Jason Malki

JULY 23, 2025

Ian Cain is a politician and entrepreneur bridging government and technology, and a co-founder of QUBIC Labs, a nonprofit innovation hub based in Quincy, Massachusetts, focused on blockchain, AI, cybersecurity, and digital infrastructure. He previously worked in venture capital, private equity, and financial services.

entrepreneurial ecosystem

American Entrepreneurship

APRIL 24, 2025

Arizonas research community continues to play a vital role in the overall growth of the state’s bioscience sector and innovation ecosystem, said Ryan Helwig, principal and senior director at TEConomy Partners. Venture capital activity, though mirroring a national downtrend, remained relatively strong in 2024.

innovation

Revolution

JULY 28, 2025

In tech and infrastructure, it’s easy to focus on what’s next: futuristic buildings, next-gen grids, communities built from scratch. When a utility that serves half a million customers validates your technology by installing it in their own facility, it creates trust with potential customers. That’s where Carbon Reform comes in.

energy

American Entrepreneurship

MAY 12, 2025

Recognizing the Pioneers Reshaping Business, Technology, and Leadership CatalyX Ventures, the globally renowned innovation accelerator, has officially announced the winners of its prestigious 2025 CatalyX Champions Series Awards, celebrating groundbreaking achievements across industries. What Are the CatalyX Champions Series Awards?

innovation

American Entrepreneurship

JULY 8, 2025

Rapid Growth and Future Expansion With its new capital, Bumo plans to: Expand into additional U.S. By combining technology, trust, and community, Bumo is not just building a marketplace—it’s creating the infrastructure for the future of care.

innovation

Revolution

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

Revolution Growth Invests in Hidden Level, the Company Building the Worlds Most Advanced Drone Detection Technology The $65M Series C will be used to expand production of its airspace monitoring technology, grow its Syracuse-based team, and scale internationally.

investing

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

Many observers of the venture capital industry have questioned whether its best days are behind it. Looking ahead at the next decade I am excited by what I believe will be viewed as one of the best and most rational investment periods for venture capital due to seven discrete factors: 1.

venture capital

This is going to be BIG.

JULY 14, 2013

Cheaper rents could make it a great place for the creative community and there''s no reason why it shouldn''t become as popular a destination for out of town events the same way that Austin has. What was harder to figure out how to do--and something no one ever really thinks about on the economic development side, is community.

communities

This is going to be BIG.

MAY 14, 2012

I'll bet you don't know where the Center of NY's Tech Community and Center of Creativity is. In fact, it is "well-known internationally as the original home of New York's technology community.". VCs and fulltime angels bring a lot more than just money to the communities they invest in. It says so right on their website.

coworking spaces

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

Recently I wrote a post arguing to make the definition of a Startup more inclusive than that to which Silicon Valley, fueled by Venture Capital return profiles, would sometimes like to attach to the word. Most of what I think about startup communities came from mentorship by Brad Feld through hours of private discussion and debate.

communities

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 4, 2012

I recently wrote about the 12 tips to building successful startup communities. Failure in startups seems to now be embedded in startup communities like NY and LA. I’m absolutely certain it is critical to any startup community. 49:30 Steve: When’s the last time venture capital actually led an innovation?

culture

This is going to be BIG.

MARCH 25, 2013

Back in 2006, when I started working on putting together some community groups for entrepreneurs and tech people, I looked for a better name to reference this collection of people. Tech community" seemed too much about people soldering things together and writing code. 55 Washington Street. Barclays Center.

communities

This is going to be BIG.

APRIL 10, 2015

Take venture capital, for example. Very few are ever going to wind up in the former category--so the most accessible option for most investors would have to be a venture capital fund. Below that and they need to keep you from investing in really risky stuff, like venture capital.

venture capital

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 24, 2021

All four companies were in Los Angeles (or adjacent … Santa Barbara) and our community has now matured and regularly produces billion dollar+ outcomes. also wins by making sure we don’t have too much concentration in technology innovation, which is surely a great thing for us all. And the fifth?—?society?—?also

venture capital

This is going to be BIG.

MAY 28, 2013

The other day, I took part in a forum about technology education in Brooklyn. And yet the number of software developers in NYC who work at startups has probably grown tenfold in the last eight years, leading me to ask the question of whether or not putting code in the classroom will make the biggest impact on innovation in our community.

education

This is going to be BIG.

JULY 16, 2014

Fourth , I am highly incentivized to provide assistance to my portfolio companies in any way that I can--whether it means connections to talent, PR, other capital, customers, etc. Fifth , as I intend to be a long term participant in the innovation ecosystem, I have a role to support and champion the community at large.

