Ben Franklin Technology Partners

JUNE 15, 2022

The team of Seth Pheng and Soph Horn at Control LTD, took first place with their concept for a patented, healthy dosing system for patients using cannabis. Daniel Dotterer is developing a remote veterinarian service that solves the problem of vet shortages especially in rural areas. What an amazing group of entrepreneurs.

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David Teten VC

JULY 27, 2021

How can you get free money and other support for your business idea? . I have been researching this both to support Versatile VC ’s portfolio companies and also as part of research for my new book, To University and Beyond: Launch Your Career in High Gear. Starting a new business as a student is daunting. Right here. 1) Your school.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 12, 2022

That said, it’s not clear how much of the $115 million tranche is equity versus debt — a spokeswoman for the startup declined to provide a break down or a clear answer when we asked, saying only: “This round is a mix of equity and debt funding.” The final tranche of the D round was led by U.S. based rival NexTravel.

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American Entrepreneurship

JUNE 20, 2023

May 22, 2023) – The New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA) Board made several key program and policy approvals during its May meeting, including its first awards of residential projects under the Aspire Program, additional funding for the Authority’s child care programming, and record-breaking investments in venture capital.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 22, 2022

Over the past decade, some of the biggest names in the tech, VC, automotive and aerospace industries have poured millions of dollars into developing electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft. Will the public widely accept and use it? And we’ll announce a third expert to the mix soon. .

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 7, 2021

The latter, funnily enough, got a bit of a mixed shout-out when we spoke to Darolfi last year. I sat at America’s Tires for three hours and thought, hey, we use robots to put tires on at the factory,” he told us. Today it announced that it has raised a $7.5 Image Credits: RoboTire. “I We’re launching a robotics newsletter!

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 2, 2020

No chickens were killed to obtain the cell line used to produce Eat Just’s cultured meat, global head of communications Andrew Noyes told TechCrunch. Eat Just also said no antibiotics were used and that its cultured chicken has an “extremely low and significantly cleaner microbiological content than conventional chicken.”

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StartupNation

JANUARY 18, 2022

What used to be a highly organized, cold, productive-oriented environment is now striving toward flexibility, collaboration, and empathy. Empathy and productivity: How do they mix? Most Popular: The Benefits of Encouraging Creativity and Innovation in the Workplace. Let’s take the workplace as an example.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 12, 2021

Technologists are getting better at coding biology and venture firms are flooding a new generation of startups with cash so they can commercialize their technology bringing in the next wave of genetic innovation. The round was led by Alaska Permanent Fund Corp.,

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TechCrunch

MARCH 22, 2021

This is in contrast to better-known platforms like Western Union and Wise that use traditional banking systems. Last year while the startup graduated from YC, it claimed to be processing about $500,000 per month in transaction fees and is used in more than 30 countries. Remittance is the best and most important use case for crypto.

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

MARCH 27, 2023

These eight finalists are all developing new products, processes, and solutions that are highly innovative and scalable. Ammonia will be used to produce fertilizer, the main resource for plant growth. Over the past ten years, the program has helped create dozens of new tech startups.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Italy’s ecosystem for tech venture capital and startups has been in development for years and has made decent strides in the last decade. It has also launched two different acceleration projects aimed at supporting SMEs and startups with mentoring, networking and support services. Will the coronavirus stymie their efforts?

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This is going to be BIG.

FEBRUARY 18, 2010

However, her take on the NYC innovation economy during her recent State of the City Address confirmed my thinking: Most of what the NYC government should be doing to support technology entrepreneurship in NYC is to try and stay out of the way. The answer: You can't win elections by saying you supported other people's programs.

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

MARCH 23, 2022

Second Place: Talia East with HER Tech World took home $3,000 for developing a solution that matches up underserved female founders with investors. People’s Choice: Rachelle Martin with Alex & Thea took home $1,000 for her functional, on-the-go travel baby bag design.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 14, 2022

Case in point: Itilite , a Bengaluru, India-based company developing T&E software, today announced that it raised $29 million in a Series C round co-led by Tiger Global and existing investor Dharana Capital with participation from Matrix Partners and Tenacity Ventures.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

LG’s innovation center — LG Nova among friends — today announced that it has selected the first 50 companies for its Mission for the Future global challenge competition. From 1,300 applicants, the company picked its first cohort to start building opportunities with the startups. Somatix, Inc. TRIPP, Inc. NeuroTrainer, Inc.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Build.security, a Tel Aviv and Sunnyvale-based startup that aims to make it easier for developers to bake authorization policy management right into their applications, today announced a $6 million seed funding round led by cybersecurity-centric firm YL Ventures. Image Credits: build.security. It’s not an easy task.” and.NET).

