Angel Capital Association

MARCH 25, 2024

The Angel Capital Association (ACA) Summit represents a beacon for black investors, founders, and high-growth startups. This event, heralded as the industry’s flagship, convenes a diverse community of new and experienced angel investors, business leaders, and entrepreneurial minds to explore critical topics and trends in angel investing.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 21, 2023

Start with our event app — it lets you find and schedule meetings with people who share your business goals. Networking at Disrupt also includes plenty of organic ways to meet, greet and create startup magic in a variety of settings: Deal Flow Café, our brand-new investor-to-founder networking area.

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Impact Hub

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Deep Dive Africa 2019 - Pitch day. In its first edition (2019), the program brought together nine investors from Europe for a startup ecosystem tour of Ghana and Nigeria to meet 25 selected startups. Investors will enjoy a tour of the startup ecosystem in each of these cities.

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NZ Entrepreneur

JANUARY 20, 2022

Sadness for the loss of a bright young New Zealander who had so much going for him, for the terrible loss for Jake’s mother and his whanau and friends, and for the loss of an up and coming innovator and entrepreneur to our business community. It also made me angry.

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Andreessen Horowitz

MAY 6, 2024

It was the first time the event was broadcast to the public, giving sports fans and collectors a unique opportunity to engage with Mahomes and get their hands on rare memorabilia. Being an investor means being prepared for the ebbs and flows of the startup ecosystem.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Enter TechCrunch Early Stage 2021 — two distinct, virtual bootcamps designed specifically for early-stage founders and open to entrepreneurs and startup enthusiasts. Founder passes cost $199 and Innovator passes (for investors and other startup fans) cost $299. The pitch deck teardown session was great.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 22, 2021

Join us for two program-packed days dedicated to founders in the earliest stages of startup life (pre-seed through Series A). The event agenda features interactive presentations that cover a range of essential topics like fundraising, operations, growth, product-market fit, product management and more. The TC Early Stage Pitch-Off.

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Revolution

MAY 21, 2019

At the end of each tour day, we hosted a pitch competition where a local startup received a $100,000 investment from Revolution’s Rise of the Rest Seed Fund. For the pitch competitions in Orlando, Tampa Bay, Miami, and Puerto Rico, innovative startups based within a 100-mile radius of a tour stop were invited to apply.

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

The real super power of ecosystem mapping is how the mapping process and the actual map are used by the community as a catalyst to collaboratively strengthen the ecosystem. There are many benefits to ecosystem mapping. Most obviously, ecosystem maps can serve as a resource guide for entrepreneurs in the community.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 3, 2016

Held this past spring in Las Vegas, the speed dating-style event connects companies with promising developers. If selected, you’ll have the chance to not only recruit, but also network with the other companies at the event. Brad Feld helped co-found the venture capital firm with one goal in mind: to help entrepreneurs. “We

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AsiaTechDaily

MAY 25, 2022

KSGC 2022 started receiving applications from startups on April 15 and the last date for startups to apply for the most sought after program in Asia is soon on May 31. Startups, innovators, and entrepreneurs, who want to experience the business ecosystem in Korea and Asia, should take action soon enough.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Yeah, baby, we are ready to jump right into a jam-packed day dedicated to the growth and success of the entire early-stage startup ecosystem. You’ll find all the day’s programs, stage location and times listed in the Disrupt agenda and in the event app. TechCrunch Startup Battlefield presented by Capital Connect by J.P.

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Impact Hub

MARCH 13, 2020

Once a year, we create an event called ‘Recap’ to bring our Impact Hub family closer together. We do this by organizing panels on emerging topics in the entrepreneurial ecosystem with academic, business and startup leaders. Our birthday was 3 days of events filled with unique experiences. We organized a number of events.

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Angel Capital Association

AUGUST 13, 2021

By: Daren Cotter, Tech Entrepreneur & Investor, Member of Gopher Angels I’ve been asked this question many times over the past 8 years. When I started angel investing, I knew my objective was two-fold: I wanted to support the startup ecosystem in MN and I wanted to (eventually) have a good financial return on my investments.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 10, 2022

For example, I was mistaken for an intern in multiple meetings and generally not taken too seriously at networking or industry events. It wasn’t unusual for founders to take calls mid-pitch or check their messages when it was my turn to ask questions. At the time, our path forward wasn’t always clear. Louis well.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

We’re doing so for a few reasons but mainly because you know and trust TechCrunch to bring you the best alpha possible in the startup ecosystem. Get expert advice on fundraising, growth, and management from experienced entrepreneurs. Save 20% on TechCrunch event tickets (annual members only). Join TechCrunch+ here.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 6, 2022

Attend TechCrunch Live’s City Spotlight: Austin special event! TechCrunch Live is a free weekly event featuring investors, founders, and startups with the goal of helping entrepreneurs build better venture-backed businesses. I had spent over 17 years working in the Valley as an entrepreneur and loved every minute of it.

