American Entrepreneurship

JUNE 13, 2025

The newly launched fund will focus on pre-seed and seed stage startups developing AI applications. In a major boost for the artificial intelligence startup ecosystem, Seven Stars, a new venture capital firm founded by former SV Angel Partner Steven Lee, has officially launched its $40 million inaugural fund to support early-stage AI startups.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 2, 2021

The idea for a syndicate fund would come in the following months as the pandemic disrupted investment activities worldwide. In the past year, syndicates have been emerging as a key force for investing — and for startups seeking capital to get going — on the continent. million across 19 African companies.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

The battle to win Startup Battlefield began long before TechCrunch Disrupt kicked off Tuesday. Startup founders from all over the world applied to what has been described as the most competitive batch in TechCrunch history.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Disrupting the traditional MBA may be the most tried, tested and tweaked edtech startup pitch out there. At the same time, Kunkolienkar was running a Lambda School for India, but realizing that “the financing and collections infrastructure in India isn’t evolved enough to run ISAs at scale.”

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David Teten VC

MARCH 1, 2022

Independent sponsors (groups seeking to acquire a company which do not have the equity financing needed in advance) earn nothing upfront, but earn 20% of the deals they facilitate. Similarly, certain Revenue-Based Finance investors (e.g., Our mission is to grow and diversify Western Canada’s technology startup ecosystem. . “If

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Ann Arbor continues to be one of the top growing tech ecosystems around the country with some of the best startups to watch. As information about COVID-19 emerges from research, expect to see startups like LynxDx at the heart of treatment solutions. FreightVerify. Healpay isn’t just another payment processing company.

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Angel Capital Association

AUGUST 13, 2021

When I started angel investing, I knew my objective was two-fold: I wanted to support the startup ecosystem in MN and I wanted to (eventually) have a good financial return on my investments. I serve as a formal advisor to a small number of companies that have potential to disrupt their industries. MY 2013 ANSWER TO “WHY?”

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Grand Circus continues to be one of the central players in the Detroit startup ecosystem, empowering people to enter the field of tech who might not otherwise have the opportunity. Credibly is a Detroit fintech startup helping small businesses receive loans and financing by leveraging data and technology. Pocketnest.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Horizon Capital , an investment firm based out of Kyiv, is in the process of raising a $250 million fund that it plans to use to back tech startups in the country and neighboring Moldova. The startup ecosystem in Ukraine is, arguably, in an even more precarious state when considering all of the above.

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TechCrunch

MAY 29, 2021

The PayPal Mafia is a set of former PayPal executives and employees — such as Elon Musk, a South African, and Peter Thiel, a German American — who have gone on to seriously disrupt not one but multiple industries across tech. ambassadors. That’s just one company. Open up that conversation with your portfolio companies.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

FEBRUARY 16, 2020

Oklahoma’s Technology Business Finance Program (TBFP) Seed Fund is a nationally recognized best practices example of legislated early stage capital that has stood a 20-plus year test of time. Tax credits are another financial tool that states have attempted to use with varying success to stimulate early-stage investment in startups.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 3, 2023

The next storm front expected to arrive tomorrow is expected to bring disruption and destruction on a massive scale. High-growth startups should start de-risking their path to IPO now. Most financing contacts between early-stage startups and investors take the form of a SAFE note, also known as a simple agreement for future equity.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

TechCrunch spoke to Francisco Polo, Spain’s high commissioner overseeing delivery of the entrepreneurial strategy, to get the inside track on the plan to grow the startup ecosystem and find out which bits entrepreneurs are likely to see in action first.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 1, 2021

Spain’s startup ecosystem: 9 investors on remote work, green shoots and 2020 trends. At the end of the day, as it plays out for finances, the company (and others) are negotiating and hoping that to claw in some expenses while conceding others. This has also been playing out for Glovo. ”

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David Teten VC

JANUARY 21, 2021

VI: Revenue-based financing: The next step for private equity and early-stage investment. This is a summary of: Revenue-Based financing: State of the Industry 2020. —– Greater Colorado Venture Fund (GCVF) is a $17M seed fund that invests in high growth startups in rural Colorado using equity and Flexible VC structuring.

