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Q&A with EO’s 2017 Global Citizen of the Year: Cameron Madill

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Cameron Madill is an EO member in Portland, EO’s 2017 Global Citizen of the Year winner, founder of B Local PDX, and founder and CEO of PixelSpoke , a web design and marketing agency. In April 2017 at EO’s Global Leadership Conference in Frankfurt, Germany, Cameron Madill was named EO’s Global Citizen of the Year.

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Looking Back On Tech, Startups, And VC In 2018

Haystack

In 2017, Softbank rounds caught folks’ attention. During this time, there’s financial leverage used in the transaction to help buffer the firm’s cost of capital (e.g. People again began to question what the ultimate uses cases were. 5/ Early Effects Of The Softbank Effect. That will take a long time to settle.

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Egypt’s Breadfast wants to build ‘Gopuff for Africa and Middle East’, gets $26M backing

TechCrunch

The story of Breadfast started in 2017 with bread and bakery when Mostafa Amin , Muhammad Habib and Abdallah Nofal conceived the idea for an on-demand bakery service that delivers freshly made bread and pastries to customers. The investment is coming two years after Breadfast raised a $2 million pre-Series A round.

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Free Money for Student Tech Founders

David Teten VC

We have collected a wide range of freebies, contests, accelerators, online communities, and VCs designed for student tech founders. We use Asana at Versatile VC for managing tasks and projects with other collaborators in our teams. Use their software for interactive data visualization and modern business intelligence.

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Reliable Robotics lifts $100M to take autonomous cargo planes where none have gone before

TechCrunch

They have been experimenting and developing using a Cessna 172, which started flying unmanned flights a couple of years ago. The company was founded in 2017, and was operating in stealth mode until last year. In the first instance, the company is working on automation systems for existing aircraft.

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China’s game engine Cocos raises $50M, goes beyond games

TechCrunch

Cocos is free to use, so over the years, it has generated capital from a mix of sources, including providing support and tutorials to third-party developers, getting funding from its Chinese parent Chukong and running gaming industry events. The mini game renaissance. South America and India are among its fastest-growing regions.

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60 Top Women-led Venture Capital Firms

American Entrepreneurship

Funding of women-founded startups remains significantly lower than those that are gender-mixed While women entrepreneurs are making significant strides in startup formation, they continue to struggle to gain access to funding on par with men. of all VC funds raised in 2022 to 17.2%—seen as part of a decade-long trend.