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In Their Own Words: Female Founders and CEOs Discuss the Discourse That’s Missing (and Hitting)…

Revolution

In Their Own Words: Female Founders and CEOs Discuss the Discourse That’s Missing (and Hitting) the Mark This year’s International Women’s Day theme is “ Inspire Inclusion ” — a call to recognize the unique perspectives and contributions of women from all walks of life, in all facets of life, including the innovation economy.

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NFTE Founders Forum Pitch Competition Announces Student Winners

American Entrepreneurship

In addition to its classroom curriculum, NFTE hosts the Founders Forum Pitch Competition. Zachary Borja, founder of Borja+ Media took first place and received an award of $5,000 toward his digital marketing company which creates content for organizations with an impact-driven cause. “We

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Unicorn Insider’s Co-Founder Recognized on International Women’s Day

American Entrepreneurship

Hande Cilingir has the unique and prestigious status as a female-founder of a tech unicorn Founded in 1909 International Women’s Day continues to be both a celebration of women and a rallying cry for women’s equality. In recognition of the day, AI-native platform Insider issued a press release honoring its co-founder Hande Cilingir.

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Japanese e-commerce enabler AnyMind raises funding in equity, debt for acquisitions

TechCrunch

Japanese commerce enabler AnyMind , which helps brands and influencers’ online operations, has closed a ¥5 billion (approximately $36 million) Series D round on the back of that boost to make additional acquisitions in Japan and globally. AnyMind offers a number of services for brands and online business operators.

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15 Years of Founders’ Co-op

Founders Coop

Founders’ Co-op turns fifteen this year. But as a “company town” where most engineers come for a well-paying job, not as founders seeking like-minded peers, our region’s entrepreneurial support systems are surprisingly weak. By contrast, venture capital is a craft that defies both speed and scale.

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Driving the Dialogue: Questions These Female Founders Wish You Asked

Revolution

population, but in 2022, companies with solely female founders garnered just 2% of the total capital invested in venture-backed startups. The long and short of it: Female founders face systemic barriers to founding, funding, and scaling their businesses. Women represent 50.5% of the U.S. That ticked up to 15.4%

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Singapore’s KNN3 wants to enable social discovery for decentralized apps

TechCrunch

The blockchain data space is already quite crowded, co-founder Thomas Yu admitted, but there’s still room for more specialized services. One of KNN3’s better-known customers is Mask Network, which enables users to send cryptocurrencies on Web 2.0 In the U.S.,