Founders Coop

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

tl;dr + Techstars was once one of the world’s leading accelerator programs, but has steadily been eclipsed by Y combinator. Next, entire accelerator programs were created on behalf of corporate partners, promising them access to cohorts of world-class founders eager to listen to their needs and use their APIs.

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Onevest

APRIL 1, 2015

Studies show that over 80% of funding at Angel groups and Series A VCs goes to businesses in the same city/region as the funders. The diversity of socially conscious entrepreneurs seeking assistance can be seen in this map of applications to Fledge , the conscious company accelerator. Register Here.

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HPA

DECEMBER 8, 2021

With this funding, Aqua Cultured Foods will accelerate research and development to enable commercialization of its whole-muscle cut, sushi-quality filets of various tuna and whitefish, popcorn shrimp, calamari, and scallop alternatives from its novel protein fermentation technology. We look forward to the exciting growth ahead.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

At roughly the same time, Y Combinator (YC) and other accelerators emerged as a largely analog means for entrepreneurs willing to commit three months of time and ~6% of their company to receive en masse training and connections to mentors, peers and funders.

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AsiaTechDaily

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

In the near future, they also target to accelerate the growth of litigation finance in Asia. Just last year, the company also became the first litigation funder in Korea. The cash came from a number of investors that included Spring Ventures, Nau IB Capital, Mirae Asset Ventures, HB Investment, and Hanbit Investment.

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TechCrunch

MAY 9, 2023

It’s time to disrupt TechCrunch Disrupt This year, we’re reimagining and refreshing Disrupt to deliver the essential tools, knowledge, and connections that help ignite ideas and accelerate the next generation of startups. CTA: Want to reach the biggest funders, founders and Disruptors?

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

JULY 22, 2020

– Formalized collaboration between funders, founders and ecosystem builders. – Consensus amongst funders and ecosystem builders as to what structural changes must take place for New Majority entrepreneurs to survive and thrive. Their programs seek to accelerate New Majority entrepreneurs from high potential to high growth.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 25, 2021

” Clearly, that’s how Holberton’s funders feel about this, too. “Raising funds is helping us support and accelerate our vision of creating this ‘OS of education.’ Again, COVID has accelerated the digital transformation, and clearly, there are a lot of gaps that need to be filled,” he said.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 23, 2021

Ignite NI emerged as an important native incubator and accelerator. Chris McClelland, MD of Ignite NI: He’s a mentor on the city’s top accelerator program. Great incubator and accelerator in Ignite, but needs expansion to the Northwest where deprivation and poor infrastructure need to be addressed. What does it lack?

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American Entrepreneurship

MAY 31, 2024

That includes angel investors, venture capitalists, and institutional funders associated with various stages of a startup’s growth. Institutional investors, however, have a more formal set of criteria associated with later-stage funding when revenue is trending up and accelerating.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 28, 2022

“Starting a business is hard, but we now have a path for proptech lined with funders and advisers that can propel entrepreneurs over early obstacles through to maturity and deep market penetration.” ” Buy a TechCrunch+ membership before July 4, 2022 and save 50% on an annual subscription.

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

JUNE 20, 2020

I asked them to treat me like a funder. So, we are planning to deploy it inside of schools across Western Iowa to find highly talented individual entrepreneurs and accelerate their growth to help propel CB onward.” – Tom Chapman. They described social improvement and positive outcomes – but nothing that was tangible.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 14, 2021

Jonathan Bragdon , its CEO, describes Capacity as “a team of founders-turned-funders making non-dilutive, founder-aligned investments of $50,000-$300,000 in post-startup, post-revenue businesses planning to 2x revenues in 12-24 months. Chattanooga, TN-based Capacity Capital was launched in 2020 with a primary focus on the southeastern U.S.

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TechCrunch

JULY 13, 2021

Additional investors in the newest seed round and expanded credit facility include Village Global VC, Flexport Ventures, Tresalia Capital, 342 Capital, Struck Capital, Antler LLC, Antler Elevate, Florida Funders and Fox Ventures. Miami-based Marco Financial is launching a revenue-based lending service for Latin American SMEs.

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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. Accelerator Centre. Accelerator Centre is headquartered in Waterloo, Canada. HOW TO GET A SCOUT ROLE.

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American Entrepreneurship

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Fearless Fund in collaboration with Amazon awards grants between $10,000 and $20,000 to black women in their B lack Business Accelerator program and the Minority Business Development Agency in the past has awarded g rants to college and universities that assist undergraduate students with entrepreneurship. Accelerators found h ere.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Some of Riot’s existing investors also put more money on the table, such as Y Combinator, Funders Club and Founders Future. But it feels like things are accelerating. And the reason why these investors lined up to participate in the round is that cybersecurity has never been such a topical issue.

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

I’d like to understand how to build effective multi-year plans that inspire and engage both funders of my own organization (and/or myself!) Expanding understanding and deepening genuine co-creation with policy-makers, academia & research, and funders (foundations & investors). Hard skills. Dustin Shay. Jacqueline Summers.

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American Entrepreneurship

MAY 3, 2024

ABOUT THE PROGRAM Invest In Women x Pittsburgh , a dynamic accelerator in collaboration with Ascender and powered by the Richard King Mellon Foundation, empowers emerging entrepreneurs by providing vital resources and unwavering support to fuel the growth of their ventures. Attend to meet them during the program and reception.

