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The Veteran Fund Announces Oversubscribed Fund and $100K Competition Winner

American Entrepreneurship

Head of Global Operations of The Founder Institute, the world’s largest pre-seed startup accelerator, and the Co-Founder & COO of the Vet-Tech Startup Accelerator. H erbert Dwyer , a United States Marine Corps Veteran, co-founded EMPEQ in 2017, leveraging his prior experience in the energy field.

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New Startup Accelerator for Battery Innovation Accepting Applications

American Entrepreneurship

Part of this initiative was used to open the new accelerator ChargeUp in upstate New York , focusing on battery innovations. Companies participating in the accelerator program, which is mostly remote, benefit from the region’s growing battery industry cluster enabled by New Energy New York ( NENY). awarded a $4.5 25, 2024, 1–2 p.m.

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Techstars unveils sustainability-focused acceleration program in Paris

TechCrunch

Techstars , a network of startup accelerators and an investment company, is launching a new accelerator in Paris called Techstars Sustainability Paris. This isn’t the first time that Techstars is running an accelerator in France as the company originally launched Techstars Paris in 2017.

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Google’s Africa Investment Fund makes first investment in Uganda’s SafeBoda

TechCrunch

Before launching the fund, Google proved helpful in startups’ journeys via its Google for Startups Accelerator Africa program. The accelerator program has supported more than 80 startups in seed to Series A stages with equity-free mentorship and resources.

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Early-stage African VC firm, Microtraction reports portfolio boom despite the weight of COVID-19

TechCrunch

Founded by Yele Badamosi in 2017, Microtraction arrived on the continent’s early-stage investment scene with all intent to be “the most accessible and preferred source of pre-seed funding for African tech entrepreneurs.” Half of its portfolio companies are backed by YC and other global accelerators.

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Startup CEOs sound off on picking cloud providers

TechCrunch

TechCrunch’s coverage from the event back in 2017 is worth your time.) work with startup accelerators; if you get a company aboard your public cloud when it’s young, you have (nearly) a customer for life. Startup CEOs sound off on picking cloud providers by Alex Wilhelm originally published on TechCrunch.

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Extra Crunch roundup: StockX EC-1, Early Stage recaps, unpacking Alkami’s IPO, more

TechCrunch

Each story is based on an interview with a founder or investor who addressed some of the most common startup dilemmas. Predictably, they’re mostly focused on the how and why: How do I get into an accelerator? How to kick the 10 worst startup habits with Fuel Capital’s Leah Solivan. When should I hire a sales team?

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