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Social Enterprise Incubator’s 5th Cohort focuses on Climate and Health Equity

American Entrepreneurship

The new cohort will focus on climate action and health equity. Each of the cohort’s seven members who are taking on global challenges will receive a broad range of assistance to scale their innovative ventures while residing in the incubator. The other members are Ensense AI, Dexign 3D, Mapsol, Procurement Health and Restore.

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Startup Accelerators are Entrepreneur Boot Camps

Gust

David Cohen image via Kathleen Lavine, Denver Business Journal. Business incubators for sharing services were all the rage back in the days of the dot-com bubble (700 for profit, many more non-profit). The goal of most business incubators today is to strengthen the local economy, and commercialize new technologies.

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Free Money for Student Tech Founders

David Teten VC

Use their software for interactive data visualization and modern business intelligence. University entrepreneurship competitions and events are a great way to fund yourself and build relationships with potential partners, mentors, and investors. Tableau offers its software for free for students. 2) Contests for Student Tech Founders.

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The Rise of the Rest Class of 2019

Revolution

I had the good fortune of providing leadership in an acquired business located in Orlando, FL while being an executive at a MedTech Fortune 500. and yet I always had the desire in my heart to start my own health technology company that would improve people’s lives. My family and I relocated several times to various parts of the U.S.

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8 factors to consider when fundraising during a downturn

TechCrunch

Early-stage investments are also tightening, as investors focus on lower valuations that accommodate revised paths to an exit, and on business health, which is now becoming more important than growing at any cost. We recommend that companies secure 24+ months of runway with any fundraise today.

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Startups have about $1 trillion worth of reasons to love the Biden infrastructure plan

TechCrunch

Finally for startups there’s a $31 billion available for programs that give small businesses access to credit, venture capital, and R&D dollars. Specifically, the proposal calls for funding for community-based small business incubators and innovation hubs to support growth in communities of color and underserved communites.

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The latest list of YC-backed companies worth over $150M is the most geographically diverse yet

TechCrunch

In Africa, there’s Wave , the spinoff company of WorldRemit-subsidiary Sendwave at 54th, Reliance Health (204th), Stripe-acquired Paystack (233rd), Yassir (247th) and Kudi (263rd).