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Brazil’s Black Silicon Valley could be an epicenter of innovation in Latin America

TechCrunch

Bahia could be an epicenter of innovation in Latin America. Vale do Dendê coordinates with local startups, investors and government agencies to support entrepreneurship and innovation and runs startup acceleration programs specifically focusing on supporting Afro-Brazilian founders.

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PetHub’s Clemens is Leading Innovation in the Pet Tech Industry

Jason Malki

echPetHub’s Clemens is Leading Innovation in the Pet Tech Industry I had the pleasure of interviewing Lorien Clemens, co-founder and CEO at PetHub , Inc., She joined PetHub in June of 2011 as the modern pet ID tag startup was in its beginning stages. We’ll participate in a three-month accelerator program.

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Startups at CES showed how tech can help elderly people and their caregivers

TechCrunch

Tech can help in many ways: by helping caregivers (and reducing burnout), allowing seniors to perform health monitoring at home and creating tools to combat isolation. One of the most notable was AARP Innovation Lab, the non-profit’s startup accelerator program. Other startups center on medical care.

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Noologica

NZ Entrepreneur

In Founder Focus we introduce entrepreneurs and innovators working on our next generation of new business startups, social enterprises and small businesses. Globally diagnosing and monitoring mental health conditions is time consuming and the current tools are often performance-based, lack precision or do not use objective measures.

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Hong Kong accelerator Brinc raises $30M Series B

TechCrunch

Brinc has expanded its scope a fair bit in the intervening years, with big focuses on things like food, health and deep tech. We share a common vision of an open future with blockchain adoption in traditional and growth sectors, and we look forward to the innovations that will emerge from its acceleration programs.”.

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500 Global, GIZ establish bootcamp for accelerators in Africa to help them define sustainable business models

TechCrunch

The program, dubbed Bootcamp for Accelerator Managers (BAM), will use project-based teaching and real-world scenarios informed by 500 Global’s work running over 80 accelerator programs across the globe, and GIZ’s Make-IT in Africa experience in igniting innovation on the continent.

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Top Grand Rapids Startups to Watch in 2022

StartupNation

BAMF Health. BAMF Health of Grand Rapids is a precision-medicine startup that aims to create a world-class radiotracer translational platform through AI-enabled molecular imaging and theranostics. Financial security after health crises is a growing concern among Americans. Airway Innovations. million in funding.