Innovation 2 Enterprise

JUNE 25, 2019

In today’s world, a state’s economic growth demands investment in innovation and high-tech industries — especially for a natural resource-rich state like ours that must leverage our existing resource base to diversify our economy for the future. It’s a straightforward proposition. Let me start in the middle.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 13, 2022

The open finance startup announced today it has closed a $13 million Series B extension round led by SIG Venture Capital, with participation from CE Innovation Capital and returning investor PayU, the payments and fintech business of Prosus. It is also licensed by Indonesia’s central bank, enabling it to offer more services.

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Angel Capital Association

JANUARY 26, 2023

More importantly, without you, our economy would be weakened and society’s ability to innovate would be stunted. In fact, ACA members and groups are the most significant source of support for entrepreneurs, investing more than 1 million pro bono hours and $650 million of after-tax financing to more than 3,000 high growth companies annually.

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American Entrepreneurship

OCTOBER 14, 2023

(October 12, 2023) – The New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA) Board today approved the first investment in an emerging New Jersey company from the New Jersey Innovation Evergreen Fund (NJIEF). I look forward to seeing the next step for 1Huddle and future companies approved under the Innovation Evergreen Fund.”

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American Entrepreneurship

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

We are grateful to the NJEDA for the opportunity.” This program is funded by the Main Street Recovery Finance Program, which was established under the New Jersey Economic Recovery Act of 2020 (ERA). The services provided were worth thousands and will serve us well for years to come.

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AsiaTechDaily

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

This will be used to strengthen venture capital ecosystems and invest in early-stage companies in order to address development challenges through technological innovations in climate, health care, education, agriculture, e-commerce, and other sectors.

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AsiaTechDaily

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Besides, governments across Asia actively work on fintech regulations to balance innovation and consumer protection. With the new investment, Bunker will invest capital in its innovation and expand regional operations. Pepper Money aspires to redefine the landscape of consumer finance, with a strategic emphasis on Tier 2 and 3 cities.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 28, 2021

The United States is the land of opportunity, where anyone with an idea can bring it to market. This philosophy has fueled America’s growth and prosperity and made the U.S. the global leader of innovation. Those that do succeed graduate to other levels of financing, including angel or venture capital.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

They understand this extraordinary moment of opportunity and urgency as time runs out for the world to make a meaningful impact on climate emissions,” said BasiGo co-founder and CEO, Jit Bhattacharya. Jonathan Green is the startup’s other co-founder. Mobility startups can be equitable, accessible and profitable.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 26, 2022

MSMEs are the engine of economies in Africa, and powering existing small businesses and encouraging the formation of new MSMEs helps create the type of economic growth and social benefit that carries over to households by creating more opportunity and more jobs,” the company’s CEO and co-founder Manoj Sinha, told TechCrunch.

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TechCrunch

JULY 22, 2021

On Thursday, the San Francisco-based company announced it raised $5 million in seed funding from a group of backers including Urban Innovation Fund, Tusk Venture Partners, Basis Set Ventures, Liquid2 Ventures, Fika Ventures, Ulu Ventures and Anthemis Group. There is a huge opportunity to unlock the market and have people participate.”.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 31, 2021

Tech companies have spent the past decade or more developing innovations that can be applied to old-world industries like agriculture, construction, energy, education, manufacturing and transportation and logistics. We’re going to have a much bigger opportunity by focusing on some not-so-sexy stuff.”. ” Climate resiliency .

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

Getting financing for the contract was a struggle. With the support and encouragement of my adventurous and innovative EO peers, I decided to follow my dream to eradicate poverty and hunger and move my family to Kenya. My first contract was in Honduras, and all the bid docs were in Spanish. What are the tribal practices we think of?

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Impact Hub

APRIL 26, 2021

The program successfully contributed to providing entrepreneurship opportunities to more than 200 vulnerable community members and entrepreneurs with social impact. To build on the achieved progress, UNDP designed an upscaled and expanded program, “Heart of Amman II”, in partnership with the Japanese government. About UNDP Jordan.

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Impact Hub

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Business digitization, an opportunity for Taiwan and Mali. A spirit of belonging that fosters mutual help between companies and the identification of new opportunities within the network. Spaces like Impact Hubs were until now the natural ecosystem of startups, SMEs, entrepreneurs and non-profit organizations, and will continue to be.

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Impact Hub

JUNE 1, 2021

During the 1-2 June workshop, an in-depth review of the Jordan social enterprise ecosystem was conducted; opportunities and gaps were discussed alongside topics such as return on investment, institutional frameworks, access to finance, impact measurement & management and international impact certification practices.

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Angel Capital Association

JUNE 7, 2021

More than ever, we need innovation. Angels are nimble, identifying and supporting entrepreneurs with desperately needed new technologies and innovations. Angels empower growth and solutions, right here, right now – we can exponentially grow economies at a local and regional level. We need ingenuity. We need angels.

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Impact Hub

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Meet some of the outstanding African entrepreneurs addressing challenges in sectors ranging from finance to healthcare to education and keep an eye out for the program’s Dealbook, where the full cohort will be featured. Electricity and gas supply. About 80 million Nigerians face daily blackouts. Technology services.

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Impact Hub

JUNE 11, 2019

Hawaii is best known as a tropical paradise, but as the state is making big moves towards becoming an innovation ecosystem, we’re adapting our tropical paradise into a #startupparadise. Many of our events and programming are focused on our impact areas: sustainability, education, and innovation. and so much more!

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Impact Hub

MARCH 12, 2021

When we were asked to join and collaborate with 39 global (impact) organizations to launch the World Economic Forum COVID-19 Response Alliance for Social Entrepreneurs , we immediately saw this as an opportunity to shape the new economy with exciting partners. What is this Alliance all about?

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 30, 2022

Access to finance remains a key growth constraint for small businesses, with data showing a $330 billion financing deficit for the small enterprises that make up 90% of Africa’s businesses. The opportunity and impact in solving working capital problems for SMEs is huge. [We

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Gust

NOVEMBER 20, 2014

This public-private partnership is part of the State Department’s Global Innovation through Science and Technology (GIST) initiative to increase innovation around the world, and was launched today at the Global Entrepreneurship Summit (GES) in Morocco. This critical resource could not come at a more pressing time.

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David Teten VC

AUGUST 30, 2021

Immigrants to the US contribute to the success of the US innovation economy at a vastly disproportionate rate. National and local governmental organizations who are interested in promoting economic growth and job creation , and particularly want to see a thriving tech ecosystem generating high-paid jobs. .

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Ian Hathaway

MARCH 31, 2020

The Act, which allocates $2 billion to states under the “Innovation and Startups Equity Investment Program,” enables investors in undercapitalized regions to leverage federal dollars into startup investments. states continue to experiment with ways to spark entrepreneurial finance. Clearly, it is. government policy.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 17, 2021

innovation economy at a vastly disproportionate rate. Then you have national and local governmental organizations interested in promoting economic growth and job creation. The private sector has already identified this opportunity. As a result, many of them emigrate to the U.S. Next are VC firms looking for founders.

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Impact Hub

MARCH 16, 2022

One of our recommendations addressed specifically the importance of the European Union (EU) as an institution with the capacity to propose and drive the necessary economic paradigm shift we need. The post Mobilising the Full Potential of the Social Economy in Europe appeared first on Impact Hub.

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