TechCrunch

OCTOBER 14, 2022

It’s not a tech company this time — Awoyemi co-founded online jobs site Jobberman (which was acquired by ROAM Africa in 2016) and Whogohost, a bootstrapped hosting platform — but instead, a venture studio: Fast Forward Venture Studio. “First, we’re more hands-on than funds and incubators or accelerators.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 10, 2021

He was a founder of Yodle, which was acquired by web.com for $340 million in 2016. ” Once the creators have an idea that tests well with a wide audience, they’re invited to Jumpcut Collective, an incubator program that helps artists develop an idea from a concept to a pitch in 6 weeks.

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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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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Ben Franklin CNP’s commitment to CC4H Robotics extends beyond financial sponsorship and has helped facilitate demonstrations of the robots to companies within their incubator network, providing valuable exposure for CC4H Robotics and fostering potential partnerships.

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EntreWorks Consulting

JANUARY 7, 2020

Many such efforts also revolve around the development of kitchen incubators or commercial kitchens, where entrepreneurs can produce food products at scale, and learn the ins and outs of business development. Kitchen Incubators: An Industry Update , provides an in-depth look at what’s happening in this sector. EntreWorks Blog.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 11, 2015

” Any predictions for a 2016 equivalent? Participants in the EO GSEA program know the value of incubator companies, taking start-up companies and helping them grow through training, mentorship and even perks like shared office space! “Jack” is the new “hack.” “Why” statement.

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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

MARCH 8, 2021

Since InMotion Ventures , the independent investment and incubation initiative set up by Jaguar Land Rover , launched in 2016 the firm has focused on backing companies across the mobility space broadly.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

Then you can embark on the traditional creative journey of immersion in information, incubation and ideation. A version of this article first appeared 28 March 2016 on the Bradford Group’s blog. After you have done this several times, you’ll have burned off the bad stuff. May the force be with you.

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TechCrunch

MAY 10, 2021

Jones told me that she grew up in Indianapolis, and after moving to New York and later LA to work at the intersection of music, tech and entertainment, she returned to Indy in 2016 to begin helping Black people in the community where she grew up get trained to get decent jobs both in and out of tech.

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David Teten VC

JULY 27, 2021

Astra Incubator is “the first Italian incubation program designed to connect aspiring innovators and build multidisciplinary teams.” The Velocity program, based in Waterloo, Canada, is an early-stage, pre-seed startup incubator for ambitious founders from the University of Waterloo and around the world looking to scale globally.

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TechCrunch

JULY 7, 2021

Founded in September 2016, Gredu is now used by more than 400 schools, with a total of 400,000 users. Indonesian edtech CoLearn gets $10M Series A led by Alpha Wave Incubation and GSV Ventures. The startup is also developing new verticals, including software for preschools and university programs. .

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 3, 2016

Incubators such as the one Zappos’ CEO Tony Hsieh started a few years ago are also a great way to jump-start your innovative ideas, receive mentoring, network, etc. The city made major strides in 2015, and with oil and gas investors looking to profit elsewhere, more money will be flowing into the area’s startups in 2016.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

He would later found Quip, an enterprise document collaboration company, which was acquired by Salesforce in 2016 for $750 million. Only a couple of weeks ago, Bavor authored an email detailing cuts to Google’s R&D projects within the Google Labs group, which housed the company’s internal incubator Area 120.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 6, 2021

Founded in 2016 by former Dell executive Preston James, the organization aims to “e mpower people of color and women entrepreneurs and help them build successful high-growth businesses by providing them with access to education, mentorship and vital networks.” Disclosure: Verizon is TechCrunch’s parent company ). .”

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TechCrunch

MAY 1, 2022

QED incubated this auto financing company in 2016 and Kevin Bennett became CEO in 2018 and soon after raised its first seed round. It started as MotoRefi, and rebranded in November 2021 to Caribou. But the mission remains: Transforming consumers’ financial relationship with their cars.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 14, 2022

After practicing securities law at Shearman & Sterling in New York City and White & Case in Hong Kong, Sangha founded Intelligize, a regulatory filings research platform that was acquired by LexisNexis in 2016. Terzo recently raised $16 million for its tech that automatically extracts key data from contracts.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 2, 2022

” Zylo was incubated at the aforementioned High Alpha, an Indianapolis-based venture studio focused on conceiving enterprise cloud companies, and founded in 2016 by Christopher, Cory Wheeler and Ben Pippenger. . “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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AsiaTechDaily

MAY 2, 2022

K-Startup Grand Challenge launched in 2016 In April 2016, the K-Startup Grand Challenge (KSGC) was started. From 2016 to 2022 In its inception year itself, KSGC received an overwhelming response. After a meticulous selection process, 40 startups were chosen in 2016 for the first 3-month acceleration program in South Korea.

