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

TechCrunch

It’s important for investors outside of Latin America to get involved in fundraising at earlier stages, when founders need extra support from everyone around. That’s why the unicorns and megadeals should come as no surprise: They’re the natural evolution of the ecosystem, of more capital generating more success after years of hard work.

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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

An entrepreneur needs a network of supportive people and resources to maximize his or her chances of success, because there will always be fires to put out. While entrepreneurs can be found everywhere, some startup ecosystems are thriving more than others. What is a startup community? Why create a startup community?

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The Venture Capital Diversity Gap and Why It Matters

StartupNation

At any given time, we would juggle five jobs between us to support the family. 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’ve created 15 funds in the last year alone. .

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Austin emerges as a city of unicorns and tech giants

TechCrunch

All that was needed was more capital to support it.”. Morgan Flager, managing partner of Silverton Partners — one of the state’s most active investors — believes that Austin has finally gotten respect “as a legitimate top tech ecosystem.”. Today, Austin’s angel investing space is incredibly robust.”.

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

Impact Hub

How Impact Hub Belgrade supports its members. As a team, we are dedicated to supporting and developing the Serbian innovation ecosystem. We do this by supporting you to reshape your business model and match you with a team member and lead who shares your mission. 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

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. Spain’s ten-year plan to put startups in the economic driving seat.