American Entrepreneurship

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Prior to joining LUUM, Lawson’s 15 year career included shaping brand strategies and product development across global brands such as Apple, PayPal and Movado. LU UM was co-founded by Kurt Amundson, Lynn Heublein, and Nathan Harding in 2017 collectively leveraging their backgrounds in technology, robotics, and marketing.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

NOVEMBER 21, 2017

InfoTrust has enjoyed a successful November: first by organizing its international Basket Brigade to benefit 435-plus families in need, and by being named to Ad Age’s 2017 Best Place to Work list, which includes 50 U.S. He is also an EO Cincinnati member. companies in the advertising, marketing and media space.

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TechCrunch

JULY 13, 2021

The additional capital builds upon a $40 million a raise the company announced earlier this year, bringing its total funding since its 2017 inception to $100 million. Mighty Building’s self-proclaimed mission is to create “beautiful, sustainable and affordable” homes.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

2017 YLAI Fellow Victor Rujano Bautista is the co-founder of Culturas Indígenas y Medio Ambiente Sustentable (CIMAS), an organization committed to promoting and defending the human rights of indigenous peoples and the protection of the environment in the Venezuelan state of Zulia. By Bryce Kelly. I think that’s a clear example of my growth.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

DECEMBER 11, 2019

Nayleen, a 2017 YLAI fellow, is from a small rural village in the province of Los Santos, Panama. While Nayleen moved to Panama City to develop her future career in marketing and branding, her heart was still in Los Santos. By Elise Kemp. Growing up, Nayleen Quintero was surrounded and nurtured by Panamanian folklore.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

AUGUST 18, 2020

2017 YLAI Fellow Neish’s hard work of creating a sustainable trans rights movement has blossomed far beyond his expectations. Celebrating his success in building a sustainable movement, the YLAI Network spoke with Neish recently for background into TransWave’s beginnings and for an update on its future. By Jewelle Saunders.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 29, 2018

A successful entrepreneur, businessman and EO Bahrain member, Suhail Algosaibi had long thought about how he could use his position and his company—FALAK Consulting—to make real, radical and sustainable change in his corner of the world. We hardly invent any new technologies and don’t invest enough in research and development,” Suhail says.

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Revolution

MAY 11, 2023

marking its highest level since 2017. The problem of housing affordability and supply is largely a political problem, and those policies (that prevent developers from building multi-family properties) are largely popular.

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American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 30, 2025

The companys collaboration with the New Jersey Economic Development Agency is a boost to the states program to attract AI companies for its innovation economy. Despite the IPOs scale, investor enthusiasm was tempered by concerns over CoreWeaves financial sustainability. The company raised $1.5 The company reported $1.92

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TechCrunch

MARCH 2, 2022

The Israeli-based company developed artificial intelligence-driven data analytics that help food brands make smarter decisions around product development, marketing and retail sales for their next healthy, sustainable and delicious product.

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Revolution

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

In 2017, we partnered with iconic leaders in American business to turn the thesis we developed on the road — that great companies can start and scale anywhere when given a chance — into an investment vehicle. Specifically: Founder : The team possesses the necessary skills, temperament, and experience to execute the startup’s vision.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

OCTOBER 5, 2017

. “Although we didn’t have any experience in the industry, we believed our innovative approach to education, combined with our strong business knowledge, would offer a sustainable solution to the education crisis in South Africa,” Stacey says. In 2017, the SPARK network comprises 11 schools and nearly 3,000 students.

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Impact Hub

JUNE 14, 2022

At Impact Hub, we believe in the power of circularity to create a more sustainable present and future. Our social business model advocates for sustainable products created under fair and ethical working conditions. Basically, since we started in 2017, we have had a circular approach to all aspects of our venture.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

NOVEMBER 8, 2019

In fact, as the keynote speaker at the University of Oklahoma graduation in 2017, Piyush paid off one of the graduate’s student debts. Create sustainable giving through social entrepreneurship. You can even create self-sustaining giving. Piyush’s background is in elementary education.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Speaking to TechCrunch via email, co-founder and CEO Naveen Verma said that the proceeds will be put toward hardware and software development as well as supporting new customer engagements. EnCharge has its roots in federal grants that Verma received in 2017 alongside collaborators at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 1, 2022

Veev, a real estate developer turned tech-enabled homebuilder, announced today that it has raised $400 million a Series D round that propels the company to “unicorn status.” Interestingly, Veev Group started its life as a traditional real estate developer and asset manager.

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This is going to be BIG.

OCTOBER 8, 2017

Amanda and her co-founder Brett Van Aalsburg researched for two years and developed an anaerobic fermentatio process that quickly breaks down food waste in a matter of days. One of the most exciting companies I've ever been involved with is building sustainable tech to save us from being buried alive by our own garbage--in #Newark!

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TechCrunch

MARCH 25, 2021

Petrie, a specialist in crop development, was spearheading the development of omega-3 canola oil, while Leita had a background in chemistry and bioplastics. . The two previously worked at a company that was trying to increase oil production in plants, something that the CSRO had been particularly interested in circa 2017.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

A-Frame , a Los Angeles-based developer of personal care brands supported by celebrities, has raised $2 million in a new round of funding led by Initialized Capital. ” So far, the company has worked with CAA, UTA and WME on all of the brands in development, Bloom said. We create an entity that we spin out. The Honest Co.

