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Just Released – The World Rankings Report 2021-2022

UBI Global

Download the World Rankings Report 2021-2022 Recognizing Excellence Among Business Incubators and Accelerators from the World Benchmark Study 2021-2022 The UBI Global research team has released the World Rankings Report 2021-2022 of business incubators and accelerators as the result of the World Benchmark Study for 2021-2022.

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What Is Going To Happen In 2021

A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

Happy 2021. The Covid Pandemic will end in the developed world in 2021. The second half of 2021 will be marked by two conflicting trends. Where all of this shakes out will be the big reveal of 2021 and will impact many tech companies and many tech stocks. We will see it accelerate in 2021. Hi Everyone.

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The startup landscape has shifted dramatically: Accelerators must adapt or fade away

TechCrunch

Amid these turbulent times, the VC accelerator industry has emerged as a stalwart player. growth from 2020 to 2021. Importantly, the traditional accelerator model has enjoyed the fruits of these potential paradigm shifts. Moreover, rumors of deeply unethical behavior at accelerators are starting to surface frequently.

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How Up.Labs threads the needle between corporate venture capital and accelerators

TechCrunch

One element of the 2021 venture capital apotheosis that doesn’t get enough attention is corporate venture capital. Accelerators also had a pretty good run through 2021: Recall that Y Combinator cohort sizes reached new records and the group boosted the amount of capital that it invested in batch companies.

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Co-Creation Hub’s edtech accelerator puts $15M towards African startups

TechCrunch

Africa’s largest innovation hub Co-Creation Hub (CcHUB), is launching a $15 million accelerator program, dubbed The Edtech Fellowship Program, to back and support 72 startups across Nigeria and Kenya over the next three years, TechCrunch has learned. One, the edtech space is highly regulated, more than the casual tech observer might think.

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African tech took center stage in 2021

TechCrunch

Entering 2021, the bullishness of African tech stakeholders returned — and why not? AfricArena, a tech ecosystem accelerator, pegged deals to close between $2.25 2021 was when African tech reached an inflection point and took center stage as companies raised over $4 billion (more than they got in 2019 and 2020 combined).

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Welcome 2021 with a Look Back at 2020

UBI Global

The post Welcome 2021 with a Look Back at 2020 appeared first on UBI Global | Innovation Intelligence Company and Community. Unprecedented – 2020 was all those things and more, and even though the world is about to transition into a new year the world’s innovation ecosystem still facing many challenges.