Angel Capital Association

JANUARY 13, 2022

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. Without this support, many early-stage companies wouldn’t get off the ground.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Freedom to succeed or fail on my own accord (though failure is just another opportunity). Education changed my life. I came a long way to reach where I am now: a social entrepreneur who is founder and president of a foundation that supports girls whose dreams do not fit the life they live—like me in my youth.

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TechCrunch

MAY 26, 2022

Assembled , which bills itself as a workforce management platform for customer support teams, today announced that it raised $51 million in a Series B funding round led by New Enterprise Associates with participation from Emergence Capital and Basis Set Ventures.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

We’re the hallways of the educational internet,” said Fiveable co-founder and CEO Amanda DoAmaral. DoAmaral’s vision, built alongside co-founder Tán Ho, fueled Fiveable’s latest financing event. “I think there’s a few categories that are as dynamic as K-12 education right now,” said Rebecca Kaden, partner at USV.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 23, 2020

Before considering how financial institutions can assist with crowdfunding campaigns, we must first look at the diverse array of impressive results from this financing option during the pandemic. Two Screens for Teachers will outfit all educators in Seattle Public Schools with a second monitor.

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American Entrepreneurship

MAY 17, 2024

NJ FAST is the fourth Strategic Innovation Center in the state and will support research and development, innovation, and entrepreneurship in the Fintech and Insuretech Sectors HOBOKEN, N.J. The two entities will oversee NJ FAST’s accelerator program with an opportunity to make equity investments into select participating companies.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Student financing is a little different. Sure, your past plays a role, but for a lot of education, having a degree dramatically changes your earning potential, and hence your ability to repay. Education is what opens doors. “I feel very tied to the mission. “I feel very tied to the mission. ”

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

MARCH 31, 2020

2018 YLAI fellow Kenishia Mais is the founder of ThrivingDollars , a financial education platform empowering young adults with the tools and resources they need to make smarter decisions, create their ideal financial lives, and gain the freedom to pursue more of what they love.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

NOVEMBER 7, 2021

It is time to lean into the opportunities that are already in front of us to build our own Oklahoma version of the economy of the future. Leaning In to Opportunity. Oklahoma historically has underinvested in education, and, as a result, we are 50 out of 50 on the human capital sub-index. By Scott Meacham.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

Damaris, a 2017 YLAI Fellow, is working hard to combine her love for her home country of Nicaragua and her love of tourism to give back to those in her country, providing employment and education opportunities across her community. Through tourism, I am giving the opportunity to local kids to dream for a better future,” she says.

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Revolution

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Millennials and younger generations are acutely aware of the consequences of global warming (and how cattle contribute to methane emissions) and they are using their purchasing power to support sustainable-first brands. There is also an opportunity to explain what your product solves for and in this case, the list is long.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

APRIL 1, 2021

As NetSuite’s Entrepreneur-in-Residence, Ramon will support NetSuite’s continued success in supporting small and medium businesses as they look to scale and grow. This opportunity will allow me to continue to provide the tools and knowledge business owners need to thrive on a larger scale. See the NetSuite News Room post here.

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AsiaTechDaily

FEBRUARY 5, 2023

Launched at the end of 2022, the IRI is a co-investment opportunity for organizations wishing to contribute to the future of Web3 by supporting industry players negatively impacted by market forces. The Industry Recovery Initiative was created to support promising companies that were negatively impacted by the events of last year.

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AsiaTechDaily

AUGUST 10, 2023

Register Karakalpakstan , a region in Uzbekistan, outlines plans to allocate $200 million in soft loans to support companies and establish a Youth Socio-Economic Center in the Khojaili district, with an investment of 1 trillion soums. Further, Karakalpakstan is enhancing its support infrastructure for businesses. in national currency.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

JUNE 2, 2022

The theme for this summit is “Building a Sustainable, Resilient, and Equitable Future,” which responds to the hemisphere’s most pressing issues, including the COVID-19 pandemic, threats to democracy, the climate crisis, and a lack of equitable access to opportunities. . Georgia Barbosa , Brazil, cofounder of Afroricas.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 28, 2023

After a founder takes the quiz, the Funding Finder algorithm points them to what could be their best bets: debt financing, community development financial institutions (CDFIs), banks, bootstrapping, family and friend rounds, or even crowdfunding. We see ourselves here just as an educator and a navigator.” of the approximate $238.8

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Angel Capital Association

AUGUST 27, 2020

The amendment updates the definition to allow investors to qualify as accredited investors based on professional certifications and designations, or other credentials issued by an accredited education institution as well as the long-standing income-based criteria.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 23, 2020

