TechCrunch

APRIL 12, 2022

Snap’s in-house Yellow accelerator program, which invests in startups, has debuted its fifth batch of investments. The company invests $150,000 in each Yellow startup for an equity stake as part of the accelerator program, which first launched in 2018. Meet SelfieCircus and 8 more in Snapchat’s new startup accelerator.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 2, 2021

And the South Africa-based crowd-solving startup has done that over the last three years they have been in existence. Zindi announces these challenges and invites its community of data scientists to take part in solution-finding competitions. The crowd-solving startup recently secured $1 million in seed funding.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

AUGUST 5, 2022

It’s an incredibly valuable event for both EO Accelerators and EO members with startups that want to attract investments in addition to EO members who are looking for the right investment opportunity. The DX event is so powerful because of the networking quality among the MyEO DX community.

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David Teten VC

JULY 27, 2021

We have collected a wide range of freebies, contests, accelerators, online communities, and VCs designed for student tech founders. You could also live in a local “hacker house” for community support, e.g., Edyfi , The Garden , or Womxn Ignite. Starting a new business as a student is daunting. Right here. school of engineering).

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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. In 2021 we announced our investor coalition, which targeted $50M in funding for our startups.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

March 3 is your opportunity to hear from and engage with the people who, through entrepreneurship, venture capital, labor organizing and advocacy, are both using and challenging tech to disrupt the status quo for the betterment of all. We’ll be highlighting the cohorts from the Latinx Startup Alliance and Startout soon, so stay tuned!

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Impact Hub

JULY 14, 2021

For the second year in a row, Impact Hub joined forces with GoDaddy for another edition of New Roots, a business startup and mentoring program for entrepreneurs from underserved communities. The post Empowering Entrepreneurs From Underserved Communities with GoDaddy appeared first on Impact Hub.

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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. Impressions & Outcomes.

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American Entrepreneurship

APRIL 18, 2024

Call for Proposals Now Open to Digital Health Startups to Compete on the CharmHealth Ecosystem PLEASANTON, Calif. CharmHealth goes beyond providing just funding or mentorship to winners. The fourth annual competition is designed to surface new ideas that will fundamentally improve healthcare and its underlying systems and processes.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 8, 2011

Launchpad LA today announces it will accept applications for its third class of Los Angeles-based tech startups. We have significant VC commitments (listed below) – every entering company will get $50,000 in funding, mentorship from top VCs and successful entrepreneurs plus free office space. For the past 2.5 Report Card.

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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.

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StartupNation

AUGUST 8, 2021

Related: This Entrepreneur Shares How She Bootstrapped Her Startup (and How You Can, Too). Startups are always risky, so jeopardizing your personal relationships a risk you should avoid if possible. Startup competitions. Pitch your business idea at a competition to earn startup funding. Friends and family. Accelerators.

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American Entrepreneurship

JANUARY 18, 2024

in income replacement grants and mentorship to first-time entrepreneurs, creating 10 new businesses and helping fuel innovation in strategic sectors The New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA) today announced the inaugural cohort of the New Jersey Innovation Fellows (NJIF) program. First-in-nation program will provide $3.6M

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Source Link

DECEMBER 1, 2021

During my tenure with the local University I worked with economic developers all across Iowa, from Sioux City to Davenport and a great many small but mighty communities in-between: Grinnell, Parkersburg, Webster City and Lamoni to name a few. Talent seeks opportunities, and opportunities can (and must) be created.

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AsiaTechDaily

JUNE 15, 2023

The post Singapore’s Decentralized Gaming Ventures Receives Major Funding Boost from Hashed first appeared on AsiaTechDaily - Asia's Leading Tech and Startup Media Platform.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

Fintech regulations in Latin America could fuel growth or freeze out startups. In the short term, women founders can take action to boost their chances at VC success in the current investment climate, including leveraging their community and support network and building the necessary self-belief to thrive.

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American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 7, 2024

Established in September 2023, the DFAB works to increase access to institutional capital for women- and minority-owned startups, providing knowledge, guidance, and insights on ways to best increase capital, access, and investments in New Jersey’s diverse entrepreneurs. million in income replacement grants, as well as mentorship and training.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 26, 2021

Bringing it to Africa, only 10 percent of the West African startups that cumulatively raised $1 million had at least one female co-founder in the past decade. However, for those centered around female founders, most are quick to offer mentorship and training but tend to ignore the importance of raising money.

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Andreessen Horowitz

MAY 6, 2024

On the flip side, athletes, entertainers, and C-level executives also ask what they should expect when investing in technology startups and working with founders looking to build the next big thing. Or, an entertainer may have built a community on Instagram but not be active on X. Do your homework on where your investor has influence.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

We love nothing more than highlighting notable early-stage startups, and you’ll find plenty of them in the spotlight on March 3 at TC Sessions: Justice 2021 , a virtual conference exploring diversity, inclusion and the human labor that powers tech. LatinX Startup Alliance. The pitch you improve could be your own. Caribu : Caribu? ?helps?

