AsiaTechDaily

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Techstars Tokyo builds upon the organization’s ecosystem development initiatives, which have historically supported entrepreneurs in their early stages through programs like Founder Catalyst and Startup Weekend. Mitsui Fudosan, through its venture arm 31VENTURES, is actively engaged in promoting startup innovation globally.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 16, 2020

Last week The Exchange dug into recent data concerning the amount of venture capital raised by female founders. In Q3 2020, PitchBook data reported that US-based female founders raised $434 million across 136 rounds. As a refresher, the numbers were not good. That dollar amount was off from $841 million in Q2 2020, for context.

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TechCrunch

MAY 12, 2023

And we closed with a very Natasha topic: Accelerators. And for the early-stage founders out there, don’t forget to apply for the Startup Battlefield 200 cohort at TechCrunch Disrupt 2023! TechCrunch also has a great show on crypto , a show that interviews founders , one that details how our stories come together and more!

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TechCrunch

MAY 10, 2023

Better Tomorrow Ventures’ Sheel Mohnot landed some of his biggest wins before he ever started a venture firm. The investor previously worked as a partner at 500 , previously known as 500 Startups, where he raised and ran a dedicated fintech fund as well as helped build an accelerator. million valuations.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 25, 2021

Its proximity to London has meant that it is a good alternative for founders looking for a more affordable stay while letting them tap the capital’s financial resources. Bristol is also home to an important startup accelerator, SETsquared. Pete Read , CEO and founder, Persona Education. Second major city in U.K.

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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. Google sets up $50M fund to invest in African startups.

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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. Pitch-off!

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TechCrunch

MARCH 3, 2022

Microsoft has today announced plans to support 10,000 startups in Africa over the next five years through a series of initiatives including partnerships with accelerators and incubators across the continent. Microsoft said that it is already working with Banque Misr, Global Venture Capital and Get Funded Capital.

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Founders Coop

APRIL 15, 2019

In early 2008 we announced the formation of Founders’ Co-op. million it wasn’t much of one, just some of our own money and some from a few local friends who knew how hard it was to be a founder up in this remote corner of the world. Where does the time go? We called it a fund, but at $2.7 Somehow, all of a sudden, it’s ten years later.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 6, 2020

Like the downturns in 2008 and 2001, this has been a very trying time for entrepreneurs running startups. Many entrepreneurs are reliant on outside funding, whether angel investors, venture capitalists or strategic investors , to keep the venture going. A startup is not a lone adventure. Join a CEO peer group.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 15, 2023

Amid these turbulent times, the VC accelerator industry has emerged as a stalwart player. That said, a paradigm shift of the broader venture landscape could be on the horizon. There is an unprecedented amount of information or knowledge that is now freely available to guide founders (e.g., the free YC Startup School courses).

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 4, 2022

. “That said, it’s important to remember that publicly traded value represents a fraction of the overall edtech sector,” write Dealroom analyst Carla Napoleão and Rhys Spence, head of research at Brighteye Ventures. Show, don’t tell: Tips for robotics startups raising a Series B during a downturn.

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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

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

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

As director of Techstars’ startup pipeline, Saba Karim spends much of his time touting the ways entrepreneurs can benefit by joining an accelerator. But is it the right choice for every founder? 6 reasons why you shouldn’t join an accelerator. These founders landed early checks by being savvy about social media.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 29, 2022

He is now co-founder and chairman of 22 Ventures. Startup accelerators are increasingly putting the brakes on demo days. The often flashy events reserved for founders to connect with investors have long been part of the likes of Y Combinator’s program, seen as the “graduation” of startups’ journey.

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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. This demonstrates the high level of trust in Antler’s ability to identify and nurture promising startups.

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TechCrunch

MAY 10, 2022

Procore and Autodesk are two examples of ventures in the construction space that went from startup to publicly traded companies today worth $6.2 To help them along, one construction tech-focused venture capital firm is eager to fund a new generation of startups in the space. Founders can apply to the program here. .

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AsiaTechDaily

JANUARY 3, 2023

The startup, which operates the HDmall platform in Thailand and Indonesia, is excited to announce that it has successfully raised funding from a group of investors incl. Partech Partners, M Venture Partners, AC Ventures, iSeed, and Orvel Ventures.