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Founders Coop

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

This post is an attempt to unpack the changes we observed both during and after our time with Techstars, to draw out potentially useful lessons about how things might have gone differently. ——— In the Beginning: Champions of the Local Startup Ecosystem Techstars launched its first program in Boulder in 2007.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

In five years, respondents said the city and country will continue to generate and attract great tech startups, but also tech talent and entrepreneurs. However, one said: “The ecosystem still lacks local funding for the late Series A and beyond rounds.”. What industry sectors is your tech ecosystem strong in? every year.

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TechCrunch

JULY 21, 2021

We’re the proud hosts of the Extreme Tech Challenge (XTC) Global Finals , and the pitch competition action starts tomorrow, July 22 at 9:00 am (PT). Pro housekeeping tip: Attending this virtual pitch fest is 100% free, but you need to register here first. Not familiar with XTC ? The road to the XTC finals was crowded, to say the least.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Ann Arbor continues to be one of the top growing tech ecosystems around the country with some of the best startups to watch. Connectspace helps you create online and hybrid virtual events with end-to-end software. A genomics startup in Ann Arbor is a growing thing, just like cybersecurity. Connectspace. Genomenon.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

So, in keeping with our mission, we present to you today a list of Ukrainian tech companies and initiatives you can support, the products you can use, and the startups which you – if you’re an investor – can look at funding. Fuelfinance Their pitch: “We do your spreadsheets, graphs, and automation.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

JANUARY 4, 2024

My previous startup was bootstrapped, easy, fast, and 100% control. Giving the same pitch, sending the same email, and answering the same questions over and over again. Being active in the startup ecosystem is very important and gives you a chance to connect with like-minded people and brainstorm ideas together.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 4, 2023

Set in Boston this year, Early Stage will host sessions with advice and takeaways from top experts and provide opportunities to meet entrepreneurs taking incredible journeys. So, signed up for both events? Trust me, it’ll be worth the trek. Disrupt, TechCrunch’s flagship conference, will also be well worth the trek.

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Startup Catalyst

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

She’s known for her awesome tweet game and for being at every event in the city but people often forget she’s also a prolific scholar and is actively involved in the goings on of her school and students. We could see that there was value in supporting students across the university to participate in this event.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Miami’s startup scene has been growing and evolving over the past 5+ years thanks to local organizations supporting entrepreneurship including, but not limited to Endeavor Miami, The Knight Foundation, The Lab, Rokk3r Labs, eMerge Americas, Miami Angels and Wyncode. Where do you see Miami’s startup scene five years from now?

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 29, 2021

Where can new founders and budding entrepreneurs turn for expert advice to navigate the formative phases of building a startup? That’s exactly why we’re hosting two Early Stage events this year. Sure, you can go to a single Early Stage event, but savvy startuppers (that’s you, right?)

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David Teten VC

JANUARY 21, 2021

In addition to a fund, the overall Capacity organization provides direct mentorship, consulting and connects founders to a broad network of talent, diverse forms of capital, and existing resources focused on the post-startup stage of growth. They share their learnings on Flexible VC and pioneering rural startup ecosystems on the GCVF blog.

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David Teten VC

JANUARY 21, 2021

In addition to a fund, the overall Capacity organization provides direct mentorship, consulting and connects founders to a broad network of talent, diverse forms of capital, and existing resources focused on the post-startup stage of growth. They share their learnings on Flexible VC and pioneering rural startup ecosystems on the GCVF blog.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 8, 2020

Pitch perfect, you might think. However, in early 2005 and before the company was incorporated, the concept was stress-tested at a “Shark Tank”-style event held at the Stockholm School of Economics and attended by the King of Sweden. “That was our loss for being too arrogant,” says Zennström.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

By now you probably know that we’re hosting two TC Early Stage events this year — one on April 1-2 and another on July 8-9 — each with its own set of topics, speakers and content — both designed to help nascent startup founders build a better, more successful business. TC Early Stage functions like a minibootcamp for entrepreneurs.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 8, 2020

Pitch perfect, you might think. However, in early 2005 and before the company was incorporated, the concept was stress-tested at a “Shark Tank”-style event held at the Stockholm School of Economics and attended by the King of Sweden. “That was our loss for being too arrogant,” says Zennström.

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TechCrunch

MAY 13, 2022

There’s an audio-only version of TechCrunch Live hosted by Matt that features founders and investors discussing successful pitch decks. Finally, there’s Equity , TechCrunch’s long-running, Webby-award-winning podcast focused on venture capital and the latest startup news, hosted by Natasha , Mary Ann and Alex.

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