American Entrepreneurship

AUGUST 16, 2024

The winners in six categories are: Bonterra , Best Overall, used Large Language Models (LLMs) to streamline the grant review process for funders, a major challenge in the grant-making space.

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TechCrunch

MAY 9, 2023

Startups start here, which is why we’ve tailored Disrupt 2023 to showcase the game-changing ideas, technologies and industries that are shaping the future of the tech community. CTA: Want to reach the biggest funders, founders and Disruptors? Sessions will include Alphabet and Magic Leap. Disrupt 2023 isn’t just a conference, though.

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Founders Coop

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

These companies are global magnets for technical talent eager to work on the most advanced and highest-impact technology products in the world. The next logical step was to go up-market and look for financial “partners” among the many corporations struggling to keep up with the pace of technological innovation during the go-go ZIRP years.

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American Entrepreneurship

MAY 31, 2024

That includes angel investors, venture capitalists, and institutional funders associated with various stages of a startup’s growth. The funders look for many ways to qualify with whom they are investing, but time is often the critical element that shows if the entrepreneurs are up to the challenges they seek.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

In order to make those investments, venture firms must first have the money, which means they’re not only just the funders, they’re fundraisers, too. But that image is only one part of venture capital. After launching Avestria in 2019, we found that family offices and high-net-worth individuals were the best targets for us.

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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. The Angel Funders Report is based on direct investment data solicited from all ACA member groups.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 28, 2022

Property technology has radically impacted the way we live and travel, but the real estate industry has successfully resisted most attempts to innovate. “What you want as an entrepreneur is funders nodding in agreement with your pitch before you even have a chance to finish it,” write Fingert and Foster.

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TechCrunch

JULY 13, 2021

Additional investors in the newest seed round and expanded credit facility include Village Global VC, Flexport Ventures, Tresalia Capital, 342 Capital, Struck Capital, Antler LLC, Antler Elevate, Florida Funders and Fox Ventures.

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Founders Coop

APRIL 29, 2024

Every time I talk to someone about the work we do at Founders’ Co-op , I have to first explain that we don’t really care about technology or business ideas per se. We have lots of opinions about how those groups can best use the tools available – technology, capital, ideas – to achieve their goals.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Some of Riot’s existing investors also put more money on the table, such as Y Combinator, Funders Club and Founders Future. While that might be a bit too controversial for Riot’s customers, the same technology will make the company’s simulated attacks a lot more sophisticated — and it’s a promising roadmap.

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Angel Capital Association

JUNE 24, 2024

Thompson Hine, a full-service national law firm, represents high-growth companies of all sizes in the technology, health care, life sciences, consumer products, media and medical device industries and the funders who invest in them.

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American Entrepreneurship

JUNE 7, 2024

$210 million financing by global Investors brings breakthrough technology to California Global cleantech leader Aymium, the top producer of renewable biocarbon products, just closed $210 million of financing to build a biocarbon production facility in Williams, California. Japan Green Investment Corp. and Denmark.

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David Teten VC

MARCH 1, 2022

We invest in UK technology companies with global ambitions.”. Our mission is to grow and diversify Western Canada’s technology startup ecosystem. . “If Atomico is an international investment firm that focuses on helping disruptive technology companies scale globally. It partners with technology founders at Series A and beyond.

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American Entrepreneurship

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Some grants target underrepresented communities, others are open to all small businesses and others are tied to early technology research. Accelerators are programs run by a range of organizations and funders to assist the best startup applicants they choose. Government Resources The U.S.

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David Teten VC

MAY 19, 2021

Tim Friedman, Founder, PEStack , observes that the interest in direct access to alternatives has been so strong that “platforms like Delio have emerged, which provide technology to allow institutions which already have relationships with buy and sell side to quickly launch robust private investment platforms. Strong internal tech stack.

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American Entrepreneurship

JUNE 22, 2023

FPV Ventures’ Co-founders Wesley Chan, founder of Google Analytics, and Pegah Ebrahimi , former COO of Morgan Stanley’s Technology Investment Banking Establishing credit is a major challenge facing millions of Americans, both those in low-income jobs or those just entering the workforce, among others.

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Angel Capital Association

JULY 10, 2023

As an example, early in QCA’s history, the group discovered a technology developed at a children’s hospital that could potentially be used to quickly prescribe the correct medication for people suffering from mental illness. Prior to this technology, the process had been an “educated guess” on which drug to initially prescribe.

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Angel Capital Association

JUNE 7, 2021

Angels are nimble, identifying and supporting entrepreneurs with desperately needed new technologies and innovations. We are looking forward to meeting face-to-face again at ACA 2022: The Summit of Angel Investing in Atlantic City, New Jersey, in May, with an expanded Innovation Funders Showcase. More than ever, we need innovation.

