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.

capital 59

capital incubation startup mentorship 59

TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Contra , a professional network for independent workers, unveiled a new payment model Tuesday that lets users accept payments for their services on Contra without paying any commission fees. We have always wanted to roll this out, but wanted to be able to ensure the client pays and there is trust on the network,” he added. “We

networking 83

networking capital creativity enablement 83

TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

Startups involved in B2B e-commerce such as Faire and Mirakl have burst out of the gates in 2020. Almost overnight, these startups transformed into consequential platforms, earning billion-dollar valuations along the way. Let’s explore some of the creative ways to monetize a B2B marketplace.

startup 145

startup transportation creativity financing 145

TechCrunch

AUGUST 22, 2022

Sequoia Capital India and Southeast Asia disclosed 15 early-stage startups it has selected for the seventh cohort of its accelerator program Surge, pushing ahead with new investments even as the deal activity has considerably slowed in the region. Following is the list of startups available in the seventh cohort.

startup 98

startup mentorship accelerator collaboration 98

StartupNation

MAY 9, 2021

Mom entrepreneurs or “mompreneurs” juggle the pursuit of their career goals without sacrificing time with their families; the flexible work hours enable moms to still be available for their kids while the freedom of being their own boss creates a sense of identity outside the label of “everyone else’s caretaker.”.

entrepreneurs 114

entrepreneurs startup networking media 114

TechCrunch

APRIL 20, 2023

HUSSLUP , currently an invite-only beta, is a job search and networking app for creative professionals in the media and entertainment industry to connect with studios and production companies looking to hire talent. Much like LinkedIn, HUSSLUP allows users to write posts, network with others and search for gigs.

creativity 99

creativity communities networking collaboration 99

NZ Entrepreneur

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

It is our startup sector which will drive this innovative progress. Startup founders are our ambitious problem solvers. To generate growth in a startup, it is almost always necessary to raise external capital to run the necessary. In order to understand startup governance, you need to understand risk and reward.

startup 88

startup board culture strategy 88

AsiaTechDaily

MARCH 28, 2023

Register Startup founders are often too focused on the amount of money they can get from an investor that they mostly fail to see the value that other investors have to offer to grow their businesses further. Indelible Ventures is a venture capital firm that invests in B2B SaaS startups that can scale internationally.

ventures 98

ventures investing investment SaaS 98

Red Rocket

MAY 22, 2024

A pretty bleak picture if you are a startup raising capital today. Step 3: Talk With VC’s to Learn Their Revised Goals and Keep Networking Just because investors are not writing as many checks, does not mean you stop speaking with them, as they are still sitting on a lot of “dry powder” of un-invested capital.

VC 84

VC venture capital real estate creativity 84

TechCrunch

MARCH 27, 2023

If the past few years, and even the past week , has reminded us soundly of anything — it’s that the startup world will never be predictable. To meet the changing startup landscape, we’re refreshing and re-imagining TechCrunch Disrupt 2023 in a big way, with more of what you love and new ways to accelerate your growth.

disruption 79

disruption peer-to-peer sustainability networking 79

TechCrunch

APRIL 14, 2022

Like many ambitious Chinese who graduated college abroad during the 2010s and aspired to be the next Jack Ma or Pony Ma, Lucas returned to his motherland to build his own internet startup. Now, that scrutiny is propelling startups that thought they had a future for funding and growth in China to go overseas. Tightening grip.

peer-to-peer 102

peer-to-peer startup education entrepreneurs 102

Feedough

MARCH 18, 2021

Advertisement Uizard – Startup Review By Feedough. The tool enables decision-makers, managers, engineering teams, and business analysts to quickly and effortlessly create interactive prototypes for web and mobile apps without all the noise and complexity of traditional design software. Here are her thoughts on the startup –.

startup 98

startup collaboration enablement development 98

TechCrunch

AUGUST 5, 2021

Cent was founded in 2017 as an ad-free creator network that allows users to offer each other crypto rewards for good posts and comments — it’s like gifting awards on Reddit, but with Ethereum. Users can “seed” a post, which is how you subscribe to a creator participating on the creatives side of Cent’s platform.

creativity 102

creativity networking venture capital support 102

Startup Blogpost

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Nikhil Chaudhary , VP of Marketing, BeatRoute Tap Into Established Networks and Resources Partnerships are pivotal in new business development, opening doors to expanded networks and resources. In fact, I had the feeling that everyone was more connected than me, and I was miles behind in terms of networking.

development 104

development collaboration networking sustainability 104

This is going to be BIG.

