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Oxfam Novib and Goodwell target East African startups with €20M Pepea fund

TechCrunch

Development organization Oxfam runs an SME incubation program in the three markets, while Goodwell’s funds are active in both Uganda and Kenya. Goodwell launched its first fund in 2007, and has provided equity funding to over 20 businesses including Paga , MFS Africa , Sendy , Max.ng , and Good nature agro.

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Former Salesforce exec Bret Taylor is teaming up with Google AR/VR vet Clay Bavor on mystery startup

TechCrunch

Taylor spent four years at Google starting in March 2003 before undertaking an entrepreneurial journey, founding early social network FriendFeed in 2007, right after leaving Google. Until then, I’ll be focusing on transitioning my teams and projects, and wrapping things up properly at Google.”

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10 Zurich-area investors on Switzerland’s 2020 startup outlook

TechCrunch

Today, pitch competitions, incubators, accelerators, VCs and angel groups proliferate. Venture Kick was launched in 2007 with the vision to double the number of spin-offs from Swiss universities and draws from a jury of more than 150 leading startup experts in Switzerland. Ten years ago startups were unusual.

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Boston offers a world of advantages for startup founders

TechCrunch

It requires accelerators and incubators and coworking spaces to help nurture early ideas, and it needs VC firms investing across stages. I would argue even in the 2007 timeframe when we started our firm, we specifically focused on things we think Boston excels at.I billion in 2019. “I

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Accelerating Sustainable Food Business Solutions to Reshape Our Cities

Impact Hub

2007 marked an important milestone for the Earth’s cities. In 2018, Impact Hub King’s Cross kicked off an incubation program for UK-based social entrepreneurs aiming to combat the key challenges in our urban food systems. This is where the seed for the Feeding the City incubator was planted. Photo: Sutton Community Farm.

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How to Find a Job as a VC Scout: Compensation and Which Firms Are Recruiting

David Teten VC

For emerging VC and private equity investors: accelerators, platforms, communities, and incubators. The firm was founded in 2007 by Goldman Sachs professionals and manages $400 million across multiple funds. American venture capital firm specializing in investing in early-stage, growth, and incubation companies. . Lightspeed.

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Ycombinator - Where unicorns are born

Don Dodge

Ycombinator is the largest and most successful startup incubator in history, and it was started right here in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Startup incubators and accelerators are everywhere today, but were relatively unknown when Ycombinator started 10 years ago. Ycombinator, the incubator of billion dollar unicorns, is a unicorn itself.