Founder Bounty

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Not only is it damn hard - you guys have to know what not to waste your time on since your busy founders and what to waste your time on. YC Y Combinator is easily one of the most famous accelerators in the world, thanks to its huge profile and excellent reputation among startups. So here it is.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

If you haven’t yet heard about Female Founder Office Hours it is an initiative you should be aware of whether you’re male, female or any other gender identify. Mentorship / Modeling Behavior An important part of leadership is being a role model for those who may come after you to look up and say, “If she can do it then why can’t I?”

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 16, 2021

In the scuffle, VCs are turning to scouts to do the legwork, but that has meant being yet another step removed from their founders. I’ve sat at both sides of the table as a founder and a VC, and I understand how difficult it is to get them on the same page. Accelerators are hubs for diversity.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

JANUARY 30, 2024

On Wednesday, January 24, the inaugural cohort of startups from i2E’s Bridge2 Pre-Accelerator program presented their groundbreaking innovations during the Bridge2 Demo Day at Sailor & The Dock in Oklahoma City. During Demo Day, attendees heard pitch presentations from five founders who participated in the initial Bridge2 cohort.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 21, 2022

Partech Shaker , the innovation division of the Paris-based VC firm Partech , has launched an accelerator program christened Chapter54 to help European startups launch in African markets. The accelerator will take in 10 technology scaleups annually over the next four years for the Chapter54 program, which will last up to eight months.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 6, 2021

It’s a known fact that the number of venture dollars flowing to Black and Latinx founders is dismally low. 31, Black and Latinx founders had raised $2.3 billion in funding that had gone to all founders up until that point in 2020. . billion venture dollars invested between 2018 and 2019. of the total $87.3

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Smart Hustle Magazine

JANUARY 7, 2021

Accenture Ventures leader Kathryn Ross has advice for black founders that could be initially deemed counter-intuitive. In the middle of the pandemic, Ross says it’s time to actually buckle in and accelerate. There, she leads the Black Founders Development Program , launched just in September. That is unprecedented.”.

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American Entrepreneurship

APRIL 18, 2024

For the 2024 Innovation Challenge, CharmHealth will accept proposals in the following categories: Hardware Accelerated AI, Generative AI, Tech Led Innovations, Mobile Health Apps, Healthcare Accessibility, and Social Change Solutions. CharmHealth goes beyond providing just funding or mentorship to winners.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 16, 2021

The entrepreneur behind First Text , a low-friction service that connects founders to investors, launched Z Fellows last year to test out his take. The accelerator features a one-week sabbatical program that comes with a $10,000 check in optional equity, at a $1 billion cap, to aspiring founders. or Web 3.0.”.

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Founder Bounty

OCTOBER 1, 2022

Courses and mentorship to help start a business. Apply for an accelerator if you think its worth doing. Accelerators like YC can provide real value to any startup or business and we have written a bunch of articles on this so make sure to check them out! Courses and mentorship to help start a business. FounderBounty.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Before launching the fund, Google proved helpful in startups’ journeys via its Google for Startups Accelerator Africa program. The accelerator program has supported more than 80 startups in seed to Series A stages with equity-free mentorship and resources. Collectively , they have raised over $100 million in venture capital.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Though some businesses may never be truly sustainable, a venture firm in Seoul argues that emerging climate-tech startups will help big manufacturers do better overall. Its sweet spot is early-stage ventures from seed to series A stages across South Korea and Southeast Asia.

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AsiaTechDaily

MAY 2, 2022

The country also organizes the biggest startup festival, COMEUP, a 3-day extravaganza with lectures, panel talks, mini-events, and relevant topics for startups, attended by global and domestic startups, experts, mentors, innovators, media, venture capitalists, etc. So that’s why we are here,” said Aykan Ekici, Co-Founder of Khenda.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 22, 2023

The Family Fund & Founder Community , which goes by F3C, announced $25 million in new capital commitments and its focus on becoming the largest community of founders that co-invest in the late-seed and Series A stages of consumer brands. Is venture funding already back? We just want to do that really well.”

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 22, 2022

Sequoia Capital India and Southeast Asia disclosed 15 early-stage startups it has selected for the seventh cohort of its accelerator program Surge, pushing ahead with new investments even as the deal activity has considerably slowed in the region. Info Edge Ventures is a co-investor.). Surge 07 is no exception.

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StartupNation

AUGUST 8, 2021

But financing isn’t always easy — especially if you’re the proud founder of a brand new business. Plus, if you don’t win, you’ll still grow your pitching skills, hash out your business plan and potentially meet like-minded entrepreneurs (potential partners) and venture capitalists. Accelerators.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 8, 2011

We have significant VC commitments (listed below) – every entering company will get $50,000 in funding, mentorship from top VCs and successful entrepreneurs plus free office space. The first two years of the program focused on education & mentorship. For any company interested in applying please visit the website.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 29, 2022

He is now co-founder and chairman of 22 Ventures. Startup accelerators are increasingly putting the brakes on demo days. The often flashy events reserved for founders to connect with investors have long been part of the likes of Y Combinator’s program, seen as the “graduation” of startups’ journey.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 6, 2021

Starting with the assumption that 90% of startups will fail and the most successful ones take an average of six years to IPO, founders must make careful decisions about whom they invite to join the core team. For commentary and perspective, he interviewed: Dan Rosen, founder and general partner, Commerce Ventures.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

