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New Startup Accelerator for Battery Innovation Accepting Applications

American Entrepreneurship

Mostly remote six-month program leverages New York-based Federally Designated Battery Tech Hub The National Science Foundation as part of its mission to spur innovation across the U.S. Part of this initiative was used to open the new accelerator ChargeUp in upstate New York , focusing on battery innovations. awarded a $4.5

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Brazil’s Black Silicon Valley could be an epicenter of innovation in Latin America

TechCrunch

Tara Sabre Collier is an early-stage impact investor with more than 15 years of experience at the intersection of economic development, social entrepreneurship and impact investment. Bahia could be an epicenter of innovation in Latin America. Tara Sabre Collier. Contributor.

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500 Global, GIZ establish bootcamp for accelerators in Africa to help them define sustainable business models

TechCrunch

Silicon-Valley based VC firm 500 Global and German’s economic development agency Gesellschaft fu?r r Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) will train managers of leading accelerators in Africa over the next two years, to help them establish sustainable business models that commandeer greater influence in their ecosystems.

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Google’s Africa Investment Fund makes first investment in Uganda’s SafeBoda

TechCrunch

The undisclosed investment comes two months after Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai announced the tech giant’s intentions to commit $1 billion over the next five years in “tech-led initiatives”, which includes a $50 million Africa Investment Fund targeted at early- and growth-stage startups on the continent.

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SOSV is building a New Jersey HAX facility for industrial, healthcare and climate startups

TechCrunch

SOSV this morning announced work on a $50 million HAX facility in Newark, New Jersey focused on growing industrial, healthcare and climate startups. The five-year development plan utilizes $25 million from the New Jersey Economic Development Authority. companies working toward their seed round.

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Free money for your impact tech startup

David Teten VC

Bluhm/Helfand Social Innovation (BHSI) Fellowship. Their foci include addressing environmental sustainability, racial and gender equity, economic development concerns, etc. Google for Startups Accelerator. J.M.Kaplan Innovation Prize. “The Future Labs Flash Pitch. “For Google AI for Social Good.

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Free money for your impact tech startup

David Teten VC

Bluhm/Helfand Social Innovation (BHSI) Fellowship. Their foci include addressing environmental sustainability, racial and gender equity, economic development concerns, etc. Google for Startups Accelerator. J.M.Kaplan Innovation Prize. “The Applicants must be primarily based in NYC. Kairos Fellows. “The

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