NZ Entrepreneur

JULY 19, 2022

Welcome to ‘500 Founders’ where we ask innovators from around New Zealand for their top insights for first time startup founders. The post 500 Founders: Rick Kiessig, Hannah Hunt, Matthew Jackson & Jenni Matheson appeared first on NZ Entrepreneur Magazine. Rick Kiessig – Cofounder.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 7, 2021

Black Innovation Alliance and Village Capital today announced Resource, a national initiative aimed at boosting the efforts of entrepreneur support organizations (ESOs) led by, and focused on, founders of color. Resource aims to give local accelerators and incubators support in the form of training and community.

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American Entrepreneurship

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

To honor its entrepreneurial roots, the program’s goal was to elevate entrepreneurs from under-served communities through a range of support. The post Maesa Proudly Presents Inaugural Graduating Class of the #MaesaMagicIncubator appeared first on American Entrepreneurship Today®.

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TechCrunch

MAY 10, 2021

It is clear that Black, women, Latinx and LGBTQ+ startup founders face an uphill battle when it comes to getting a share of the VC investment pie in Silicon Valley. “With this fund, what we’ll get to do is really start to empower people of color, women and other diverse communities by putting capital directly into their hands.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

MAY 29, 2019

Building a startup community, or startup ecosystem, is no easy task and requires a lot of intentional work. An interconnected startup community is one that shares common values and whose interests support the entrepreneurs, their ventures, and the startup community as a whole. What is a startup community? Universities.

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TechCrunch

MAY 31, 2021

she joined the Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator, where she developed a first-of-its-kind EV Network Technician Training Curriculum. Shortly after, Terry and Ellis were accepted into Elemental Excelerator’s startup incubator and have landed contracts with major EV charging network providers like EV Connect and SparkCharge.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 15, 2020

In Y Combinator’s early days, founders would move to Palo Alto, split a two-bedroom with five others to save money and trade notes around the clock with their new, like-minded roommates. Now that they can work from literally anywhere, many entrepreneurs are forming homes with other founders. ” Image Credits: The Launch House.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 6, 2021

It’s a known fact that the number of venture dollars flowing to Black and Latinx founders is dismally low. 31, Black and Latinx founders had raised $2.3 billion in funding that had gone to all founders up until that point in 2020. . Venture firms rush to find ways to support Black founders and investors.

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Impact Hub

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

Access to capital and network is the most critical barrier to entrepreneurship for underserved communities. The New Roots brand represents a startup program for entrepreneurs from underrepresented communities that started in London (Impact Hub King’s Cross) in 2019 and has now scaled to Munich.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

AUGUST 15, 2021

ACT Tulsa is very intentional about creating an on-ramp to trust with founders who are Black and Brown. ACT Tulsa, the six-month cohort-driven accelerator program aimed at cultivating underestimated founders located in Tulsa and beyond, is up and running with its inaugural cohort of nine startup companies. Building trust.

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Impact Hub

AUGUST 10, 2023

Future Founders Day: Bring Impact Hub to your city Are you ready to transform your social business idea into reality? While the road ahead may seem daunting, with the right support and resources, you can surmount any obstacle and create a lasting impact in your community and beyond. Here’s what you need to know.

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Tomasz Tunguz

SEPTEMBER 25, 2012

We had a conversation about the role of incubators and accelerators (or the moniker of your choice) within the startup ecosystem. Office space - Only a few incubators offer office space and many of them at a fee. General Assembly in New York and Founder’s Den in San Francisco are two great examples.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 25, 2021

Its proximity to London has meant that it is a good alternative for founders looking for a more affordable stay while letting them tap the capital’s financial resources. Pete Read , CEO and founder, Persona Education. Mathieu Johnsson , CEO and co-founder, Marble. investors, founders, lawyers, designers)?

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American Entrepreneurship

JANUARY 25, 2024

Launches Fellowship Grant Opportunity for Early Career Entrepreneurs Altitude Lab today announced that its incubating startups raised over $120M in early-stage funding since commencing operations in 2020. Learn more about Altitude Lab and apply for residency and the Founder Fellowship at altitudelab.org.

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TechCrunch

MAY 8, 2023

When mHub opened its doors in Chicago seven years ago, the vision was to create a traditional incubator for people making things. Now, it is moving into a newly acquired , freshly refurbished space in a Chicago opportunity zone to help it incubate, accelerate and support more startups that can have a positive impact on humanity.

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David Teten VC

JANUARY 22, 2023

. – We’re working with certain investors to publish their tech stack to our readers, which will help communicate to their LPs how they’re proactively positioning their firm for the future. Our goal is to identify companies in which we may invest or incubate, via FoundersNextMove.com. See examples on our Tech Stacks page.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 17, 2023

In 2017, Delahunt was at Ralph Lauren and had her first look at the blockchain, but it wasn’t until years later while working to pioneer some digital wardrobe projects with companies, like Snap, Bitmoji and Roblox, that she had an opportunity to see that web3 was going to be “more than a niche community” for luxury fashion.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

So it’s perhaps appropriate that over this past weekend, a new nonprofit community organization comprising of a large network of Native Americans in tech has had a big boost. Natives Rising also runs the Natives Rising Founders Circle as an incubator for Native founders, especially founders interested in venture capital funding.

