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Joel Neoh and Audra Pakalnyte Launch First Move Fund to Support Consumer Startups in Southeast Asia

AsiaTechDaily

Register Former executives of Fave, Joel Neoh and Audra Pakalnyte, have joined forces to launch First Move, an early-stage fund specifically focused on supporting startups that cater to consumers in Southeast Asia. Neoh’s involvement with Prenetics dates back to 2014, when he became its initial angel investor.

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Mentor Collective shakes off its boots to scale student support services

TechCrunch

Mentorship is a crucial ingredient to a student’s success. For Mentor Collective , a Boston-based startup founded in 2014, answers to the challenges and opportunities within scaled mentorship have taken time to figure out. The more important milestone?

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How Do VCs Choose Their Investors (and should entrepreneurs care?)

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which matters for getting future support) Where the fund is in its investment cycle (year 1 out of 10 or year 7 out of 10)? We capped our fund size so that we would stay true to our investment strategy in terms of size, scope and number of partners as we stood in 2014 when we raised the fund. I could go on for a long time.

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CCNY Student-Led Start-up Organovis Wins USD25,000 Top Prize at Standard Chartered 2023 Women in Tech Incubator Competition

American Entrepreneurship

As winners of the competition, Organovis received the top prize of $25,000 to support the development of its business plans. Over the past nine years, our partnership with the Zahn Center has supported over 2,000 students in today’s ever-changing economy through mentorship, and we look forward to engaging more for many years to come.”

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Korean VC Sopoong closes $8M fund for startups focused on environmental impact

TechCrunch

Sopoong , a social impact-focused VC, intends to support environmentally minded tech founders in South Korea and Southeast Asia, while building a bridge between Korean conglomerates and startups in the sector. Sopoong has closed on around $8 million (10.3

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How Boards Need to Evolve Over Time

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Obviously I’m a proponent of still working closely with your investors to make sure that they feel bought into your decisions which will matter a lot if you ever need their support in the future. Mentorship. Offering a sparring-partner function on strategic decisions. Reviewing financial & operational performance.

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Any Business Can be a Social Enterprise: My Experience Growing a Business to Give Back

Entrepreneurs' Organization

percent in the fourth quarter of 2014, compared with a national joblessness rate of 5.7 Techtonic Academy provides underprivileged youth, minorities and veterans both technical training and mentorship to become entry-level software engineers and pursue a robust career in the technology field.