Revolution

MAY 11, 2023

Our findings confirmed a significant shift away from the traditional tech hubs of the Bay Area, New York City, and Boston, with the proportion of seed- and early-stage VC dollars funneling into the Bay Area falling below 30% for the first time in more than a decade. Infrastructure touches everything. Storytelling is our biggest export.”

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 20, 2022

Jamil Wyne is an advisor, investor and author focusing on entrepreneurship, technology and economic development in emerging markets. A close look at Singapore’s thriving startup ecosystem. As of October, climate-tech startups had raised over $32 billion in 2021 and, according to Dealroom and London & Co., Contributor.

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StartupNation

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Despite the growth in awarded venture capital (VC) funds, a staggering disparity remains between the amount of total VC funds invested in entrepreneurs and the portion of those funds invested in ventures founded and/or led by women—particularly women of color. I am no stranger to this gender gap within the VC space.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Tara Sabre Collier is an early-stage impact investor with more than 15 years of experience at the intersection of economic development, social entrepreneurship and impact investment. Over the last five years, Brazil has witnessed a startup boom. Over the last five years, Brazil has witnessed a startup boom. Tara Sabre Collier.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 17, 2022

Millions — billions — of dollars are flowing toward upstart tech companies of all stripes, and as the de-facto news hub for the startup ecosystem, we are as guilty as anyone of being a little bit on the “cult of capital” side of things. Another truth is that VC isn’t right for all companies.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Without further ado, here are the five judges who will pick the 2021 Startup Battlefield winner: Kirsten Green is the founder and managing partner of Forerunner Ventures, a San Francisco-based VC firm she formed in 2010.

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TechCrunch

MAY 29, 2021

Regardless of how groundbreaking their product idea might be, immigrant Americans will always be more wary of putting their eggs into the entrepreneurship basket, at least as long as 93% of all VC money continues to be controlled by white men. When a foreign entrepreneur raises money from U.S. firms and sells to a U.S.

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AsiaTechDaily

OCTOBER 25, 2023

“On the venture investing side, Sebastien Mallaby wrote a great history of the VC industry called “The Power Law.” In the mountains, he finds the balance between work and personal life, a harmony that fuels his drive for both entrepreneurship and the great outdoors.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 27, 2022

While few corporates used to offer startup investment (and the ones that did were primarily concerned with software, practically every corporate is involved in VC today and covers a range of niche sectors. That means there’s more corporate money and players for startups to explore.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

But most venture-backed startups are “still overwhelmingly white, male, Ivy-League-educated and based in Silicon Valley,” according to a study conducted by RateMyInvestor and Diversity VC. Or will we have to repeat the same conversations about representation failings within VC funds? Make serious headway with accelerators.

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Andreessen Horowitz

MAY 6, 2024

The six-time Grammy winning artist and producer teamed up with Whatnot to live auction hand-selected records from his extensive personal record collection with all proceeds benefiting Questlove’s Future of Food Entrepreneurship program. Being an investor means being prepared for the ebbs and flows of the startup ecosystem.

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AsiaTechDaily

MAY 18, 2022

In 2022, the government plans to implement a startup support project worth US$3 billion to create a regional startup infrastructure and allow innovative talents with technical skills to flow into Korea’s startup ecosystem and develop their capabilities to succeed. trillion won (US$6.4 billion). Who can apply?

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TechCrunch

APRIL 6, 2022

At that time, most VC activity was dominated by the now-defunct Austin Ventures and Sevin Rosen Funds. ATX will be the first midcontinent VC to have top decile performance two funds in a row,” he told TechCrunch. “It It is a true reflection of the vibrancy in the Texas ecosystem and having an operator approach at early-stage VC.”.

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TechCrunch

JULY 23, 2021

The European VC market is so hot it may skip its summer holiday. Alex Wilhelm and Anna Heim continued their exploration of the scorching global VC market, this time taking a look at Europe. ” The European VC market is so hot it may skip its summer holiday. Startups and investors are turning to micromobility subscriptions.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

Filling out the round has been its own challenge for Curry, who has struggled at times to find opportunity, even among historic levels of capital flowing into the startup ecosystem, a distinction that has been less noticeable for black founders that still make up just a small percentage of VC allocation.

