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Japan to Update Startup Visa Policy, Supports Foreign Talent

AsiaTechDaily

According to the report , the Ministry of Economy recently introduced guidelines outlining support measures to strengthen startups in Japan. The initiative includes expanding visa opportunities and proposing tax system revisions concerning stock options to attract and retain highly skilled professionals.

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Announcing the YC Summer Conference – for students interested in startups

Y Combinator

Whether you're an engineer, scientist, designer, or builder, you'll have the opportunity to meet with fellow students and explore potential collaborations or even find your future cofounder. YC has funded over 4,000 startups, including Airbnb, Dropbox, Twitch, Reddit, DoorDash, and Coinbase. Apply to join us!

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Colgate-Palmolive, Coca-Cola and Unilever join AB InBev’s sustainable supply chain accelerator

TechCrunch

Since the launch of the accelerator and investment program, AB InBev has backed 36 companies in 16 countries, according to a statement. Those startups have gone on to raise more than $200 million in follow-on financing. How to get into a startup accelerator. Applications for the latest cohort will be due by May 31, 2021.

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Betaworks’ new ‘camp’ aims to fund transformative early-stage AI startups

TechCrunch

Scheduled to run from mid-June until mid-September, Betaworks’ program — the ninth of its kind — will provide startups access to benefits including a business-building curriculum and accelerated compute from companies including Hugging Face and Stability AI.

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Wrap-up of the Startup Community Leaders Mission USA 2018

Startup Catalyst

Startup programs are often duplicated across regions unnecessarily. There are low levels of genuine collaboration, and few partnerships. The world is generally not aware of our awesome local and regional startups. They collaborate and refer to those that play their specific role. Aussie startups can and should plug in.

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Sequoia’s Surge reveals 15 India, SEA startups in seventh cohort

TechCrunch

BuyerAssist aims to help B2B revenue teams with so-called mutual success plans (MSPs) to align and collaborate effectively with their buyers throughout the journey. Metaschool says it is making it easy for developers to learn, build and ship dApps to prepare them for opportunities in the emerging web3 ecosystem. 8VC is a co-investor.).

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mHub opens much bigger facility to kick Chicago startups into high gear

TechCrunch

In those seven years, the accelerator says it has supported more than 500 startups, 200 manufacturers, been awarded around 450 patents, and helped to create roughly 4,000 jobs. We wanted to be in an opportunity zone so that we could leverage that designation to attract and bring more venture capital to the table,” said Allen. “We