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NEC X Accepting Applications for Elev X! Ignite Venture Studio

American Entrepreneurship

Entrepreneurs with innovative ideas utilizing NEC’s technologies and businesses can move their ventures forward into seed-ready startups upon acceptance into NEC’s Elev X! Venture Studio. The Silicon Valley venture studio now seeks founders and their teams for its upcoming program set up for those ideating or in the prototyping phase.

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Stealth Nexthop AI Emerges with $110M in funding to Build Next-Gen Networking Infrastructure for Hyperscalers

American Entrepreneurship

The company is building specialized networking solutions that offer cloud giants hardware and software that integrates seamlessly into each customers optimized stack. The funding round led by Lightspeed Venture Partners included Kleiner Perkins, WestBridge Capital, Battery Ventures, and Emergent Ventures.

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Culina Health Fills Gap in Payer-Sponsored Nutrition Services, Secures Series A Round

American Entrepreneurship

Other investors that participated in this funding round include Rethink Impact, Collab Capital, Collide Capital, Vamos Ventures, Tensility Venture Partners, Cake Ventures, and GW Ventures. Culina Health achieves this by offering a nationwide network of registered dietitians.

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Creator Ventures Raises $45M Fund II to Back the Next Generation of Consumer Internet Startups

American Entrepreneurship

Creator Ventures, founded in 2022 by cousins Sasha Kaletsky and Caspar Lee , is uniquely positioned to invest in the next wave of AI-enabled consumer applications, marketplaces, creative tools, and SaaS platforms reshaping the digital landscape. Thats what we bring. Its Fund I (20222025) already shows 0.3x

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i2E & Plains Ventures Surpasses $100M Milestone in Total Investments

Innovation 2 Enterprise

Since first investing in Oklahoma startups in 1999, i2E, and now its independent Venture Capital Fund management partner, Plains Ventures, have managed numerous early-stage debt and equity investment funds, making 452 investments in more than 250 companies. Alkami , Oklahoma’s first unicorn, was valued at $3.1

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The Entrepreneurial Path: Essential Tips for First-time Founders

American Entrepreneurship

Equally important is knowing sources of capital such as bootstrapping, prospective investors such as angel investors, or venture capital if necessary, that can be tapped into at the various stages of a startups growth. Create a financial plan, and regularly monitor your revenue, expenses, and profit margins.

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Resilience in Entrepreneurship is the X Factor for Success

American Entrepreneurship

Having a support network can help you maintain perspective during tough times. These are real stories of entrepreneurs who’ve persevered through tough challenges to bring their products to market and to scale their ventures. He shares the challenges he is facing which include raising funds for a venture of significant scale.