American Entrepreneurship

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

November 21, 2023) – Last week, the New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA) Board approved a new $20 million pilot program to support rising real estate developers. The Emerging Developer Fund will help developers gain access to capital and build additional capacity to expand their existing portfolio.

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

JANUARY 4, 2022

The largest early-stage investor in the region, Ben Franklin provides investment capital, business support services, BIG IDEA Contests, and Startup Boot Camps to emerging tech-entrepreneurs and small manufacturers located in central and northern Pennsylvania. WE INVEST IN INNOVATION. . For more information: www.dmi-llc.com.

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American Entrepreneurship

DECEMBER 19, 2023

December 19, 2023) – Last week, the N ew Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA) Board approved $3 million in Public Space Activation Grants under the Activation, Revitalization and Transformation (A.R.T.) In 2024, the NJEDA will announce Real Estate Rehabilitation and Development grants under the A.R.T. $10M A.R.T.

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American Entrepreneurship

OCTOBER 14, 2023

First Complete Cycle of Investment Under Novel State Program Benefits Newark Provider of HR Gaming Platform TRENTON, N.J. October 12, 2023) – The New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA) Board today approved the first investment in an emerging New Jersey company from the New Jersey Innovation Evergreen Fund (NJIEF).

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Angel Capital Association

MARCH 11, 2024

On February 28 , in Florence, CO, Elaine Bolle , Kevin Kudra , and Katelynne Staehnke were in attendance at the Fremont County Angel Investing Workshop, sponsored the Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade ( CO OEDIT ). At this event, Elaine Bolle delivered the Fundamentals of Angel Investing course.

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This is going to be BIG.

MARCH 18, 2019

Across the world, various economic development organizations, government agencies, and non-profits are putting in admirable and well-intentioned efforts to develop startup ecosystems. Not only that, but for many in the real estate world, their economic upside is already tied to innovation.

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American Entrepreneurship

APRIL 16, 2024

(April 15, 2024) – Last week, the New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA) Board approved the creation of the New Jersey Green Bank (NJGB), which will make investments in the clean energy sector that will help advance the state’s efforts to make an equitable transition to 100 percent clean energy.

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Angel Capital Association

DECEMBER 11, 2023

This is the time of year when ACA reaches out to our angel community seeking nominations for both the Angel Capital Association’s FY 2025 Board of Directors and committee volunteers to help ACA continue to grow and support our work on angel investing. You can learn more about ACA's current Board, mission, vision and values here.

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Angel Capital Association

JULY 17, 2023

Left to right: Representative Richard Neal , ACA Board Member, Managing Director and Found of North Coast Ventures Clay Rankin , ACA CEO Pat Gouhin , Rich Palmer , Managing Director, Launchpad Venture Group. ACA believes in the impact and benefits of angel investing to entrepreneurs, job growth and the economy.

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Revolution

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

I am at once proud of and awed by Jonathan, whose dual-track passion for the future of food and the future of Appalachia has brought him to tears more than once since we first invested in early 2018. Our foundational investment thesis at Rise of the Rest is a simple one: we see opportunity first through the lens of geography.

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AsiaTechDaily

JULY 7, 2023

program, a SGD 20 million initiative introduced by the Singapore Economic Development Board. The studio’s entrepreneurial culture and innovative approach to equity co-investment and risk-sharing with corporate partners have set it apart in the market.

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

AUGUST 31, 2022

To serve the growth of different industry sectors in the Bradford community, the Bright Bradford Fund consists of two distinct investment opportunities — the Bright Bradford Innovation Fund (BBIF) and the Bright Bradford Development Fund (BBDF). Ben Franklin is a national leader in tech-based economic development.

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

At the September 2021 Board of Director’s meeting, five additional companies were approved to receive an investment from Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Central & Northern PA. We Invest in Innovation. www.wildsonshinefactory.org.

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HPA

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Investing in technology that ensures commercial real estate is a positive contributor to our world is central to our company ethos.” “We believe there is a need for the solutions Cohesion is creating,” said Steve Koch , HPA member and Cohesion Board Member.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 18, 2023

Eat Just’s backers include the Qatar Investment Authority (the sovereign wealth fund of the state of Qatar), Vulcan Capital and C2 Capital Partners, which has Alibaba as its anchor investor. Once it opens next year, the facility will be capable of using the serum-free production process and producing tens of thousands of pounds of meat.

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AsiaTechDaily

NOVEMBER 12, 2022

The climatetech venture builder also has the support of EDB New Ventures, the venture-building arm of the Singapore Economic Development Board. Vaguette said all of their companies have the potential to reach US$100 million in high-margin recurring revenue and abate 100 million tons of CO2e emissions per year.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 29, 2018

“The Middle East consists of developing nations and, sadly, we are consumers of innovation and create very little of it ourselves. We hardly invent any new technologies and don’t invest enough in research and development,” Suhail says. “I I want to encourage more innovative thinking.”.

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Angel Capital Association

JANUARY 13, 2022

In fact, ACA members and groups are the most significant source of support for entrepreneurs, investing more than 1 million pro bono hours and $650 million of after-tax financing to more than 3,000 high growth companies annually. The DEI Task Force has developed and published a formal ACA DEI Policy and set its strategic goals for 2022.

