This is going to be BIG.

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

Note: I led First Round's investment in Docracy in 2011, but I do not have any financial ties to the company and will not benefit or suffer, other than emotionally, based on the outcome of that investment. Our recent health care reform bill? It’s not enough to just release a project into the community. 1,990 pages!

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American Entrepreneurship

MAY 22, 2024

million funding round led by an investment from First Trust Capital Partners with participation from FCA Venture Partners, Create Health Ventures, Impact Engine, 450 Ventures, LDH Ventures II/Launchpad Digital Health, MassMutual Ventures, Capstar Partners and Wanxiang Healthcare Investments.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 14, 2021

In 2017, when Campos was in her early 20s, she learned to program and created a system to help manage her mental health. So she built an application to provide access to mental health tools for Spanish-speaking people and began testing it with a small group. Funding for mental health-focused startups rises in 2020.

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American Entrepreneurship

JUNE 20, 2024

Hourglass Ventures led a recent funding round that included Mayo Clinic Ventures Medtech innovator JOGO Health now has the funding to expand the use of its breakthrough technology having just closed a $5.5 Hourglass Ventures led the investment round that included Mayo Clinic Ventures, the venture arm of the world-renowned hospital.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Folx Health is leveraging the explosion of virtual care services to offer greater access to healthcare focused on the needs of the LGBTQIA+ community, and has raised $25 million in new funding to help it grow. “We have a good sense of the nature of the need and the depth of the pain in the community,” said A.G.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Antonio Lennert , a member of EO Canada Bridge, is an entrepreneur, designer and community builder. He is the co-founder and CEO of Surf the Greats , Canada’s largest brand and community for surf education, adventure and lifestyle on the Great Lakes and beyond. Canada is not known to be a surfing hotspot,” said Lennert. “But

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

DECEMBER 3, 2019

It diverts funds from public services such as health care, education, and sanitation. It discourages foreign investment, leading to fewer jobs. Corrupt officials divert funds from public services like health care and education to projects that will line their pockets. Those numbers aren’t the only reason to get mad.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

In an effort to help his son, Male immersed himself in the topic and found what he described as an “incredibly fragmented and polarized community and marketplace, inadequate, antiquated solutions with hefty price tags and long wait lines.”. So far, AIF has invested in seven early-stage companies. The need is there.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 24, 2021

This week, Bill Taranto, president of Merck’s Global Health Innovation Fund, wrote a TechCrunch+ article that explored six digital health trends his corporate VC fund is tracking as we enter 2022. Between Q1 and Q3 2021, healthcare startups landed $21.3 billion in VC, “dwarfing the previous record of $14.6

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 19, 2024

Who better than our EO community to offer creative strategies for mitigating the adverse effects of stress? I also practice meditation while sitting in my home infrared sauna, an affordable and valuable investment. I run the world’s largest community (10,000+ members) dedicated solely to stress reduction for entrepreneurs: Dory.

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American Entrepreneurship

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Seven startups begin a six-month program that will make them investment-ready To grow the Orange County, California ecosystem , the RevHub social enterprise incubator was established in 2019. The new cohort will focus on climate action and health equity. based startup incubators and accelerators.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 15, 2020

Are your investments smart decisions? Use this time to make your commitment to health and safety a selling point and differentiator in the market. We’ve posted notices so everyone who enters the building gets a quick refresher on health-related protocol. Think about other front lines: your community and its people.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 22, 2022

While Africa’s health systems are still reeling from the effects of the COVID pandemic, the adoption of digital health services has been revved in some countries. Companies in this segment work with community pharmacies and lower-end providers such as drug shops to help stock products.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

With World Mental Health Day just behind us, I thought about how the tech industry can be a difficult place to stay mentally well. However, health is something more fundamental, almost on the lowest level of the hierarchy of needs , which includes mental health. As an employer, you can invest in them as individuals as well.

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TechCrunch

JULY 11, 2022

For Amanda D’Ambra and Joan Zhang, the idea of starting and co-founding an eating disorder care startup was personal: Both struggled with an eating disorder, along with other mental health issues, and received treatment — a treatment they hope more people will be able to access. Senate is reviewing potential privacy rights violations.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 3, 2021

The fund is commemorating its new identity by investing an additional $300 million in emerging technologies and carbon neutrality via two early-stage funds: the Toyota Ventures Frontier Fund and the Toyota Ventures Climate Fund. . The Frontier Fund is a step outside of mobility. We think carbon capture and storage will play a role.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Technology aimed at older people, whether it be healthcare, fintech or entertainment, is not new, but a new community of startups, investors and global industry leaders are shining a light on what they say is an $8.3 Mighty Health created a wellness app with older adults top of mind. Venture investing in elder tech.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 7, 2015

” I found myself nodding through all of it with quotes like, “Seed investing is the status symbol of Silicon Valley,” said Sam Altman. I save room in literally every deal to invite angels (or seed funds) to co-invest with me. By March, a month after Mr. D’Angelo agreed to invest, CodeFights had raised $2.5 ” Uhhuh.

