American Entrepreneurship

MAY 21, 2025

The sooner you integrate AI into your daily operations, the better positioned your business will be for sustainable growth. Start small with basic plans and the move up to premium plans with advanced features as you grow. Automate one task. Then expand.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 7, 2021

With 17 startups participating, Berkeley SkyDeck’s Demo Day isn’t the largest cohort we’ve seen by any stretch. We are also hearing chatter that Demo Day will be larger than ever before because virtual events are much more scalable.”. Here’s a closer look at six highlights from this Demo Day. Image Credits: EndoCrine Bio, Inc.

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American Entrepreneurship

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

The disruptive technology-enabled startups are being showcased at its Demo Day, following their five-month participation in the Labs’ accelerator program. “At Today’s Demo Day showcases the Inclusive Ventures Lab’s largest and most global cohort to date, underscoring our mission to advance a more equitable investment landscape worldwide.”’

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TechCrunch

MARCH 8, 2023

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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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 27, 2020

Today and tomorrow, the biotech accelerator is hosting its twice-annual demo day. Starting in 2015, IndieBio has provided resources to founders solving complex challenges with biotech, from fake meat to sustainability. Diptera.ai: Vic Levitin is creating a scalable, affordable and sustainable way to fight mosquitoes and their diseases.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Today is the 28th Demo Day for Alchemist , an accelerator that primarily focuses on enterprise companies — or those that sell to other companies, primarily, rather than directly to consumers. Alchemist’s Demo Day will be streamed live later today beginning at 10:30 AM Pacific. It’s that time again!

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American Entrepreneurship

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

25 seed and early-stage startups participate in a 5-month long program ending with a Demo Day showcasing their disruptive innovation For its 2024 global accelerator cohort, Morgan Stanley received thousands of applications. The global financial services firm narrowed its selection down to 25 companies for its I nclusive Ventures Lab.

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TechCrunch

JULY 29, 2021

This process-based service model is, in our opinion, the only way to grow a business in a sustainable way. For instance, we recently helped a B2B SaaS platform increase demo requests by 350%. Every experiment we ran increased the demo request metric to some extent. But this wasn’t the goal at all.

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Tomasz Tunguz

DECEMBER 1, 2019

I imagine this is how every founder fats on the eve of demo day. The company sustained this cadence for two years. First, the company sustained a torrid pace of product development for a long time achieving more than most thought possible. Sustain a frenetic cadence for too long, employees burnout. It was a rallying cry.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Also on the TC+ Stage, blockchain platform Polygon will host a partner session that will knock your socks off on all things sustainable blockchain. and Web Spiders will be demoing on the show floor. Bringing their amazing group of startups, Ukrainian Bridge will be hosting a startup pavilion in the expo hall.

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Dream It

JULY 31, 2019

Being self-sustainable has given us a new perspective on startup funding, especially compared to what I experienced on my first accelerator run. The press enhances this misconception around YCombinator demo days, where the 3-day pitch event is perceived like an auction, with investors fighting each other for the best deals.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 27, 2022

Third, and finally, he thinks that strong business incentives and for-profit businesses specifically are the most sustainable way to make impact last — not nonprofits or government organizations. Check out these startups from Pear’s Demo Day (there’s usually a breakout or two in the bunch).

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Expo Hall & Demo Booths. In this session we will discuss the pain points of getting into healthcare, as well as strategies to open doors to these organizations for pilots and sustainable revenue. Latecomers always welcome: Buy a pass right here. Investor Reception. Receptions | 12:00 pm .

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David Teten VC

DECEMBER 2, 2019

“Since 2011, the Bluhm/Helfand Social Innovation (BHSI) Fellowship has supported the work of 36 innovators—representing the United States as well as 18 other countries on five continents—who address pressing global issues, from healthcare delivery to college persistence and sustainable construction in developing nations.

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David Teten VC

AUGUST 20, 2019

Meghan Cross Breeden, Cofounder of Amplifyher Ventures , observes, “Personal customer attachment shouldn’t be a factor in investing; the early investors in Snapchat and Facebook weren’t the Gen Z target demo. Gender diversity as a driver of sustainable profitability. Don’t hire people you know! It May Be Getting Worse.

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Impact Hub

MARCH 13, 2020

We support and foster the creation of solutions, teams, and environments that are striving towards sustainable change. A Demo Day with a star-studded jury and an investor pitch with international business Angel Investors with our Impact Hub Milan partners. Our birthday was 3 days of events filled with unique experiences.

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Impact Hub

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Circularity tales: Accelerating the transition in Rwanda Impact Hub Kigali is a dynamic and forward-thinking innovation hub in Rwanda, dedicated to fostering sustainable business practices and social impact. Each startup was paired with a sustainability coach to guide them in applying circular economy knowledge to test their innovations.