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AsiaTechDaily

AUGUST 11, 2023

Established in 2020, AHG Lab operates under the umbrella of the Alternative Housing Group, which functions as a real estate startup and prop-tech incubator in the Philippines. AHG Lab has cultivated an environment characterized by agility and a strong sense of community among founders and leaders.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 13, 2022

“When people hear Orlando, they don’t think tech,” Jordan Walker , the Orlando-based co-founder of the messaging platform Yac, told TechCrunch. The Orlando tech community is a very inclusive and very collaborative community,” David Adelson , the chief innovation officer at the Orlando Economic Partnership , added.

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TechCrunch

MAY 17, 2021

So to find out what the startup scene in Valencia looks like, we spoke with eight local investors, executives and founders. BIGBAN is a private nonprofit angel investor network based in Valencia, and incubators and accelerator programs continue to proliferate, supported by corporates and local government initiatives such as Startup Valencia.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

With a focus on designing, building and growing mobile and web apps, Appetiser’s co-founders Jamie Shostak and Michael MacRae were endorsed by several clients who worked with them from the earliest days of their projects. “Every startup has to start with an idea. We want to enable startups to conquer international markets.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 1, 2022

“We are using the funding to launch more products, go into additional markets, and also double down on our tech and data to effectively produce, reach and market to our audience,” Uncover co-founder and CEO, Sneha Mehta told TechCrunch. Uncover was launched after incubation at Antler. Lee is an economist turned filmmaker.

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American Entrepreneurship

JANUARY 4, 2024

“We are grateful to everyone who has contributed to Forward’s launch, honored by the support of our investors, and excited about what Forward will accomplish in the years to come,” Matt Leeds, Forward’s Founder and Managing Partner stated. He is a graduate of The Wharton School.

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David Teten VC

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Coolwater has built an investment community of 300+ founder VCs and over 5,000 technology companies. Accelerate Coolwater community funds. Versatile VC will tap its unique expertise and the PEVCtech community to help topgrade Coolwater and its community’s operations and analytics.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Summer International stays ahead of the game by identifying the most influential content creators, and working with them to incubate new brands. NYX founder and Bespoke Beauty Brands CEO Toni Ko will also join Summer International as a strategic investor. NYX was acquired by L’Oreal in 2014 for about $500 million.

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AsiaTechDaily

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Artem Ventures led the investment charge, with contributions from MSW Ventures and the ScaleUp Founders Fund. In addition to its successful funding round, MADCash has appointed Musyrifah Malek as a co-founder, a strategic move attributed to her extensive legal expertise.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 15, 2022

This is in addition to the €350M WorldFund which Ecosia recently incubated and launched last year to back climate-focused startups. Further investment into renewable energy will be likely as Ecosia evaluates community energy projects and pitches from founders and these may take place in other countries,” a spokesperson told us.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 15, 2023

There is an unprecedented amount of information or knowledge that is now freely available to guide founders (e.g., Digital communities and social platforms such as Twitter, Signal NFX, YC’s co-founder matching, and Slack communities (e.g., building companies in-house) or incubator (e.g.,

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 2, 2023

The Saigon Innovation Hub (SIHUB) is a startup incubator and accelerator that offers mentorship, training, networking opportunities, a co-working space, plus access to funding and resources through its network of investors and partners. VAN connects entrepreneurs with experienced investors and industry experts who can offer guidance.

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This is going to be BIG.

MAY 31, 2022

I’ve known Steven for almost a decade from his days at NYU helping to run their incubator programs—where Brooklyn Bridge Ventures had its first office at 20 Jay Street. They’ll be adding more and more tech to the platform over time that can make the experience both scalable for the company and more data driven for the consumer.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Sota Kimura, co-founder and CEO of SmartRyde, founded SmartRyde in 2017 after he experienced trouble getting a taxi from the airport to the hotel when he traveled abroad, Kimura told TechCrunch. SmartRyde announced today it has secured a $1.6 It will also use the funding for global expansion, Kimura said.

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David Teten VC

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

We are a community for family offices, private equity funds, and VCs focused on using technology and analytics to make better investments in private companies. If you invest, the fund will be evangelizing you to their portfolio and community for the next 5-10 years. Check out the online communities where investors congregate.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 8, 2011

To provide an opportunity for VCs and senior executives to engage with the community by giving back rather than just attending more cocktail parties. Sam was born and raised in Los Angeles and is thus a huge champion of the LA startup community. But wait, does that make Launchpad LA an incubator now? Report Card.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 2, 2021

The fund has already amassed a community of more than 70 founders to invest, advise and be venture partners to the portfolio companies. Newtopia is offering both investment and a hands-on mentorship model to guide startups through the initial stages so they can grow regionally or globally.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Disrupt is where the early-startup community — founders, investors, engineers, tech leaders, icons, makers and shakers — come to launch, learn, connect, invest and grow. You simply won’t find a better opportunity incubator. I loved seeing so many women co-founders, CEOs and engineers at Disrupt.

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American Entrepreneurship

MAY 2, 2024

HAX, which is operated by Princeton-based venture capital firm SOSV , provides support for emerging companies, including a $250,000 initial investment in each participating company, 180 days of hands-on collaboration, and a global community for early-stage founders building hard tech startups.

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