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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

JANUARY 28, 2023

This week on Equity, I interviewed T2 co-founder Sarah Oh , who is building a Twitter rival after working at Twitter as a human rights adviser. By joining the consumer social wave today versus before anyone even thought in characters and retweets, the co-founder thinks they get to factor in more of the nuance.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Silicon Valley’s undisputed leading startup accelerator is Y Combinator. Firstly, demographics: The average Y Combinator founder that created a unicorn was 28.1 However, the average Y Combinator founder of consumer technology unicorns was 22.5 of co-founders did not go to university. fresh out of college).

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Y Combinator, perhaps the best-known startup accelerator, has also evolved. Like much of the venture capital landscape, Y Combinator has shrunk slightly this year. The current cohort of startups in the U.S. There’s only one Colombian startup in the current batch, which takes things back to pre-COVID levels.

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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. At a glance Founders: DR.FABIAN LABRA SPRÖHNLE, Isidora Labra Odde, Myriam Odde Cattan Business: Noologica Founded: 2019 HQ: Tasman Can you tell us a bit about your business?

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TechCrunch

APRIL 19, 2023

It’s now raised a $10 million funding round led by Horizons Ventures, with participation from LifeX (Life Extension) Ventures (the launch of which which we covered last year ) Blackbird Ventures, Radar Ventures and In-Q-Tel ( the venture arm of the CIA ).

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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

AUGUST 19, 2022

According to LinkedIn, TaxJar’s co-founder Matt Anderson left Stripe in July, followed by folks in the sales, marketing and partnerships teams. It’s a similar story looking at some players within the startup world. TechCrunch reached out to Stripe for confirmation, and a spokesperson said the company declined to comment.

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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 had participated in startup accelerator Y Combinator’s winter 2020 batch and had seed-stage investment from both YC and Maven Ventures.

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TechCrunch

JULY 16, 2021

The round was led by Seattle-based FUSE Ventures , a relatively new firm with investors who spun out of Ignition Partners last year. Prior investors Mistral Venture Partners and N49P also participated. The Vancouver-based company is part of the current Google for Startups Accelerator class in Canada.

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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. The winners receive support, including an investment, to accelerate and scale their ventures. Be the learn-it-all.

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Hunter Walk

JANUARY 6, 2023

If 2022 was the year of the startup layoff, 2023 is going to be the year of the wind down. It will suck — for team members, for founders, for customers of these companies, and for their investors — but by the end of the year we’ll have gotten through the toughest part of the correction. 2022 is done. 2023 shouldn’t be status quo.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 2, 2022

Amos said that the economic downturn and changes to the venture funding environment caused YC to reduce the number of companies funded between W22 and S22. In May, the accelerator advised its portfolio founders to “plan for the worst.” YC advises founders to ‘plan for the worst’ amid market teardown.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 5, 2023

Y Combinator, the startup accelerator that has launched the likes of Instacart, Stripe and Airbnb, has broadened its investing lens in recent years, backing companies all over Africa and India, and beyond. In many ways, it’s a new era – but in some, it’s a return to the accelerator’s former geographic roots.

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500

MARCH 26, 2020

No one would’ve envisioned me as a venture capitalist. It’s what led me to San Francisco, and, ultimately, what drew me to 500 Startups. When I moved to San Francisco in 2012, I was working on my fourth startup and looking to join an accelerator. But from a young age, going against the grain was in my DNA.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 22, 2022

Sequoia Capital India and Southeast Asia disclosed 15 early-stage startups it has selected for the seventh cohort of its accelerator program Surge, pushing ahead with new investments even as the deal activity has considerably slowed in the region. Following is the list of startups available in the seventh cohort.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

startup accelerator with global outreach that conducts demo days twice a year. For participating founders, it’s a critical day; for investors, it’s a buffet; for us in the media, it’s a chance to look at lots of companies, each hoping to be the next hit from the well-known startup backer. And we’re back!

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Founder Bounty

OCTOBER 1, 2022

Vlad Kozul Is Techstars accelerator worth doing? By a former Techstars COO Techstars and Y-combinator are by far some of the world’s best startup accelerators, should you get accepted to any of these you should not take it lightly. Courses and mentorship to help start a business. Should you do it?

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