Founders Coop

APRIL 29, 2024

One of the questions I heard most often from commenters was: “if Techstars is an example of a failed accelerator, what does a good one look like?” This post is an effort to unpack what’s required of a startup accelerator to truly serve the needs of high-performing founders. Aviel and I know something about this.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 15, 2023

Amid these turbulent times, the VC accelerator industry has emerged as a stalwart player. Angel investments in 2022 equaled those from 2006 to 2011 combined. Family office investments increased by 5x , and corporate venture investments rose 6x , thus opening new capital avenues for founders who found it difficult to raise capital.

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500

MARCH 26, 2020

When I moved to San Francisco in 2012, I was working on my fourth startup and looking to join an accelerator. The post Why the Accelerator Model is Broken—and how 500 Startups is Fixing it appeared first on 500 Startups.

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Gust

SEPTEMBER 30, 2012

A few are still trying to make money doing it, but it is hard to make money off startups. Business accelerators” is another term often used interchangeably with incubators. The key difference between them, according to purists, is that accelerators compress the timescale for startups by operating as a type of boot camp.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Internet giant Google announced today that it has made the first investment from its Africa Investment Fund in Ugandan super app SafeBoda. Before launching the fund, Google proved helpful in startups’ journeys via its Google for Startups Accelerator Africa program.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Techstars , a network of startup accelerators and an investment company, is launching a new accelerator in Paris called Techstars Sustainability Paris. This isn’t the first time that Techstars is running an accelerator in France as the company originally launched Techstars Paris in 2017.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 14, 2021

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. Last year, the pair launched the blockchain/NFT accelerator Launchpad Luna. Hong Kong-based Animoca Brands appears to be playing a big role in the move.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 12, 2022

Snap’s in-house Yellow accelerator program, which invests in startups, has debuted its fifth batch of investments. The company invests $150,000 in each Yellow startup for an equity stake as part of the accelerator program, which first launched in 2018.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 3, 2022

Microsoft has today announced plans to support 10,000 startups in Africa over the next five years through a series of initiatives including partnerships with accelerators and incubators across the continent. Microsoft said that it is already working with Banque Misr, Global Venture Capital and Get Funded Capital. “Our

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

SparkLabs Korea , a Seoul-based seed to early-stage accelerator, held a demo Day on Thursday for its 19th cohort of companies. The latest demo day marks its tenth year after SparkLabs launched its accelerator program in December 2012. and Asia. . SparkLabs is currently open to applications for its 20th batch program until November 11.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 20, 2020

The two continents enjoyed more venture capital investment into their local startups than in some time, underscoring that strong VC results the United States saw in the third quarter were not a fluke, but part of a broader trend. The Exchange explores startups, markets and money.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

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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TechCrunch

MARCH 28, 2022

The Family co-founder and CEO Alice Zagury announced in a blog post that the French startup accelerator is suing Oussama Ammar for multiple claims — breach of trust, forgery and use of forgery. According to her, other people working for The Family have asked several times to see documents that proved that investments went through.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 22, 2021

A clutch of the world’s largest consumer products and food companies are joining Budweiser’s parent company Anheuser-Busch InBev in backing an investment program to support early-stage companies focused on making supply chains more sustainable. Those startups have gone on to raise more than $200 million in follow-on financing.

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TechCrunch

MAY 10, 2023

The investor previously worked as a partner at 500 , previously known as 500 Startups, where he raised and ran a dedicated fintech fund as well as helped build an accelerator. There he met his eventual founding partner at BTV – Jake Gibson – and backed a cadre of fintech startups, including Chipper and Albert, each at $2.5

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 24, 2020

But somewhat lost amongst the splashy megarounds and high-interest IPOs that can dominate the news cycle were seed-stage startups. TechCrunch explored what happened in seed investing to uncover what was missed amidst the storm and fury of late-stage startup activity. The COVID dip, for seed, then, was a short-term affair.

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AsiaTechDaily

APRIL 18, 2022

Every year, South Korea opens its doors, inviting global startups and entrepreneurs to develop and grow their businesses in the region. The startup accelerator program, launched in 2016, supports foreign startups that want to enter the Korean market and further explore the international markets. At the end of the 3.5

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American Entrepreneurship

APRIL 24, 2023

The easy-to-use, comprehensive supply chain management system among top applicants selected for Newchip’s online accelerator NEW FREEDOM, Pa., Past accelerator cohorts averaged more than 17.5 The equity-free, fully digital accelerator has helped over 2,500 founders from more than 110 countries and 250 cities raise over $2.2

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

AUGUST 5, 2022

The first two MyEO DealExchange conferences in 2018 and 2019 made a significant impact on the members who attended—including a 7-figure investment in Scott Mesh (EO New York)’s company. The attendees must be EO members, EO Accelerator participants, or their vetted guest, such as a spouse or business partner. Who can attend DX22?

