Nwobi started Decagon in 2018, the perception was generally “here comes another tech talent accelerator.” million seed round and a student loan financing facility of $25 million from Nigerian financial institution Sterling Bank. What is Andela, the Africa tech talent accelerator? also took part.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 17, 2024

With passion, hustle, and these thrifty startup strategies, you can transform your vision into a viable product without relying on loans or financing. This lean approach conserves resources and accelerates your understanding of the market’s actual demands.

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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. month all-paid residency program invites global startups to participate in this program known as an entry point for business in the Asian market. Besides the 3.5-month

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Founder Bounty

AUGUST 21, 2022

Having been through Techstars , plug and play myself, and been part of antler and interviewed at entrepreneur first and YC i think i have a good idea about weather an accelerator is good for your business or startup. I have also worked in finance prior to entering startups working for tier 1 inestment banks.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 17, 2020

Only four years ago, Aceable was raising $4 million in financing , from investors including Floodgate Capital and Silverton Partners. “We see HGGC as a strategic, long-term financial partner that embraces and accelerates our vision to create unparalleled education experiences that make it accessible for people to change their lives.”

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TechCrunch

JUNE 29, 2022

That’s the gap that revenue-based financing platforms like GetVantage want to fill. The Mumbai-based startup announced today that it has raised $36 million in equity and debt led by Varanium Nexgen Fintech Fund, DMI Sparkle Fund, along with returning investors Chiratae Ventures and Dream Incubator Japan.

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Haystack

OCTOBER 2, 2019

Those of us in the early-stage tech ecosystem by now well know that saying “there are a LOT of seed and new startups” is a gross understatement. And one of the sources of that flow are the new accelerators (I’m lumping incubators, accelerators, etc. ” Startups, don’t outsource your BD.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 11, 2022

In a deeply researched report for TechCrunch+ , reporter Christine Hall examined the state of the cell-cultured meat industry and identified many of the startups innovating in the sector, along with the challenges they face when it comes to ramping up production and getting regulators and consumers on their side. “It

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AsiaTechDaily

MAY 16, 2023

Register Visa, digital payments corporation, has unveiled its partnership with seven promising startups in the Asia Pacific region through the Visa Accelerator Program. Singapore-based Doxa Holdings offers a collaborative trade platform that streamlines procure-to-pay and financing workflows across various industries.

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AsiaTechDaily

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Register KB Financial Group has collaborated with startups to support emerging ventures proactively. The financial institution recently organized the ‘2023 HUB Day,’ a startup demo day held at the KB Innovation Hub Center in Seocho-gu, Seoul.

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AsiaTechDaily

AUGUST 31, 2023

Register Indonesian digital bank Superbank , supported by Grab, Singtel, and Emtek Group, is collaborating with Singapore’s Genesis Alternative Ventures to offer a financing package of $40 million for startups in Indonesia. This initiative will primarily focus on startups in the series B and series C funding stages.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Startups operating in the financial side of the real estate tech market suddenly faced a surge in demand, and many departed on hiring sprees to keep up. This meant that the once high-flying startups were suddenly dealing with the opposite problem — too many employees and not enough transactions to make money.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 22, 2021

The AB InBev program, called the 100+ Accelerator , launched in 2018 with the goal to solve supply chain challenges in water stewardship, the circular economy, sustainable agriculture and climate action, the company said. Those startups have gone on to raise more than $200 million in follow-on financing.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

SunFi , the Nigerian clean tech startup that connects people and businesses who want solar energy access to payment plans that match their needs, has raised $2.325 million in seed funding. SunFi isn’t Thomas’ first rodeo at the helm of an energy startup. Think about it.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 7, 2022

Securing early-stage venture financing is usually the best way to accelerate and sustain growth, but with various funding options available, how do you figure out the best course of action? Choosing the right financing partner can be tedious, as they need to align with your mission, values and objectives. Revenue financing.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 22, 2021