JANUARY 10, 2023

Not only have our venture advisors helped hundreds of startups commercialize their ideas they have also worked in the same industries as the startups they are advising. . Rick Rainey, an i2E Senior Venture Advisor, has worked with pharmaceutical companies on FDA regulatory issues for many years. It is our people that set us apart.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 28, 2023

This week on Equity, I interviewed T2 co-founder Sarah Oh , who is building a Twitter rival after working at Twitter as a human rights adviser. By joining the consumer social wave today versus before anyone even thought in characters and retweets, the co-founder thinks they get to factor in more of the nuance.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Silicon Valley’s undisputed leading startup accelerator is Y Combinator. Young aspiring entrepreneurs apply for Y Combinator in the hopes of receiving seed funding, mentorship and networking opportunities to help create the next unicorn. Firstly, demographics: The average Y Combinator founder that created a unicorn was 28.1

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AsiaTechDaily

JUNE 12, 2023

The Women in Entrepreneurship Incubator, in recognition of the challenges faced by female entrepreneurs in Southeast Asia, aims to bridge the gap in mentorship, networking opportunities, and funding. The five most promising teams will be able to secure up to S$80,000 in funding to fuel their ventures and drive social impact.

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Founder Bounty

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Yes he has created a learning platform using affiliate marketing to go viral but otherwise his expertise is in that not really building a scalable business with recurring revenue where investors and venture capitalists would look to invest. No real experience in growing a tech-type company - so how can he teach it?

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American Entrepreneurship

OCTOBER 14, 2023

“The NJIEF is unique to New Jersey because of its self-sustaining model, designed to create a continuous loop of investment and mentorship,” said New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy. The NJIEF, launched in 2022, is a groundbreaking tool to increase access to strategic resources and venture capital in New Jersey.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 22, 2023

If you’re a struggling founder who took in some venture capital but couldn’t quite find that product market fit, is there “a graceful way out”? Early-stage founders need mentorship and support to build a successful startup, and conventional wisdom says, “Get thee to an incubator or an accelerator!” Big Tech Inc.

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AsiaTechDaily

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Seung-jin Park, CEO of AGMO/Cindy Jin, Managing Director of Softbank Ventures Asia/Jae-wook Park, Chairman of the Korea Startup Forum/Young Lee, Minister of the Ministry of SMEs and Startups/Sungjin Choi, CEO of the Korea Startup Forum/Ha-yeon Kim, CEO of NanumVitamin/Josh Choi, Executive Director of COMEUP What Awaits You at COMEUP 2023?

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TechCrunch

APRIL 6, 2022

The startup has today announced closing a $3 million pre-seed funding to accelerate this growth. Qureos was founded in August last year by Alexander Epure , Mehrad Yaghmai and Usama Nini in a bid to make mentorship more accessible to individuals that are starting out in their careers, or are looking to switch jobs.

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Founder Bounty

OCTOBER 22, 2022

Just how hard is it to go out and venture on your own? Listen to those who have done it not those who have not- Ive done it Ive been through top-tier accelerators like techstars (a top tech investor) and talking to investors while keeping a business running and its harder than you think. Courses and mentorship to help start a business.

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Angel Capital Association

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

For those who may be unfamiliar, the term “startup studio” can be used interchangeably with “venture studios,” “venture builders,” or “company builders.” Just last year, Enhance Ventures reported that there are roughly 560 studios across the globe , representing more than 625% growth over the last seven years.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

While founders are adapting to quarantine in style, a group of college women in their 20s aren’t waiting until they are done with undergraduate to plunge into the lifestyle themselves. Startup founders set up hacker homes to recreate Silicon Valley synergy. Hacker houses are making a comeback for entrepreneurs as remote work drags on.

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StartupNation

APRIL 5, 2021

SoGal Black Founder Startup Grant. Did you know that Black female founders receive less than 0.5% of venture capital funding ? SoGal is looking to change that with the Black Founder Startup Grant. The program also includes mentorship, access to online resources and the opportunity to be considered for even larger grants.

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American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 7, 2024

Founded in 2014 at the New Jersey Institute of Technology, the New Jersey Innovation Institute aims to accelerate the translation of technologies, foster innovation and upskilling the state’s workforce by being a conduit between NJIT and the outside world. million in income replacement grants, as well as mentorship and training.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 17, 2021

As the early-stage, biology-focused accelerator arm of SOSV, IndieBio gives the companies in its program $250,000+, mentorship and full access to a biology lab to bring their ideas to life. Accelerators embrace change forced by pandemic. Leaving the $3.2

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AsiaTechDaily

MAY 25, 2022

The biggest accelerator program, sponsored by the Korean government, supported by the Ministry of SMEs and Startups (MSS), and organized by the National IT Industry Promotion Agency (NIPA), will be held for 3.5 Shin is now part of our Advisory Board,” said Aykan Ekici, co-founder of Khenda, the top winner of KSGC 2021.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

The world has a lot of carbon where we don’t want it and not enough where we do,” said Steven Adams , founder and Ph.D. Venture Capitalists (VCs) want to see revenue before they invest. In May 2022, Bison Underground went on to win the University of Oklahoma’s Startup Venture competition. We have support from the accelerators.

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Feedough

JANUARY 20, 2021

This investment is made in the infancy or early stages of the startup called the seed stage when the: The initial planning stage ends, The problem and solution hypotheses are validated, The startup gets real customer traction, and The founders are ready to convert the concept into a full-fledged business. Purpose Of Seed Funding.

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