Jason Malki

JANUARY 29, 2025

My motivation to launch my startup came from identifying a gap in the market where I believed I could make a real difference. I saw an opportunity to innovate and bring a unique solution that wasnt being fully addressed by existing players. How can our readers follow you on socialmedia?

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American Entrepreneurship

JUNE 13, 2025

The newly launched fund will focus on pre-seed and seed stage startups developing AI applications. In a major boost for the artificial intelligence startup ecosystem, Seven Stars, a new venture capital firm founded by former SV Angel Partner Steven Lee, has officially launched its $40 million inaugural fund to support early-stage AI startups.

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American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 14, 2025

At the same time, Launchpad@Stevens supports student innovation by providing mentorship, funding, and networking opportunities. Through a curriculum centered on hands-on learning and real-world application, students in the iSTEM program gain the opportunity to turn their ideas into viable businesses.

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Impact Hub

MARCH 5, 2025

Ayas innovative solution also generates employment and promotes social inclusion by offering opportunities to over 250 persons with disabilities (PWDs) in partnership with the Tahanang Walang Hagdanan Foundation. By using biochar, farmers see improved yields while also gaining the opportunity to earn income through carbon credits.

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Jason Malki

AUGUST 1, 2025

Although her startup is currently in strategic pause, Fabiana continues to provide independent Legal Consulting to companies she previously worked with in Brazil, and also serves as a volunteer mentor to entrepreneurs and founders on one of Brazil’s largest innovation platforms. What motivated you to launch your startup?

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Startup Blogpost

OCTOBER 14, 2024

If I could advise my younger self just starting out in the startup world, I would highlight the importance of patience and resilience. The journey of building a sustainable and eco-friendly company is often filled with challenges, so embracing setbacks as learning opportunities is crucial.

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Impact Hub

MARCH 6, 2025

How Capsule is supporting young women to build thriving businesses Despite Romania’s growing startup ecosystem, women founders remain disproportionately low. Why women entrepreneurs need more support Despite Romanias growing startup ecosystem, theres a glaring gender gap in entrepreneurship. Access the report here.

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Jason Malki

APRIL 24, 2025

startup ecosystem, including a role at Farmers Fridge, a fast-growing food techcompany. The opportunity to grow and expand my network by meeting like-minded individuals is also a huge valueadd. Before moving to Tanzania, he gained valuable experience working in the U.S.

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Revolution

DECEMBER 23, 2024

In 2025, startups beyond the coasts and outside of the traditional tech hubs will face new challenges and, with customary resourcefulness, also seize new opportunities. With scarcer exit opportunities and LPs looking for returns, VCs may retreat further to perceived safety in traditional techhubs.

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American Entrepreneurship

JULY 16, 2025

QTS also plans to issue a Request for Information (RFI) to expand development opportunities into other regions across the state. Home to world-class universities, national laboratories, and a burgeoning startup ecosystem, Pennsylvania has already been making strides to foster innovation-led economic growth.

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This is going to be BIG.

MARCH 18, 2019

Across the world, various economic development organizations, government agencies, and non-profits are putting in admirable and well-intentioned efforts to develop startup ecosystems. This is exactly the wrong way to think about the economic opportunity presented by innovation.

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StartupNation

MAY 4, 2021

In addition to providing financial support to female-led startups and minority entrepreneurs in Detroit, Wheat is founder and executive director of Digerati Girls and Digerati Kids , a nonprofit organization that introduces young girls to digital and tech careers through coding classes and workshops. Originally published on DBusiness.com.

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AsiaTechDaily

MAY 11, 2023

At the BEYOND Expo, beSUCCESS Media presented the company’s efforts to support Korean startups at the Korea Tech Reception, a gathering of leading media and tech companies from Asia and worldwide. beSUCCESS Media site AsiaTechDaily.com brings news regarding the Asian startup ecosystem and technology and innovation in Asian companies.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

With venture investors committing to funding Black and minority founders, alongside the growing availability of government-backed proposals, such as New Jersey allocating $10 million to a seed fund for Black and Latinx startups , can we expect to see fundamental change? But what about the demographics of the VC firms?

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AsiaTechDaily

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Early Stage Venture Fund (ESVF) The Early Stage Venture Fund (ESVF), an instrumental initiative in Singapore’s startup ecosystem, is designed to provide crucial financial support to early-stage high-tech startups. This collaborative effort injects crucial financial resources to help the expansion of startups.

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This is going to be BIG.

MAY 14, 2012

Government and academic professionals also seek them out to get connected to the startup ecosystem. That's what I fear when I see places like Berlin, Chicago, and Toronto putting on startup events--not enough anchors to make the whole thing stick and to turn the excitement into real opportunity.

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TechCrunch

MAY 19, 2021

But one aspect of increased antitrust scrutiny — restrictions on acquisitions — would have a significant negative effect on our entrepreneurial ecosystem, and policymakers should approach these changes with caution. Acquisitions are an important element of the startup ecosystem.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 30, 2021

So they’re looking to diversify their investments with high-potential opportunities abroad. Investors should bring a local strategy that makes them an asset to Latin America’s startup ecosystem. VCs have more money than ever, and it’s getting increasingly expensive to invest in North America.

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This is going to be BIG.