Nigerian startup Xend Finance uses decentralized finance (DeFi) to address currency devaluation. Aronu Ugochukwu and Abafor Chima founded the startup in 2019, and Ugochukwu is quite familiar with currency devaluation. . This gave birth to Xend Finance.” Image Credits: Xend Finance.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Google is spinning up a new, online-only startup accelerator centered around the elusive circular economy. The effort is Google’s latest to help environmentally focused startups grow while potentially hooking them on its cloud products in the process. Amazon throws more weight behind e-fuels to see if they stick.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 6, 2020

Like the downturns in 2008 and 2001, this has been a very trying time for entrepreneurs running startups. While some level of stress is inevitable if you are running a startup, times like this can ramp up the stress factor considerably. Here is advice I collected for dealing with the stress of running a startup: 1.

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This is going to be BIG.

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

I’m very worried about any company that has moderate growth plans for 2023 that expects to get another round of financing based on that result. To me, that has a high chance of putting off the inevitable—running out of money during a fundraising process.

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David Teten VC

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

We’re fortunate to interview William Stringer, Founder of Chisos Capital , a structured finance company. Chisos is a structured finance company that provides startup and brand capital to entrepreneurs, athletes and creatives. My background is finance, investments and operations. Q: Please give us an overview of Chisos.

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AsiaTechDaily

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Tonik’s acquisition of TendoPay is a testament of our passion for accelerating financial and credit inclusion in the Philippines. The firm’s operation is led by a team of retail finance veterans who have previously built and scaled multiple retail banks and fintechs across global emerging markets.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 14, 2022

EnCharge AI , a company building hardware to accelerate AI processing at the edge , today emerged from stealth with $21.7 In another challenge, EnCharge is going up against well-financed competition in the already saturated AI accelerator hardware market. Verma says that the company is pre-revenue.)

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 27, 2022

Yet, fittingly, when it came time to join Google full time, he turned down the offer to build an edtech startup — one that would help young professionals like him create continuous, daily structured learning but without it feeling like a chore. Activation edtech. Metrics and the market.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 4, 2023

That’s where a new startup wants to change the way you care for your car. It is also looking to raise a small debt facility to begin financing customers and other new products. Point-of-sale at the car dealership or robo calls asking you to pay for an extended warranty are what consumers are most used to.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 1, 2022

Novoloop , a plastic upcycling startup, said Wednesday it has raised a $10 million Series A extension round co-led by South Korean chemical firm Hanwha Solutions and Taizo Son’s Mistletoe. The startup says the investors of Series A are in the decarbonizing energy, textiles, construction and other industries across Europe, Asia and the U.S.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

OpenAI, the San Francisco-based lab behind AI systems like GPT-3 and DALL-E 2, today launched a new program to provide early-stage AI startups with capital and access to OpenAI tech and resources. Called Converge, the cohort will be financed by the OpenAI Startup Fund , OpenAI says.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

Silicon Valley peer-to-peer car rental startup Getaround has secured a $25 million loan from Horizon Technology Finance Corporation. The financing announcement comes one month after Getaround raised $140 million from investors, including SoftBank Vision Fund, Menlo Ventures, Reid Hoffman and Mark Pincus’ Reinvent Capital.

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TechCrunch

JULY 13, 2022

But today we’re highlighting the demo day for a new wave of crypto projects and teams who participated in the latest cohort for Alliance DAO, a web3 accelerator and builder community. Startups from all stages have joined our cohort, from those with just an idea to billion-dollar companies.”. Founders: Daniel Garay, Jesse Brauner.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 27, 2019

As a graduate of EO Accelerator and a current EO Boston member, Ryan says that he “shares huge debt of gratitude toward the EO Accelerator program for its impact on my business and my own professional development.” I couldn’t have joined EO Accelerator at a better time. and traveling frequently for projects.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 19, 2017

Meet Hana Laurenzo—one of the many entrepreneurs who discovered a wealth of learning and possibility in the EO Accelerator program. The right time came in 2016 when Accelerator launched at EO Forth Worth. Hana applied, was accepted, and knew right away that Accelerator was just what she had been looking for. So, Hana waited.

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