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TechCrunch

MAY 10, 2021

We believe that in order to increase diversity in the startup ecosystem, one thing that we must do is increase diversity — whether it be in regard to gender, race or geography — amongst angel investors,” said Hustle Fund co-founder and general partner Elizabeth Yin. That’s not super helpful at this point in the ecosystem.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Taking stock of the VC industry’s progress on diversity, equity and inclusion. The startup ecosystem is unique. Bobby Franklin is the president and CEO of the National Venture Capital Association. More posts by this contributor. 5 policies Washington should enact to end the climate crisis and joblessness. Neil Bradley.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 28, 2021

Ahead of our TechCrunch City Spotlight: Pittsburgh event tomorrow, I spoke to current Mayor Bill Peduto and Dave Mawhinney, the executive director of Carnegie Mellon University’s Swartz Center for Entrepreneurship. Like many in the Steel City startup community, both share a focus on the historically difficult task of keeping startups in town.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

What industry sectors is your tech ecosystem strong in? The Vilnius startup ecosystem is mainly dominated by startups developing business management systems (B2B, SaaS) and financial technologies. The coronavirus crisis, in general, hasn’t affected the Vilnius startup ecosystem in the same way as the rest of Europe.

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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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Entrepreneur's Handbook

JULY 1, 2021

Corporate Innovation people are useful to startups because they contextualize the company needs to the startup ecosystem, and they contextualize the startup ecosystem back to the company. They do not manage technology, but the transfer of technology.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

Let me start with the obvious baseline that most people probably know instinctively: Los Angeles is the 3rd largest technology startup ecosystem in the US. billion in venture capital to LA’s technology startups and 2014 will shatter that figure. When you begin to peel back the onion some surprising data presents itself.

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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. They have won $20k in funding from the inaugural A2EF pitch competition, have been incubated at the Zell Entrepreneurship Program, and won multiple awards for their project. Workit Health.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 21, 2021

2020 was a record year for Israel’s security startup ecosystem. As in other countries in “COVID 2020”, VC tended to focus on existing portfolio companies. COVID brought unexpected upsides: Israeli startups, usually facing longs flight to Europe or the U.S. And in 2019, Bay Area investors put $1.4

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 26, 2022

Spain’s government is gearing up to pass the country’s first ever startup law. The process of debating and agreeing the details of this startup ecosystem support framework is expected to take between six and nine months. So — if all goes to plan — Spain will finally get a startup law before the end of this year.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Where do you see Miami’s startup scene five years from now? 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.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 14, 2021

David Teten is founder of Versatile VC and writes periodically at teten.com and @dteten. Flexible VC: A new model for startups targeting profitability. Jamie Finney is a founding partner at Greater Colorado Venture Fund , where he blogs about his work on VC and small communities. More posts by this contributor.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 8, 2021

Despite many distractions in our first full week of the new year, we published a full slate of stories exploring different aspects of entrepreneurship, fundraising and investing. For founders who aren’t interested in angel investment or seeking validation from a VC, revenue-based investing is growing in popularity.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 5, 2011

I’m inspired by the enthusiasm of the young, emerging startup ecosystem that is here. I need to take some VC meetings. But it did take Brad as a public spokesman, consummate networker and successful VC to help create legitimacy to let David’s ideas flourish. Him: “I know, I know. Me: “Bullshit.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 24, 2022

Startups and VC. The startup ecosystem has traditionally been less-than-friendly to women founders and investors, but Mimi Aboubaker argues things aren’t as dire as the common narrative seems to indicate. Given that internet access restrictions and authoritarianism go hand-in-hand, the news is not a massive surprise.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 16, 2021

Israel’s startup ecosystem raised record amounts of funding and produced 19 IPOs in 2020, despite the pandemic. Same as VC funds are deeply acquainted with Silicon Valley, tech investors cannot ignore this hub of innovation that has produced global market leading companies and serial entrepreneurs. by about 12-18 months.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 5, 2021

Pariti , the Kenya-based community-led marketplace building the digital infrastructure for startup ecosystems in emerging markets, has raised $2.85 million seed, the company confirmed to TechCrunch today. The round was led by U.S.-based based Harlem Capital.

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TechCrunch

MAY 19, 2021

But one aspect of increased antitrust scrutiny — restrictions on acquisitions — would have a significant negative effect on our entrepreneurial ecosystem, and policymakers should approach these changes with caution. Acquisitions are an important element of the startup ecosystem. Acquisition changes could impact entrepreneurship.

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David Teten VC

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Here’s what I said: In your career in tech and VC, how has your focus on ESG responsibility changed over time? How do you leverage your VC expertise in politics? I think the most common ethical issue in VC is when I’m talking with another possible investor in a portfolio company. Are you politically active? Why is that?

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David Teten VC

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Here’s what I said: In your career in tech and VC, how has your focus on ESG responsibility changed over time? How do you leverage your VC expertise in politics? I think the most common ethical issue in VC is when I’m talking with another possible investor in a portfolio company. Are you politically active? Why is that?

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