TechCrunch

JANUARY 20, 2023

It’s a paradigm shift, where ‘development finance’ looks at private enterprise as a vehicle of socio-economic development,” said Dario Giuliani, founder and director of research firm Briter Bridges.

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

APRIL 26, 2022

Neodime (Ryno Pretorious and Derek Lengenfelder) , located in Jefferson County, offers a proven, patented, and environmentally-friendly fluorination technology for rare earth materials, enabling Neodime’s ability to enter the market to metals manufacturing.

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AsiaTechDaily

MARCH 21, 2023

The company is the result of the Business sans Border initiative, which aims to create a global ecosystem of MSMEs through trusted credentials, and to enable B2B cross-border trade through financing and fulfillment services.

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American Entrepreneurship

APRIL 26, 2023

This new facility will enable Fisher’s Popcorn to better serve its existing customers and grow its production and wholesale operations.” This expansion will enable us to bring the classic flavors of the Delaware beach resorts to more people around the country while adding quality jobs in Sussex County.

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American Entrepreneurship

JUNE 20, 2023

The Federally established State Small Business Credit Initiative support investments into New Jersey companies Through the use of three unique investment strategies funded through the federal State Small Business Credit Initiative (SSBCI), the New Jersey Economic Development Agency (NJEDA) is supporting New Jersey small and early-stage businesses.

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American Entrepreneurship

OCTOBER 2, 2023

October 2, 2023) – The New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA) announced today that 28 emerging New Jersey technology businesses benefitted from $63.2 About the NJEDA The New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA) serves as the State’s principal agency for driving economic growth.

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

MARCH 16, 2022

Located in Centre County, The Pursuit by You , developed a mobile platform that helps consumers use a data driven approach to encourage healthier behaviors related to nutrition, cooking, food access, and eating habits. www.thepursuitbyyou.com. www.returnlogic.com. WE INVEST IN INNOVATION. www.cnp.benfranklin.org. www.cnp.benfranklin.org.

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American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 7, 2024

March 5, 2024) – The New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA) held the first in-person meeting of the Diversity Finance Advisory Board (DFAB) last week, bringing together a diverse group of investors, entrepreneurs, and mentors for presentations and networking sessions.

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American Entrepreneurship

DECEMBER 19, 2023

December 19, 2023) – Last week, the N ew Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA) Board approved $3 million in Public Space Activation Grants under the Activation, Revitalization and Transformation (A.R.T.) $10M A.R.T. The following entities were approved for grants today: Newark Alliance, Inc.

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American Entrepreneurship

JANUARY 18, 2024

in income replacement grants and mentorship to first-time entrepreneurs, creating 10 new businesses and helping fuel innovation in strategic sectors The New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA) today announced the inaugural cohort of the New Jersey Innovation Fellows (NJIF) program.

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

JULY 10, 2020

And yet, our economic policies espoused by governments and traditional economic developers continue to focus on attracting existing big businesses. But ecosystem building still hasn’t gone mainstream—it’s a mostly unknown approach to economic development. The goal of ESHIP Goal 6 is to change that.

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

JUNE 17, 2020

Ben Franklin, which has been investing in tech startups and small manufacturers for nearly 40 years, recently received additional funding support of $1 million from the Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED) to invest in its portfolio clients that have been adversely affected by COVID-19. Visit www.ohanalink.tech.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 20, 2022

Jamil Wyne is an advisor, investor and author focusing on entrepreneurship, technology and economic development in emerging markets. Venture capital has a vital role to play in de-risking climate technologies, which can help bring costs down, accelerate adoption rates and transform markets to enable a decarbonized future.

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

APRIL 11, 2022

The Ecosystem Building Leadership Project (EBLP) seeks to collaboratively design, create, and validate a field-wide infrastructure that will help accelerate wider understanding and adoption of ecosystem building as a practice in economic, community, workforce, and entrepreneurship development in the United States.

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American Entrepreneurship

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

FFI Ionix is a leader in next-generation electrolysis technology, such as anion exchange membrane (AEM), and is a commercial supplier of membranes for water electrolysis, electrochemical compression, water transmission and fuel cells.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 15, 2022

A Shrimpbox farm system enables farmers to become vertical aquaculture farming operations. Then there is the software aspect that enables remote operation management of the production and workflow mapped out with data so that it is easier to train and perform the farming tasks. So they created Atarraya, a U.S.-based Now armed with $3.9

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Impact Hub

OCTOBER 7, 2023

Our 110 communities are diverse yet they all need an enabling environment of supportive regulatory frameworks, inclusive economic development initiatives, stronger social and environmental sustainability standards, and a brave impact funding environment.

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American Entrepreneurship

APRIL 28, 2023

First in-person finals conclude Delaware’s annual funding contest for technology and tech-enabled startups led by members of underfunded groups WILMINGTON, Del. All three finalists in each category received a monetary award as follows: FinTech Sponsors: Delaware Prosperity Partnership, Discover Bank, JP Morgan Chase & Co.,

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AsiaTechDaily

NOVEMBER 12, 2022

The climatetech venture builder also has the support of EDB New Ventures, the venture-building arm of the Singapore Economic Development Board. The venture builder is enabling business models in land use and deforestation, agriculture, mobility, industry, buildings, and energy.

