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Keep Your Funders Engaged By Flipping the Script
Entrepreneur's Handbook
AUGUST 2, 2021
Six questions to build better investor conversations Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ». investors work entrepreneurship startup funding
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The ACA 2021 Innovation Funders Showcase Pre-Summit Kick-Off and Deeper Dive Feature Groundbreaking Companies
Angel Capital Association
MAY 20, 2021
Chiara Renella-Brooks, ACA Partnership Director Incredible Companies Built by Women Highlighted During the Innovation Funders Showcase Deeper Dive This year’s ninth Annual ACA Summit Innovation Funders Showcase opened ACA Summit week with many exciting new twists! Fresh for 2021, the Innovation Funders Showcase Company Flipbook provided a sneak peek of all the companies presenting, along with critical information such as market strategy, opportunities and more.
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Funders’ Network Report: Anchored in Place
Surdna Foundation
AUGUST 4, 2017
A new report issued this week by the Funders’ Network as part of its Anchors Institution Funders’ Group examines the potential these deeply rooted local enterprises hold to create lasting and sustainable change—and illustrates how funders are working with anchor institutions to create healthier, more equitable, and economically vibrant places to live and work. The post Funders’ Network Report: Anchored in Place appeared first on Surdna Foundation
pitch competitions: tips for success from winning teams
Venture Well
NOVEMBER 30, 2021
Pitch competitions offer early-stage startups the opportunity to share their innovations, network with potential mentors and funders, and possibly gain access to funding and expert.
[Bizzabo in Forbes] Women Founders And Funders Are Outperforming, So Why Is Gender Inequality Growing, And What Do We Do About It?
OurCrowd
FEBRUARY 4, 2021
The post [Bizzabo in Forbes] Women Founders And Funders Are Outperforming, So Why Is Gender Inequality Growing, And What Do We Do About It? According to Bizzabo, the rate of female speakers booked for professional development declined from 33% to 32% between 2017 and 2018.
Strategies to sustain your entrepreneurial ecosystem
Source Link
FEBRUARY 23, 2022
These large-scale collaborations may involve non-profit resource partners, corporations, higher education, and local funders, and can help drive significant federal dollars into a community.
Aqua Cultured Foods Raises $2.1M
Hyde Park Angels
DECEMBER 8, 2021
Read more about the round in Chicago Inno or in Food Navigator-USA and Ag Funder News. Food tech startup Aqua Cultured Foods announced a $2.1M Pre-Seed Round.
Funding Friday: NextMaker Box
A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC
SEPTEMBER 25, 2020
Regular readers will know that I am a huge fan and funder of teaching kids to code. I believe helping young people learn to think logically via coding exercises is helpful to their development in so many ways. So when I came across the NextMaker project on Kickstarter , I backed it instantly. NextMaker is a monthly box that comes with a project that your kids can do combining coding with making things.
Angel Investors are Narrowing the Gender and Racial Funding Gaps: More Progress is On the Horizon
Angel Capital Association
MARCH 2, 2022
By Eli Velasquez, Investors of Color Network According to ACA’s Angel Funders Report, an annual data initiative that studies investments from leading angel investors across the United States, representation from females and Black led businesses has grown significantly in the last few years.
Virtual Town Hall: The State of Black Entrepreneurship
Ecosystem Builder Hub
JULY 22, 2020
– Formalized collaboration between funders, founders and ecosystem builders. – Consensus amongst funders and ecosystem builders as to what structural changes must take place for New Majority entrepreneurs to survive and thrive.
Revitalizing Your Resource Partner Network
Source Link
APRIL 20, 2022
Communication is a crucial component of a thriving network and helps engagement with entrepreneurs, resource partners, stakeholders and potential funders. Spring is a season of growth and new beginnings that often leads to a renewed sense of energy and motivation.
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Grantee Perception Report: What We Heard and How We Plan to do Better
Surdna Foundation
APRIL 11, 2022
As a racial justice funder, we also know that shifting power and building equity, mutual accountability, and authentic, trusting relationships are vital to our grantmaking. By Don Chen and Jon Goldberg.
Win Up To $10,000 in Ben Franklin’s No-Cost Startup Boot Camp!
Ben Franklin Technology Partners
MARCH 1, 2022
You’ll come away from this experience with a working business model, networking contacts, and experience pitching to potential funders.
Here’s Why Alternative Lending Can Take Your Business to the Next Level
StartupNation
APRIL 28, 2021
The lenders or funders are typically web-based private companies that offer a line of credit like a bank, or they provide a more traditional loan. In return, the purchaser or funder gets a portion of the business’s future revenue receivables.
Top 10 Ways to Fund Your Startup
StartupNation
MAY 2, 2022
Most funders want to know where your business is at regarding growth and direction. But if you have a more established business, a bank or an alternative lender or funder could be a better way to go.
Celebrating 2021 Accomplishments and Looking Ahead to New Opportunities
Angel Capital Association
JANUARY 13, 2022
Our events all feature a rejuvenated and refined version of our Innovation Funders Showcase, with broader outreach aid all member groups in deal flow, increasing the value of the program for early-stage companies and angels alike.
Tulsa’s Greenwood Neighborhood Wasn’t America’s Only Black Wall Street
Forward Cities
JUNE 11, 2021
The article ends with a call to action for activists, policymakers, and funders interested in supporting the future Black business. "We This article originally appeared in USA Today's Opinion section on May 31, 2021.
Black Innovation Alliance, Village Capital team up to support founders of color
TechCrunch
APRIL 7, 2021
Resource’s “ESO Accelerator” will train startup ecosystem leaders on how to build a more financially sustainable organization, as well as help connect them to potential funders. Resource is supported by a national coalition of funders committed to supporting entrepreneurs of color.
