Revolution

DECEMBER 20, 2023

While VC dollars still overwhelmingly funnel into places like Silicon Valley, Brookings research shows tech jobs are finally spreading out — movement spurred by the availability of hybrid and remote work, private investment, and federal initiatives.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 29, 2010

I’m often asked by people, “how do I get into VC?&# Well, I know 3-4 VC jobs that are publicly available. Or if you did something really interesting / innovative in a startup company. He heads their business development practice and they have been very active in incubating, investing in and helping grow LA startups.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 15, 2020

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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TechCrunch

MARCH 24, 2023

How to Think About Accelerators and Incubators: Founders often hear they should get involved with an incubator or accelerator, but when is the “right” time for early-stage founders to apply to these types of startup support ecosystems, and how can they best engage if accepted? So how do you raise outside the Valley bubble?

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David Teten VC

JUNE 28, 2021

I’ve listed here some resources focused on getting you a job in VC: A number of associations/organizations specialize in helping people go into the industry: GoingVC , Diversity.VC , Included VC , Nextgenpartners. org (also for non-Partners in VC), Venture University , Rebel One Ventures , Sutton Capital , VC Career Accelerator.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 4, 2021

The Series C was led by Japanese VC firm Incubate Fund, with additional investment from partnerships managed by Innovation Engine, funds managed by SBI Investment Co., Incubate Fund’s investments in ispace stretch back to the company’s seed round in 2014.

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This is going to be BIG.

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

This is the first of a series of posts this week on careers in innovation and startups--sort of a thought exercise for me on the topic for my talk at General Assembly at 8PM on 12/15. In the world of startups and innovation, it's even less clear. People have no idea what their options are, nor where those options can take them.

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David Teten VC

JULY 27, 2021

We have collected a wide range of freebies, contests, accelerators, online communities, and VCs designed for student tech founders. I have been researching this both to support Versatile VC ’s portfolio companies and also as part of research for my new book, To University and Beyond: Launch Your Career in High Gear. 1) Your school.

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AsiaTechDaily

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Earth Venture Capital (Earth VC), a global climate tech venture fund with Southeast Asia focus, led the recently concluded funding round that was also participated by KSL Maritime Ventures, the venture capital arm of The Kuok Maritime Group, and existing Ampotech investors like Silicon Solution Ventures and SEEDS Capital.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 25, 2023

How to Think About Accelerators and Incubators: Founders often hear they should get involved with an incubator or accelerator, but when is the “right” time for early-stage founders to apply to these types of startup support ecosystems, and how can they best engage if accepted? So how do you raise outside the Valley bubble?

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AsiaTechDaily

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Entrepreneurs are drawn to Singapore’s comprehensive support system, which has business-incubating infrastructure, tax incentives, substantial government subsidies, and strong international connections. Startup SG Founder The Standards, Productivity and Innovation Board Spring (SPRING) consolidates various startup assistance programs.

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Jason Malki

AUGUST 3, 2023

When I launched WePrep in college, I was researching key drivers for startup success and was introduced to the world of VC. I was starting Senior year at Northwestern, only had a few classes left, and decided to find a program where I could formally learn the ins and outs of VC. How did you break into tech investing? Great question.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 21, 2014

An impressive number of new VCs have been created – most of them with new seed funds. We’ve had an explosion of alternate sources of financing from crowd-sourcing, angels, accelerators, incubators, corporates, corporate incubators. It’s where the truly innovative separate themselves from the pack.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Africa’s largest innovation hub Co-Creation Hub (CcHUB), is launching a $15 million accelerator program, dubbed The Edtech Fellowship Program, to back and support 72 startups across Nigeria and Kenya over the next three years, TechCrunch has learned. We’re not only looking at VCs but development finance institutions and telcos.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 11, 2021

Toni Eliasz is the program manager of the Disruptive Technologies for Development Program (DT4D) that supports the innovation and adoption of technology-driven solutions in World Bank Group operations. Toni Eliasz. Contributor. Share on Twitter. A glimpse into Singapore’s current startup ecosystem.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 11, 2022

He is also the founder and managing partner of HartBeat Ventures, an early-stage VC firm with a focus on lifestyle, media and technology. Forbes reports that while companies with white founders receive 77% of VC dollars, less than 10% go to women founders and less than 1% to Black founders. Venture funding inequity remains a big issue.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 2, 2021

Early-stage venture capital fund Newtopia VC launched Monday with $50 million to invest in tech startups based in Latin America. The fund will invest between $250,000 and $1 million in startups at the seed stage to help them achieve the milestones needed on the path to raising a Series A.

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David Teten VC

MARCH 14, 2018

Managers of VC funds typically want to grow their business aggressively, just like the founders we back. But, we normally have a clear ceiling on how high we can grow AUM, before hitting practical limits to deploying capital within the traditional VC model. . I suggest there are a number of ways to scale a VC fund.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

It turns out that while later-stage investors, mostly international VC firms, grabbed headlines by writing immense checks, pre-seed and seed-stage investors were instrumental to the growth of the continent’s tech ecosystem. The most active African investors were involved in 15-20 deals, according to a report on African VC activity in 2022.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 25, 2021

The country is quickly catching up to China on the tech investment front, with VC investments reaching a record of $15 billion in 2020, according to TechNation. Other startup support players include the new Science Creates VC fund , set up by entrepreneur Harry Destecroix, and TechSPARK Engine Shed. innovation.

