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TechCrunch

AUGUST 4, 2021

The world’s 10 leading venture capital firms have, together, invested over $150 billion in technology startups. The venture capitalists who run these firms decide which startups today will develop the new platforms and technologies that will shape our lives tomorrow. We all live in a world shaped by venture capital.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Venture capital activity in Europe and Asia saw a strong return to form in Q3, data indicates. The two continents enjoyed more venture capital investment into their local startups than in some time, underscoring that strong VC results the United States saw in the third quarter were not a fluke, but part of a broader trend.

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AsiaTechDaily

APRIL 19, 2024

MYStartup, a national initiative backed by Malaysia’s Ministry of Science, Technology, and Innovation (MOSTI) and developed by Cradle Fund, has partnered with NEXEA, a venture capital and startup accelerator firm, to launch its third accelerator program.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

AUGUST 5, 2022

It’s an incredibly valuable event for both EO Accelerators and EO members with startups that want to attract investments in addition to EO members who are looking for the right investment opportunity. The attendees must be EO members, EO Accelerator participants, or their vetted guest, such as a spouse or business partner.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 3, 2022

Microsoft has today announced plans to support 10,000 startups in Africa over the next five years through a series of initiatives including partnerships with accelerators and incubators across the continent. Microsoft said that it is already working with Banque Misr, Global Venture Capital and Get Funded Capital.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 15, 2023

Amid these turbulent times, the VC accelerator industry has emerged as a stalwart player. Family office investments increased by 5x , and corporate venture investments rose 6x , thus opening new capital avenues for founders who found it difficult to raise capital. The competitive landscape also underwent significant changes.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 10, 2022

Startup accelerator Y Combinator announced this morning that it has updated its terms, providing participating companies with more total cash. The group will now invest $500,000 in batch startups. The first is the well-known Y Combinator equity deal, worth $125,000 for 7% of accelerated startups.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 28, 2022

The Family co-founder and CEO Alice Zagury announced in a blog post that the French startup accelerator is suing Oussama Ammar for multiple claims — breach of trust, forgery and use of forgery. Capital talked with one of the company’s lawyers, Elsa Sammari.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

SparkLabs Korea , a Seoul-based seed to early-stage accelerator, held a demo Day on Thursday for its 19th cohort of companies. The latest demo day marks its tenth year after SparkLabs launched its accelerator program in December 2012. SparkLabs launches $50M fund for promising early-stage startups in Korea. and Asia. .

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Founders Coop

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

tl;dr + Techstars was once one of the world’s leading accelerator programs, but has steadily been eclipsed by Y combinator. Next, entire accelerator programs were created on behalf of corporate partners, promising them access to cohorts of world-class founders eager to listen to their needs and use their APIs.

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AsiaTechDaily

MAY 29, 2024

Tribe, a Singapore-based ecosystem builder, and Digital Industry Singapore (DISG)—a joint office of the Economic Development Board, Enterprise Singapore, and the Info-communications Media Development Authority (IMDA)—have teamed up with global […]

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

r Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) will train managers of leading accelerators in Africa over the next two years, to help them establish sustainable business models that commandeer greater influence in their ecosystems. 500 Global’s take on the rising competition among startup accelerators.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 26, 2023

One way to build that camaraderie is through incubators and accelerator programs. However you do it, whether an incubator or an accelerator, you are generally very early with your idea, and that’s OK. Essentially, these [programs] are just ways to support you at a really early stage of your startup,” Segneri said. “We’re

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Dream It

OCTOBER 1, 2019

The startup will use the funding to enhance product capabilities and accelerate sales growth with key hires. About Dreamit Ventures Dreamit Ventures is an early stage venture fund and startup accelerator. Startups participate in one of Dreamit's three industry verticals: Urbantech, Healthtech, or Securetech.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 28, 2021

The Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator, an incubator based in New York, is introducing 12 new companies at its 20th demo day tomorrow. ERA has thus far had more than 226 companies go through the program that have raised more than $1 billion in capital and collectively share a market cap over $5 billion.

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American Entrepreneurship

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Head of Global Operations of The Founder Institute, the world’s largest pre-seed startup accelerator, and the Co-Founder & COO of the Vet-Tech Startup Accelerator. “Veterans bring unmatched resilience, leadership, and mission-driven mindsets to the private sector,” said Ryan Micheletti.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 12, 2021

This morning Techstars , a network of startup accelerators and a venture capital fund, announced that Maëlle Gavet is its new CEO. She said there is a wealth of overlooked talent and underinvested geographies that could be empowered and unlocked with capital and help.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Before launching the fund, Google proved helpful in startups’ journeys via its Google for Startups Accelerator Africa program. The accelerator program has supported more than 80 startups in seed to Series A stages with equity-free mentorship and resources.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 22, 2011

