American Entrepreneurship

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Business Incubators and Accelerators : Incubators offer entrepreneurs and startups workspaces that are typically below market rates. As part of the registration process, some states offer programs and training specifically focusing on those just starting a business. Full list of U.S. Accelerators found h ere.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 17, 2022

I’ve covered Wyvern in the past, including when the startup participated in incubator Creative Destruction Lab (CDL)’s academic conference-like demo day back in 2019. Hyperspectral imaging can provide detail about previously hidden information, including the chemical makeup of the scene it captures.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

In Africa, incubators, accelerators, angels and seed investors easily outnumber larger funds — simply because it’s much harder to raise a large fund here. ” Olumide Soyombo, co-founder, Voltron Capital What differences did you notice in the investment landscape in 2022 compared to 2021? Were deals less or more competitive?

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

Womxn Ignite is organized as a live-in incubator. The community of women, many of whom plan to return to school, aren’t focused on classic accelerator tropes like Demo Days or first checks simply because of the stage of life they are in. To do so, teams go through a variety of mentor sessions. A team photo.

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Haystack

OCTOBER 2, 2019

And one of the sources of that flow are the new accelerators (I’m lumping incubators, accelerators, etc. all together) combined with the culture of “demo days,” in-person gatherings where angels and professional investors collide with entrepreneurs. 4/ Are Demo Days The Right Model? 5/ Who Is On The Hook?

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TechCrunch

MAY 9, 2023

“It’s so easy to throw together a vertical AI demo,” Winfield told TechCrunch. Now that seemingly every VC has turned their attention to the category he told TechCrunch he’s glad he’s been in it for so long and therefore will not make some of the mistakes newer entrants will.

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This is going to be BIG.

MAY 14, 2012

Sun's space was for it's customer assistance unit and Cornell just had a demo space patched into a supercomputer back on campus. I'm sure their Summer Camp demo day will be the first time a lot of VCs have set foot in the thriving outer borough. Unfortunately, there wasn't much actual tech being built in 55 Broad.

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AsiaTechDaily

MAY 18, 2022

Its startup ecosystem is active and well designed, attracting the attention of investors, accelerators, and incubators worldwide. Venture capital investments have also poured into Korean startups and grew 78% year-on-year in 2021, surpassing 7.7 Nautilus Investment is a global accelerator and venture capital in Korea.

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This is going to be BIG.

APRIL 15, 2011

So if you're going to come to NYC and you want to make an impact, you better bring your A-game, and that's exactly what Techstars did yesterday at Demo Day. They have definitively set the bar for all other incubation/acceloration programs in the city--which I'm glad about. I've never seen a better production in the Big Apple, ever.

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Don Dodge

APRIL 6, 2015

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, the incubator of billion dollar unicorns, is a unicorn itself.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 17, 2022

One could probably argue that Floodgate , the Bay Area-based seed-stage venture firm, punches above its weight. Were you incubating companies together? Somewhat relatedly, Y Combinator just wrapped up its latest Demo Day. Our chat has been edited for length. How did the whole thing work?

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Angel Capital Association

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

By: Dror Futter, Legal and Business Adviser to Startups, Venture Capital Firms and Technology Companies The SEC announced a series of amendments (likely to be effective early next year) to the rules governing private offering exemptions – by far the most frequent path for venture fundraising.

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This is going to be BIG.

JULY 30, 2012

Interacting with a venture firm these days can feel like ordering from Seamless. Given the proliferation of accelerators and incubators that pre-vet entrepreneurs, roll up their sleeves to help companies, and dress them up for demo days, the best and brightest are being showcased to look better than ever.

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David Teten VC

DECEMBER 2, 2019

Nearly every major Silicon Valley venture-capital firm has now invested in a B Corp ; maybe you will be one of them! And of course, effectively all venture capitalists are going to require some equity for their investment. Columbia Business School Tamer Fund for Social Ventures. Notley Ventures.

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David Teten VC

DECEMBER 2, 2019

Nearly every major Silicon Valley venture-capital firm has now invested in a B Corp ; maybe you will be one of them! And of course, effectively all venture capitalists are going to require some equity for their investment. Columbia Business School Tamer Fund for Social Ventures. Notley Ventures.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

. “Tufts, Brandeis, Boston [University], UMass, all these universities now have entrepreneurship programs, incubators, on campus accelerators that are often included in the curriculum.” In 2019, Harvard Innovation Labs was tracking 93 concurrent ventures at the school. “You have to know your own limits.

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