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Forge North Coalition Announces First Close of Fund to Invest in Black, Brown and Women Entrepreneurs in Minnesota

American Entrepreneurship

Powered by gener8tor and the GREATER MSP Partnership, the fund will invest in leading local and national venture-capital funds that commit to investing a portion of their capital into high-growth startups led by Black, Brown, and Women entrepreneurs that are headquartered in Minnesota or willing to relocate to the state.

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8 investors, founders and execs predict cybersecurity, fintech will take Belfast by storm

TechCrunch

With that in mind, we reached out to founders, investors and executives in the city to get an inside look at the state of the current tech startup ecosystem. According to the survey, the city is strong in sectors such as fintech, agritech, hospitality tech, emerging tech, cybersecurity, SaaS and medtech. Co-founded BrewBot.

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Top Ann Arbor Tech Companies and Startups to Watch in 2022

StartupNation

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.

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8 Czech VCs on green shoots, pandemic impacts and 2021 opportunities

TechCrunch

As far as green shoots, COVID-19 has “played a role of an accelerator for innovation in many business areas and even e-government and other rigid/conservative industries,” said one. D2C startups have benefitted and “Zoom selling” now seems “totally plausible.”. Innovative. I miss a more innovative approach.

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6 Miami-based investors share their views on the region’s startup scene

TechCrunch

The Miami tech ecosystem is smaller than in the Bay Area or New York and arguably less intense, with fewer exits so far of which to speak. Who are key startup people you see creating success locally, whether investors, founders or even other types of startup ecosystem roles like lawyers, designers, growth experts, etc.

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How to Kick Start Your Community’s Startup Scene

Both Sides of the Table

I have never been more optimistic about the impact that the tech startup community is having on cities in America or about the role that cities outside of San Francisco / Silicon Valley can play in our future. Changes in the Startup Ecosystem. And then the world changed. Changes in the Software World & in Venture Capital.

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After a record year for Israeli startups, 16 investors tell us what’s next

TechCrunch

Israel’s startup ecosystem raised record amounts of funding and produced 19 IPOs in 2020, despite the pandemic. A great amount of talent is cultivated in the military, which has spawned innovative cyber, AI and machine-learning companies. Are there startups that you wish you would see in the industry but don’t?

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