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What minority founders must consider before entering the venture-backed startup ecosystem

TechCrunch

Sesie Bonsi is the founder and CEO of Bleu , a financial technology platform focused on enabling touchless payment experiences. But most venture-backed startups are “still overwhelmingly white, male, Ivy-League-educated and based in Silicon Valley,” according to a study conducted by RateMyInvestor and Diversity VC. Sesie Bonsi.

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Holmes’ sentencing sends a clear message that the startup ecosystem must be built on good faith

TechCrunch

She pitched investors and partners on technology that would revolutionize the healthcare system — instead of drawing blood intravenously and waiting days for test results, her technology would prick a tiny bit of blood and instantly conduct dozens of tests on it.

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After a record 2022, 8 investors explain why it’s ‘still just Day 1’ for Africa’s startup ecosystem

TechCrunch

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. How do you prefer to receive pitches? What does this say about the current state of Africa’s investment landscape?

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What’s the right order for the slides in your pitch deck?

TechCrunch

There’s a godawful number of pitch deck templates out there, and there’s one thing that most of them get wrong: They forget to mention that the template is (meant to be) flexible. Investors see tons of pitches every day, and the temptation is to write you off before you’ve really gotten started.

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Entrepreneurship In Latin America

A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

It is a little known part of my career, but for a brief period from 1997 to 2001, I was part of a small group of investors who helped to create a startup ecosystem in Latin America. Susan and her team worked their Latin American connections and they brought the deals to us and we vetted them for team, technology, market need, etc.

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What went wrong at Techstars

Founders Coop

These companies are global magnets for technical talent eager to work on the most advanced and highest-impact technology products in the world. Not coincidentally, they also serve as training grounds for some of the world’s most successful startup founders.

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COMEUP 2023 Triumphs as Premier Global Startup Event in South Korea

AsiaTechDaily

The festival served as a dynamic platform for startups, investors, government agencies, and global corporations, fostering international collaboration. Influential figures from Viva Technology, NVIDIA, AWS, and SOSV contributed to the event’s vibrancy.