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Jason Malki

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

He has 25 years’ experience in AI and related technologies, and over 10 years at the C-level of driving large projects in various areas for economic development. Our team has risen to this challenge by returning to economic and trade fundamentals to disrupt traditional models.

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Angel Capital Association

OCTOBER 4, 2023

The education effort will enable early stage investors to participate in a Deep Tech educational webinar series in order to gain a clear understanding of the commercial potential of Deep Tech innovations. Connecting these innovations to the private capital needed to commercialize these innovations will benefit society as a whole.”

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

JULY 24, 2020

The Ben Franklin program, which has been investing in tech startups and small manufacturers for nearly 40 years, recently received additional funding support from the Department of Community and Economic Development to invest in its portfolio clients that have been adversely affected by COVID-19. www.arbitratorintelligence.com.

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

JUNE 18, 2020

Ben Franklin, which has been investing in tech startups and small manufacturers for nearly 40 years, recently received additional funding support of $1 million from the office of Governor Wolf and the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED) to invest in its portfolio clients during the COVID-19 emergency.

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NZ Entrepreneur

JUNE 1, 2023

The Juno model is employee-centric and enables lawyers to engage in high quality interesting work, while leaving the space for other things in their lives. I had great support from the Wellington Regional Economic Development Agency, my two coaches and numerous other founders who were generous with their time and energy.

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

APRIL 3, 2023

Croptix) located in Centre County, is tackling the global issue of fatal crop diseases with its smart Ag platform that enables farmers to make data-driven decisions. Phiex enables medical device makers to sterilize in-line without capital equipment using light-activated, self-sterilizing materials which saves time and reduces costs.

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Impact Hub

OCTOBER 7, 2023

Our 110+ communities are diverse yet they all need supportive regulatory frameworks, inclusive economic development initiatives, social and environmental sustainability policies, and a strong impact funding environment. This dual approach builds trust among ecosystem players, enabling bolder and more effective collaborations.

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

JUNE 20, 2020

By creating this nationwide network of State Coordinators and Community Organizers, it enables ecosystem builders to connect to other communities they otherwise may not have connected with, and possible plan a GEW activity with. Not only does it raise awareness for the field, but it enables us to learn from each other.

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Impact Hub

APRIL 20, 2023

trillion annually allocated to low-emissions assets and enabling infrastructure. By identifying the root causes that require innovative solutions, the program seeks to foster economic development and innovation through technology. The total investment needed amounts to $9.2 trillion per year until 2050, with $6.5

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

Integrated Platform Services LLC, based in Lancaster , provides Constance, a human-centric, technology-enabled subscription service to support seniors living independently. Lojic’s dashboard product is a business intelligence and analytics platform that creates and displays real-time data based on any supported ERP system. www.constance.one.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 10, 2023

Jetstream, a Ghanaian e-logistics platform for Africa’s B2B importers and exporters, takes in $13M equity, debt by Tage Kene-Okafor originally published on TechCrunch.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 13, 2021

Bird also pointed out that the Atlantic time zones are ideal, enabling effective communications with Europe as well as the rest of North America. Speaking to insiders, all cite the low cost of living and high quality of life as enabling startups to both attract and retain talent. Bird is also honest about the region’s shortcomings.

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

I would like to know how to best measure and track entrepreneurship and economic development in a non-traditional way. How do you help without enabling? Measuring and demonstrating the value of entrepreneurial ecosystem building (that goes beyond traditional economic development metrics). Denisse Rodriguez.

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Impact Hub

APRIL 9, 2023

Watering the seeds Initiated in 2020 and with a strong focus on solutions for environmental conservation, green economy and social development, the Impact Hub seed programme in Guinea-Bissau had two main goals. The programme was divided into four phases – inspiration, training, idealisation, and reinforcement.

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Impact Hub

AUGUST 10, 2023

trillion annually allocated to low-emissions assets and enabling infrastructure. By identifying the root causes that require innovative solutions, the programme seeks to foster economic development and innovation through technology. The total investment needed amounts to $9.2 trillion per year until 2050, with $6.5

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

While he doesn’t have specific acquisition targets at the moment, Johnson did say Andela was looking for talent networks to expand geographically or in terms of client and talent bases, as well as technology to enable it to better source and access talent while also managing delivery.

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Impact Hub

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Initiated in 2020 and with a strong focus on solutions for environmental conservation, green economy and social development, the Impact Hub seed program in Guinea-Bissau had two main goals. We have a team capable of carrying out the challenges we set ourselves.

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

If successful, the company and government agency will embark on a contract to develop a final product that will enable the agency to better serve the public. Selected companies will take part in a 16-week residency with the government agency to research, design, build and test a solution for an area of need identified by the agency.

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