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Angel Capital Association

JANUARY 26, 2023

Investments made by individual angels and angel groups continued to “fuel the tank” for entrepreneurs and kept investment pipelines flowing for venture capitalists. ACA’s angel groups made more investments in more companies despite the pandemic –continuing to risk personal capital to jumpstart businesses and ignite economies.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

The company announced today that it has raised $10 million in seed funding from investors including Temasek, K3 Ventures, EDB New Ventures (an investment arm of the Singapore Economic Development Board), NX-Food, FEBE Ventures and Blue Horizon.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 2, 2020

Eat Just, whose other products include a plant-based egg substitute , announced last month it is partnering with Proterra Investment Partners Asia to launch a new Asian subsidiary. The partnership includes a factory in Singapore that received support from the government’s Economic Development board.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Tara Sabre Collier is an early-stage impact investor with more than 15 years of experience at the intersection of economic development, social entrepreneurship and impact investment. She is a Visiting Fellow of Oxford University where she teaches and writes about impact investing, diversity and equity.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

investment firm Sequoia) and Will Neale (founder of Grabyo and early-stage investor). Chelmsford Councillor Simon Goldman, Deputy Cabinet Member for Economic Development and Small Business and representative for the BID board, said: “The introduction of a new co-working space in Gray’s Yard is a really positive scheme for the city.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

Investment companies have five years to reach 25% diversity on their boards, management team and equity ownership. The firm’s $250 million Equity 253 fund was inspired by the death of George Floyd in 2020, and encourages companies to use diversity as a growth vector, he said.

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

STATE COLLEGE, PA – At the September 2019 Board of Director’s meeting the largest early-stage investor in the region, Ben Franklin Technology Partners added five additional startups to its portfolio of funded clients. Below are brief descriptions of the innovations developed by the companies. We Invest in Innovation.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Joining SoftBank in the investment was new investor Whale Rock and existing investors including Generation Investment Management, Chan Zuckerberg Initiative and Spark Capital. As part of the investment, Lydia Jett, founding partner at SoftBank Investment Advisers, will join Andela’s board.

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Impact Hub

OCTOBER 7, 2023

Our 110 communities are diverse yet they all need an enabling environment of supportive regulatory frameworks, inclusive economic development initiatives, stronger social and environmental sustainability standards, and a brave impact funding environment.

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

We asked the 40+ Unsung Heroes of Ecosystem Building which skills they would invest in to become even better at what they do. Outside-the-box measurement and practical metrics are, in fact, needed across the board to better inform our work and support our communities, especially those that have historically been left behind: .

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

She is also principal of Broadway Realty, investing in, and repurposing, historic properties. Salyer served as a member of the Council Finance Committee, Council Economic Development Committee, and as chairman of the Council Social Services Committee. Meg retired from the Council April 8, 2019. How can a decade have flown by!

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

AUGUST 21, 2020

I often need to build, on board and manage teams to deliver on the work in reactive mode. I operate at the intersection of economic development, community development, and workforce development to craft solutions. I am not funded at the level to keep staff on hand.

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Angel Capital Association

JUNE 7, 2021

Our investor community drives holistic wealth creation, leveraging dollars invested with the significant time and expertise that we commit to our budding ventures. We’ve become the most active public policy supporter for early and seed stage investing in the United States. Education & Smart Practices. Public Policy.

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

AUGUST 21, 2020

However, my time is valuable and if I give you an hour of conversation out of my expertise, that means it’s not just the time investment; behind that time stands 25 years of experience, a college education (that I’m still paying for) and a family that I support. Louis area. Mark Lawrence’s Work. “I

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Gust

DECEMBER 21, 2011

You are much more flexible than VCs or strategic partners – they prefer not to travel, a they have lots of local opportunities to invest their money. To economic developers : Don’t think or say “we are going to create the next Silicon Valley here!”

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Angel Capital Association

MAY 18, 2020

Maine Venture Fund (MVF), a group of angels that belong to ACA, invested in MedRhythms, alongside several individuals, family funds, and Maine Technology Institute. With ground-breaking early results, Brian sought a solution that could scale this approach to millions, founding MedRhythms with his partner Owen McCarthy in 2015.

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AsiaTechDaily

MAY 9, 2022

month support, the top startup teams can also look forward to getting further assistance to expand to Asia and investment from prominent VCs. During KSGC 2021, Khenda got introduced to prominent Korean businessman Dong Hoon Shin, who eventually joined the company’s advisory board. Besides the 3.5-month

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Eat Just , the plant-based food startup, is launching a new Asian subsidiary through a partnership with Proterra Investment Partners Asia. As part of the deal, Proterra, which focuses on agri-tech, will invest up to $100 million in the facility, while Eat Just will invest $20 million.

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Angel Capital Association

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

That’s “angel” as in angel investing, where people invest money early in a new company’s career to help it get off the ground. That gets into Learned’s philosophy about angel investing, with echoes of the teacher he once was and still is. Kevin Learned is on his third career, and he’s not done yet.

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