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ZEBOX, an incubator for supply chain startups, launches its Asia hub in Singapore

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It has 20 corporate partners that startups collaborate with while they are in ZEBOX’s incubator, including BNP Paribas, CEVA Logistics, Infosys, BNSG Railway, Port of Virginia and Centrime. The company says it has already reduced carbon emissions per container carried by 50% since 2008.

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Despite economic downturn, space startup funding defies gravity

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“We looked back historically over the last decade and a little bit more, and it turns out that even during the 2008-2009 economic downturn, the space industry continued to grow at 7% per year,” Crawford said, adding that they saw almost no correlation between the performance of the Global S&P 1200 and the space industry.

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Subak, which incubates data-for-climate not-for-profits, announces six startups in 2022 cohort

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based incubator focused on nonprofit startups that are addressing climate-related challenges through open-source data initiatives has announced the six startups which will be put through its 2022 program. The incubator was founded by Baroness Bryony Worthington, who was the lead author of the U.K.’s Tanso nabs $1.9M

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It’s Morning in Venture Capital

Both Sides of the Table

This has led to the creation of incubators, accelerators and seed funds. LP contributions to VC firms shrunk from 2000 and by 2005-2008 had stabilized to around $30 billion per year. If you want to understand the details of why this is, I covered it in detail in this post, Understanding Changes in the Software Industry. Morning in VC.

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US Economic Risks (Sept 2010): Impact on Investors & Entrepreneurs

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We’re still caught in the “post recession bounce” : What’s happening is that the angel & VC community is still feeling good from having bounced back from the nadir of the famous “ RIP Good Times ” funk that we felt in 2008. and has recently come back down to 122% (said David Brooks on The PBS News Hour).

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Impact Hub Bergen: Where History Meets Innovation

Impact Hub

Impact Hub Bergen was an early starter amongst social innovation spaces and joined the global Impact Hub network in 2008. This sparks exciting discussions around sustainability topics, and – every so often – new collaborations. It was founded by Silje Grastveit, an alumni of the renowned Kaospilot programme in Denmark.

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Q&A with Meg Salyer

Innovation 2 Enterprise

Salyer made the decision to take her community service commitment to a new level in November 2008 when she successfully ran for the Ward 6 City Council seat. She is a graduate of Leadership Oklahoma, Leadership Oklahoma City, and is a sustaining member of the Junior League of Oklahoma City.