Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Before starting his own company, Boon’s Computer Repairs , in 2014 in St. Knowing how important technology is to every young entrepreneur, along with their leadership skills, Janeel’s passion for both came through in his interview with the YLAI Network, shared below. Kitts and Nevis, Janeel came from humble beginnings. government.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 27, 2014

Of course these are great places to network with other investors, meet great entrepreneurs and keep your connections strong with senior execs at larger companies like Yahoo!, You face choices like, “Do I put in money to the benefit of other un-supportive investors?” And there’s conferences. Oh, the conferences.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 29, 2020

Your ability to empathize with people in your business and your key relationships will ensure support and loyalty. Your support in these difficult times will go a long way in retaining them for life. Engaging clients through knowledge sharing, thoughtful ideas, and proactive support will build a strong, long-lasting relationship.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

These investments have made a significant economic impact, creating thousands of jobs and supporting the growth of numerous innovative companies. Notable investment successes include: Crescendo Bioscience , an early i2E investment, was acquired for $270 million in 2014. Alkami , Oklahoma’s first unicorn, was valued at $3.1

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 19, 2020

Today Juniper Networks announced it was acquiring smart wide area networking startup 128 Technology for $450 million. This marks the second AI-fueled networking company Juniper has acquired in the last year and a half after purchasing Mist Systems in March 2019 for $405 million.

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StartupNation

AUGUST 3, 2021

Larson said her local SBDC advisors have been supportive in numerous ways, from encouraging Upcycle Hawaii to create its first business plan and helping the company navigate the hiring process to assisting with loan applications and continually providing guidance through regular meetings. . Find your VBOC here. . Choose carefully.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

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. Beezer did.

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TechCrunch

JULY 25, 2021

Creative use of the country’s networked manufacturing and logistics hubs make mass production both cheap and easy. But Tang wasn’t satisfied and eventually sold ELEX Technology to a publicly listed company for about $400 million in 2014. In China, that distribution network was present across the digital and physical worlds.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 12, 2021

But issues around pricing, flexibility to innovate and a lack of local tech support always come up. First, the company says it created the world’s first decentralised payment processing network. Before now, Appzone closed a $2 million round from South African Business Connexion (BCX) in 2014. Four years later, it raised $2.5

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Dream It

APRIL 29, 2019

The study looked at 316,244 women whose health insurance switched from a low-deductible plan to a high-deductible plan between 2004 and 2014. An article in NPR describes a recent study that linked high-deductible health plans to delayed diagnosis and treatment. months longer for diagnostic breast imaging, 2.7 months for first biopsy, 6.6

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

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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TechCrunch

JANUARY 7, 2021

The acquisition fits nicely with RedHat OpenShift, its container platform, but the company says it will continue to support StackRox usage on other platforms including AWS, Azure and Google Cloud Platform. This approach is consistent with IBM’s strategy of supporting multicloud, hybrid environments.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 5, 2022

Founder and chief executive officer Bimbola Adisa , an aerospace engineer, started the company in 2014 after working several years for a power turbine manufacturer and as an investment banker covering the power sector in the U.S. Adisa launched BPS in 2014 to address the inadequate electricity supply from power distribution companies.

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HPA

JUNE 29, 2021

After record growth, ShipBob now operates a global logistics network with 24 fulfillment centers across five countries, including the United States, Canada, England, Ireland and Australia. Eddie is currently the Senior Advisor at BlueGrace Logistics and previously was the CEO of Anthym Logistics.

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Revolution

OCTOBER 29, 2019

When Revolution first started the Rise of the Rest Road Trip in 2014, our goal was simply to provide greater visibility for entrepreneurs?—?and and the individuals and organizations that support them?—?in This allows our network to share best practices and it also helps us as we look to further deploy capital in rising cities.

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American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 27, 2024

billion from 10,000 individual investors since its founding in 2014, the firm has funded to date over 350 companies founded or led by women of its 1300+ current portfolio companies. Women-founded startups show measurable positive results compared to those of men Alumni Ventures (AV), the most active venture firm in the U.S. Having raised $1.3

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Startup Catalyst

OCTOBER 10, 2018

Just over a month ago, we were joined by friends, supporters, and alumni for Startup Catalyst’s 4th birthday. We’ve had many great partners and supporters over the years. Some of them supported us for a season and some will stay with us for years to come. QUT and Rowena have supported Startup Catalyst since the beginning.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 16, 2020

Back in 2014, when I first covered Lydia , I called it the Venmo for France — they had only raised €600,000 back then. Lydia also supports direct deposit as you get your own IBAN in the app. Mobile payment app Lydia raises $45 million round led by Tencent. It seems like Jhawar agrees with that take.

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AsiaTechDaily

JULY 10, 2023

The round was led by Abu Dhabi-based 42XFund and supported by investors such as responsAbility, 500 Global, Malaysia’s KWAP, as well as existing investors like Temasek, Northstar, and SoftBank. The company has also collaborated with fish and shrimp farming communities, managing a network of 12,000 farms.