AUGUST 15, 2013

I’m thrilled to announce Brooklyn Bridge Ventures’ investment in Tinybop , a new Brooklyn-based studio building the most creative and thoughtfully-designed educational apps for kids. Raul is a 46-year-old dad, experienced in entertainment, media, and startups. that they made as a promotion: What is a Tinybop?

creativity 299

creativity education collaboration pitching 299

TechCrunch

JANUARY 16, 2021

Israel’s startup ecosystem raised record amounts of funding and produced 19 IPOs in 2020, despite the pandemic. Subscribe to access all of our investor surveys, company profiles and other inside tech coverage for startups everywhere. Are there startups that you wish you would see in the industry but don’t? More than 50%?

startup 141

startup mix-use SaaS advice 141

Entrepreneur's Handbook

JULY 1, 2021

Designing for Success: Focused, Customer-driven Approach to Launching Tech Products Picture credits: [link] The number one reason why startups fail is due to misreading market demand?—?found You want to start with signing up your first ~10 customers through your personal network, and grow this number by ~2% a week.

startup 53

startup strategy creativity communities 53

TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

billion in assets under management , has poured millions into an edtech startup that sells virtual STEM lab simulations to institutions. In April, Labster signed a contract to bring its services to the entire California Community College network, which includes more than 2.1 Andreessen Horowitz, a venture capital firm with $16.5

creativity 107

creativity venture capital capital innovation 107

TechCrunch

OCTOBER 12, 2020

Raised so far: Undisclosed amount / Non-Equity Assistance from Creative Destruction Lab. SDR ground station technology improves downlink communications, provides significant cost savings and is far more dynamic, acting as an enabler for the exponentially growing Satcoms market.” Helix Technologies. Raised so far: N/A.

accelerator 99

accelerator data collection transportation enablement 99

TechCrunch

DECEMBER 19, 2022

For Black founders, who have rarely received more than 1% of total venture capital invested in startups, 2022 wasn’t kind, and 2023 doesn’t look promising given how things are going. Meanwhile, Vernon Coleman, the founder of Realtime, is focused on fine-tuning his social networking app for the upcoming presidential election.

VC 85

VC founder venture capital creativity 85

TechCrunch

JUNE 8, 2021

President Jahanian is an outspoken advocate for science and innovation, making him perfect to headline our event focused on startup activity in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. Pittsburgh is a fantastic startup ecosystem quickly growing by leveraging its incredible universities, a welcoming local government and experienced investors.

pitching 79

pitching startup ecosystem entrepreneurship creativity 79

TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

They see a huge opportunity for the region to become a major startup hub by utilizing its diverse workforce and wonderful quality of life. SoftBank is just the latest validation for Miami’s booming startup scene. Where do you see Miami’s startup scene five years from now? David Goldberg, general partner, Alpaca.

startup 90

startup startup ecosystem real estate venture capital 90

Red Rocket

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

That includes ways of communicating to your customers through those assets, like website design, ad creatives, email marketing and SMS text based marketing. For most startups, that includes things like paid search ads (e.g., For most startups, that includes things like paid search ads (e.g., But, they are out there.

media 95

media creativity strategy networking 95

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2010

We want to give our brightest new startups the connections and interactions they need to help streamline success. The team has experience in building startups (Doug Ludlow was formerly a founder in a TechStars company) and have all worked at local Los Angeles based startups. Oh, and the cocktail party afterward also rocked! (I

startup 276

startup VC media networking 276

TechCrunch

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Cinchy , a startup that provides a data management service for enterprise customers, today announced that it raised $14.5 ” Cinchy aims to solve this by enabling organizations to decouple data from apps and other silos by connecting them to a “network-based” platform. billion by 2027.

