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New Jersey announces $10M seed fund aimed at Black and Latinx founders

TechCrunch

billion venture dollars invested between 2018 and 2019. Also, Digitalundivided’s ProjectDiane 2020 report found that Black and Latinx women founders received just $1.7 billion of the total $276.7 Disclosure: Verizon is TechCrunch’s parent company ).

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The latest list of YC-backed companies worth over $150M is the most geographically diverse yet

TechCrunch

In 2018, Y Combinator released its first mega list of the top companies valued at $150 million or more that have gone through the accelerator. There were 141 companies from 24 countries in the winter 2018 batch , compared with 377 companies across 47 countries in the summer 2021 group. have joined this desirable list.

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The BF TechCelerator is Hosting a Pitch Event: Someone Will Walk Away With Up To $10,000!

Ben Franklin Technology Partners

STATE COLLEGE, PA – On December 6, 2018, six emerging tech entrepreneurs will compete for up to $10,000 at the BF TechCelerator’s graduation “pitch” event. A panel of local judges will evaluate the presenters who have been honing their business concepts for the past ten weeks in an intensive business startup accelerator.

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Free Money for Student Tech Founders

David Teten VC

The Centech is one of Canada’s most successful business incubators, dedicated to deeptech companies with high growth potential. The firm invests in early-stage student entrepreneurs in any industry with a significant tech component and has invested in 20+ startups since 2018. 4) Student-focused founder communities.

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The corporate venture comeback: What startups considering CVC need to know

TechCrunch

In 2018, we moved away from being an accelerator to a CVC to better help more mature startups with joint-venture opportunities and scaling. In the past decade, the majority have reacted to and mirrored changes in the startup space, helping to raise the bar for CVC investments.

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Alto raises $40 million to help individuals make tax-savvy investments in assets like crypto and artwork

TechCrunch

Using self-directed IRA companies to make such investments was costing Satz over $500 a year in fees, a problem he aimed to solve for others by launching Alto in 2018. Retirement accounts are particularly suited to making early-stage investments in private companies because of their long duration and risk-return profile, Satz said.

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More African startups get into Techstars Toronto

TechCrunch

But so far, it has invested in 10 this year and a total of 13 since 2018. ” Techstars is poised to multiply its investments in African startups per year to 24, Sharma added.

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