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TechCrunch

JULY 28, 2021

Connie Health is leading seniors through the Medicare maze, helping whittle down those 3,000 plans into a handful of best choices based on care requirements. Image Credits: Connie Health. That’s where Connie Health comes in. We are taking this market-by-market approach because healthcare is in the community.”.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

We are trying hard to live up to the guidelines we laid out for our investors, our portfolio companies and our community. Give direct feedback to entrepreneurs on their businesses or if we’re not investing why it’s not a fit for us. It would be like calling yourself health food while serving up deep-fried carbohydrates.

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

JANUARY 4, 2022

The largest early-stage investor in the region, Ben Franklin provides investment capital, business support services, BIG IDEA Contests, and Startup Boot Camps to emerging tech-entrepreneurs and small manufacturers located in central and northern Pennsylvania. WE INVEST IN INNOVATION. . For more information: www.reflexion.co.

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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.croptix.solutions. www.benefix.us.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

For Them announced $2 million in pre-seed funding as it launches its first two products for the queer community: a breathable binder and multi-use intimacy serum. The new funding will be used to create additional products, to continue building its community and for talent acquisition.

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HPA

MARCH 12, 2024

CHICAGO, Illinois – March 13, 2024: Hyde Park Angels (HPA) is excited to announce the promotion of four outstanding investment professionals. Collectively, Goodfellow, Ross, and Sachaj have been pivotal in shaping HPA’s distinctive People First approach to early-stage investments over the past decade.

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This is going to be BIG.

JULY 22, 2013

Not that VC dollars are the be all and end all, but it''s one important measure of the health of a startup community, and NYC''s latest quarterly numbers from the PWC Moneytree report are continuing a positive trend--not only relative to the Valley, but in the aggregate. Congratulations New York Metro area. We''re up 11.5%

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This is going to be BIG.

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Fund investing, like adulting, is boring. That’s the first thing anyone trying to raise a fund needs to understand, as well as anyone thinking about investing in one. Fund investing can be additive to your angel investing and there are two main arguments for it: Getting indirect benefits from being invested in one or more funds.

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AsiaTechDaily

MARCH 1, 2023

Surge 08 includes startups that are building exceptional products across climate tech, Artificial Intelligence (AI), the Metaverse, new consumer brands, digital health, and new models of e-commerce. At present, Surge’s curated community of startups already includes eight cohorts, 300+ founders and 130+ startups across 16+ sectors.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

AUGUST 18, 2020

Invest in yourself, and your hard work will blossom.”. In the years since the YLAI Network team first spoke with Neish about the importance of entrepreneurs focusing on their health and well-being, Neish is taking his own advice and is concentrating on soon stepping back from the role of Executive Director at TransWave.

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American Entrepreneurship

APRIL 24, 2025

Record Research Funding, National Competitiveness Among the most striking achievements is Arizonas new record of $368 million in annual National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant funding for 2024. They are part of a broader state innovation ecosystem that spans technology, clean energy, advanced manufacturing, and health tech.

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American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 12, 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. Award Winner) ML Tech Institutional-grade digital asset investment platform. in the United Arab Emirates.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

I’ve been tracking PsycApps, a startup that came up with a gamified mental health game called eQuoo , since 2016 , and this company — and its founder — is nothing if not persistent in “pivoting into the wind” The last we heard it had been approved by the U.K.’s seed capital raise from U.S.-based In the U.K.,

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This is going to be BIG.

NOVEMBER 15, 2020

The tech community has been having a long-overdue conversation about mental health and work/life balance and it’s something I’ve been talking up as far back as 2006 , 2009 , and 2014 on my blog and in public. I want every company I invest in to be a great working environment, and if it isn’t, tell me what I can do about it.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

They feel cared for, and in turn truly care about the community at rygr.” You don’t have to invest tons of money and time in being appreciative and caring. Investing in benefits vital to our team’s health and wellness, like extended primary caregiver leave and unlimited paid time off, also shows people they are valued.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 4, 2023

Travel is going to be one of the biggest investments companies will make, and it will be well worth it. Hundreds of millions of dollars are being invested in this sector for commercial-scale facilities. This will result in community successes. David Fastuca, EO Melbourne, CMO and co-founder, Locomote.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

The EU will invest €13.5 This is one of the first real steps toward Ukraine’s integration with the EU and I can’t be happier that we are becoming a part of European business and science communities. The loss of local markets and centralized office space managed to make only a slight dent in the sector’s health.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 9, 2016

Magic spoke about how when he left basketball he wanted to bring businesses to African American communities that were lacking in basic services. But Troy has become a very successful tech investor in his own right having invested early in Uber, Lyft, Dropbox, Warby Parker and others. He sold for a huge gain.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Speedoc , a health tech platform that brings hospital care to homes, has raised $28 million in pre-Series B funding. The round included Bertelsmann Investments, Shinhan Venture Investment and Mars Growth. ” ‘Move fast and break things’ is a bad idea for health tech startups.

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