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Black Innovation Alliance, Village Capital team up to support founders of color

TechCrunch

Black Innovation Alliance and Village Capital today announced Resource, a national initiative aimed at boosting the efforts of entrepreneur support organizations (ESOs) led by, and focused on, founders of color. Resource is supported by a national coalition of funders committed to supporting entrepreneurs of color.

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Aqua Cultured Foods Raises $2.1M

HPA

Aqua Cultured Foods is an innovative food technology startup that has developed the world’s first whole-muscle cut seafood alternatives created through microbial fermentation. Its novel technology produces a sustainable, complete protein source using only a fraction of the resources required by traditional aquaculture.

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Win Up To $10,000 in Ben Franklin’s No-Cost Startup Boot Camp!

Ben Franklin Technology Partners

You’ll come away from this experience with a working business model, networking contacts, and experience pitching to potential funders. Business mentoring from Ben Franklin’s Transformation Business Services Network and Penn State’s Small Business Development Center staff will also be provided at no cost. Apply now at [link].

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The Changing Venture Landscape

Both Sides of the Table

The world around us is being disrupted by the acceleration of technology into more industries and more consumer applications. Technology solutions are now used by authoritarians to monitor and control populations, to stymie an individual company’s economic prospects or to foment chaos through demagoguery. What Has Changed in Financing?

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We’re disrupting TechCrunch Disrupt: 8 stages, 3 days, 1 city

TechCrunch

Just as the industry is always evolving and innovating — especially in recent months — we’re doing the same to keep Disrupt on the cutting edge for first-time founders, seasoned investors, visionaries and everybody in between. CTA: Want to reach the biggest funders, founders and Disruptors? Disrupt 2023 isn’t just a conference, though.

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Celebrating 2021 Accomplishments and Looking Ahead to New Opportunities

Angel Capital Association

More importantly, without you, our economy would be weakened, and society’s ability to innovate would be stunted. 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.

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To fix the climate, these 10 investors are betting the house on the ocean

TechCrunch

Stephan Feilhauer, managing director of clean energy at S2G Ventures stressed the viability of technologies like offshore wind as commercial alternatives to fossil fuels: “Offshore wind has established supply chains across the globe. Offshore wind is the only ocean-based renewable technology that meets these criteria today.”

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