MARCH 19, 2012

3) There's a big opportunity for "community arbitrage." With so many of the entrepreneurs and other professionals living in Brooklyn, there's an opportunity to reach them by building community out here. None of these reasons stem from the idea that Brooklyn is where better startups will be born. The question is "How?".

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

This shows that Africa’s investment landscape is still very promising because it continues to grow, and there’s increasing interest in multiple startup ecosystems, including nascent ecosystems. These are all indications of a growing ecosystem,” he added. We are slowly building a more durable capital base for African tech.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Plenty of good funding rounds, a highly skilled workforce and a strong entrepreneurial culture have given Amsterdam a booming startup ecosystem. The median seed round is $500,000 (above the global average of $494,000) and a median Series A round for a startup is $2.4 What are some overlooked opportunities right now?

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TechCrunch

MARCH 29, 2023

If you think embedded insurance is the only hot thing in insurtech these days, we’ve got a surprise in store for you: While it’s true that startups that help sell insurance together with other products and services are enjoying tailwinds, there are plenty of other opportunities in the space, several investors told TechCrunch+.

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Revolution

MAY 11, 2023

Revolution Chairman & CEO, Steve Case and Mitch Landrieu The conversation: A fireside chat with White House Infrastructure Coordinator and former Mayor of New Orleans, Mitch Landrieu The takeaways: Creating an environment where startups thrive pays off in ways that courting existing corporations doesn’t. Infrastructure touches everything.

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Revolution

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Revolution Chairman & CEO, Steve Case and Marketplace Senior Reporter, Stephanie Hughes The conversation: How a new generation of startup hubs can accelerate their entrepreneurial momentum The takeaways: The three most important buckets for creating a winning startup ecosystem are talent, capital, and collaboration.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 2, 2023

Establishing a network: Language barriers, cultural differences, and a disorganized startup ecosystem can make networking in Vietnam seem impossible. The Vietnam Angel Network (VAN) provides funding, mentorship, and networking opportunities for early-stage startups. Register now!

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Haystack

DECEMBER 26, 2018

Much of this can trickle down into the startup ecosystem. Maybe the region will be caught in this perpetual cycle of intense local inflation and an abundance of resources, and the ones who will thrive in such waters are those who, amid all these never-seen-before changes, seize the opportunity that volatility provides.

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Founders Coop

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

This post is an attempt to unpack the changes we observed both during and after our time with Techstars, to draw out potentially useful lessons about how things might have gone differently. ——— In the Beginning: Champions of the Local Startup Ecosystem Techstars launched its first program in Boulder in 2007.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

Let me start with the obvious baseline that most people probably know instinctively: Los Angeles is the 3rd largest technology startup ecosystem in the US. We literally are a land in which people left their stable East Coast homes in search of opportunity and a chance to start fresh.

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Revolution

OCTOBER 3, 2022

Today, the nation’s political hub is gaining increasing traction as an innovation capital where game-changing startups start and scale, including Revolution-backed Sweetgreen , FiscalNote , Homesnap , and Cava. Here are a few of the insights gleaned.

innovation

This is going to be BIG.

NOVEMBER 15, 2020

For women, the startup ethos of moving fast and breaking things as part of a larger mission is a bunch of pure b t and they’re likely to get called out for their own personal shortcomings before they’ll have the same opportunity to eventually making good on the hype as men. Also, it pisses me off.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

AUGUST 12, 2019

With its innovative model for empowering rural women and youth, IndiVillage introduces balance to India’s ecosystem—where cities tend to grow exponentially while rural villages have few economic opportunities. “We It provides participants with opportunities to shadow a CEO, connect with mentors and exchange ideas with EO members.

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AsiaTechDaily

MAY 11, 2023

During the BEYOND Expo , 1Billion Partners had the opportunity to showcase its commitment to supporting startups globally at the Korea Tech Reception. BEYOND Expo brings together diverse participants from the global tech industry, including startups, investors, tech companies, and media representatives.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 5, 2021

According to Startup Genome , Beijing, London, Silicon Valley, Stockholm, Tel Aviv are some of the world’s best startup ecosystems. Startup ecosystems from emerging markets excluding China and India didn’t make the organisations’ top 40 list last year. . Pariti was how we wanted to solve it.”

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AsiaTechDaily

APRIL 24, 2023

A statement released by the ministry said Minister Lee Young aims to leverage the capabilities of the MSS to support the innovative venture industry in overcoming the current crisis and revitalizing the startup ecosystem.

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Gust

NOVEMBER 8, 2012

Whenever one of these talented individuals is forced to leave the country and founds a new startup back home, the U.S. misses an opportunity. Giving privately held companies maximum room to maneuver as they raise funding from accredited investors and participate in secondary markets can only strengthen the startup ecosystem.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

MAY 29, 2019

While entrepreneurs can be found everywhere, some startup ecosystems are thriving more than others. Building a startup community, or startup ecosystem, is no easy task and requires a lot of intentional work. Who are some of the key participants in a startup community?

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 6, 2020

We live in a world with a stereotypical representation of what a startup founder looks like, so it’s no wonder that a large portion of the population feels underrepresented. A Gender Gap Grader study shows that women represent 9 percent of developers in the startup ecosystem. Myth 4: Startup founders are white.

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