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Maine’s Coworking Development Fund

EntreWorks Consulting

Our latest edition of EntreWorks Insights examined the power of place, i.e., how community gathering places can help build social capital and promote economic development. These powerful places can take many forms, including business offices, libraries and coworking spaces, among others. Maine’s Coworking Development Fund.

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“Winners Take None:” Coworking, Self Storage, Scooters Have Burned Billions of Investor Dollars and Maybe Were Never ‘Tech Companies’

Hunter Walk

’ Economies of scale, network effects, soft monopolies/bundling, patent moats: there are many reasons why. Verticals where an incredible amount of investor capital was committed and even the ‘best/surviving’ companies ended up consuming a tremendous amount of dollars. Self-storage on Demand. Winner take none.

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How VCs, Accelerators, and Coworking Spaces Put Communities in Buildings vs. Buildings in Communities

This is going to be BIG.

They don't have a stake in it--and by not actively putting themselves out there as a source of capital, they're not in the information flow. On top of that, they tend to be the locus of innovation networks. It's no accident that the people who give out money have the largest networks of people floating around them.

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Colabs gets $3 million seed to expand across Pakistan, launch back-office SaaS solution

TechCrunch

Lahore-based coworking space startup, Colabs , is set to roll-out a SaaS product to enable businesses meet back-office needs including company registration, talent sourcing and management, payroll processing and legal and tax compliance. The family-owned real estate firm develops Colabs spaces.

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Pakistani co-working startup Colabs raises $3m in seed funding

AsiaTechDaily

The round was led by Indus Valley Capital, Zayn Capital and Fatima Gobi Ventures. The round was also joined by Shorooq Partners, Kinnow Capital, and some key angels, including Turner Novak, William Hockey, and Teddy Himler. Register COLABS becomes Pakistan’s only venture-backed collaborative workspace by a $3 million investment.

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‘Co-warehouse’ company Saltbox closes $35M Series B

TechCrunch

Coworking and warehouse space company Saltbox announced today the closing of a $35 million Series B led by Cox Enterprises and Pendulum Holdings. Scriven, the company’s CEO, told TechCrunch that the company plans to use the extra capital to open at least three more locations, with two of those to open by the end of the year.

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5 Tips for Improving Your Startup Deal Flow

Onevest

By Tim Houghten For 1000 Angels , the private investor network that connect startups with investors, deal flow is critical. No one want capital sitting idle, especially not in today’s miserly low interest rate environment. Only with sufficient deal flow can investors uncover the best startup investments, and stay diversified.