Startup Pitching 301
Paul G. Silva
MARCH 26, 2020
Entrepreneurs tend to explain to funders how they will spend money. This is the 3rd post in the “Startup Pitching” series. In this post we’ll go over advanced-level (301) techniques. The one (maybe two) number rule. Most people can’t hold multiple numbers in their head.
Rapid Finance helps businesses achieve their goals
StartupNation
SEPTEMBER 23, 2021
Rapid Finance is a small business marketplace funder that specializes in helping small businesses achieve their growth potential through financed capital. Business financing is often an essential component to any successful business.
Standing up for Justice
Surdna Foundation
DECEMBER 11, 2020
Finalizing the language of our mission statement was only the first step in answering the question, “What does it mean to be a social justice funder?”. Now in its 103rd year, the Surdna Foundation is, amazingly, still led by descendants of our founder, John Emory Andrus.
The Changing Venture Landscape
Both Sides of the Table
SEPTEMBER 9, 2021
Today you have funders focused exclusively on “Day 0” startups or ones that aren’t even created yet. The world around us is being disrupted by the acceleration of technology into more industries and more consumer applications. Society is reorienting to a new post-pandemic norm?—?even
Investors, Entrepreneurs Prepare For ACA 2021 - Summit of Angel Investing
Angel Capital Association
APRIL 15, 2021
The conference, which kicks off May 3 with the Innovation Funders Showcase , will provide attendees a dynamic virtual experience under the themes of economic recovery, angel education, and expanding horizons. “I’m
Citi backs Crowdz, a Pipe competitor that just raised $10M for its blockchain-powered invoice financing marketplace
TechCrunch
MAY 11, 2022
Put simply, Crowdz started out by giving small and medium-sized businesses a way to sell invoices for financing to funders.
He Believes in Angels: The Story of a Company Backed by 400 Angel Investors
Angel Capital Association
DECEMBER 7, 2020
The Angel Funders Report 2020 is the only source of verified data provided directly by active angel investing groups. The Angel Funders Report 2020 also includes initial perspectives regarding the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the investing ecosystem.
Unsung Hero Spotlight: Beth Zimmer
Ecosystem Builder Hub
JULY 10, 2020
Today, I have asked some key funders to consider requiring ecosystem asks vs asks from individual organizations. To you, what is an Ecosystem Builder? To me, an Ecosystem Builder is someone that is a servant leader who is naturally optimistic and focused on solving systemic problems.
Professional development for tomorrow’s ecosystem builders
Ecosystem Builder Hub
SEPTEMBER 25, 2020
I’d like to understand how to build effective multi-year plans that inspire and engage both funders of my own organization (and/or myself!) Expanding understanding and deepening genuine co-creation with policy-makers, academia & research, and funders (foundations & investors). This post is part of a series featuring highlights from the Unsung Heroes of Ecosystem Building campaign which shone a spotlight on 40+ entrepreneurial ecosystem builders from around the U.S.
"Money is Local, Impact is Global" for Angel Investing
Onevest
APRIL 1, 2015
Studies show that over 80% of funding at Angel groups and Series A VCs goes to businesses in the same city/region as the funders. By Michael "Luni" Libes In the traditional world of early stage, Angel and VC investing, money is local. Over in the impact investing space, this rule is not true.
Data obscures positive trends in VC dollars reaching women-founded startups
TechCrunch
MARCH 24, 2022
Specifically, we need to be tracking as metrics: (i) the number of first institutional round venture deals, (ii) the demographics of the founders of those companies and (iii) the composition of the funders on an annual cohort basis. We need better funder-side reporting. Mimi Aboubaker.
Startups and Venture Capital: What Do They Spend Their First Round On?
StartupNation
JANUARY 20, 2022
million, business leaders are able to put some of this money aside to collaborate with their VC funders and come up with new, unique product development ideas. . There are more startups than ever before post-pandemic.
Thriving Companies Listen and Adapt
GAN
JUNE 24, 2020
I had a great conversation with Troy Vosseller from gener8tor to hear how their accelerator programs and funders are staying relevant in this season. A point made by my coach, Brian Howard, has stuck with me throughout the COVID-19 season.
Inside the secretive Silicon Valley startup trying to save the oceans with tech
TechCrunch
MAY 2, 2022
They’ve been absolutely a dream funder.”. That makes Oceankind one of the biggest non-governmental funders of ocean science in the world. When Matthew Dunbabin saw the devastation wrought on tropical reef ecosystems by overfishing and climate change, he wondered if robots could help.
E3 Durham Launch
Forward Cities
FEBRUARY 15, 2022
The program is built on a foundation of a connected network of direct service providers as well as a variety of entrepreneurial supports including mentors, business coaches, funders, lenders, B2B professionals, government agencies, local corporations, and other champions. E3 Durham is a program designed to help entrepreneurs within the region to equitably start, grow, and scale businesses in the marketplace.
The unbundling of professional learning and entrepreneurship education
TechCrunch
NOVEMBER 30, 2021
At roughly the same time, Y Combinator (YC) and other accelerators emerged as a largely analog means for entrepreneurs willing to commit three months of time and ~6% of their company to receive en masse training and connections to mentors, peers and funders. Rhys Spence. Contributor.
Frustrations and Challenges of Ecosystem Builders
Ecosystem Builder Hub
SEPTEMBER 18, 2020
We work closely with angel investors, venture capitalists, technology transfer offices, federal and philanthropic funders, and other entrepreneurship support program providers. Dealing with resistive funders, however, is our biggest challenge.
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