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Foreign investors have a bigger role to play in growing Latin America’s startup ecosystem

TechCrunch

These incoming investors must bring more than money to ensure that entrepreneurship continues to grow in a healthy manner, rather than set it off balance. Investors should bring a local strategy that makes them an asset to Latin America’s startup ecosystem. Every top university in Brazil has a pool of angels.

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Hustle Fund wants to help spawn a new generation of angel investors

TechCrunch

Hustle Fund is coming out of stealth today with Angel Squad , a new initiative aimed at making angel investing more accessible to more people. So far, Penn has invested in five startups across a range of sectors including real estate, food, apparel and finance. . To more people like Colorado-based Penn. “

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Startup Communities – Where to Find Them and How to Get Involved

Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

While entrepreneurs can be found everywhere, some startup ecosystems are thriving more than others. Building a startup community, or startup ecosystem, is no easy task and requires a lot of intentional work. What is a startup community? Who are some of the key participants in a startup community?

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The Venture Capital Diversity Gap and Why It Matters

StartupNation

That summer sparked a revelation that would ignite my passion for entrepreneurship. Over the past 15 years, I have invested in more than 35 companies with diverse and underserved founders. I looked around and everyone I saw, met and spoke to looked like me … I finally felt a sigh of relief for the first time.

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Austin emerges as a city of unicorns and tech giants

TechCrunch

Brett Hurt is an example of a successful founder who continues to help the city’s startup scene flourish by also acting as an active angel investor. Today, Austin’s angel investing space is incredibly robust.”. I found Austin to be a great balance of art, entrepreneurship and people,” she said.

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Impact Hub Belgrade – 5 years of making, failing and creating impact

Impact Hub

On top of this, we launched WE (women entrepreneurs) angels who are the first Serbian female investor group established in order to support gender diverse entrepreneurial teams and companies, a business angel investing meetup and a crazy dance party! . Impact makers and innovative humans always come first.

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“We are going to create the best environment for startups in Europe”

TechCrunch

Spain’s government is gearing up to pass the country’s first ever startup law. The process of debating and agreeing the details of this startup ecosystem support framework is expected to take between six and nine months. So — if all goes to plan — Spain will finally get a startup law before the end of this year.