NZ Entrepreneur

MAY 17, 2023

In Founder Focus we introduce entrepreneurs and innovators working on our next generation of new business startups, social enterprises and small businesses. At a glance Founder: Craig Rowland Business: Sandfly Security Founded: April 2018 HQ: Canterbury Can you tell us a bit about your business?

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Before launching the fund, Google proved helpful in startups’ journeys via its Google for Startups Accelerator Africa program. The accelerator program has supported more than 80 startups in seed to Series A stages with equity-free mentorship and resources. We are not restricting ourselves to certain verticals.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Animoca is also leading a $30 million Series B round for Brinc that finds the accelerator looking to expand its offering of programming, adding locations and hiring additional headcount. In November, the company is also opening an office in Brazil — its first in Latin America.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 3, 2022

Microsoft’s global Founders Hub, a self-service hub providing startups with a variety of resources and access to mentors, will also be available to African startups. The Founders Hub also includes opportunities to co-sell to Microsoft’s corporate and enterprise customers.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Boston has long been one of the most important startup ecosystems in the United States. With major universities and a legacy of innovation, the city is a great place to start up and run a venture-backed business. TechCrunch Live is thrilled to be hosting an event featuring Boston-local investors and founders.

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AsiaTechDaily

JANUARY 3, 2023

HD is also one of ten startups recently accepted into the Google for Startups Accelerator: Southeast Asia program. This new funding round will allow the company to solidify its leading position in the healthcare marketplace space while accelerating HDcare, HD’s new innovative elective surgery product.

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AsiaTechDaily

JUNE 8, 2023

Register Antler , a business incubator and startup accelerator based in Singapore, has successfully raised $285 million for its emerging growth fund, Antler Elevate. These investments highlight the fund’s commitment to supporting innovative solutions across diverse industries.

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NZ Entrepreneur

MAY 16, 2023

In Founder Focus we introduce entrepreneurs and innovators working on our next generation of new business startups, social enterprises and small businesses. This was aimed at upskilling and deepening a founder’s understanding of what it takes to run a business with a few deep dive sessions from experts.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 14, 2023

The company’s CEO and founder, Mag Rodriguez, says he started building the platform last February as a way to help Black and brown artists retain equity in their creative work. He’s now part of a rarified club: In any given year, less than 5% of all venture capital funding goes to Latino founders.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 14, 2023

The company’s CEO and founder, Mag Rodriguez, says he started building the platform last February as a way to help Black and brown artists retain equity in their creative work. He’s now part of a rarified club: In any given year, less than 5% of all venture capital funding goes to Latino founders.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 26, 2023

Even experienced founders don’t know what they don’t know, and having some structure and a group of like-minded people can help you refine your idea and get the product off the ground. One way to build that camaraderie is through incubators and accelerator programs. Launching a company is hard work.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Plus, twine co-founder and CEO Lawrence Coburn admits his company had even lost some deals to Glimpse. “Glimpse is a great example of a highly innovative company utilizing the Zoom App Marketplace to enhance the customer experience,” said Ross Mayfield, Product Lead Zoom Apps & Integrations, in a statement.

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NZ Entrepreneur

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

This decline has also become evident in startup accelerator programs shifting their focus on later-stage scale-ups that provide higher returns. Yet, founders bet their company’s success in finding small investment rounds in these unfavourable conditions.

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American Entrepreneurship

JUNE 16, 2023

Luca De Vivo and is part of the medical technology accelerator in the Institute for the Global Entrepreneur (IGE) at the UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering and Rady School of Management, and UC San Diego’s The Basement startup accelerator.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 11, 2022

In a deeply researched report for TechCrunch+ , reporter Christine Hall examined the state of the cell-cultured meat industry and identified many of the startups innovating in the sector, along with the challenges they face when it comes to ramping up production and getting regulators and consumers on their side. “It Is that useful?

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 27, 2023

We discussed the Dutch ecosystem, the role of government in stimulating innovation and the challenges the country is facing in helping companies to go from startup to scaleup. “[The Netherlands] is a country that wouldn’t exist if it wasn’t for innovation. TechCrunch: Why are you here at CES?

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TechCrunch

MAY 10, 2022

“Our goal with Formwork Labs is to help the best and brightest construction tech founders get started on the right foot, set up for success and in front of the right investors, partners and early customers.”. Founders can apply to the program here. .

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TechCrunch

JUNE 28, 2022

Now empowered by $15 million in new funding , the nonprofit hopes to expand its scope and more tangibly support the class of climate-motivated founders they call “ecopreneurs.” “We see startups leapfrogging across multiple accelerator programs to try and access new networks and funding.

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Startup Catalyst

MARCH 27, 2018

The world is generally not aware of our awesome local and regional startups. The mission was partly funded by Advance Queensland , which is a Queensland Government initiative to support startups and innovation. Australia needs to be unashamedly founders focused. Startups are still generally male domains.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

There has not been real significant innovation ever since; it’s just listings, maybe some images and phone numbers,” said Camlist co-founder and chief executive officer, Moustafa Mahmoud. “Classifieds, or peer to peer commerce in general, has been stuck in the same old way of operation since eBay showed up.

