Ben Franklin Technology Partners

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

You’ll expand your network, engage with other successful entrepreneurs, discuss your business model with experts and develop a pitch that could win you up to $10,000! Business mentoring from Ben Franklin’s Transformation Business Services Network and Penn State’s Small Business Development Center staff will also be available.

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

APRIL 2, 2021

“Communities seeking to grow their economy need to understand the impact entrepreneurship and small business play in economic growth.” — Grow Your Own: Entrepreneurship-based Economic Development for Local Communities, Dell Gines, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City. Jess suggests starting with local economic development offices.

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David Teten VC

JULY 27, 2021

At Versatile VC, we particularly like investing in “dual-PhD” problems, at the intersection of multiple domains. This program provides $1,000 in AWS Cloud credits, $350 in Developer Support credits, and other guidance. Contestants pitch their legal product idea for a chance to win $5,000, tutoring, and more.

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StartupNation

JANUARY 6, 2022

The way people fund their business has also been evolving and, in 2022, the traditional ways like angel investment and VCs will walk hand in hand with new and emerging blockchain-based options that offer loans outside the traditional banking system. Angel investment. Funding from incubators or accelerators. New fintech loans.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 17, 2021

When we study real accounts of innovation, we find that critical moves are often preceded by long spells of reflection or incubation–which are absent from innovation models. In preparation, he spent months researching who might be amenable to his pitch. 2 for his age group at 12.

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TechCrunch

MAY 10, 2021

It is clear that Black, women, Latinx and LGBTQ+ startup founders face an uphill battle when it comes to getting a share of the VC investment pie in Silicon Valley. Being able to invest directly into companies that are building amazing solutions that just so happen to be founded by diverse people. So that is why we launched Sixty8.

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American Entrepreneurship

MAY 28, 2024

Mentorships and other resources also provided to winning tech-enabled startups led by members of underfunded demographics as part of Delaware’s fourth annual pitch competition WILMINGTON, Del. ( Erika Lucas , founder of StitchCrew , gave the afternoon keynote “The Majority Economy: Economics of Why We Need to Invest in Diverse Founders.”

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

STATE COLLEGE, PA – On December 6, 2018, six emerging tech entrepreneurs will compete for up to $10,000 at the BF TechCelerator’s graduation “pitch” event. John Gershenson with Kijenzi has developed 3D printing capabilities that enable manufacturers in sub-Saharan Africa to make their own replacement parts for medical equipment.

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Jason Malki

AUGUST 3, 2023

Andres, an Industrial Engineer by training, was previously investing in the B2B vSaaS space and comes from a background of strategy consulting. How did you break into tech investing? At Vencapital, we heard from VCs, learned about evaluating startups, did some deal sourcing, and pitched startups. I do not think that’s true.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 3, 2016

Held this past spring in Las Vegas, the speed dating-style event connects companies with promising developers. Incubators such as the one Zappos’ CEO Tony Hsieh started a few years ago are also a great way to jump-start your innovative ideas, receive mentoring, network, etc.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

SparkLabs admits 10 to 15 companies per cohort and invests up to $100,000 into each startup in exchange for 6% equity. Kim noted that the investment is made either with a SAFE (simple agreement for future equity) or stock purchase agreement — a decision that is up to the startup to make. . and Asia. .

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

This February, Africa and emerging market-focused Nestcoin raised a pre-seed round to build, operate and invest in its web3 applications, including crypto content platform Breach Club and gaming guild Metaverse Magna (MVM). Nine months after its launch last December, the latter has completed a seed sale token round of $3.2

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Impact Hub

APRIL 1, 2022

The project looked to develop innovative, community-led and sustainable approaches to enhance the contribution of refugees and migrants across the region. . Most critically to our vision, refugees and migrants were involved at every step of project development. – MiFriendly Cities. Highlights from the wrap up .

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Kleiner Perkins’ Josh Coyne knows how a big round comes together, having invested in Figma, UiPath and Rippling, and he’ll share tips on how to make it happen. How to Tell Your TAM Dayna Grayson (Construct Capital) Dayna Grayson from Construct Capital has invested in a lot of different fields, including automation and manufacturing.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

In fact, even some of the excesses of 2021 were eclipsed when the number of investments on the continent rose higher in 2022 than they had a year earlier, boosted by early-stage firms flocking to fund startups in the wake of landmark exits of homegrown companies like Jumia and Paystack. How does this affect the investment landscape?

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

This morning, Y Combinator (YC) hosted a demo day for its 2022 Summer Cohort — the 35th demo day in the incubator’s history. Featuring founders from 30 countries and startups across sectors including developer tools, fintech and healthcare, the day saw no shortage of compelling pitches. billion in 2019. Monterey AI.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 14, 2021

Other investors include Chicago-based venture firm Vested World, the German Development Bank (DEG) and high-net worth individuals with a keen interest in tech-health. “We This is in addition to plans of more investments in cold chain infrastructure to enhance the safe distribution of perishable products.

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Feedough

JANUARY 20, 2021

Startup aid usually comes in the form of funding and capital investment. And the first investment that’s required to plant the startup seed is seed funding. Seed funding, also called seed money or seed capital, is the initial investment a startup requires to start its operations or to launch itself as a full-fledged business.

