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500 Global, GIZ establish bootcamp for accelerators in Africa to help them define sustainable business models

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r Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) will train managers of leading accelerators in Africa over the next two years, to help them establish sustainable business models that commandeer greater influence in their ecosystems. 500 Global’s take on the rising competition among startup accelerators.

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What if all startup accelerators promote circularity?

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What if all startup incubators and accelerators integrated design principles that foster circularity? In the startup and venture world, there are two options for integrating circularity. Mostly, startups that already identify with the concept of circularity join them. of the global economy is circular.

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Hong Kong accelerator Brinc raises $30M Series B

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I’ve visited Brinc’s headquarters the last few times I’ve been to Hong Kong, and been impressed with the range of different startups the accelerator works with. Brinc has expanded its scope a fair bit in the intervening years, with big focuses on things like food, health and deep tech.

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Meet the women-led web3 startups from Thousand Faces’ demo day

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Thousand Faces , a web3 community-based investment group, hosted its demo day on Wednesday with the top 10 startups from its Female Founder Accelerator program. The demo day coincided with International Women’s Day and featured women-led businesses focused on sustainable development goals (SDGs).

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Top Grand Rapids Startups to Watch in 2022

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The CertifID tool is used by real estate companies to insure and accelerate transactions with financial institutions for real estate purchases. An AI-based online youth athlete coaching startup, MaxOne raised $3.5 million in Series A startup funding in mid-2021. BAMF Health. This year, the company raised $2.8

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The biggest moonshots from 500 Global’s latest Demo Day

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Participants ran the gamut from fintech and sustainability to edtech and developer tools, and several stood out from the rest of the pack. 500 Global, formerly branded under 500 Startups , has an accelerator that competes with YC. walked through its health assessment service for insurance carriers. The moonshots.

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Here’s all 10 companies from IndieBio’s latest New York cohort

TechCrunch

Most big accelerators tend to dedicate some of their resources to dauntingly hard science problems and the companies taking them on… but for SOSV’s IndieBio , it’s the primary focus. The team has already won a number of awards from groups including LVHM (the holding co.