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 22, 2019

Craig Hall, the writer of Boom: Bridging the Opportunity Gap to Reignite Startups , shares his view on the current state of entrepreneurship in the U.S. . Unfortunately, we have created a widening opportunity gap for most Americans to become entrepreneurs. What prompted you to write Boom ? was in trouble.

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American Entrepreneurship

MAY 9, 2023

The judges also awarded the runner-up, SpotLight, $5,000 in funding to advance its proposal to deliver care management services to low-vision communities in New York City. “We “Empowering underrepresented communities through education, employability, and entrepreneurship promotes greater economic inclusion. .

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TechCrunch

MARCH 4, 2021

On the 25th of January, Techstars Seattle announced its 12th class featuring 10 startups from different parts of the world. The accelerator, which has accepted only a handful of African startups, included one from Zimbabwe in this class. As peculiar to most African startups, funding has been hard to come by for the team.

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AsiaTechDaily

JUNE 12, 2023

The Women in Entrepreneurship Incubator, in recognition of the challenges faced by female entrepreneurs in Southeast Asia, aims to bridge the gap in mentorship, networking opportunities, and funding. The five most promising teams will be able to secure up to S$80,000 in funding to fuel their ventures and drive social impact.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

OCTOBER 1, 2022

GSEA delivers on its vision to empower student entrepreneurs to become the world’s most influential change makers by supporting student entrepreneurs who require much-needed mentorship, recognition and connections to take their businesses to the next level of succes s. We are an Insect-Tech startup. How did you earn that award?

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TechCrunch

APRIL 7, 2021

Resource aims to give local accelerators and incubators support in the form of training and community. Resource’s “ESO Accelerator” will train startup ecosystem leaders on how to build a more financially sustainable organization, as well as help connect them to potential funders.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

We’re looking for trendsetting, game-changing, later-stage startup founders and ecosystem experts — of every stripe — to apply for the opportunity to share their hard-won expertise at our annual founder summit. You get great mentorship through attending the Early Stage sessions. Apply here now.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 5, 2021

Last summer, in the wake of George Floyd’s murder, Best Buy committed to “do better ” when it came to supporting communities of color. Minnesota-based Brown Venture Group is a three-year-old venture capital firm that has pledged to exclusively back Black, Latino and Indigenous technology startups in “emerging technologies.”

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Jason Malki

MARCH 27, 2023

A startup focused on redefining the human journey. Outside of his professional endeavors, Shawn is known for his dedication to mentorship and community building within the software engineering field. What motivated you to launch your startup? Every startup aspires to make a significant difference.

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StartupNation

MARCH 10, 2021

Community organizations like Shine & Rise provide support and mentorship to women who work at tech companies, and coworking spaces like Cahoots offer dedicated tech entrepreneurial spaces for the community. So it’s no wonder why Ann Arbor tech companies and startups are thriving. So they created Workit Health.

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StartupNation

APRIL 5, 2021

” Applicants must demonstrate the impact their small business has on their greater community, and interested entrepreneurs can apply here. SoGal Black Founder Startup Grant. SoGal is looking to change that with the Black Founder Startup Grant. Merchant Maverick Opportunity Grants. Rebuild the Block Grants.

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American Entrepreneurship

JANUARY 16, 2024

January 12, 2024 ) – Applications for Delaware’s fourth annual Startup302 funding competition are being accepted now through January 29 from technology-enabled startups with high-growth potential and at least one founding team member from an underrepresented group. WILMINGTON, Del.

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AsiaTechDaily

AUGUST 10, 2023

Robust Support for Scaling Startups: Local Task Forces in Action Seongnam City initiated a task force in 2012, tailoring support schemes that resonate with Pangyo Techno Valley companies’ requirements. These businesses benefit from office spaces, mentorship, and IR consulting to help them expand globally.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 14, 2014

I had witnessed a number of early-stage tech startups in LA raise seed capital from the Bay Area and relocate. and I thought if we brought the community together for common purpose we could create more of a sense of community to help new entrepreneurs get funded, assemble teams, raise profiles and help with biz dev, product, etc.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 30, 2022

Building a startup can be a slow, lonely endeavor, but getting into a business accelerator can change that in a big way. A quality accelerator packs expert mentorship, essential business acumen, entrepreneurial resources, investor access, community — and a collaborative, motivating environment — into three short months.

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Angel Capital Association

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

As such, Neil provides both guidance and counsel as well as direct support to startups and entrepreneurs, knowing this combination is a more natural and dynamic approach to empowering the entrepreneurial community. Entrepreneurs gain access to knowledge, mentorship, and contacts, significantly increasing their chances of success.

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Impact Hub

MAY 13, 2021

Turning challenges into opportunities. This article is the first in a series of eight where we will share the stories of African startups from Ghana and Nigeria who are doing just that. Yakubu and Raymond claim that the New Economy Booster program was pivotal in granting them access to learning resources and networking opportunities.

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