American Entrepreneurship

JUNE 2, 2025

The venture firms newly launched Fund will fuel food, beverage, and snack innovation. Taste Tomorrow Ventures (TTV), a new early-stage venture capital firm dedicated to investing in the next generation of consumer food, beverage, and snack brands, announced the closing of its $30 million TTV Fund I.

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American Entrepreneurship

APRIL 24, 2025

Two-year-old startup contributes to Tampa’s growing startup ecosystem. The round, led by Roo Capital , included participation from 1st and Main Growth Partners, SaaS Ventures, and Riptide Venturesbringing the companys total funding to $16 million.

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American Entrepreneurship

DECEMBER 4, 2024

In support of military Veteran-founded startups, the Fund focuses on space, AI, and cybersecurity leveraging a veteran’s leadership. Head of Global Operations of The Founder Institute, the world’s largest pre-seed startup accelerator, and the Co-Founder & COO of the Vet-Tech Startup Accelerator.

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Hunter Walk

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Watching the boom/bust cycle of DTC brands that were running on just the sugar high of venture dollars has given me even more appreciation for those who, yes, require investment capital along the way, but are playing the long game. Here are Five Questions with Sandro. Hunter Walk: Backstory time! Crazy Rich Asians became the No.

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American Entrepreneurship

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Seed funding came from venture firms committed to deep tech. Co-founders Halen Mattison and Luke Neise announced the closing of an $8 million seed round for their startup G eneral Galactic , a pioneer in fossil-free fuel generation technology. Their targets are maritime shipping, agriculture, and heavy industry sectors.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

a nonprofit dedicated to fostering the growth of startups and entrepreneurs in Oklahoma, is proud to announce surpassing the $100 million mark in total investments. These investments, collectively over $100 million, have provided vital early capital to help startups throughout the state to thrive. i2E, Inc.,

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American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 12, 2025

Six startups showcased at Investopia 2025 represented a diverse range of industries, demonstrating the breadth of innovation within Crimson Founders 2025. The week-long initiative, held from February 24-28, 2025, marked a significant milestone in integrating 19 high-impact startups into the UAEs dynamic investment and innovation ecosystem.

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The Seraf Compass

JULY 21, 2025

This Isn’t Just for Funds Angels, syndicates, and even startup accelerators are tapping into this tooling wave: Cap table visibility: Ledgy or Capboard. They’ve essentially institutionalized their fund - without needing a large back-office team. Investor group operations: Seraf, AngelList Stack.

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Hunter Walk

MARCH 10, 2025

One byproduct of this movement, especially during the blitzscaling era , were new startups in areas such as finance, healthcare, housing, education, using venture capital to acquire customers at accelerated rates. But know that your customers aren’t taking ‘startup risk,’ they just want some help.

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American Entrepreneurship

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Fintech startup Parafin innovatively tackles this challenge through its embedded finance infrastructure used by partners such as DoorDash, Amazon, and others. Founded in 2020 by Poddar and Vineet Goel, the startup has provided nearly $1 billion in annual funding for tens of thousands of small businesses in the U.S. and Canada.

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StartupNation

JUNE 18, 2025

Launching a startup is an adventure filled with uncertainty, excitement, and plenty of unexpected challenges. We’ve put together eight ways to safeguard your startup—from how you build your team to managing your finances, and choosing the right tech. Founding team conflicts have doomed many promising ventures.

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American Entrepreneurship

JANUARY 21, 2025

A founders journey when taking on the challenge of launching a startup is filled with highs and lows.Their path to success will have challenges, setbacks, and moments of doubt. First-time entrepreneurs may find the startup adventure daunting without having the right guidance and perspective. .”This

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StartupNation

MAY 16, 2025

Funding a startup can be challenging, especially if you’re new to the game. What are the options, benefits, and risks of alternative financing for a startup? Startups may seek alternatives to bank loans for several reasons. Today, there are many more options, a development that has opened the doors to more startups.

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StartupNation

JULY 5, 2025

Effectively communicating your startup’s impact metrics to investors can make or break your funding opportunities. This article presents key strategies, backed by expert insights, to help you showcase your startup’s value and growth potential. You must demonstrate how your venture helps solve certain problems.

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American Entrepreneurship

JANUARY 12, 2025

Ventures with underrepresented founders will compete for share of more than $100,000 in cash grants, plus mentoring and connections WILMINGTON, Del. This years categories of FinTech , Life Sciences , and Environmental Impact reflect Delawares evolving innovation and industry landscape. Thanks to sponsors, there is no charge to enter.

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Hunter Walk

APRIL 21, 2025

I entered venture capital with some beliefs – many of which still hold true (such as ‘your LPs are your business partners, not your customers’). The dominance (in scale) of the multibillion dollar AUM holders, who are often underwriting to lower outcomes and needing to put more capital to work.

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American Entrepreneurship

JANUARY 29, 2025

Five-year-old startup Eleos Health is focusing on the behavioral health sector, leading the charge with AI agents in an industry burdened by administrative challenges, inefficiencies, and limited access to care. The startup’s rapid growth has gained additional support from investors with the company closing a Series C funding round.

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Jason Malki

JULY 16, 2025

Steve Gomberg I had the pleasure of interviewing Steve Gomberg and he is a seasoned executive whose career spans general management, finance, and corporate development across a variety of entrepreneurial ventures. Provided strategic guidance and financial backing to early-stage ventures in diverse industries.

