Innovation 2 Enterprise

DECEMBER 18, 2019

His 40 years of economic development experience included tenures at the Michigan Department of Commerce; Secretary of the Oklahoma Department of Commerce where he created the nationally recognized Quality Jobs Program; and Partner in both Intersouth Partners and Chisholm Private Capital Partners of Oklahoma City. Gregory’s University.

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American Entrepreneurship

OCTOBER 23, 2023

an early-stage company specializing in developing innovative technologies for carbon capture and utilization, has chosen to continue growing in its hometown of Newark, Delaware, with an expansion from its Delaware Technology Park incubator space to nearby Delaware Industrial Park. October 23, 2023 ) – RiKarbon Inc. ,

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TechCrunch

JULY 13, 2022

Deci , a startup company with 50 employees who are developing a platform to build and optimize AI-powered systems, today announced that it closed a $25 million Series B financing round led by Insight Partners with participation from Square Peg, Emerge, Jibe Ventures, Fort Ross Ventures, and ICON that brings the company’s total raised to $55.1

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

The Ben Franklin Technology Partners (Ben Franklin) Pennsylvania statewide network will present before the Pennsylvania Senate Appropriations Committee regarding the proposed 2019-2020 Pennsylvania budget at 3:00 PM on Wednesday, March 6, live-streamed here: [link]. million per year.

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American Entrepreneurship

JUNE 20, 2023

Newark, NJ — Choose New Jersey, New Jersey’s leading nonprofit economic development organization, today announced that Enzene Biosciences, Ltd., As a Contract Development and Manufacturing Organization (CDMO), Enzene Biosciences, a subsidiary of Alkem Laboratories, Ltd., site,” said Debbie Hart, BioNJ President and CEO.

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

APRIL 20, 2022

Their annual ESHIP Summit was created with the mission to “advance ecosystem building as a new approach to economic development to help more people and communities achieve economic independence through entrepreneurial success.”. And, in 2019 I launched Ecosystem Builder Hub to be an online resource for ecosystem builders.

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

JULY 1, 2020

Practical Metrics and Methods (Academic Edition): Identify and develop better metrics and methods for ecosystem building. Collaborative research focused on developing the field of ecosystem building would allow the field to identify the principles and practices that are most effective for fostering successful entrepreneurship.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 15, 2022

Atarraya , creator of Shrimpbox, a sustainable “plug-and-play” shrimp farming technology, is swimming to the surface after being in stealth mode since 2019. However, in 2019, the company realized that the challenge was a bit bigger than the founders previously anticipated. The Mexico City-based company emerges with new funding, $3.9

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

STATE COLLEGE, PA – At the September 2019 Board of Director’s meeting the largest early-stage investor in the region, Ben Franklin Technology Partners added five additional startups to its portfolio of funded clients. Below are brief descriptions of the innovations developed by the companies. www.constance.one.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Its last valuation of $700 million came when the company raised a $100 million Series D in 2019. In addition, the company is investing in growth, continued expansion of technology and product development and M&A. It also changes the economic development in the countries where they live.”.

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

That’s why Ben Franklin Technology Partners, created more than 35 years ago with broad bipartisan support, has become one of the most widely known and emulated state technology-based economic development programs in the nation. was the second to lowest among 13 comparable states for technology-led economic development programs in 2019.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 6, 2021

The Black and Latinx Seed Fund will be administered by the New Economic Development Authority (NJEDA). NJEDA CEO Tim Sullivan said based on research conducted by the state, that New Jersey is the first state in the nation to develop this type of fund. billion venture dollars invested between 2018 and 2019.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 23, 2021

The new financing also comes two years after OPay announced two funding rounds in 2019 — $50 million in June and a $120 million Series B in November. In an emailed statement, OPay CEO Yahui Zhou said OPay “wants to be the power that helps emerging markets reach a faster economic development.”

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Italy’s ecosystem for tech venture capital and startups has been in development for years and has made decent strides in the last decade. In 2019, Italian startups attracted $850 million, compared to just €140 million in 2017, as the VC ecosystem became less insular and more international investors arrived.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 16, 2022

The news also comes off the back of the launch of Google’s first product development center on the continent, in Nairobi, Kenya, the city where Lori Systems first launched. “ Lori Systems is a great example of how technology can be scalable across Africa, and how, in turn, this can drive meaningful economic development.”.

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

AUGUST 12, 2019

With funding support from the Erie County Gaming Revenue Authority and business mentors provided by Ben Franklin and Gannon’s Small Business Development Center, the local entrepreneurs behind these startups have been participating in Ben Franklin’s business startup accelerator, the Tech Celererato r@Erie. appeared first on BFTP/CNP.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

MAY 7, 2019

Copyright © 2019, The Oklahoman. We are a state that seems ready to seize the moment and leverage the quality of life and business-friendly advantages here to add innovation and technology-based economic development to Oklahoma’s list of “greats.”. By Scott Meacham. Oklahoma is a great place to live.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

JUNE 5, 2019

Copyright © 2019, The Oklahoman. With his focus on the development and commercialization of OMRF’s intellectual properties and technologies, Nair said the Bio International Conference helps him develop relationships with bio-industry collaborators that benefit OMRF’s research capabilities. By Kevan Goff-Parker.

