TechCrunch

MARCH 22, 2022

We’ve been hearing the concept of “community” lately in different aspects of startups and venture capital. From Lolita Taub taking a community-first focus in venture capitalism to Archive tapping into community for marketing buying power. She believes this will enable them to get out of poverty.”.

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TechCrunch

MAY 27, 2021

Orbiit , a startup that automates the interactions within an online community, has raised a $2.7 Orbiit says its platform handles the communications, matching, scheduling, feedback collection and analytics for people connecting with each other in an online community.

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AsiaTechDaily

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Register Established in 2016 and headquartered in New York, SoGal Ventures is a venture capital firm dedicated to early-stage investments in diverse founding teams, operating in both the United States and Asia. Background Pocket Sun’s journey in the investment industry has shaped her into the leader she is today.

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Revolution

MAY 6, 2022

the leading esports and gaming enabler and latest addition to Revolution Growth’s portfolio. industry titans who collectively wanted to invest in the future of shared digital experiences. going beyond the screen to engage on an individual and community level. Meet aXiomatic ?—?the

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TechCrunch

JULY 28, 2022

In a statement shared with TechCrunch, Qwili said it would use the investment for app development, new hires (improvement in operations and development capabilities) and hardware production. The company’s hardware is a low-cost NFC-enabled smartphone called Qwili Pula that allows merchants to send and receive payments.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

million in a seed funding round as it works to support underbanked communities in the country. The Karachi-based startup targets communities across sectors including agriculture, MSMEs, e-commerce, logistics, healthcare and others. Pakistan’s embedded finance platform Neem has raised $2.5 Pakistan’s Neem raises $2.5M

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

MARCH 16, 2022

The largest early-stage investor in the region, Ben Franklin provides investment capital, business support services, BIG IDEA Contests, and Tech Startup Boot Camps to emerging tech-entrepreneurs and small manufacturers located in central and northern Pennsylvania. WE INVEST IN INNOVATION. www.returnlogic.com. www.cnp.benfranklin.org.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

AUGUST 12, 2019

In 2010, Ravi founded IndiVillage , the first information technology (IT) and information technology enabled services (ITeS) company in India to become certified as a B Corporation. The EO Accelerator program is the catalyst that enables first-stage entrepreneurs to catapult their business to the next level.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 30, 2021

To that end it made three announcements last year: Zoom Apps development tools , the Zoom Apps marketplace and a $100 million development fund to invest in some of the more promising startups building tools on top of their platform. Today, at the closing bell, the company announced it has made its first round of investments.

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Revolution

DECEMBER 20, 2023

While VC dollars still overwhelmingly funnel into places like Silicon Valley, Brookings research shows tech jobs are finally spreading out — movement spurred by the availability of hybrid and remote work, private investment, and federal initiatives. The soundbite: “Every local problem is personal.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 2, 2021

Early-stage venture capital fund Newtopia VC launched Monday with $50 million to invest in tech startups based in Latin America. The fund will invest between $250,000 and $1 million in startups at the seed stage to help them achieve the milestones needed on the path to raising a Series A. We aim to help entrepreneurs in those stages.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 11, 2023

That commercial product has over 5,000 paying customers today, and the company decided that the time was right to take a $6 million seed investment to build on the product’s growing popularity. DBeaver takes $6M seed investment to build on growing popularity by Ron Miller originally published on TechCrunch

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This is going to be BIG.

MAY 13, 2015

By the time you get your food, you've gotten it days in advance of when you'd get your food if you were ordering from a service that preps it for you, enabling it to last longer in your fridge. They do this through vertical integration and special packaging--and that's where the technical innovation comes in.

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AsiaTechDaily

DECEMBER 19, 2022

million that it could use to build a decentralized hiring community for web3 talent. The investment speaks of the company’s value proposition and the real-world application for crypto because it came at a time when the crypto market was in a difficult period. Remember Me. No account yet? The post Outdefine raises $2.5m

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 25, 2022

The brothers had dreams of finding their own financial freedom through investing in real estate, but didn’t have enough individual capital to go into business alone. “On It also offers tools including a business ledger for groups to track their investment performance. .

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AsiaTechDaily

MAY 22, 2023

Register Hong Kong-based venture capital firm Newman Capital has invested in Openfort, a startup that specialises in blockchain wallet infrastructure for Web3 gaming. The investment from Newman Capital has enabled Openfort to successfully complete its seed round fundraising, generating a total of $3 million.

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This is going to be BIG.

APRIL 11, 2010

I’m getting a little bit tired of running my events list and seeing some of the best folks sitting behind the paywalls of people profiting off of the community’s attempt to talk to itself. produced by community members that there’s hardly any reason to pay other than a token amount for in person innovation and startup related content.

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This is going to be BIG.

DECEMBER 3, 2015

I've always had a problem with the term "impact investing". It's as if the investments that you made that aren't part of an impact investing strategy hang from the ceiling Mission Impossible style in a temperature controlled environment making no discernable impact on stakeholder's lives. Leave no trace. Leave no fingerprints.