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American Entrepreneurship

JUNE 16, 2023

The convergence of technology, talent and funding now makes the vision of one-hour hypersonic global transport within reach—so say the co-founders of Venus Aerospace and its most recent funder Airbus Ventures. They assembled a team of top industry talent to develop and build cost-effective one-hour global transport.

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David Teten VC

DECEMBER 2, 2019

They will also be offered the opportunity to join a customized 6-month Google Developers Launchpad Accelerator program, including guidance from our nonprofit partner, DataKind, to jumpstart their work. Google for Startups Accelerator. You’re eligible for the many accelerators, as well as specifically the impact accelerators.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Funders across these three rounds include Access Industries, HighPost Capital, CoVenture, GPS Partners and Crossbeam Venture Partners. “I saw firsthand how providing creators with enough capital allowed them to transform from creating as a hobby to creating fulltime and that got me excited about accelerating that movement even further.

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TechCrunch

MAY 29, 2021

Laura González-Estéfani is the founder and CEO of TheVentureCity , an international, operator-led venture acceleration model designed to make the global entrepreneurial ecosystem more diverse, international and accessible to fair capital. Laura González-Estéfani. Contributor. Share on Twitter. More posts by this contributor. Team effect.

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American Entrepreneurship

JANUARY 25, 2024

Canapi’s strong bank network and deep fintech experience will help accelerate significant deposit flows through the platform.” ModernFi has built exactly that, at the exact right time and place. The current round adds to a $4.5

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Angel Capital Association

MARCH 25, 2024

Pitch to Angel Investors at the Innovation Funders Showcase Participating in Angel Capital Association’s Innovation Funders Showcase at their Annual Summit presents a pivotal opportunity for black founders and entrepreneurs.

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American Entrepreneurship

JUNE 22, 2023

FPV Ventures was the lead funder with participation from existing investors Human Capital Ventures based in the United Kingdom, and like early-stage venture firm Autotech Ventures has offices in California. The fintech company’s early results spurred on the funding to accelerate expansion.

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David Teten VC

MAY 19, 2021

Same goes for SMB investment sites like Honeycomb Credit , The SMBX , and Worthy Bonds (business owners often fund others) and Prosper or Sofi (many funders have borrowed themselves).”. Rob Leclerc, Founding Partner, AgFunder , said, “We think of ourselves as a media company with VC as a business model. Tax minimization.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

JULY 20, 2020

A major funder of research programs at the Oklahoma Health Center, PHF has awarded more than $25 million to support biomedical research in Oklahoma since 2014. “The proposals presented this round were enthusiastically received by our Scientific Advisory Committee, in particular the collaborative and team science projects.”.

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

In an ecosystem, there should be multiple entrepreneurial support organizations, coworking spaces, incubators/accelerators, investors, etc.communicating about the resources they have to support entrepreneurs. Dealing with resistive funders, however, is our biggest challenge. Ellen Bateman. Heather Metcalf. Lack of awareness: Eco… what?

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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? If you slept on it, Accelerate2030 is the world’s leading program for entrepreneurial solutions towards the Sustainable Development Goals.

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Surdna Foundation

APRIL 11, 2022

As a racial justice funder, we also know that shifting power and building equity, mutual accountability, and authentic, trusting relationships are vital to our grantmaking. We are also proactively sharing our data with Candid and signing on to data-sharing initiatives, such as the Climate Funders Justice Pledge. Shifting power.

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

OCTOBER 4, 2022

The goal of EBLP is to collaboratively design, build, test, and validate a field-wide infrastructure that will accelerate adoption of ecosystem building as a practice in economic, community, workforce, and entrepreneurship development in the United States. It launched in March, and has made some significant progress over the past few months.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

When you feel confident that your solution is ready and your customer target is clear, that is the moment to leverage outside capital to accelerate your business beyond bootstrapping. Ventures must align the risk appetite of prospective funders with their own venture’s stage. As with many things in life, timing really is everything.

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Impact Hub

OCTOBER 7, 2023

Impact Hub: Our policy approach At Impact Hub, we are committed to accelerating global impact through collaboration, innovation, and inclusivity. These complementary pillars leverage Impact Hub’s extensive network of over 100 communities across the globe to accelerate learning across diverse realities.

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David Teten VC

JANUARY 21, 2021

Jonathan Bragdon , CEO, describes Capacity as “a team of founders-turned-funders making non-dilutive, founder-aligned investments of $50-$300k in post-startup, post-revenue businesses planning to 2X revenues in 12-24 months. In 3 years since founding the Accelerator, we have worked with 61 startups. Details here. of the Chisos equity.

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Impact Hub

JUNE 1, 2021

With 100+ communities of 16,500 social entrepreneurs & innovators in more than 55 countries across five continents, Impact Hub is one of the world’s largest communities and accelerators for positive change.

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David Teten VC

DECEMBER 2, 2019

They will also be offered the opportunity to join a customized 6-month Google Developers Launchpad Accelerator program, including guidance from our nonprofit partner, DataKind, to jumpstart their work. Google for Startups Accelerator. Peacetech Accelerator. See Conveners Impact Accelerator Selection Tool. Y Combinator.

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