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

JUNE 20, 2020

Practical Metrics and Methods (Practitioner Edition): Identify and develop better metrics and methods for ecosystem building. Collaborative research focused on developing the field of ecosystem building would allow the field to identify the principles and practices that are most effective for fostering successful entrepreneurship.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Tara Sabre Collier is an early-stage impact investor with more than 15 years of experience at the intersection of economic development, social entrepreneurship and impact investment. Tara Sabre Collier. Contributor. As with counterparts in the United States, Brazil’s Black founders have less access to capital.

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

JANUARY 9, 2019

9, 2019) — With a focus on startups and innovation, Ben Franklin Technology Partners (BFTP) remains a powerful job creation and high-tech economic development engine for Pennsylvania, according to the latest independent economic analysis of the organization. STATE COLLEGE, Pa.

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EntreWorks Consulting

MAY 14, 2019

I spent this morning over at the Aspen Institute for a great panel on Rural Development Hubs. Look for this work in Summer 2019. The Rise of Rural Development Hubs. EntreWorks Blog.

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

MARCH 20, 2019

On March 14, 2019, they each made a graduation “pitch” to a team of judges from the surrounding area. The graduation pitch events are attended by not only the friends and families of the presenters – but also community partners, local dignitaries, economic development professionals, other startups, and potential investors.

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EntreWorks Consulting

DECEMBER 17, 2019

For background on CRA’s impacts, check out this 2019 Urban Institute report. ). Big changes in CRA rules could have especially strong impacts on sectors like the Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI) industry, which relies heavily on CRA-related investments. What’s Next for the Community Reinvestment Act?

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

JUNE 8, 2019

By Kevan Goff-Parker Copyright © 2019 The Oklahoman. “So we really like to take on that mindset as economic developers in looping together all the right partners, whether that’s i2E, the Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science and Technology (OCAST) or the universities. ” Mohan Purushothaman, Ph.D.,

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

VC deals by region, as of June 2019. Image Credits: Nashville 2018 Regional Economic Development Guide. Annual reporting on where venture capital dollars flow supports this discrepancy, with the majority of funds being funneled into companies based in and around Silicon Valley. Image Credits: PitchBook/NVCA Venture Monitor.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

JULY 10, 2019

July 10, 2019. Economic Development Administration (EDA). and the Choctaw Nation provide intensive, one-day business assessment class to help small businesses validate concepts, expand market, capture new revenues. Contact: Darcy Wilborn, (405) 813-2424. contact@growok.org. Rural Enterprises of Oklahoma, Inc.,

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

AUGUST 29, 2019

August 28, 2019. Choctaw Nation Small Business has been a proud partner in the i2E Grow OK Program over the last three years,” states Billy Hamilton, Director of Choctaw Small Business Development. Economic Development Administration (EDA). Contact: Darcy Wilborn, (405) 813-2424. contact@growok.org.

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Forward Cities

JULY 25, 2019

Identify and develop better metrics and methods for ecosystem building. Encouragement can come from investors who require collaboration for grant funding and stories about how an ecosystem that strives for interconnectivity and resource sharing can best support the development of an environment to support inclusive innovation.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

Salyer served as a member of the Council Finance Committee, Council Economic Development Committee, and as chairman of the Council Social Services Committee. Meg retired from the Council April 8, 2019. Salyer was inducted into the Oklahoma Woman’s Hall of Fame in 2017.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

In November 2019, while large pro-democracy demonstrations were taking place, Web Summit announced it was postponing RISE to 2021. RISE will take place at the AsiaWorld-Expo from March 14 to 17, 2022. Then in December 2020, it said that the 2021 event would not be held, and RISE would instead resume in Kuala Lumpur in 2022.

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David Teten VC

DECEMBER 2, 2019

We take tech experts, teach them the policy process through an in-residence fellowship program in the Bay Area, and encourage them to develop outside-the-box solutions to society’s problems. Their foci include addressing environmental sustainability, racial and gender equity, economic development concerns, etc.

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David Teten VC

DECEMBER 2, 2019

We take tech experts, teach them the policy process through an in-residence fellowship program in the Bay Area, and encourage them to develop outside-the-box solutions to society’s problems. Their foci include addressing environmental sustainability, racial and gender equity, economic development concerns, etc.

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American Entrepreneurship

JANUARY 18, 2024

The New Jersey Motion Picture and Television Commission (NJMPTVC), which is part of the New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA), today announced that seven productions filmed in New Jersey will appear at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival. The Commission promotes film and television production in New Jersey.

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

MAY 10, 2019

ERIE, PA – At a networking event held in Ben Franklin’s office in Knowledge Park on May 9, 2019, the finalists in Ben Franklin’s StARTup Contest were announced. This year’s contest challenged tech-entrepreneurs located in Northwest PA, to develop new “game-changing” products, processes, or techniques in creative spaces.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

Sophie Alcorn is the founder of Alcorn Immigration Law in Silicon Valley and 2019 Global Law Experts Awards’ “Law Firm of the Year in California for Entrepreneur Immigration Services.” Sophie Alcorn. Contributor. Share on Twitter. She connects people with the businesses and opportunities that expand their lives.

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