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

AUGUST 14, 2020

Though TLP is headquartered in Danville, Virginia we have been involved with multiple statewide and national entities (Angel Capital Association, State Science and Technology Institute, Kauffman Foundation, etc.) Eva talks about the early days. where we learn and share best practices. Challenges.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 23, 2021

Brendan Digney , founder, Machine Eye Technology. Brendan Digney, founder, Machine Eye Technology. INI is a big support and funder. Susan Kelly , CEO, Respiratory Analytics. Ryan Crown , co-founder, Hill Street Hatch. Fearghal Campbell , founder, Pitchbooking. Jack Spargo , co-founder & CEO, Gratsi. What does it lack?

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

I wish the small business ecosystem had something equivalent to the angel investor networks that support technology startups. We work closely with angel investors, venture capitalists, technology transfer offices, federal and philanthropic funders, and other entrepreneurship support program providers. Buddy Palmer. Mara Hardy.

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David Teten VC

DECEMBER 2, 2019

You’ve decided to launch a technology-enabled startup with a positive social impact! Our program mixes the best of both Washington and Silicon Valley, bringing together stakeholders in policy and technology to train the next generation of policy entrepreneurs. Congratulations! Aspen Tech Policy Hub. Kairos Fellows. “The

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Jason Malki

JULY 26, 2023

I have been inspired to democratize access to technology in the real world from the beginning. Our annual Female Founders and Funders event during LA Tech Week this June, which connects hundreds of women-run VCs, entrepreneurs, and startups, with thousands applying to join the wait-list. What motivated you to launch your startup?

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TechCrunch

MARCH 15, 2022

Klasha is a technology company that allows international merchants such as H&M or Zara to receive payments online in local African currencies and money methods. Edukoya is an education technology company on a mission to make high-quality education more engaging, personalized, and accessible for the next generation of Africans.

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FundersClub

JUNE 12, 2017

FC sees blockchain as one of the technologies that will shape the future. So how is Funders Club different than other VCs? It’s a pretty universal technology, and it had its start in money but it really can effect everything. Silicon Valley has no monopoly on innovation; it happens everywhere.

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Impact Hub

OCTOBER 7, 2023

To propel the right solutions forward, brave impact funders – private and/or public – are needed; those who are willing to take risks, who make capital affordable and who bring patient but catalytic capital in support of systemic change.

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David Teten VC

DECEMBER 2, 2019

You’ve decided to launch a technology-enabled startup with a positive social impact! Our program mixes the best of both Washington and Silicon Valley, bringing together stakeholders in policy and technology to train the next generation of policy entrepreneurs. Congratulations! Aspen Tech Policy Hub. Kairos Fellows. “The We offer 7.5K

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David Teten VC

JANUARY 21, 2021

Jonathan Bragdon , CEO, describes Capacity as “a team of founders-turned-funders making non-dilutive, founder-aligned investments of $50-$300k in post-startup, post-revenue businesses planning to 2X revenues in 12-24 months. Versatile is an aggressive user of technology internally to manage the firm and make better investments. .

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

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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David Teten VC

JANUARY 21, 2021

Jonathan Bragdon , CEO, describes Capacity as “a team of founders-turned-funders making non-dilutive, founder-aligned investments of $50-$300k in post-startup, post-revenue businesses planning to 2X revenues in 12-24 months. Versatile is an aggressive user of technology internally to manage the firm and make better investments.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 31, 2023

The move comes at a time when the UK government has been playing lip-service to the idea of the country as a “Science and Technology Superpower”. Tech founders and investors are already being attracted by the $369bn on offer under the US Inflation Reduction Act for technology startups.

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American Entrepreneurship

MAY 28, 2024

Startup 302’s mission to support founders from underrepresented backgrounds is such an important one, and this year’s finalists not only further enhance the wellspring of innovation developing in Delaware but offer technologies and solutions that truly will make the world a better place.”

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

However, for capital intensive transportation companies, the rounds have gotten so huge and expensive that they often make little sense for early-stage funders to participate in (they get diluted down hugely). We’d love to see aggressive policies to further the acceleration of clean technology.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 2, 2023

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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AsiaTechDaily

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Just last year, the company also became the first litigation funder in Korea. The company financed onshore litigations that were referred by its consumers and small businesses on a “no win, no fee” basis using data and technology.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 27, 2022

Jake Fingert is a managing partner at Camber Creek, a strategic venture capital firm investing in real estate technology companies. Starting a business is hard, but we now have a path for proptech, lined with funders and advisors, that can propel entrepreneurs over early obstacles through to maturity and deep market penetration.

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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. We both service the SMEs by being able to buy receivables, invoices and SaaS contracts through our marketplace, which brings other funders together,” said Johnston, who serves as the company’s CEO. “Or,

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