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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

JANUARY 22, 2021

million in 2016, it was one of the largest disclosed rounds at that stage in Nigeria. . The team’s bullishness on finding product-market fit and the potential of Africa’s loan marketplace was also enough to bring foreign and local VCs like Samurai Incubate , Future Africa , Ingressive Capital and Microtraction on board.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 7, 2022

The service was incubated inside Madrona Venture Labs. While Listes expected to have a pretty calm time at the Election Assistance Commission, he obviously picked the wrong time for that when he joined in 2016. The company today announced that it has raised a $5.9 Image Credits: Pendulum.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

In 2016, the VC firm launched its current 12J offering with Knife Capital Fund II. As a result, Bohmert argues that Africa has become an incubator for international VCs who can write these checks but cannot provide the local support most of these companies still need. The firm offered seed capital to startups.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Austin-based Found was incubated at Atomic , a San Francisco-based venture studio in the spring of 2020. Also, Dame and Prithivi worked closely together at Uber from 2012 to 2016. “I Earlier this year, it raised $24 million in a Series A round led by GV (formerly Google Ventures) and Atomic, with participation from Define Ventures.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 7, 2021

He has been a serial entrepreneur and investor as a co-founder of LaunchTime, an incubator and investor in early-stage tech startups and as a co-founder of Community Connect, which was one of the first social networking companies. In 2016, Leah transitioned into the role of executive chairwoman and in 2017, TaskRabbit was acquired by IKEA.

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AsiaTechDaily

MAY 31, 2022

Synaptic was incubated as the data and analytics team at Vy Capital, a $6 billion AuM global technology investment company. Born out of the Vy team’s frustration with existing tools and processes, Synaptic was spun out as an independent company in 2016.

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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. We are saddened to lose this landmark Impact Hub and seek to support their members and partners during this transition.

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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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Angel Capital Association

JUNE 27, 2024

Also in 2016, valuations in the $3-6 million range comprised 42% of funding, yet by 2023 that has dropped to 10%. Angel groups typically have 10-20% member turnover each year, so that many of the angels negotiating terms today weren’t active in 2016 and hence think a $10 million valuation is “normal”.

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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. From the frozen electric grids of Texas to the tar-soiled beaches of Israel, the urgent need to transform our dependance on fossil fuels is becoming clear.

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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. Some specific accelerators: 17 Incubators For Impact Entrepreneurs and Social Enterprise.

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TechCrunch

MAY 6, 2022

Kevin Bennett started his auto financing company in 2016. This TechCrunch Live event was the first in our month dedicated to mobility startups — and that includes TechCrunch’s Session: Mobility event this month. It started as MotoRefi, and rebranded in early 2022 to Caribou.

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Impact Hub

APRIL 22, 2022

To change this scenario, Impact Hub and European-based partners are taking part in the Better Incubation program. Europe’s leading food innovation initiative, EIT Food , has been working to make the food system more sustainable, healthy and trusted since 2016. Fostering Innovation to Support Female Entrepreneurs.

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OurCrowd

AUGUST 4, 2019

See the breakdown of 252 startups, as reported it in Forbes , along with what’s in store for the new Sparks foodtech incubator (with Finistere Ventures, Tnuva, Tempo Beverages and OurCrowd). Israel in top 10 most innovative countries , climbing from 11th (2018), 17th (2017), 21st (2016). Did you know? Anyone surprised?

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 16, 2021

You don’t attempt to “fix” the body so it can operate at lower temperatures, or supercharge the heat output — you just put the kid in an incubator, and everything proceeds as it should. “I was looking over my pitch decks from 2016,” Drechsler mused. What do you do in such a case? ”

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