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60 Top Women-led Venture Capital Firms

American Entrepreneurship

Funding of women-founded startups remains significantly lower than those that are gender-mixed While women entrepreneurs are making significant strides in startup formation, they continue to struggle to gain access to funding on par with men. of all VC funds raised in 2022 to 17.2%—seen as part of a decade-long trend.

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6 VCs explain why embedded insurance isn’t the only hot opportunity in insurtech

TechCrunch

You see, insurtech startups often need to take into account the myriad rules and regulations in place when they seek to innovate and embed insurance into products, which might make it difficult to pull it off. We are generally open to startups innovating any part of the value chain as long as the problem and market are big enough.”

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NJEDA Board Makes Wide-Ranging Set of Approvals to Continue Growing NJ’s Economy

American Entrepreneurship

The approvals made at this month’s Board meeting make critical investments in New Jersey’s entrepreneurs of color, affordable housing, child care facilities, our innovation economy, and our life sciences industry,” said NJEDA Chief Executive Officer Tim Sullivan. The QVFs will be able to apply and access up to $12.5

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Ben Franklin’s Food and Beverage TechCelerator is hosting a Pitch Event!

Ben Franklin Technology Partners

Join us for a virtual event awarding up to $30,000 to a Pennsylvania-based food and beverage startup! Ben Franklin’s Food & Beverage Tech Celerator recently offered a 10-week business startup boot camp for entrepreneurs who are developing scalable, innovative, and technology-focused products/services in the food and beverage industry.

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Entrepreneur Mindset: The Smart Hustler’s Guide to Growth Despite Stress

Smart Hustle Magazine

Despite the right product, pricing, and positioning mix, droves of founders still aren’t finding the right combo of strategy and moxy to hit their most coveted targets. It is not enough to help us grow sustainably in the high-stress situations founders regularly face. Let’s explore why.

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How Rani Therapeutics’ robotic pill could change subcutaneous injection treatment

TechCrunch

A prominent figure in life sciences innovation, Imran has founded over 20 medical device companies and helped develop the world’s first implantable cardiac defibrillator. The needles and other components are instead made of injectable-grade polymers, that Imran said has been used in other medical devices as well.

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Grover raises $71M to grow its consumer electronics subscription business

TechCrunch

A startup tapping into the concept of the circular economy, where people don’t buy items outright but pay an incremental amount to use them temporarily, has raised some funding to scale its business in Europe and beyond. And, it plans to invest in more innovation around its rental services.

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