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Revolution

OCTOBER 11, 2018

In a continuing effort to help shift the venture capital funding geographic imbalance in our country, since 2014 our team has traveled to 38 cities to meet entrepreneurs where they are. The real value is the networks. Now that a new community exists within Rise of the Rest?—?comprised Leverage?—?and and Help Create?—?Network

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 11, 2021

Many of these LPs also participated in AppWorks’ $50 million second fund in 2014. It stems from our particular deal flow, since we’re mainly supporting our alumni founders and mentors, so we have two very different types of deal flows.”. AppWorks’ total assets under management (AUM) is now $212 million.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Zeitview was founded in 2014 with the goal of bringing a new resource to businesses: the sky. After serving in the military, Burton did a short stint at Goldman Sachs and made the leap in 2014 to launch Zeitview. He claims to have personally flown the company’s first 100 or so drone missions.

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AsiaTechDaily

AUGUST 24, 2023

billion won are projected for this district, ensuring the establishment of robust infrastructures and business-support initiatives for the gaming and content sectors. 7 at the Business Support Hub in the 2nd Pangyo Techno Valley, a must-attend for gaming aficionados. This sector has been on an upward trajectory since 2014.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 15, 2023

Network effects have evolved, moving away from the traditional physical spaces to digital ones. The number of accelerators has more than doubled since 2014 , while the number of accelerator-backed startups in the U.S. long-term support at the earliest stages). the free YC Startup School courses). Peer groups.

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TechCrunch

MAY 23, 2022

Pharmacies in Southeast Asia were largely fragmented, mom-and-pop shops operating in silos when the company — originally known as mClinica — was incorporated in Singapore in 2014. Meralli told TechCrunch it is easiest to think of SwipeRx as a LinkedIn meets Amazon for pharmacies. Certainly, SwipeRx — which raised $6.3

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 17, 2021

Maven began offering support for pregnancy loss and high-risk care management as the founder herself waded through the emotions and confusion of it. The company was founded in 2014 to help working women plan and start families. For Kate Ryder, the founder of women’s health clinic and benefits platform Maven, business is personal.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

We were invited to participate by the Global Leaders Initiative, which aims to bring key networks together to find solutions that address the challenges of sustainable development. In addition, SDG Lab participants were asked to support the creation of the SDG Olympic Games for Climate. They hope to launch it later in 2023.

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American Entrepreneurship

MAY 9, 2023

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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TechCrunch

JANUARY 21, 2021

Founded in 2014 by James Paterson and Benji Meltzer, Aerobotics is currently focused on building tools for fruit and tree farmers. However , agritech companies like Aerobotics that support climate-smart agriculture and help farmers have sprung forth trying to take the industry back to its past glory. million, according to Aerobotics.

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TechCrunch

JULY 26, 2021

Since he began angel investing in 2014, Soyombo has invested in 33 startups, including Stripe-owned Paystack , PiggyVest, and TeamApt. “In 2014, three months after we found out that there was no investor to put them in front of. The plan was to run LeadPath like Y Combinator but it didn’t take off as planned.

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AsiaTechDaily

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

Since its launch in 2014, the IMDA Accreditation programme has been very instrumental in supporting the growth of Singapore-based enterprise tech product companies and ICM start-ups through winning contracts with government agencies and large enterprises.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 26, 2021

Ninja Van , a Singapore-based logistics startup, has closed a $578 million Series E round to support its operations infrastructure and technology systems growth. Founded in 2014, the company operates its business across Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam, and the Philippines. It currently employs more than 61,000 staff.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 19, 2022

Some weren’t prepared to accept online orders and others didn’t have a delivery network. Co-founder and CTO Juan Manuel Cuello had the idea for Fudo back in 2014 after working as a developer at Restorando.com, an Open table-like company that was acquired by The Fork. It also grew 10x to support 10,000 restaurants.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

APRIL 1, 2022

But, as strange as it may sound, since 2014 (when Russia started sending its troops to the eastern regions of Ukraine and annexed Crimea), we have gotten used to these emotions and the danger coming from our so-called “neighbor”. Several PCs at the office still are on, so our developers can connect to them through the internal network.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 27, 2021

” It was 2014, and he was living in San Francisco and seeing a lot of interesting business models such as Uber’s emerging that gave him an idea to, in his words, “combine tech and a labor model to solve the problem.” They are focusing on larger M&A transactions and supporting the company. ”

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Startup Catalyst

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

QUT has been a supporter of Startup Catalyst for four years. We could see that there was value in supporting students across the university to participate in this event. As we went through the list of QUT-supported mission alumni, Rowena told me about the coding classes. What support do you need? Where are they now?

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Save the Children Impact Investment Fund, Verdant Frontiers Fintech and Logos Ventures participated in the round, as did the Nairobi Business Angels Network (NaiBAN), and Melvyn Lubega, co-founder of Go1, an Australia-based edtech unicorn. We’re expanding first into the regions that we understand and have similar business environments.

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