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Angel Capital Association

JULY 22, 2023

As an important source of financing for startups and small businesses, it's critical for current and emerging angel investors to understand the shifts occurring in the industry. Major angel groups like New York Angels and Golden Seeds wield considerable power in startup ecosystems.

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David Teten VC

JANUARY 21, 2021

VI: Revenue-based financing: The next step for private equity and early-stage investment. This is a summary of: Revenue-Based financing: State of the Industry 2020. —– Greater Colorado Venture Fund (GCVF) is a $17M seed fund that invests in high growth startups in rural Colorado using equity and Flexible VC structuring.

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Angel Capital Association

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

From an investor’s perspective, 2022 witnessed a sudden market reversal from an extreme equity seller’s market to an equity buyer’s market, causing dislocations throughout angel, VC, and startup ecosystems. And don’t execute deals that deliberately exclude angels from startup governance. 2 A (temporary) venture capital reset?

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TechCrunch

MAY 7, 2021

Disrupting the paycheck, Gusto’s Flexible Pay allows employees to pick when they get paid. BukuWarung, a startup digitizing Indonesia’s SMEs, raises new funding from Rocketship.vc. Relocating Indonesian capital will impact nation’s startup ecosystem.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 1, 2021

At TechCrunch Disrupt, Houseparty founder Ben Rubin emphasized decentralization as Web3’s central feature. In conversation with reporter Taylor Hatmaker, Rubin said NFTs show that individuals can benefit from Web3 adoption, while decentralized finance and cryptocurrency trading are more commercialized forms. In today’s Web 2.0,

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Who are key startup people you see creating success locally, whether investors, founders or even other types of startup ecosystem roles like lawyers, designers, growth experts, etc. Where do you see Miami’s startup scene five years from now? Where do you see Miami’s startup scene five years from now?

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 16, 2021

Israel’s startup ecosystem raised record amounts of funding and produced 19 IPOs in 2020, despite the pandemic. At Qumra, we get excited about companies that disrupt traditional industries while doing good and improving quality of life. This a great example of company that is disrupting a traditional market. are at risk.

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OurCrowd

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

The 2022 OurCrowd Global Investor Summit , the biggest investor event in the Middle East, will take place in Jerusalem on May 25, once again bringing the entire startup ecosystem together. Head of Finance & Legal for D-ID (Tel Aviv). OurCrowd Global Summit returns to Jerusalem, May 25, 2022. Top Tech News.

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OurCrowd

MAY 20, 2022

That’s all about to change with the Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle revolution – and it’s making its way into the startup ecosystem. EVERY aims to disrupt the $200B egg market by producing egg protein for cooking without chickens. Classiq adds HSBC, NTT Finance to $36M Series B. Taranis is raising on the OurCrowd platform.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 17, 2021

A one-year-old startup that is attempting to build the railroads for e-commerce in Pakistan has just secured a mega round of funding in a major boost to the South Asia nation’s nascent startup ecosystem. The startup said on Wednesday that it has raised $85 million in its Series B financing round at a valuation of $275 million.

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David Teten VC

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Numerous thoughtful people are worried about how technological disruption will destroy jobs. The classical economist response is that technological disruption also creates new jobs, e.g., “video game designer”. – Forte has developed an innovative structure to finance vocational reskilling at no cost to individuals or governments.

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David Teten VC

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Numerous thoughtful people are worried about how technological disruption will destroy jobs. The classical economist response is that technological disruption also creates new jobs, e.g., “video game designer”. – Forte has developed an innovative structure to finance vocational reskilling at no cost to individuals or governments.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 9, 2021

Do you expect to see a surge in more founders coming from geographies outside major cities in the years to come, with startup hubs losing people due to the pandemic and lingering concerns, plus the attraction of remote work? Yes, the acceptance of working remotely will democratize the startup ecosystem globally.

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