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

In order to support a buildout of renewable energy, which tends to over-generate electricity at certain times of day and under-generate at others, the grid is going to need a lot of batteries. The company is planning on using the funds to scale its nickel-hydrogen battery production, including a Gigafactory in the U.S.,

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TechCrunch

JULY 22, 2022

A group of four Black women, two with MBAs from Wharton, and the other two with PhDs from MIT, founded Parfait because they believed they could build a better and more efficient way to design and build these wigs using technology. They brought the idea to market and have gotten a $5 million seed investment led by Upfront Ventures.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 29, 2023

You see, insurtech startups often need to take into account the myriad rules and regulations in place when they seek to innovate and embed insurance into products, which might make it difficult to pull it off. We are generally open to startups innovating any part of the value chain as long as the problem and market are big enough.”

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

The company has been a longtime leader in the lost item finder space, offering consumers small devices they can attach to items — like handbags, luggage, bikes, wallets, keys, and more — which can then be tracked using the Tile smartphone app for iOS or Android. “We felt this was the right mix of capital choice for us.”

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Revolution

MAY 21, 2019

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. My advice would be to pick and develop a focus in which you have competency and passion. Florida is the gateway to space for us! What does your company do?

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

JANUARY 3, 2024

Battle-tested strategies and tactics I used to reach $2M ARR. Strategic cost management not only supports your financial health but also aligns with evolving workplace trends, potentially giving you an edge in both talent acquisition and operational efficiency. One strategy I used was a “price lock-in” promotion.

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Impact Hub

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Post this, it had decided to shift to a network design, co-owned by its subsidiaries and appointed a small global secretariat to steward its development. Here are 10 impactful moments that led us to become the largest global network that supports social entrepreneurs and innovators. The rest is now history.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 28, 2022

E-commerce marketplaces, like giants Amazon and Shopify, support millions of merchants, which is helping the industry reach that valuation. We want every merchant selling online to use our tools to run and superpower their stores.”. There was also some venture debt mixed in, and TriplePoint Capital provided that.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Now, a startup called Deepdub is capitalizing on the growing demand for localized content by automating parts of the dubbing process using AI technology. What’s more, it does this by using just a few minutes of the actors’ voices — so the dubbed version sounds more like the original.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 20, 2014

I was arguing that I believe in this strategy on the Internet as any disciple of The Innovator’s Dilemma will tell you. And contrary to media reporting, YouTube has been incredibly supportive of networks like Maker & MiTú in building out our businesses. The Internet works best on Deflationary Economics. So Why MiTú?

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

Traditional video had very high costs of distribution due to limited time slots of broadcast TV (we only had enough spectrum to support 3-4 channels). Traditional studios have suffered from The Innovator’s Dilemma. But you must work hard to develop alternate distribution at websites like Yahoo!, Not so fast. MSN & AOL.

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Feedough

MARCH 22, 2021

A solopreneur is an individual who owns, manages and runs a venture independently without the support of co-founders, partners, and employees, taking on greater than normal financial risks in order to do so. For example, an independent App Developer is a freelancer. Solopreneurs are prevalent in every business domain and sector.

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Startup Blogpost

DECEMBER 21, 2023

What Is Your Process for Developing New Business Ideas?: And I use automation tools to have the videos come out simultaneously everywhere. I rank for dozens of them—just creating landing pages for every use-case keyword imaginable. That’s the idea—unbundled from a large company. Within a year, I had a great MRR.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 15, 2020

In the midst of a major second wave of coronavirus infections across Europe, an Estonian startup that’s building an on-demand network to move food and people around in cars, on scooters and ( most recently ) on bikes across developed and emerging markets in EMEA is announcing a major round of funding. France, South Africa and Nigeria.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 17, 2020

It plans to use the funding to expand its own technology tools, as well as grow internationally. The company makes revenues in the mid-eight figures (so, around $50 million annually) and some 10% of its revenues currently come from the U.S. Older companies then have to become marketplaces themselves to remain competitive.”

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TechCrunch

MARCH 13, 2021

Can Bitcoin find its practical use case as a currency in Latin America? Verafin would appear to be following suit: in the press release announcing the acquisition , Nasdaq committed to keeping the company’s headquarters in Newfoundland, investing in the local university and contributing to the development of the local ecosystem.

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OurCrowd

JULY 2, 2019

Below is an excerpt from OurCrowd’s Q1 Innovation Insider, which you can download here. Throughout time, depictions of Artificial Intelligence have inspired mixed feelings, driving us to wonder if we truly want intelligent systems in our lives. Here are five AI trends changing humanity for the better. . Agriculture .

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TechCrunch

APRIL 23, 2021

Use discount code BELFAST to save 25% off an annual or two-year Extra Crunch membership. New developments are popping up all over the city, from student accommodation to hotels and nice apartments. Public funding supports are good, but too fragmented and hard to access. This offer is only available to readers in the U.K.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

APRIL 13, 2021

We’re far better, but I want to make sure that we get traction quickly so that we develop good metrics for the next investment round” Joe stared through the window as the first heavy drops landed on the glass. However, considering the company stage of development, we may need to set the price between these two amounts!

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 13, 2022

It was a startling development in the world of crypto, and while I don’t cover the space directly, I couldn’t help but be fascinated by the goings-on — and not in a good way. BNPL player Affirm last week reported mixed financial results. Like many of you, I’m sure, I was caught up last week watching the downfall of FTX unfold.

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