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AsiaTechDaily

MAY 31, 2022

The program, which is also supported by the Ministry of SMEs and Startups (MSS), is organised by the National IT Industry Promotion Agency (NIPA). The startup accelerator program, launched in 2016, supports foreign startups that want to enter the Korean market and further explore the international markets.

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AsiaTechDaily

NOVEMBER 6, 2022

. “If you can’t generate demand locally, it is usually even more difficult to generate demand overseas,” Lim said, adding that many good Series B/C startups he has come across already have significant traction at home before they embarked on overseas expansion. What mistakes do you see founders make when raising money?

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StartupNation

JUNE 1, 2021

However, what is often direly needed is how to appeal to investors and raise smart money — knowledge that is essential for fundraising and a master key to building, accelerating and scaling your new venture. In my additional role as a mentor, I help these startups get investment-ready in the program. Keep it short.

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TechCrunch

MAY 8, 2023

Now, it is moving into a newly acquired , freshly refurbished space in a Chicago opportunity zone to help it incubate, accelerate and support more startups that can have a positive impact on humanity. TechCrunch spoke to mHub’s CEO and co-founder Haven Allen to find out what’s next for mHub, and what makes Chicago its perfect home. “It’s

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 17, 2021

Apple profiles all 15 companies in this list, but here are five that caught my eye: Volt Energy Utility (Co-Founder: Gilbert Campbell III) – Developer of utility-scale solar projects with a focus on underserved communities. Mosaic Global Transportation (Founder: Maurice H.

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Founders Coop

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

. ————– Techstars is – or was – one of the world’s best startup accelerator programs. Not coincidentally, they also serve as training grounds for some of the world’s most successful startup founders.

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David Teten VC

DECEMBER 2, 2019

Now the bad news: some venture capitallists have a bias against startups with an explicit positive social impact, on the grounds that they have a smaller addressable market, and that the founders are not sufficiently focused on creating shareholder wealth. Bluhm/Helfand Social Innovation (BHSI) Fellowship. Kairos Fellows. “The

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 22, 2022

Sequoia said its cohort includes some startups with whom it partnered when they had no product as well as those being run by repeat founders and entrepreneurs with extensive experience in their respective sectors. Following is the list of startups available in the seventh cohort. Surge 07 is no exception.

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AsiaTechDaily

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Register South Korean startup 42Maru Inc.’s s Founder and CEO, D.K. Could you please tell us about how you started your company I am the founder and CEO of 42Maru. With this solution, one of our clients made work innovation that reduced the working time from 2 days to 10 mins. In an interview with AsiaTechDaily, D.K.

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David Teten VC

MARCH 1, 2022

To help our founders in transition , some of which are interested in becoming scouts. Our goal is to invest in, coinvest with, and/or recruit founders in transition. At the same time, to respect founders’ time, scouts should mention their real ability to make an investment happen. Just confusing minority founders even more.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 7, 2021

While flight restrictions did cause some international founders to pull crazy hours from our home countries to participate in the sessions, virtual sessions allowed additional members of our teams to participate that would otherwise not have been able to do so,” the accelerator’s organizers said in a TechCrunch post last year.

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AsiaTechDaily

MAY 25, 2022

The biggest accelerator program, sponsored by the Korean government, supported by the Ministry of SMEs and Startups (MSS), and organized by the National IT Industry Promotion Agency (NIPA), will be held for 3.5 Korea’s best ICT-based R&D innovation cluster is located on the campus, with a total of 5.27

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Feedough

MARCH 22, 2021

Pre-Seed funding is the earliest funding round where a startup raises money to validate its problem-solution hypotheses, propositions, and demand. Pre-seed capital is required to set the base for the business operations to start and ensure that the founders’ business is a viable one. Startup funding rounds are inspired from farming.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 9, 2021

Each story is based on an interview with a founder or investor who addressed some of the most common startup dilemmas. Predictably, they’re mostly focused on the how and why: How do I get into an accelerator? How to kick the 10 worst startup habits with Fuel Capital’s Leah Solivan.

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David Teten VC

DECEMBER 2, 2019

Now the bad news: some venture capitalists have a bias against startups with an explicit positive social impact, on the grounds that they have a smaller addressable market, and that the founders are not sufficiently focused on creating shareholder wealth. Bluhm/Helfand Social Innovation (BHSI) Fellowship. Kairos Fellows. “The

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Startup Catalyst

AUGUST 15, 2018

Head on a Startup Catalyst mission or nominate a team member to. The Startup Catalyst effect. Will has been on two Startup Catalyst missions to London. London is home to over 70 startup accelerators and tech hubs. Startup Catalyst takes individuals over to expose them to this thriving ecosystem.

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David Teten VC

JANUARY 21, 2021

This essay is part of a series on alternative VC: I: Revenue-Based Investing: a new option for founders who care about control. III: Why are Revenue-Based VCs investing in so many women and underrepresented founders? GCVF is pioneering the future of venture capital and high growth startups for all small communities.

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