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This is going to be BIG.

DECEMBER 23, 2011

With all of this news about Brooklyn 's tech scene , I've been thinking a lot about what made the NYC innovation community grow so quickly. Talk of buildings and incubators reminded me of the story of Building 20 from "Where Good Ideas Come From". ".Legendary Exploring the adjacent possible can be as simple as opening a door.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Meanwhile, Jim Barrett, chief innovation officer at Turner Construction, was facing a similar challenge. Toronto, Ontario-based OMERS Ventures is the VC arm of OMERS, the pension plan for Ontario’s municipal employees. For context, Turner is one of the largest contractors in the U.S. Founded in 1902, it notched a reported $14.4

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 11, 2010

This past December I spent a week in Boston to try to get to know some of the local VC’s and entrepreneurs a bit better. One of the meetings I had (organized by my good friend Jeff Yolen ) was with New Atlantic Ventures held the at the CIC, aka the Cambridge Innovation Center (no prizes for guessing where it’s located).

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 1, 2022

CB Insights forecasts a roughly 20% drop in total VC investments from Q1 to Q2, leaving ambitious young companies scrambling to fight for scraps. Here are five things green founders should remember when seeking VC funding at this moment. When it becomes repeatable, you can scale it.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 15, 2022

Previous investors TLV Partners and S Capital VC also participated in this round, which brings Run:ai’s total funding to $118 million. Run:ai’s Atlas platform helps its users virtualize and orchestrate their AI workloads with a focus on optimizing their GPU resources, no matter whether they are on-premises or in the cloud.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

AUGUST 1, 2021

There is something happening in Tulsa that everyone in this state who cares about job creation and innovation in Oklahoma needs to know about. That reality that can stop innovation in its tracks. They and their startups have three months to incubate and three months to implement. It is called ACT Tulsa.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

JUNE 18, 2019

Libra has been incubated by Facebook. We will advocate for those things that USV values most: openness, transparency, decentralization, and permissionless innovation. A new blockchain & cryptocurrency project, Libra , was announced today. USV will be one of the founding members of the governing body, the Libra Association.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

The firm raised capital from individuals including Craft Ventures’ David Sacks, Banana Capital’s Turner Novak and Homebrew VC’s Hunter Walk. “The stuff that he invests in, most VCs shy away,” Lopas told TechCrunch. “It’s really hard to find funding as an early-stage company.

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Startup Catalyst

MARCH 27, 2018

The mission was partly funded by Advance Queensland , which is a Queensland Government initiative to support startups and innovation. Some of the top startup accelerators, incubators, co-working spaces, maker spaces, investor groups, and founder support groups are located in San Francisco, making it the ideal location to visit.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 29, 2022

The Mumbai-based startup announced today that it has raised $36 million in equity and debt led by Varanium Nexgen Fintech Fund, DMI Sparkle Fund, along with returning investors Chiratae Ventures and Dream Incubator Japan. Other participants included Sony Innovation Fund, InCred Capital and Haldiram’s Family Office.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Sebastián Vidal is the chief innovation officer at Puerto Rico Science, Technology and Research Trust and former executive director at parallel18. of GDP, while revenue from VC-backed companies accounts for 21%. Businesses that partner with schools can incubate the next talent generation. Sebastián Vidal. Contributor.

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StartupNation

FEBRUARY 14, 2021

We try to assess whether the founder is coachable or not,” Luigi Congedo of the VC firm BootstrapLabs , said. “We The question is a test of their potential: VCs are far more likely to invest in founders with the humility and self-awareness to acknowledge they have specific needs that can be addressed from expert advisors and coaches.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Lawyers and accountants tend to err on the conservative side, leading to a low failure rate of businesses but less “moonshot innovation,” shall we say. Today, pitch competitions, incubators, accelerators, VCs and angel groups proliferate. Olaf Hannemann, partner, CV VC AG. Ten years ago startups were unusual.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Ukraine’s startup ecosystem was thriving before the war and making great progress, with Ukrainian startups raising $832 Million in VC funding in 2021. VC Funding was steadily growing before the war and there are more than 50 VC firms continuing to operating in the country. Secured seed finding from SMRK VC.

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Feedough

MARCH 22, 2021

Incubators. Startup incubators are non-profit organisations sponsored by public or private institutions. They are inclined towards innovation and help startups to fine-tune business ideas. Pre Seed VC Funds. VC firms provide equity financing to startups, usually in the Series A round.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 27, 2022

Luisa Rubio Arribas is the head of Wayra X , Telefónica’s digital innovation hub offering funding, connections and expertise to mass-market-ready B2C startups. Corporations have also come to realize the potential of a more open innovation strategy, where they invest in external startup ideas rather than only experimenting internally.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

5 investors discuss Boston’s resilient tech ecosystem Boston’s university-to-startup pipeline defies downturn to grow and diversify In order to build a startup culture, a city or region needs some key elements in place – like an innovation engine to drive startup ideas. It also has a long history of innovation and a rich tech legacy.

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