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With Benioff backing, Sustainable Ocean Alliance aims to be the rising tide that lifts all ‘ecopreneurs’

TechCrunch

For a few years now the Sustainable Ocean Alliance has been a stalwart advocate for the “blue economy,” and an incubator for ocean-focused early stage startups. “We see startups leapfrogging across multiple accelerator programs to try and access new networks and funding. . Here at the U.N.

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Apple’s sustainability-focused Impact Accelerator invites first 15 Black- and brown-owned companies

TechCrunch

Among Apple’s more recent social good initiatives is the Impact Accelerator, an effort launched about a year ago intended to find and elevate minority-owned small businesses taking on sustainability and climate change.

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How to run a startup accelerator

Founders Coop

One of the questions I heard most often from commenters was: “if Techstars is an example of a failed accelerator, what does a good one look like?” This post is an effort to unpack what’s required of a startup accelerator to truly serve the needs of high-performing founders. This has not been our experience.

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

TechCrunch

When mHub opened its doors in Chicago seven years ago, the vision was to create a traditional incubator for people making things. 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.

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Ycombinator - Where unicorns are born

Don Dodge

Ycombinator is the largest and most successful startup incubator in history, and it was started right here in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Startup incubators and accelerators are everywhere today, but were relatively unknown when Ycombinator started 10 years ago. Ycombinator has deep roots in the area.

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Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator launches 12 new startups at demo day tomorrow

TechCrunch

The Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator, an incubator based in New York, is introducing 12 new companies at its 20th demo day tomorrow. How to get into a startup accelerator. The hope is to reduce chemical fertilizer use, increase crop yields and help farmers grow sustainably.

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Free money for your impact tech startup

David Teten VC

Fortunately, there are a wide range of organizations that specifically want to support you, not just the VC community. I’m now researching non-dilutive funding for Action Tank , a startup I’m gestating to “Make America Functional Again”. I suggest start by looking at the many programs offered by the Fortune 500’s startup networks.

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