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American Entrepreneurship

JUNE 20, 2023

The Federally established State Small Business Credit Initiative support investments into New Jersey companies Through the use of three unique investment strategies funded through the federal State Small Business Credit Initiative (SSBCI), the New Jersey Economic Development Agency (NJEDA) is supporting New Jersey small and early-stage businesses.

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American Entrepreneurship

OCTOBER 2, 2023

207 Applications Approved for over $8 Million in Tax Credits to Support Investment in 28 Companies TRENTON, N.J. million in private investment as supported in 2023 by the New Jersey Angel Investor Tax Credit Program (ATC). million in tax credits, based on a percentage of eligible investment.

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

APRIL 3, 2023

Eight startup companies recently received an investment from Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Central and Northern PA, allowing them to further develop a new product, process, or software application. With the Ambient Home Hub, community staff are less burdened and can provide better care through the assistive benefits of smart technology.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

VC has been invested over the past decade according to race, gender and educational background makes for grim reading — with all-ethnic teams and female entrepreneurs receiving just a fraction of available funding versus all-white teams and male founders. s Black and multi-ethnic communities, meanwhile, now comprise 14% of the U.K.

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

JUNE 17, 2020

Nine tech-companies in central and northern PA, that were adversely affected by COVID-19, received an investment from Ben Franklin Technology Partners/CNP that will allow them to stabilize their operations and further develop and commercialize new products, processes, or software applications. We Invest in Innovation.

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Impact Hub

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

The fintech company Kobopay provides a wide range of services using a community-based approach. It works with local businesses in their communities to offer their services offline, thus reaching the last mile. Stay tuned to find out more about the final investment event , which will be held be held from March 8 to 11.

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Revolution

APRIL 24, 2023

As investors who bet on those entrepreneurs and the industry-transforming startups they’re building, VCs have a unique perspective on what “investing in the planet” looks like at scale. What does investing in our planet mean to you as a venture capitalist vs. as a consumer? “As Here’s what they had to say. “As

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American Entrepreneurship

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Accredited investors are invited to nation’s largest angel conference, which has invested $4.8M By providing a low initial investment and robust deal flow, SDAC enables accredited investors from across the U.S. to explore angel investing and join the member-managed fund as a way to grow their investment portfolio.

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American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 5, 2024

In its recently held finals, three young entrepreneurs gave their best pitch to a panel of judges to win a portion of a $10,000 capital investment pool. In addition to its classroom curriculum, NFTE hosts the Founders Forum Pitch Competition.

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Revolution

JULY 13, 2023

Core to our investment thesis was Scopely’s platform approach to IP partnership and game development, its exceptional ability to drive monetization among users, and the team’s dedication to becoming the preeminent free-to-play mobile gaming publisher. Revolution Growth first partnered with Scopely in 2017 when we led the company’s Series C.

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American Entrepreneurship

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

million from strategic investors ServiceNow and Cisco Investments, and existing investors including Battery Ventures and CRV. The funding will be used to continue building the best product, servicing customers and educating the community about the power of SLOs. Learn more at nobl9.com. in the United States and/or other countries.

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American Entrepreneurship

MAY 14, 2024

Four startup finalists pitched to an audience of entrepreneurs and angel investors For the sixth consecutive year the San Diego Angel Conference (SDAC), held at the University of San Diego, made sizeable investments into two startup finalists of its four-month-long program. Actual amount invested depends on total dollars raised.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 11, 2022

Emma Allen is active in the Charlotte, NC chapter of EO Accelerator , which empowers first-stage entrepreneurs with the tools, community and accountability necessary to catapult their business to the next level. Emma Allen State Farm offers a variety of insurance services, mortgages, investment planning and 401K rollovers.

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

JULY 24, 2020

STATE COLLEGE, PA – Seventeen companies located in central and northern PA recently received an investment from Ben Franklin Technology Partners that will allow them to further develop and commercialize new products, processes, or software applications. We Invest in Innovation. www.arbitratorintelligence.com. www.erapeutics.com.

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Revolution

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Align and engage with existing, highly engaged communities. Etsy aligned itself with the craft community; Nike focused on premiere athletes; Airbnb engaged travelers. Creating a brand that resonates with these close-knit communities is difficult, but rewarding, resulting in greater customer engagement and organic distribution channels.

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American Entrepreneurship

MAY 18, 2023

LTD , one of the largest security integration companies in the world, according to Forbes Global 2000 , has made a primary equity investment of $192 million in the two companies, $100M in Eagle Eye Networks and $92M in Brivo. The SECOM investment underscores that cloud and AI are the future of physical security,” said Drako.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 30, 2023

Impact investor Goodwell Investments and Oxfam Novib , a Dutch foundation and Oxfam International affiliate, have set up Pepea, a €20 million ($21.7m) fund, to provide financing to early-stage startups in Kenya, Uganda, and Ethiopia. Pepea’s long-term plan is to improve the quality and affordability of these necessities.

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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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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

JUNE 18, 2020

Nine tech-companies in central and northern PA, that are developing solutions related to the impact of COVID-19 on the state and its economy, received an investment from Ben Franklin Technology Partners/CNP. We Invest in Innovation. www.boostpoint.com. www.xactmetal.com. www.cnp.benfranklin.org.

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