TechCrunch

MARCH 25, 2021

Holberton , the education startup that started out as a coding school in San Francisco and today works with partners to run schools in the U.S., A number of students also accused the school of not giving them the education it had promised. ” Clearly, that’s how Holberton’s funders feel about this, too.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 24, 2023

Enter LGBT+ VC, a nonprofit organization that aims to support LGBTQ+ founders and investors allied with the cause. There are no numbers on how much of that capital goes specifically to trans founders or how many investors identify as part of the LGBTQ+ community.

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American Entrepreneurship

OCTOBER 20, 2023

For any entrepreneur to be successful in starting a business, they must have the right help and resources to support of their hard work. Its mission is to foster vibrant small business communities through free mentoring and education workshops for small business owners. Small Business Administration.

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Angel Capital Association

JULY 10, 2023

In fact, winning the Hans Severiens Award at the 2023 ACA Summit of Angel Investing is a validation of his profound efforts to grow and support angel investing nationally through the Angel Capital Association as well as the community in which he works.

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Angel Capital Association

JANUARY 8, 2024

Over the last few years, we have been supported by our dedicated volunteer and professional staff to continue to offer better member experience, expanded our professionalized education programs and continued to be the voice for protections and incentives for angel investors in the public policy arena.

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

JULY 10, 2020

Through an effective PR/Educational campaign, we’ve affected the shift to much more of a focus on encouraging more startups and risk taking. Data today, 3-5 years later will not support that notion though. Today, I have asked some key funders to consider requiring ecosystem asks vs asks from individual organizations.

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Angel Capital Association

JUNE 7, 2021

Angels are nimble, identifying and supporting entrepreneurs with desperately needed new technologies and innovations. We’ve become the most active public policy supporter for early and seed stage investing in the United States. Education & Smart Practices. More than ever, we need innovation. We need ingenuity. Public Policy.

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

I wish the small business ecosystem had something equivalent to the angel investor networks that support technology startups. In an ecosystem, there should be multiple entrepreneurial support organizations, coworking spaces, incubators/accelerators, investors, etc.communicating about the resources they have to support entrepreneurs.

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

“Not everybody can do ecosystem building; it’s a talent that is developed through experience and education, connections and networking. In the midst of supporting founders in their communities during a global pandemic, what do they wish they were more versed in? It is a unique combination of skills and the right mindset.” Kim Louis.

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Surdna Foundation

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Until the late 1980s, Surdna’s grantmaking centered on education (scholarships), culture (arts organizations, libraries, etc.), Finalizing the language of our mission statement was only the first step in answering the question, “What does it mean to be a social justice funder?”. and basic community infrastructure (fire engines!).

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

AUGUST 14, 2020

How they managed to rally other ecosystem stakeholders into supporting these efforts. Alexis Ehrhardt, President & CEO at Danville Pittsylvania County Chamber of Commerce, explains “For two years, Danville Regional Foundation provided a fellow to support the development of the ecosystem. The need for an ecosystem builder.

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TechCrunch

MAY 29, 2021

To help this along, angels and VCs who’ve been behind a recent exit and are reinvesting in similar founders should publicize those knock-on investments, explaining how their previous success motivated them to support similar ventures. Team effect. Take Thiel, who has to date backed over 40 companies in Europe alone. Reputation effect.

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

JANUARY 29, 2021

I’ve also occasionally replaced a new Story Time with a Zoom-based Happy Hour to Support Local Biz or a Schmooze Time event, as I recognized that as much as my community loves its stories, it missed having the unstructured time that was padded into our 2-hour in-person events to connect and schmooze. 8 and above.

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Founders Coop

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

In simple terms, the local LP community owned 70% of the fund economics, the Managing Director owned 20% and Techstars owned 10%; we also paid Techstars a $50K annual fee to support the program’s back-office operations. Bottom line, Techstars needed cash.

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FundersClub

JUNE 12, 2017

So how is Funders Club different than other VCs? We want to arm these people with capital, to help grow their businesses but we also want to support them. There's education to be had if you do seek that out. I can rep our resources in this area, as we have an education center that’s at funderclub.com/learn.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 24, 2022

Specifically, we need to be tracking as metrics: (i) the number of first institutional round venture deals, (ii) the demographics of the founders of those companies and (iii) the composition of the funders on an annual cohort basis. The data supports this, as the numbers for women founders and the overall first-financing growth are 1.6x

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David Teten VC

DECEMBER 2, 2019

Fortunately, there are a wide range of organizations that specifically want to support you, not just the VC community. I worked with outsourced research firm Wonder * to identify all of the institutions we could who support tech impact startups with cash and community, and in many cases without dilution. J.M.Kaplan Innovation Prize.

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Forward Cities

JUNE 11, 2021

After centuries of racial violence, displacement, segregation and a lack of investment, the idea of a Black Wall Street – where businesses and entrepreneurship can thrive and money can continue to support it – is a near impossibility. How many Black Wall Streets were there in America? It's hard to know.

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David Teten VC

DECEMBER 2, 2019

Fortunately, there are a wide range of organizations that specifically want to support you, not just the VC community. I worked with outsourced research firm Wonder * to identify all of the institutions we could who support tech impact startups with cash and community, and in many cases without dilution.

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David Teten VC

JANUARY 21, 2021

Jonathan Bragdon , CEO, describes Capacity as “a team of founders-turned-funders making non-dilutive, founder-aligned investments of $50-$300k in post-startup, post-revenue businesses planning to 2X revenues in 12-24 months. Capacity Capital , based in Chattanooga, Tennessee, was launched in 2020 with a primary focus on the Southeast.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

At roughly the same time, Y Combinator (YC) and other accelerators emerged as a largely analog means for entrepreneurs willing to commit three months of time and ~6% of their company to receive en masse training and connections to mentors, peers and funders. What do these approaches have in common?

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David Teten VC

JANUARY 21, 2021

Jonathan Bragdon , CEO, describes Capacity as “a team of founders-turned-funders making non-dilutive, founder-aligned investments of $50-$300k in post-startup, post-revenue businesses planning to 2X revenues in 12-24 months. Capacity Capital , based in Chattanooga, Tennessee, was launched in 2020 with a primary focus on the Southeast.

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David Teten VC

MARCH 1, 2022

This is part of a series on building your career in venture capital: Reading list for working in private equity/venture capital , including all of the major online communities, programs, and educational options for people studying VC. How to find a job as a VC scout. The Part-Time Practitioner. Aspiring Full-time VC. Calm Company. “We’re

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TechCrunch

MARCH 15, 2022

I’m not actively angel investing because I’m 100% focused on Okra, but I’m certainly open to supporting strong early teams, some of which might be public soon. . I hope that one day I’ll be on the other side of the table and provide support as an investor because I do believe that is the best way to transform the landscape.

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David Teten VC

MAY 19, 2021

Same goes for SMB investment sites like Honeycomb Credit , The SMBX , and Worthy Bonds (business owners often fund others) and Prosper or Sofi (many funders have borrowed themselves).”. We support that with an active Slack community and a venture scout program.” Targeted sharing of events.

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