collaboration 80

collaboration enablement creativity support 80

David Teten VC

DECEMBER 2, 2019

You’ve decided to launch a technology-enabled startup with a positive social impact! 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. Pioneer.app.

startup 70

startup incubation accelerator innovation 70

AsiaTechDaily

DECEMBER 7, 2023

She created the SoGal community in LA, one of the largest global networks for women entrepreneurs and investors. The establishment of SoGal Ventures in 2017 marked a turning point, and since then, they have invested in 150+ startups worldwide, including nurturing five $1B+ unicorns from their earliest stages.

ventures 98

ventures investing investment venture capital 98

TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Deliverr ’s technology was developed to enable next-day, affordable e-commerce fulfillment for its merchants despite these disruptions. Labor pool constraints made us more creative in our partnerships and expansion strategies as we watched e-commerce emerge as the primary sales channel while brick and mortar stores saw unimpressive growth.”.

disruption 86

disruption networking creativity enablement 86

American Entrepreneurship

JANUARY 18, 2024

Each startup will participate in a comprehensive mentorship program facilitated by the New Jersey Innovation Institute (NJII) or The Rowan Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship (RCIE). The program will pair each startup with experienced mentors who guide them through the multifaceted challenges of building a business.

innovation 52

innovation mentorship economic development entrepreneurship 52

TechCrunch

JULY 22, 2021

VOCHI , a Belarus-based startup behind a clever computer vision-based video editing app used by online creators, has raised an additional $2.4 Investors in the most recent round include TA Ventures, Angelsdeck, A.Partners, Startup Wise Guys, Kolos VC and angels from companies like Belarus-based Verv and Estonian unicorn Bolt.

media 99

media incubation creativity networking 99

American Entrepreneurship

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Preparatory steps are needed in order for a startup to be successful. Build Relationships : Because an entrepreneur typically spends a lot of their time working alone, particularly during the startup period, they must seek out and build relationships that are important for long-term success. Starting a business is very difficult.

innovation 97

innovation entrepreneurship culture pitching 97

TechCrunch

MAY 16, 2023

A team of ex-Googlers is today launching a new digital creativity platform, Rooms.xyz , into beta testing. The startup seeded its community with 1,000 Voxel 3D objects it commissioned from creators, which can be added and customized in your own space. The startup — Things Inc. This functionality is not yet public, however.

creativity 98

creativity education founder enablement 98

TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Overwolf , a platform that enables creators to build, share and monetize items inside games, has raised a $75 million Series D funding round, led by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z). Uri Marchand, Overwolf co-founder and CEO, said, “No single game studio can compete with the speed of execution and sheer creativity of a passionate community.

venture capital 99

venture capital communities creativity enablement 99

Andreessen Horowitz

MARCH 20, 2024

01:07] Social networks as compliment to AI [03:59] Poe: bringing AI to the masses [05:51] The future of AI is multi-model and multimodal [08:11] Is the model the product? [11:31] And meanwhile, I just watched social networking start to boom. Find more content from our AI Revolution series on www.a16z.com/AIRevolution.

incumbents 143

incumbents networking technology creativity 143

TechCrunch

APRIL 17, 2022

I’ll be publishing this every Sunday, so in between posts, be sure to listen to the Equity podcast and hear Alex Wilhelm , Natasha Mascarenhas and me riff on all things startups! That company said it is making a big push into the SMB space and going head-to-head with fast-growing startups like Brex and Ramp.

real estate 96

real estate peer-to-peer financing finance 96

TechCrunch

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Boston-based AppMap , going through TechCrunch Disrupt Startup Battlefield this week, wants to stop this bad code from ever making it into production. The open source dynamic runtime code analysis tool, which the startup claims is the first of its kind, is the brainchild of Elizabeth Lawler, who knows a thing or two about security.

development 94

development disruption creativity energy 94

TechCrunch

AUGUST 12, 2022

Deerman had watched other meal delivery companies, like Munchery and Sprig , close years earlier and had gotten creative with the company’s business model as a result. Nestlé acquires healthy meal startup Freshly for up to $1.5B. At the time, Positive Food had its meals in 70 coffee shops around Los Angeles.

investing 86

investing investment enablement creativity 86