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American Entrepreneurship

JANUARY 12, 2025

Providing access to key funding and facilitators who can make a difference in their development is a vital part of helping startups realize their potential, said DPP Director of Innovation Noah Olson. Thanks to sponsors, there is no charge to enter.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

Understanding the key developments that helped advance micromobility over the past several years can give us valuable insights not only into where the industry is headed, but about how we can successfully shape it to meet the needs of hundreds of millions of current and future riders around the world. 1: Shared scooters launched (fall 2017).

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 17, 2021

So Full Harvest got busy developing some technology that includes a spot marketplace with a matching algorithm and visibility so that buyers could see what suppliers had available. We profiled the company at the beginning of its journey in 2016 and then again in 2017 when it raised $2 million. The company raised an additional $8.5

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

And yet, our economic policies espoused by governments and traditional economic development approaches continue to focus on attracting big businesses. It’s time for a radical rethink in how we do economic development. Daniel Isenberg is an early thought leader in the entrepreneurial ecosystem approach to economic development.

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American Entrepreneurship

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

The cohort members offer a range of disruptive technologies across industries such as Climate Tech, Green Tech, Retail, Healthcare, FinTech, SaaS, Enterprise Software, Consumer, and Travel – with many incorporating AI and sustainability into their products and services. “In

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

MAY 7, 2020

Ten-Nine Technologies to onboard engineering and management talent, develop prototypes, and build production facilities to supply a leading battery manufacturer – major funding provided by i2E Management Company, Inc., Ten-Nine Technologies is dedicated to developing new materials for new economies. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE.

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AsiaTechDaily

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Startup SG Tech Grant Startup SG Tech, a key initiative for technological firms in Singapore, underwent enhancements in 2017 to facilitate better cash flow for successful applicants. This flexible arrangement fosters a conducive environment for both startups and investors, promoting growth and sustainability.

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A Smart Bear

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

The initial marketing channel was sustainable for a while , but got wiped away due to external forces. The typical attitude is, “We now have a large customer, so pour extra money into development to make sure we don’t lose it,” but the right attitude is to use a lot of that money to land other customers.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Sota Kimura, co-founder and CEO of SmartRyde, founded SmartRyde in 2017 after he experienced trouble getting a taxi from the airport to the hotel when he traveled abroad, Kimura told TechCrunch.

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

JULY 1, 2020

I knew that I should come to a position that help to increase the sustainability and evolution of the ecosystem. I am a professor in entrepreneurship and educate students to this reflection and contribute to the development of an entrepreneurial culture and mindset. This is some contribution but not enough. Theodoraki, C. Messeghem K.,

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TechCrunch

MARCH 2, 2021

Serve Robotics, a name taken from the autonomous sidewalk delivery bot that was developed and piloted by Postmates X, has raised seed funding in a round led by venture capital firm Neo. ” Postmates’ exploration into sidewalk delivery bots began in earnest in 2017 after the company quietly acquired Kashani’s startup Lox Inc.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 21, 2021

Cathay AfricInvest Innovation, FMO: Entrepreneurial Development Bank and Platform Investment Partners also participated. The company said it plans to use this Series B investment to continue developing more technology and product delivery, both for the U.S. million, according to Aerobotics. and other markets. .

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 17, 2023

In 2017, Delahunt was at Ralph Lauren and had her first look at the blockchain, but it wasn’t until years later while working to pioneer some digital wardrobe projects with companies, like Snap, Bitmoji and Roblox, that she had an opportunity to see that web3 was going to be “more than a niche community” for luxury fashion. “It

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Smart Hustle Magazine

JUNE 30, 2020

The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act was signed into law in 2017 by POTUS and out of that law came the Opportunity Zones legislation and initiative. Partnerships help bring long-term sustainability including economic development, entrepreneurship, safe neighborhoods, expanded workforce, and education. Opportunity Zones and What They Are.

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TechCrunch

JULY 29, 2021

La Haus , which has developed an online real estate marketplace operating in Mexico and Colombia, has secured $100 million in additional funding, including $50 million in equity and $50 million in debt financing. It has done that by embedding its software to developers’ new projects so that it can bring that digital experience to its users.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 15, 2022

Mycel is in talks with global cosmetic brands to co-develop the mycelium-based leather products as well as cosmetics ingredients, Sah said, adding that it aims to commercialize its mushroom leather in 2023. Mycel is also competing in the alternative protein space with fungi-based food developers like Mycorena and Quorn.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Luxembourg-based Leko Labs , a construction startup that’s developing sustainable wood-based building materials as an alternative to steel and concrete and applying automation to construction methods, has closed a $21 million Series A round of funding. Construction is of course an extremely dirty business.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 11, 2022

Cocos Technologies, a China-based game engine provider that has been around since 2010, just announced it has picked up $50 million in a Series B funding round in a bid to work on development and move beyond games. million developers across 203 countries and regions worldwide. The mini game renaissance. and Russia. New arenas.

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