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Twitter co-founder Biz Stone joins board of audiovisual startup Chroma

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In 2011 , as Twitter hit the 100 million active users mark, the entrepreneur left to pursue new projects with Obvious Corporation , a startup incubator and investment vehicle that had included fellow Twitter co-founder Evan Williams and former Twitter exec Jason Goldman. The venture most notably incubated the blogging platform Medium.

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Mr Eazi, Black Coffee and Ajebutter22: The African music artists backing startups

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Some of them — including Grammy Award-winning artists such as Jay-Z , The Chainsmokers , Nas , and others like Snoop Dogg — have launched various funds to invest in startups in the U.S., Ajebutter22 would work at Gamsole, a gaming startup, and Cisco before venturing into angel investments in 2020. “It Europe and globally. .

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Talking product-market fit with Sean Lane, whose company tore through 28 products to become a unicorn

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Air Force and National Security Administration intelligence officer, was angel investing, co-running a tech incubator and had co-founded a company called CrossChx to link fingerprints to electronic medical records. Lane, who was once a U.S. As with many growing startups that veer in a new direction, there were painful layoffs.

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8 investors, founders and execs predict cybersecurity, fintech will take Belfast by storm

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Ignite NI emerged as an important native incubator and accelerator. Great incubator and accelerator in Ignite, but needs expansion to the Northwest where deprivation and poor infrastructure need to be addressed. Aurient InvestmentsAngel investment group with a diverse investment portfolio.

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