Ben Franklin Technology Partners

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

You’ll expand your network, engage with other successful entrepreneurs, discuss your business model with experts and develop a pitch that could win you up to $10,000! The weekly ZOOM sessions will be on Tuesdays, March 23, 2021 – June 2, 2021 / 2:00 – 5:00 P.M. The deadline for applications is March 10, 2021.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 23, 2021

Early-stage startup founders and investors need to keep their fingers on the sector’s very rapid pulse and the best place to do that is, you guessed it, TC Sessions: Mobility 2021 on June 9. Virtual booth space: Display your pitch deck, host a video display and demo your products.

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StartupNation

JANUARY 12, 2022

We are members of numerous chambers of commerce and associations from across the state that work with small businesses (such as the Detroit Regional Chamber, Grand Rapids Chamber, Dearborn Chamber, The Right Place, MI Chamber, Automation Alley, Metro Detroit Black Business Alliance, MI Business Incubator Assoc.).

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TechCrunch

JULY 19, 2021

This pitch throw-down is all about startups determined to power a more equitable, inclusive and healthy world, and we need more of that visionary thinking put into action. You know they’ll bring the heat and present a finely tuned pitch. Join us and thousands of people around the world for this free, virtual pitch competition.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Ukraine’s startup ecosystem was thriving before the war and making great progress, with Ukrainian startups raising $832 Million in VC funding in 2021. from a year earlier, and brought in more than $6 billion in revenue, more than $542 million the revenue generated in 2021. It has now moved to Poland and set up the office there.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 12, 2022

Part 2: Why focusing on holistic care helped Kindbody triple its revenue in 2021. Arvind Gupta, an investor at Mayfield Fund and founder of accelerator IndieBio, reviews several hundred pitch decks each year. “In Part 1: How compassion and inclusivity are helping Kindbody change the fertility industry. Editor, TechCrunch+. extrabrunch.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

million in Q3 2022, “the lowest it has been since the beginning of 2021,” writes Rak Garg, a principal at Bain Capital. This week, 240 companies pitched themselves at Y Combinator’s S22 Demo Day, a stark decline from the 402 that participated in the Winter ’22 session. Want to survive the crypto winter?

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