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American Entrepreneurship

JANUARY 21, 2025

million pre-A funding round, the FinTech startup aims to expand its regional footprint while laying the groundwork for future global growth. Continued support from previous backers includes COTU, RZM Capital, and Github founder Tom Preston-Werner. With its just closed $5.2

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StartupNation

JULY 17, 2025

But with a strategic financial plan, you can position your startup for sustainable growth and a strong future. As a startup, resources are often limited, so every dollar needs to go toward driving growth or keeping operations running smoothly. You’ll need to balance your budget, find the right funding, and navigate risks carefully.

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Paul G. Silva

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Practice Your Pitch and Save Your Social Capital Entrepreneurs benefit tremendously from practicing their pitch and Q&A. For instance, when I fed it the executive summary of my last venture, I expected generic questions like: “Who is your competition?” and “What are your management team’s qualifications?”

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American Entrepreneurship

JANUARY 22, 2025

For instance, tax rates, access to funding, labor costs, and the overall economic climate play significant roles in determining if a startup succeeds. Atlanta, in particular, is a thriving hub for tech startups and entrepreneurs, with a growing population and access to both venture capital and skilled talent.

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StartupNation

JUNE 14, 2025

Running a newly acquired small startup can be highly unpredictable. You see, the biggest mistake startup owners make is tying their personal financial futures to the success of their business ventures. Income diversification can be a marvelous way to mitigate some of the financial challenges of starting or buying a new startup.

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American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 30, 2025

The company touts over 200,000 businesses with, a large portion being startups that use its services as a financial backbone, replacing cumbersome platform switching or thejuggling third-party apps. Mercury is a disruptive company with a bold vision for the future of banking, said Sonya Huang, partner at Sequoia Capital. The result?

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American Entrepreneurship

JULY 2, 2025

The startup, f ounded in 2022, is led by the seasoned team of Alex Yakubovich and Stan Garber who quickly gained investor backing to make Levelpath the leader in enterprise procurement. The round also included participation from prominent firms such as Redpoint Ventures, Benchmark, 01A, New View Capital, and World Innovation Lab.

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American Entrepreneurship

DECEMBER 2, 2024

The two-year-old startup having served approximately 40,000 customers announced the closing of a $21 million Seed funding round to support its AI speech models and an AI voice agent platform. Kindred Ventures and 500 Global led the Seed round with participation from Race Capital, Y Combinator, Soma Capital, Pioneer Fund, TRAC, and others.

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NZ Entrepreneur

JULY 22, 2025

There will also be workshop streams on Thursday 7 August covering topics like realising an exit for your startup, storytelling for growth, using AI to help build your startup, rethinking government support for startups, inclusive entrepreneurship, creative problem solving, Kaupapa Māori entrepreneurship, recognising ideas worth pursuing, and more.

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Jason Malki

JUNE 6, 2025

Proven ability to lead high-performing teams, drive operational excellence, and improve startup outcomes across sectors and regions. As VP of Investment at BDev Ventures , Keshia leads sourcing and portfolio operations, managing both strategic and operational aspects of the fund. From there, I ran U.S.

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American Entrepreneurship

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Customers John Deere, Nissan, other manufacturers, and logistic operators are now using the startups technology. The Georgia-based startup was founded in 2020 by former Tesla, Cummins, GE, and Waymo engineers. Most importantly the idling time of truckers estimated to be 23% of a truckers workday is significantly reduced.

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Revolution

JUNE 26, 2025

Despite storm clouds rolling in, Chicago’s broader startup community packed the evening happy hour — proof that momentum here doesn’t mind a little weather. Peer-to-peer breakouts ran long (in the best way), full of the kind of off-the-record candor no agenda can really plan for.

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American Entrepreneurship

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Customers John Deere, Nissan, other manufacturers and logistic operators use the startups automation technology. The Georgia-based startup was foundedin2020by former Tesla, Cummins, GE, and Waymo engineers. DCVC, a leading Silicon Valley venture capital firm specializing in deep tech, led the recently closed $28 million Series B round.

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Jason Malki

JULY 23, 2025

He previously worked in venture capital, private equity, and financial services. What motivated you to launch your startup? We’re helping startups grow and we’re building a blueprint for how communities can thrive through innovation. What has been your biggest challenge when growing your startup?

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StartupNation

JUNE 4, 2025

For example, when pitching a renewable energy startup, I used a visual timeline to showcase the growth of the clean energy market, highlighting the potential for exponential returns. This slide listed potential obstacles we may face as a startup, along with our strategies to mitigate them and ultimately succeed.

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This is going to be BIG.

MAY 2, 2025

nextNYC, the startup events platform I run, produces the largest formal VC/Founder intro event at NY Tech Week. If you believe in a 100% efficient market for venture, then better founders will speak to better investors than you before they come to youso networking with other VCs in the front of the line is beneficial. Fintech investor?

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American Entrepreneurship

JUNE 13, 2025

The newly launched fund will focus on pre-seed and seed stage startups developing AI applications. In a major boost for the artificial intelligence startup ecosystem, Seven Stars, a new venture capital firm founded by former SV Angel Partner Steven Lee, has officially launched its $40 million inaugural fund to support early-stage AI startups.

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American Entrepreneurship

JANUARY 31, 2025

The recently closed Series A funding round was led by B ison Ventures with participation from Cibus Capital, Acre Venture Partners, Congruent Ventures, Fall Line Capital, E14 Fund, SNR, and Serra Ventures.

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NZ Entrepreneur

MARCH 16, 2025

Watch/listen to the Interview: In this interview Richard Liew talks with James Burnes , Chief Executive at Ministry of Awesome , a Christchurch New Zealand based startup hub helping high growth startups throughout New Zealand to start, grow and scale up.

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