If you’re a business owner who has survived the conversion to remote work, you could have a lucrative opportunity in front of you: job demand. However, employment opportunities are scarce. The education level required for the job will depend on the role you’re hiring for. Experienced. Tech-Savvy.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Africa’s largest innovation hub Co-Creation Hub (CcHUB), is launching a $15 million accelerator program, dubbed The Edtech Fellowship Program, to back and support 72 startups across Nigeria and Kenya over the next three years, TechCrunch has learned. One, the edtech space is highly regulated, more than the casual tech observer might think.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 7, 2022

More importantly, they continue to hire talent both to support their business and help the economy. As the development of the IT sector is integral to the maintenance of the country’s GDP, the government fully supports it. The entire world is supporting Ukraine. These trends are only gaining momentum.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 20, 2021

Here’s another idea endowments should consider: Invest in educational opportunities to give more people pathways to careers in venture. In the venture world, far too few internship or fellowship opportunities exist for prospective VC investors to get hands-on experience learning the ins and outs of working in venture.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

Panorama Education , which has built out a K-12 education software platform, has raised $60 million in a Series C round of funding led by General Atlantic. Clients include the New York City Department of Education, Clark County School District in Nevada, Dallas ISD in Texas and the Hawaii Department of Education, among others.

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American Entrepreneurship

APRIL 23, 2024

Growth of veteran-owned, Newark-based company will support production of semiconductor components and other advanced technologies for Department of Defense contracts and private-sector clients WILMINGTON, Del. I’m pleased by Phase Sensitive Innovations’ work to recruit employees from our institutions of higher education.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 17, 2020

Only four years ago, Aceable was raising $4 million in financing , from investors including Floodgate Capital and Silverton Partners. “Changing or growing your career can create new opportunities to reach your life goals. Driver’s ed app Aceable raises $4 million.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

JUNE 7, 2019

Starting as a project manager with a background in engineering, Ashna launched YHS to develop and implement community projects supporting the U.N. At home she had always learned to share and help others, and her desire to support increasingly more people evolved over time. As someone who gave them an opportunity.”.

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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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StartupNation

JANUARY 12, 2022

Guests include other veteran entrepreneurs, mentors, and experts like attorneys and marketing specialists, including the leader of Verizon’s veteran employee resource group who shared information about Verizon support for small business owners along with his own personal experience as an entrepreneur.

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AsiaTechDaily

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Entrepreneurs are drawn to Singapore’s comprehensive support system, which has business-incubating infrastructure, tax incentives, substantial government subsidies, and strong international connections. Startups qualifying under Startup SG can access cash grants, equity financing, and business loans.

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Angel Capital Association

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Named after our lead donors and unparalleled education supporters, the Ann and Bill Payne ACA Angel University is growing rapidly and seeks to support investors and entrepreneurs. Sonu will be perfect for this role and we are thrilled to have him support the education efforts here at the ACA.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 6, 2021

The Series B funding is coming almost eighteen months after raising $10 million co-led by Partech Africa and the International Finance Corporation (IFC). And the last year and a half have been defined by us focusing on bringing more of these embedded finance products to market.”. We think they go together.

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TechCrunch

MAY 23, 2022

Today, he claims, SwipeRx has transformed and digitized the pharmacy industry and become a one-stop platform for pharmacists to perform all their daily tasks, from education to purchasing to inventory financing in Southeast Asia. The app also helps pharmacists search for new job opportunities or to post job offers. “Our

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TechCrunch

APRIL 24, 2021

MasterClass, which sells a subscription to celebrity-taught classes, sits on the cusp of entertainment and education. Amanda DoAmaral , the founder of Fiveable, a learning platform for high school students: Masterclass is important for showing us why educational content should be treated more like entertainment.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Every blog post, Tweet and Instagram Story is an opportunity to explain to customers (and your board) how the company creates value or is a step ahead of the competition. The unbundling of professional learning and entrepreneurship education. The unbundling of professional learning and entrepreneurship education.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 16, 2021

EO offers great opportunity, education and tools to facilitate this, and create Instimacy (=instant intimacy) in business conversations. . In addition, ensure scalability by incorporating junior staff for tactical sales support and bringing on middle-to-high level sales leaders who can further and expand the customer relationship.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 7, 2022

The startup, which focuses on earned wage access and finance education, with plans to add neo banking products, too, announced today it has raised $2.8 We saw an opportunity to use technology to help level the playing field in Thailand and Southeast Asia.”.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

OCTOBER 6, 2020

But attaining the right resources, funds, and support can be an uphill battle. Thankfully there are other companies happy to help show support. So the Tory Burch Foundation created a fellowship program to support women-owned businesses and help guide them toward success. This is an exciting opportunity for women entrepreneurs.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 16, 2022

I’ve also had the opportunity to hear from and speak to major business thinkers, including Jim Kwik, Peter Diamandis, Brene Brown , Simon Sinek and Warren Rustand. Different industries, different educational backgrounds, different ways of seeing the world — these all impact my perspective on the business world. I am not alone.

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