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The Glue that Makes a Community Stick

This is going to be BIG.

We used Dumbo as a reference and talked about how the critical mass of Two Trees buildings created a neighborhood with multiple destinations. What was harder to figure out how to do--and something no one ever really thinks about on the economic development side, is community. Venture Capital & Technology'

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Finding Founder-Market-Geography Fit

Revolution

Founder-market-geography fit refers to the optimal alignment of three critical dimensions: the founding team’s competencies, the market demand for the startup’s solution, and the geographic location where the startup is based. Let’s get into it. What is Founder-Market-Geography Fit? Plastomics: St.

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AppHarvest is now APPH: Rise of the Rest’s First Publicly Traded Company

Revolution

Having the opportunity to learn from the founders you back is by far one of the most rewarding parts of being a venture capital investor. AppHarvest raised its first round of institutional capital from our Rise of the Rest Seed Fund and others in January 2018. But in reality –and without jest?—?the and should?—?be

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Free money for your impact tech startup

David Teten VC

Nearly every major Silicon Valley venture-capital firm has now invested in a B Corp ; maybe you will be one of them! Their foci include addressing environmental sustainability, racial and gender equity, economic development concerns, etc. How Star Wars will help you raise capital for your company. Congratulations!

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Free money for your impact tech startup

David Teten VC

Nearly every major Silicon Valley venture-capital firm has now invested in a B Corp ; maybe you will be one of them! Their foci include addressing environmental sustainability, racial and gender equity, economic development concerns, etc. Is Venture Capital Right for Social Ventures? Congratulations!

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Does Atlantic Canada have a blueprint for rural revival in the post-pandemic era?

TechCrunch

Indeed, many Canadians refer to Toronto as “east”’ despite there being 1,900 miles between Drake and The Weeknd’s hometown and St. In 2017, Bird and the former CEO of Q1 Labs founded a new cybersecurity company, this one focused on public clouds, called Sonrai Security , which has since raised nearly $40 million in venture capital.

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8 Czech VCs on green shoots, pandemic impacts and 2021 opportunities

TechCrunch

These challenges are still, to an extent, worries to our portfolio companies, as the economic development is still uncertain. I think people were in much deeper crises and that we refer to the current situation as we do only due to lack of historical comparability. This can be professional, personal or a mix of the two.