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Amazon inks MoU with SG Enable to hire, empower associates with disabilities

AsiaTechDaily

Register American tech giant Amazon has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with SG Enable to tap persons with disabilities to help in its operations in Singapore. The company’s partnership with SG Enable aims to create equal opportunities for these individuals.

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Wisdom nabs $2M to build out a social audio marketplace for mentorship

TechCrunch

Wisdom , a social audio app that’s focused on surfacing “life advice” and broadening access to mentorship — and whose iOS app launch we covered back in October — has nabbed $2 million in seed funding off the back of early traction. Other popular topics at this early stage include mindfulness and social media.

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Meet 5 YLAI Fellows Traveling as Youth Delegates to the Summit of the Americas

Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

Facundo’s online platform connects the users and enables a diverse collection of voices to be shared and heard. The company provides services based on social justice and income distribution through developing training and mentorships for young professionals from minorities focusing on career and entrepreneurship matters.

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Altitude Lab Startups Raise Over $120M in Capital

American Entrepreneurship

To further advance this mission, the incubator also announced today the launch of the Chris and Summer Gibson Founder Fellowship, a funding opportunity to enable early-career scientists to launch their own startups. It’s a really proud moment to more than double that goal today,” said Chandana Haque, executive director of Altitude Lab.

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NJEDA Names Inaugural New Jersey Innovation Fellows Cohort

American Entrepreneurship

in income replacement grants and mentorship to first-time entrepreneurs, creating 10 new businesses and helping fuel innovation in strategic sectors The New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA) today announced the inaugural cohort of the New Jersey Innovation Fellows (NJIF) program. First-in-nation program will provide $3.6M

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Free Money for Student Tech Founders

David Teten VC

This includes access to software in areas such as product design & manufacturing, architecture, engineering, media, and more. Participants from all over the world are eligible to compete for more than $100,000 in prize money and also receive mentorship and other resources.

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Adidas Cultivate & B.L.O.O.M. program elevates Black and Latinx social entrepreneurs to accelerate their growth and impact

Impact Hub

designed to equip entrepreneurs of color with tools and resources to enable them to accelerate growth and maximize impact. These resources include funding, access to industry experts, mentorship, workshops, fireside chats and visibility into adidas’ networks. To enable inclusive and sustainable innovation – at scale. .