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Summer International uses social media data to launch new beauty brands

TechCrunch

Summer International stays ahead of the game by identifying the most influential content creators, and working with them to incubate new brands. NYX was acquired by L’Oreal in 2014 for about $500 million. NYX founder and Bespoke Beauty Brands CEO Toni Ko will also join Summer International as a strategic investor.

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Unlocking the Entrepreneurial Potential of People With Disabilities

Impact Hub

Looking to accelerate inclusiveness in Europe’s entrepreneurial and incubation environment , Impact Hub teamed up with partners to enhance Business Support Organisations’ skills, methods and approaches towards different under-represented groups. Inclusion In and Out of the Classroom.

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Mr Eazi, Black Coffee and Ajebutter22: The African music artists backing startups

TechCrunch

Thus, for Black Coffee , who backed Andela, a tech talent incubator and unicorn launched from Lagos in 2015, his win meant Africa’s tech scene could, for the first time, brag about having a homegrown Grammy Award-winning artist as an investor in its startups. Europe and globally. .

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Go global or grow local? The Kiwi startup quandary

NZ Entrepreneur

In 2014 Niesh co-founder, Jae Yoo, now 26, had $10 in his bank account, and had to choose between printing past papers for exam study, or feeding himself. Niesh worked with ecentre, the startup business incubator at Massey University, as part of the Sprint Launch programme, focusing on growth through customer acquisition.

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60 Top Women-led Venture Capital Firms

American Entrepreneurship

Aspect Ventures : co-founded in 2014 by Theresia Gouw and Jennifer Fonstad, the early-stage venture firm uniquely focuses on bridging the funding gap between angels and the larger multi-stage VC platforms through collaboration and diversity. 90% of their funded startups are led by women or people of color.

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How Can Entrepreneurship Become More Inclusive?

Impact Hub

All adapted garments available around 2011-2014 were very poorly designed and not fashionable at all! Over the past years, you have collaborated with many entrepreneurial women – what have you learned from them? . A: The initial idea was to develop a clothing line for people with reduced mobility. It did not work very well.

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9 Ventures Forming the Future of Fashion

Impact Hub

When Fashion For Good set out to create a platform for innovation, they collaborated with Impact Hub Amsterdam to set up their space. Beginning their journey as a company at Impact Hub Vienna , they since moved to Impact Hub Berlin where they now make their high-quality bags and backpacks in collaboration with NGOs in Greece.