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AsiaTechDaily

NOVEMBER 6, 2022

The firm’s end-to-end services including program structuring, startup sourcing, startup interviews and selection, mentor recruitment, organising masterclasses, business matching, coaching, day-to-day operations, startup fundraising support, and organising demo days. Sustainability is definitely an area to look at.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Currently, we’re excited about AI and climate technologies, because they offer an unprecedented opportunity to create a better, more sustainable future for all while ensuring Africa is not left behind. That said, we follow innovations closely and are open to exploring new verticals. How do you prefer to receive pitches?

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

We are seeing an explosion of entrepreneurs applying bioengineering technology to public health, climate biotech, food, agriculture, and sustainability.” “We will do demo days, so we are in that sense an intermediary, escalating certain student pitches to venture firms,” he said.

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Don Dodge

APRIL 6, 2015

I remember the Demo Day in 2007 where DropBox presented to about 30 Boston area Angels and Venture Capital investors. The problem they were solving was not one I had experienced, and the product demo didn’t work very well at the time. Drew Houston was born in Acton, and met his co-founder Arash Ferdowsi at MIT.

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Impact Hub

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

The top 3 projects were qualified for funding opportunities after a Demo Day, where they had the chance to showcase the progress made during the programme. Meet the Wërngël-Bi entrepreneurs. Josephine Tine, the co-founder of ART-Pesoung, was one of the participants of the initiative.

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Angel Capital Association

OCTOBER 17, 2023

ACA won legislation to expand the number of eligible investors in an early-stage fund from 99 to 250 and legislation to ensure that traditional demo days are not recognized as crowdfunding events. The SBA is a great example for ACA to follow in how they have sustainable companies with diverse founders.

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Impact Hub

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Josephine Tine, co-founder of ART-Pesoung, Hadji Malick Sagne, of Cactus Innovation, and Adja Aissatou Diallo, founder of Galle epitomise the transformative potential of sustainable solutions in Senegal’s shift towards a circular economy.

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Impact Hub

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Each startup was assigned an individual sustainability coach that supported them to apply CE knowledge in testing out their circular innovations. The program culminated in a circular Demo Day where startups had a chance to showcase their progress and pitch in front of potential partners and investors.

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David Teten VC

DECEMBER 2, 2019

“Since 2011, the Bluhm/Helfand Social Innovation (BHSI) Fellowship has supported the work of 36 innovators—representing the United States as well as 18 other countries on five continents—who address pressing global issues, from healthcare delivery to college persistence and sustainable construction in developing nations.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

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. Apothecary.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 15, 2021

We can’t check out every investing outfit’s demo day. But one event that we try to catch every year is that of Pear , which is held annually each fall and features (blessedly) just a dozen or so very nascent startups.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Our 11 favorite companies from YC’s S22 Demo Day: Part 1. ” It’s too early to tell when Airhart will reach product-market fit, but its proposal to “make flying to Tahoe as easy as driving to the grocery store” did sound like a strong audience fit for YC’s Demo Day.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 23, 2022

We’ll have the new Discovery Stage featuring in-depth demos and speaker Q&As, roundtables, networking, breakout sessions and more. Today, the changed funding landscape and uncertain global economic outlook pose new challenges for space operators looking to turn their innovative technologies and concepts into sustainable businesses.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

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. Elsewhere on Demo Day, Lydia.ai walked through its health assessment service for insurance carriers.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 7, 2023

Y Combinator’s Demo Day took place this week , and although the event itself was virtual-only, 86% of the founders in YC’s winter 2023 batch lived in SF while participating. TechCrunch+ roundup: YC Demo Day faves, thrift shop VCs, cybersecurity product challenges by Walter Thompson originally published on TechCrunch

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TechCrunch

APRIL 28, 2021

The Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator, an incubator based in New York, is introducing 12 new companies at its 20th demo day tomorrow. The hope is to reduce chemical fertilizer use, increase crop yields and help farmers grow sustainably. Editor’s Note: An earlier version of this story said that demo day was today.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

APRIL 26, 2020

On Ramon's recent Facebook Live with HelloAlice he saluted three business owners who are building businesses focused on sustainability. We get out and talk to people every week by doing demos,” Paniagua says. The post VIDEO: A Salute To Three Businesses Who Focus on Sustainable Development appeared first on SmartHustle.com.

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TechCrunch

JULY 5, 2022

million seed round of funding a year after being founded and a few months since it presented at the accelerator’s Winter 2022 Demo Day in March. But the startup’s premise is also that more sustainable forestry management can generate extra carbon credits for forest owners, too.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

A unique highlight of this batch are more companies in both the health tech/medtech space and clean tech/sustainability space. Each team will have six minutes to pitch, followed by a six-minute Q&A with our esteemed panel of judges — all experts in VC and successful companies.

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Y Combinator

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

The Breakthrough Companies list highlights the fast-growing companies we’ve doubled down on – which means they’ve all received significant additional investment from YC in their post-Demo Day rounds. > 58% of the companies have HQs in the Bay Area. 23% of the companies from W16 are on the YC Top Companies list. >

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