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Dispatches from the Road: Q2 2022

Revolution

What we did: Steve Case was a featured panelist at Heartland Forward’s 2022 Heartland Summit?—?an What we did: Rise of the Rest Senior Associate, James Barlia , headed to the Southwest to connect with the portfolio companies Equipifi and Qwick , catch up with co-investors at PHX Ventures, and meet with startups in the city.

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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. That said, a paradigm shift of the broader venture landscape could be on the horizon. Concurrently, the number of funds raised in the eight-year period up to 2022 was 2,700 , up from 883 in 2010. Crowdfunding witnessed a 2.4x

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The Mint, started by Better Tomorrow Ventures, wants to be the accelerator fintech needs

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Better Tomorrow Ventures’ Sheel Mohnot landed some of his biggest wins before he ever started a venture firm. The investor previously worked as a partner at 500 , previously known as 500 Startups, where he raised and ran a dedicated fintech fund as well as helped build an accelerator. million valuations. YC is built for scale.

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Where is Y Combinator startup-hunting in 2022?

TechCrunch

Like the startup ecosystem itself, accelerators change with time. Y Combinator, perhaps the best-known startup accelerator, has also evolved. Like much of the venture capital landscape, Y Combinator has shrunk slightly this year. Where is Y Combinator startup-hunting in 2022? The current cohort of startups in the U.S.

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SXSW 2022: Building the Sustainable Startups of the Future

Revolution

At SXSW 2022, Revolution Growth Partner, Todd Klein, joined SparkCharge CEO and founder, Josh Aviv, GoodBuy Gear CEO and co-founder, Kristin Langenfeld, and CAVA CEO and co-founder, Brett Schulman, for a conversation on climate, consumers, and building the sustainable startups of the future. even (and especially) as the company scales.

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AWS launches new $30M accelerator program aimed at minority founders

TechCrunch

Amazon Web Services (AWS) today launched a new program, AWS Impact Accelerator , that will give up to $30 million to early-stage startups led by Black, Latino, LGBTQIA+ and women founders. But critics contend that AWS Impact Accelerator doesn’t go far enough in supporting historically marginalized entrepreneurs.

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4 problems venture capital can’t solve

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Collin Wallace Contributor Collin Wallace is a Techstars managing director leading the Silicon Valley-based accelerator program. Would it have been better for many of them to have not taken excessive levels of venture capital in the first place? They seek venture funding to increase sales and marketing. People problems?