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Feedough

DECEMBER 21, 2020

Of these, only 70,000 get angel investment, and less than 5,000 get venture capital. But fret not, we’ve listed down the eight biggest fundraising mistakes that you need to be wary of while approaching the investors, pitching to them, and signing contracts. Group B and C consists of investors who are less likely to invest.

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This is going to be BIG.

MARCH 10, 2011

If you want to build an eCommerce site, it won't take a developer long to get you up and running on Shopify. Still, you need some amount of development experience to do all of this so you still need to hire--or why not just do it yourself? You can outsource your development to India, the Ukraine, Buenas Aires, or even Indiana.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 28, 2022

For a few years now the Sustainable Ocean Alliance has been a stalwart advocate for the “blue economy,” and an incubator for ocean-focused early stage startups. Upon joining the program, startups receive investment from SOA and access to support for the lifetime of their ocean startup.” Here at the U.N.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 18, 2014

” And then there are incubators and accelerators. The only conclusion one can draw from this is that if you start your investment analysis at a YC Demo Day, you are perhaps best reminded of t he famous quip about PT Barnum. I don’t want any formal pitches. They all want you to come meet companies. Play the long game.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 10, 2023

Anywhere from 20% to 50% of crypto-related pitches today are DeFi-focused, several investors we surveyed said. As the market looks toward the future, some venture capitalists are revamping their investing strategies, while others are holding to their current plans, with perhaps a small tweak or two. How do you like to receive pitches?

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

It’s a project that Church’s lab has been invested in for years. The round includes investments from Breyer Capital, Draper Associates, Animal Capital, At One Ventures, Jazz Ventures, Jeff Wilke, Bold Capital, Global Space Ventures, Climate Capital, Winklevoss Capital, Liquid2 Ventures, Capital Factory, Tony Robbins and First Light Capital.

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StartupNation

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

It’s also equally important not to let these extra obstacles overwhelm your vision and stop your business from getting the investments it needs. Try searching online for angel investors , early seed investors, or incubator/accelerator programs that could help your business get funding. Find your people.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 21, 2022

I’ve worked at early-stage startups where we relied on our best guesses to shape product pipelines and develop marketing strategies. 2021 was a year like no other when it came to venture investment, and this year is poised to tread a similar path, writes 500 Global’s CEO and co-founder, Christine Tsai.

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OurCrowd

JANUARY 22, 2023

Hear from some of the world’s leading investment and business experts, and watch the latest technology in action. Listen to the newest startup CEOs present their elevator pitches. Angel investors provide the finance that fuels these innovative enterprises, helping the entrepreneurs of the future deliver tomorrow’s technology today.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

San Francisco-based Heyday — which buys up and then grows direct-to-consumer merchants and brands that have found initial traction, leveraging the Amazon marketplace — has raised $555 million, a Series C that it will be using to continue expanding its technology, investing in business development, and to buy up more assets.

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Feedough

MARCH 22, 2021

This validation often requires the startup to pitch in some money. Developing an MVP: A minimum viable product is the most basic version of the product with enough features to make it usable for early customers and receive feedback. Incubators. They usually make small investments ranging from $25-100k. Let’s find out.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 28, 2022

Now that you have said subscription, head on over to Haje ’s story about your pitch deck needing an operating plan. Rising tides and all : Sustainable Ocean Alliance, an ocean-focused, early-stage startup incubator, got itself $18 million in new funding from sources, most notably Marc and Lynne Benioff, Devin writes. Vice no more? :

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Zurich tends to take the lion’s share, as the city’s embrace of startups has jump-started development, although Geneva and Lausanne are also hotspots. Today, pitch competitions, incubators, accelerators, VCs and angel groups proliferate. A CHF 1-2 million Series A or a CHF 5 million Series B investment is common.

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StartupNation

FEBRUARY 14, 2021

You’ve got to pitch investors, target the right customer, hone your business model and raise critical funding just in time. Hoffman previously coached a startup that had developed a hardware/software tool to process videos. The founder revised his pitch and business plan, and quickly raised $3 million. Luigi Congedo).

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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. Future Labs Flash Pitch. “For Congratulations! Google AI for Social Good.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 17, 2022

The roughly 15-year-old firm has just around $500 million in assets under management — including a $150 million fund that it quietly closed in January — and it makes just a handful of new investments each year. Were you incubating companies together? Our chat has been edited for length. How did the whole thing work?

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Revolution

MAY 21, 2019

At the end of each tour day, we hosted a pitch competition where a local startup received a $100,000 investment from Revolution’s Rise of the Rest Seed Fund. For the pitch competitions in Orlando, Tampa Bay, Miami, and Puerto Rico, innovative startups based within a 100-mile radius of a tour stop were invited to apply.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

And while the accelerator says it only looks at founders when investing in startups, not sector, category or idea, more money in the pipeline may be empowering enough to attract a different cohort of founders. Enter Integrated Reasoning , a startup that claims to be developing hardware for solving these sorts of problems in the cloud.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 1, 2022

To learn more about how the space has evolved “and when they expect their investments to start paying off,” Karan Bhasin interviewed: Sri Pangulur, partner, and Paul Lee, partner, Tribe Capital. Ganesh Bell, managing director, Insight Partners. Renato Valente, general partner, Iporanga Ventures.

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