I didn’t sit through any panels (other than the day where I was the emcee and judge for the BizSpark Accelerator program). Struggling to get time with First Round Capital? I had to be on stage at 7.30am for the Startup Accelerator event. If you didn’t read it, it’s here. I stayed out late. Strike that.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 24, 2020

As the United States entered its first wave of COVID-19 lockdowns, there were wide expectations in startup land that a reckoning had arrived. But the expected comeuppance of high-burn, high-growth startups fueled by cheap capital provided by venture capitalists raising ever-larger funds , failed to arrive.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 12, 2023

The Steel City has all the ingredients to be a hub for startups: a good university system, a cheaper cost of living — definitely when compared to places like New York and the Bay Area — and a proliferation of seed firms and startup accelerators. You can give it a listen here.).

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Each time, I’ve been telling founders why they should join an accelerator. Now, I am changing things up and going to lay out six reasons you shouldn’t join an accelerator. Accelerators usually take more (equity), because they provide more than just money. If you don’t need any of that, then you don’t need an accelerator.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 22, 2023

It was pure coincidence, but months before the pandemic took hold around the world, IndieBio — a startup accelerator devoted to startups using biology to solve large problems — expanded its remit, adding a New York arm to the operations it was already running out of San Francisco.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 23, 2023

“There’s a ton of stuff that really could be impacting the lives of everybody on Earth, that is not making it out of the lab and into practical application,” said David Van Wie, founder and chief investment officer at Aventurine Capital Group. If it sounds as if it’s the antithesis of quick growth and timely exit, that’d be accurate.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 25, 2021

In a year marred by the coronavirus pandemic, it seems that early-stage startups on the African continent are continuing to see some notable growth, both in terms of their business and from investors looking to back them. . Half of its portfolio companies are backed by YC and other global accelerators. The rest were unannounced.

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Gust

SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

In recent years, startup accelerators such as Y Combinator, TechStars or 500 Startups, blogs including Venture Hacks, Fred Wilson’s A VC and Mark Suster’s Both Sides of the Table, and other resources have contributed to closing this knowledge gap.

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Gust

JANUARY 22, 2014

It is used by hundreds of thousands of companies in 195 countries to organize all of their investor relations material; it is used by over a thousand angel investor networks, venture capital funds and startup accelerators to manage their deal flow and collaboration; and it is used by over 50,000 individual accredited angel investors in 75 countries (..)

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American Entrepreneurship

MAY 17, 2024

NJ FAST will allow for new entrepreneurs to bring their world-class ideas to New Jersey, increasing our state’s already impressive talent pool, all while capitalizing on the resources and expertise of our partners at Stevens Institute of Technology. million in the fintech accelerator. Plug and Play invests in over 250 companies a year.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 15, 2020

While finance and media are typically concentrated in São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, Salvador, a city of three million in the state of Bahia, is considered one of Brazil’s cultural capitals. As with counterparts in the United States, Brazil’s Black founders have less access to capital. Like counterparts in the U.S.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Like the startup ecosystem itself, accelerators change with time. Y Combinator, perhaps the best-known startup accelerator, has also evolved. It now offers more capital to chosen companies than ever and is in the process of working out how its program will operate in a post-COVID world.

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StartupNation

AUGUST 8, 2021

Related: This Entrepreneur Shares How She Bootstrapped Her Startup (and How You Can, Too). Asking friends and family for capital is always an option. If a bank doesn’t believe in your idea, the startup community might — and there’s a good chance they’ll give you a lot of money if they do. Accelerators.

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Founder Bounty

OCTOBER 1, 2022

Apply for an accelerator if you think its worth doing. Accelerators like YC can provide real value to any startup or business and we have written a bunch of articles on this so make sure to check them out! Vlad Kozul Is Techstars accelerator worth doing? Market the product and continue to grow the product.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 13, 2021

The CertifID tool is used by real estate companies to insure and accelerate transactions with financial institutions for real estate purchases. An AI-based online youth athlete coaching startup, MaxOne raised $3.5 million in Series A startup funding in mid-2021. They are wire fraud prevention for real estate. FirstIgnite.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 8, 2021

As we get into our dive into Q3 2021 venture capital numbers, one region in particular has our attention: Europe. While venture capital gains in markets like India, Latin America and the larger African startup ecosystem have proved impressive, Europe has posted strong results of its own. Let’s talk Europe!

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AsiaTechDaily

MAY 17, 2023

However, the upcoming revisions will expand the involvement of private companies in the screening process, creating a more efficient and supportive environment for foreign entrepreneurs entering Japan’s startup market.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 5, 2023

Y Combinator, the startup accelerator that has launched the likes of Instacart, Stripe and Airbnb, has broadened its investing lens in recent years, backing companies all over Africa and India, and beyond. In many ways, it’s a new era – but in some, it’s a return to the accelerator’s former geographic roots.

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