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2 reasons why demo days are dead

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Startup accelerators are increasingly putting the brakes on demo days. The often flashy events reserved for founders to connect with investors have long been part of the likes of Y Combinator’s program, seen as the “graduation” of startups’ journey. Demo day dilutes investor engagement.

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Our 10 favorite startups from YC’s S22 Demo Day: Part 2

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Yes, today was the second day of pitches from Y Combinator , a U.S. startup accelerator with global outreach that conducts demo days twice a year. An entire list of all startups in the batch, provided by YC, is here as well. And we’re back!

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Meet the women-led web3 startups from Thousand Faces’ demo day

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Thousand Faces , a web3 community-based investment group, hosted its demo day on Wednesday with the top 10 startups from its Female Founder Accelerator program. The demo day coincided with International Women’s Day and featured women-led businesses focused on sustainable development goals (SDGs).

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Highlights from Berkeley SkyDeck’s virtual demo day

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With 17 startups participating, Berkeley SkyDeck’s Demo Day isn’t the largest cohort we’ve seen by any stretch. Founded in 2012, the accelerator is focused on developing early-stage companies tied to the University of California system. Attending a remote startup accelerator is absolutely worth it.

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The biggest moonshots from 500 Global’s latest Demo Day

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It’s demo day season. This morning marked the kickoff of VC firm 500 Global’s Fall 2022 Demo Day, which saw over a dozen startups give their best pitches to prospective investors — and customers. 500 Global, formerly branded under 500 Startups , has an accelerator that competes with YC.

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Extra Crunch roundup: 500 Startups’ demo day, smart SaaS pricing and much more

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Demo days at startup accelerators are a pretty big deal around here. Here’s just one example from Y Combinator’s Summer 2013 Demo Day: Positioning itself as the “FedEx of today,” it hopes to provide a logistics framework that goes beyond food and can be used for any type of on-demand order. Omnitron Sensors.

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Meet Seoul-based accelerator SparkLabs’ 19th batch of startups 

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SparkLabs Korea , a Seoul-based seed to early-stage accelerator, held a demo Day on Thursday for its 19th cohort of companies. The latest demo day marks its tenth year after SparkLabs launched its accelerator program in December 2012. Not all teams end up pitching at demo day.