StartupNation

JANUARY 4, 2022

It’s 2022 and already local VCs, angel investors, startup founders, incubators and accelerators, and more are pushing hard to make their startups go. And last but not least, InvestNext launched in 2016, a Detroit-based fintech startup whose mission is to transform the process in which investment firms raise and manage capital.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 23, 2021

The city has undergone infrastructure improvements over the past two decades, tourism has boomed thanks to attractions such as the shipyard where the RMS Titanic was built and Game of Thrones shooting locations, and employment has risen steadily in the city since 2016, according to Northen Ireland’s Department for the Economy.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 14, 2022

“At a time of macroeconomic challenges, companies need a solution that accelerates key business processes,” Sangha told TechCrunch in an email interview. “I founded LexCheck to increase revenue by simplifying and accelerating commercial contracting processes across an entire organization.”

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Tomasz Tunguz

MARCH 6, 2016

The startup fundraising market in 2016 has been difficult to characterize. VCs invested about $2B in January and February 2016. Median seed rounds are then dominated by the +/- $150k initial investments of incubators and accelerators with large new portfolios like YCombinator and 500Startups whose demo days are fast approaching.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 6, 2021

Also in Austin, DivInc is a nonprofit pre-accelerator that holds 12-week programs for underrepresented tech founders. In February, several national and Chicago-based organizations banded together to support early-stage Black and Latinx tech entrepreneurs through a new program dubbed TechRise.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 2, 2022

. “Our investors recognize the significant opportunity in front of us due to companies’ accelerated spending on SaaS subscriptions, costly renewals and lack of visibility across the enterprise,” Christopher said. “It’s the right time to capitalize on these circumstances, given the economic challenges heading into 2023.”

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Forward Cities

JANUARY 30, 2020

I hope to see business incubators/accelerators and resources dedicated to these areas specifically east of Troost Ave. After graduating in 2016, I started the KC Cajun Food Truck and Catering Kansas City catering service. Q: What is the change you are seeing or hope to see as a result of your commitment to this work?

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David Teten VC

DECEMBER 2, 2019

The Aspen Tech Policy Hub is a West Coast policy incubator, training a new generation of tech policy entrepreneurs. We model ourselves after tech incubators like Y Combinator, but train new policy thinkers and focus the impact of their ideas. “Our Google for Startups Accelerator. See Conveners Impact Accelerator Selection Tool.

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Impact Hub

JANUARY 23, 2020

In 2016, they took a grand leap to relocate to a 25,000 sq/ft location in the Mission District and signed a landmark Community Benefits Agreement that outlines their commitment to the Mission community.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 5, 2023

” Dambrot’s perception led him to pitch KPMG Studio, KPMG’s internal accelerator, on funding and incubating a software startup to solve the challenges around AI security and compliance. The elephant in the room is that it’s difficult to pin down real-world examples of attacks against AI systems.

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Impact Hub

MAY 23, 2024

Among the first organisations to join Impact Hub Yerevan in 2016, 1A and its community of over 100,000 supporters have successfully implemented more than 35 socio-economic projects in rural Armenia. 1A believes that Armenia has all the right ingredients to be a top travel destination: age-old traditions, untouched nature, and inviting people.

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OurCrowd

JUNE 20, 2021

In 2016, the Saudi government announced its Vision 2030 which it said aimed to end the kingdom’s “addiction” to oil and diversify its economy and energy sources. But, just as Israeli high-tech is accelerated by, though not dependent on, government subsidies, the same is true for renewable energy.

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AsiaTechDaily

MAY 18, 2022

Register South Korea’s leading accelerator program K-Startup Grand Challenge (KSGC) , considered ‘a gateway’ to do business in Asia, invites global startups to participate. Its startup ecosystem is active and well designed, attracting the attention of investors, accelerators, and incubators worldwide.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

JUNE 8, 2019

“There’s a lot more activity, whether it’s venture capital investments, accelerator and incubator programs or things that make it easier for entrepreneurs to grow. by Novartis AG in 2016, is a good example of how a privately held biopharmaceutical company can demand global attention for its research and design capabilities.

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Impact Hub

APRIL 24, 2019

Her company Evrnu took part in Impact Hub Seattle ’s Fledge accelerator back in 2014, and in 2016 partnered with Levi Strauss & Co to create the company’s first eco-friendly jeans, made from recycled cotton T-shirts, showing that even the big players in the fashion world are open to innovation if the right thing comes along.

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David Teten VC

DECEMBER 2, 2019

The Aspen Tech Policy Hub is a West Coast policy incubator, training a new generation of tech policy entrepreneurs. We model ourselves after tech incubators like Y Combinator, but train new policy thinkers and focus the impact of their ideas. “Our Google for Startups Accelerator. Peacetech Accelerator.

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OurCrowd

MAY 23, 2021

OurCrowd is an investor in F2 Capital where Explorium was incubated. ThetaRay enables the acceleration of cross-border payments between banks while protecting financial institutions from financial crime. The round brings Explorium’s total funding to more than $127M.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 4, 2022

The UAE began focusing on its tech and startup hub goal in 2016 by establishing the Sharjah Research Technology and Innovation Park to incubate companies in a variety of industries, including water management, renewable energy, transportation, manufacturing and agriculture. Image Credits: United Arab Emirates.

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American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 7, 2024

Female-founded venture firms have shown strong support for female-founded startups accounting for 28% of their deal counts from 2016 to October 2021 in startups with at least one female founder. In addition, Crunchbase reports that w omen-founded venture firms in the U.S. raised approximately $7 billion in 2021 , up 59% year over year.

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Impact Hub

MARCH 16, 2022

Built on the results of the 2011 Social Business Initiative and the 2016 Start-up and Scale-up Initiative , and preceded by extensive dialogue with stakeholders and civil society, the Action Plan proposes 38 concrete measures to be implemented in a nine-years horizon, between 2021-2030.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 15, 2021

After Trump took office in 2016, Canada’s federal government boosted the tech ecosystems of cities like Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver by creating a program to fast-track immigration. H-1B program has fallen dramatically, accelerating a decade-long trend. Canadian tech leaders climbed aboard with campaigns to tempt more workers north.

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