VC

David Teten VC

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

I thought this would be helpful to two types of companies: Companies which sell directly to private equity/VC funds and family offices, e.g., some of my portfolio companies from my prior VC funds – Addepar , Drop Technologies ( Cardify.ai ), Earnest Research , Republic , Wonder. You can also sponsor their events.

venture capital

American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 7, 2024

billion of total venture capital. List of 60 Top Women-led Venture Capital Firms The following includes venture funds founded by women or those that have a focus on funding women-founded or gender-mixed startups and early-stage companies. According to the PitchBook data, in 2022 U.S.-based

venture capital

StartupNation

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Despite the growth in awarded venture capital (VC) funds, a staggering disparity remains between the amount of total VC funds invested in entrepreneurs and the portion of those funds invested in ventures founded and/or led by women—particularly women of color. Acknowledging the VC industry’s diversity gap.

venture capital

David Teten VC

JUNE 9, 2021

Would you like to work with private equity and venture capital funds? There are relatively few jobs directly inside private equity and venture capital funds, and those jobs are highly competitive. Venture capitalists often come from an operating background. Venture Capital. Private Equity.

consulting

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 27, 2013

It is 12,000 sq ft of indoor /outdoor space and we’re building into a community work environment. Perhaps the biggest piece of new news is that after 17 years of operations we’ve changed our name from GRP Partners to Upfront Ventures. Well, the venture capital industry has changed a lot in the past 20 years … and we have too.

ventures

Jason Malki

JANUARY 23, 2023

who is a junior investor in the Venture Capital industry. believes that entrepreneurship empowers economies, connects communities, and empowers individuals to do the unthinkable. is a previous founder in the financial technology space and has a trackrecord of supporting founders even at the earliest stages.

venture capital

Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

JANUARY 29, 2020

The results of this woman’s hard work and innovation are cutting-edge technology solutions to the biggest problems in Ecuador. What started as a small project to develop a small medical device that could evaluate malnourishment in rural areas has become one of the only woman-led technology labs and enterprises in Ecuador.

collaboration

American Entrepreneurship

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Funding supports innovative technology companies that are taking community banks into the future. Community Banks, defined by the Federal Reserve as having less than $10 billion in assets, totaled 4,001 in the U.S, as of December 31, 2022, according to the FDIC. The Fund just announced their investment commitment of $13.5

communities

This is going to be BIG.

SEPTEMBER 30, 2012

International and non-Valley startup communities are developing at a rapid pace. While job recovery is slow, it seems that we've probably ducked that bullet and there won't be a major shift in people's interest in funding the venture capital asset class.

ventures

This is going to be BIG.

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

Enter open source--opening up software to the community in a transparent way that allowed crowdsourced contributions to improve it. Imagine if every law and form of contract that governs your life could be made easy to read and open to improvement by the community. It’s not enough to just release a project into the community.

collaboration

American Entrepreneurship

APRIL 18, 2024

Multiple-prong approach will help all organizations globally to gain access to AI As AI propels the world into a more sophisticated technology-driven future, it is clear that AI is here to stay and we are only beginning to see and understand its full impact.

communities

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

Let me start with the obvious baseline that most people probably know instinctively: Los Angeles is the 3rd largest technology startup ecosystem in the US. Given how efficient markets are when a large market like LA starts to blossom it attracts capital pretty quickly. billion (Upfront Ventures was an early Overture backer).

entrepreneurs

Revolution

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Smart Technology : The adoption of smart logistics solutions like RFID and IoT sensors allows for real-time tracking. Louis is close to the end-users of agricultural technology. AgTech Accelerators : The Yield Lab, Biogenerator Labs, and other accelerators are helping startups scale and commercialize their technologies.

founder

American Entrepreneurship

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

The cohort members offer a range of disruptive technologies across industries such as Climate Tech, Green Tech, Retail, Healthcare, FinTech, SaaS, Enterprise Software, Consumer, and Travel – with many incorporating AI and sustainability into their products and services. “In Twelve U.S.-based

disruption

Entrepreneurs' Organization

OCTOBER 26, 2022

We had no venture capital and weren’t part of a global agency network. Samer Hamze , an EO Toronto member, is an entrepreneur, investor, advisor and explorer of digital and real-life communities serving startups, agencies and SMBs with creative, marketing and technology strategy.

real estate

This is going to be BIG.

SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

It''s like when people ask me how to get into venture capital. When I tell them stuff about adding value to the community, creating a personal brand, etc., Nothing that I ever did to get where I am in venture was difficult or special--but none of it was anything you really learn in a classroom. it just doesn''t compute.

venture capital

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 26, 2016

I recently sat down with Troy Carter to talk about what he does and why he believes it is applicable to venture capital. They were playing small clubs to the gay community (her early ardent fans or “first 50”) and they were getting a warm reception so they wanted to double down on this community.

venture capital

David Teten VC

MARCH 1, 2022

This is part of a series on building your career in venture capital: Reading list for working in private equity/venture capital , including all of the major online communities, programs, and educational options for people studying VC. How to get a job in venture capital. HOW TO GET A SCOUT ROLE.

VC

Revolution

MAY 11, 2023

Many climate-focused industries and technologies are so new that policymakers are still learning what they are, making education and proactive outreach essential. There’s a cottage industry of folks figuring out how to stack tax credits from the inflation Reduction Act to accelerate sustainable initiatives.

real estate

Revolution

MARCH 7, 2024

Despite this, venture capital funding continues to miss the gender parity mark, with the gap between all-women and all-men-founded teams becoming even more pronounced amid a broader investment slowdown. of allocated capital in 2023 (compared to 18.2% Because women have and continue to gain more purchasing power than ever.

founder

This is going to be BIG.

NOVEMBER 15, 2020

There was what seemed like an endless stream of bombshell announcements for four months: Alphabet’s Waymo unit filed a lawsuit against Uber claiming that a former Waymo employee, Anthony Levandowski, stole secrets related to autonomous vehicle technology. It makes me want to quit venture capital entirely.

coworking spaces