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 12, 2021

This morning Techstars , a network of startup accelerators and a venture capital fund, announced that Maëlle Gavet is its new CEO. Techstars wants to go find those founders and invest in them. That means, we presume, more accelerators in more places investing in more founders.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 17, 2021

Among Apple’s more recent social good initiatives is the Impact Accelerator, an effort launched about a year ago intended to find and elevate minority-owned small businesses taking on sustainability and climate change.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 12, 2023

Having local expertise in the category every VC wants to invest in right now doesn’t hurt, either. Startups in the city raised more than $534 million through December 12, 2022, according to PitchBook, which, while not a lot of capital, is better than 2021, when they raised $336 million. You can give it a listen here.).

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TechCrunch

APRIL 23, 2023

“There’s a ton of stuff that really could be impacting the lives of everybody on Earth, that is not making it out of the lab and into practical application,” said David Van Wie, founder and chief investment officer at Aventurine Capital Group. If it sounds as if it’s the antithesis of quick growth and timely exit, that’d be accurate.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 14, 2023

European accelerators are going through an interesting time right now. And I think it’s now commonly accepted that most accelerators outside of YCombinator can too be often ‘less than adequate’, to put it diplomatically. Having said that, accelerators still have a role to play in Europe’s emerging ecosystem.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 5, 2023

Y Combinator, the startup accelerator that has launched the likes of Instacart, Stripe and Airbnb, has broadened its investing lens in recent years, backing companies all over Africa and India, and beyond. This is the first year in the recent past that YC hasn’t flexed the geographic breakdown of its startups in its blog post.

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Founder Bounty

OCTOBER 1, 2022

Test our your market first before you invest time into a product I keep telling this to entrepreneurs. Make sure you test your market out before you invest time and energy into the actual product. Apply for an accelerator if you think its worth doing. Vlad Kozul Is Techstars accelerator worth doing? Should you do it?

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Like the startup ecosystem itself, accelerators change with time. Y Combinator, perhaps the best-known startup accelerator, has also evolved. Let’s see where Y Combinator’s most promising young tech companies come from to get a loose barometer of where the accelerator is finding the most intriguing founders to back.

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AsiaTechDaily

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

EventUs is committed to data-driven decision-making, ensuring that each aspect of the event is optimized for maximum return on investment. Its platform covers participant recruitment, event promotion, on-site operations, and post-event follow-up management.

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Gust

JANUARY 22, 2014

At the moment, Gust for individual angels is only available to Accredited Investors who either (a) belong to an official angel group, venture fund or other organization that provides verification of their investor status, or (b) have already invested in (or been invited by) a startup using Gust for its investor relations communications.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 25, 2021

Founded by Yele Badamosi in 2017, Microtraction arrived on the continent’s early-stage investment scene with all intent to be “the most accessible and preferred source of pre-seed funding for African tech entrepreneurs.” Other investors include Pave Investments and US-based angel investor, Chris Schultz.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 4, 2022

After the pandemic drove students at every level into remote learning, edtech saw record levels of investment — until the public markets began to cool off several months ago. Show, don’t tell: Tips for robotics startups raising a Series B during a downturn. 500 Global’s take on the rising competition among startup accelerators.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 29, 2022

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. Olympic team. More posts by this contributor.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 28, 2022

Benioff challenged SOA founder Daniela Fernandez to find and accelerate 100 ocean-focused startups and projects back in 2019, and the organization more than doubled that goal. “We see startups leapfrogging across multiple accelerator programs to try and access new networks and funding.

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StartupNation

AUGUST 8, 2021

If a bank doesn’t believe in your idea, the startup community might — and there’s a good chance they’ll give you a lot of money if they do. Accelerators. Startup accelerators provide seed money, counseling, networking and other services to launch your business. Angel investing and venture capital (VC).

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Dream It

OCTOBER 1, 2019

The startup will use the funding to enhance product capabilities and accelerate sales growth with key hires. With that momentum, TrekIT Health was able to secure foundational investment from Ben Franklin Technology Partners last year. About Dreamit Ventures Dreamit Ventures is an early stage venture fund and startup accelerator.

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AsiaTechDaily

JUNE 8, 2023

Register Antler , a business incubator and startup accelerator based in Singapore, has successfully raised $285 million for its emerging growth fund, Antler Elevate. These investments highlight the fund’s commitment to supporting innovative solutions across diverse industries. .

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 19, 2022

It’s a similar story looking at some players within the startup world. On Deck, a venture-backed startup accelerator that invests in other companies, recently cut 25% of staff and scaled back its accelerator program. Global fintech funding in the second quarter of 2022 fell 33% to $20.4

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