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How to run a startup accelerator

Founders Coop

One of the questions I heard most often from commenters was: “if Techstars is an example of a failed accelerator, what does a good one look like?” This post is an effort to unpack what’s required of a startup accelerator to truly serve the needs of high-performing founders. This has not been our experience.

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Incubate Fund Asia Closes $30M Fund to Boost Early-Stage Startups in India and Southeast Asia

AsiaTechDaily

Incubate Fund Asia, a venture capital firm from Japan, has successfully closed its third fund with a total corpus of $30 million (approximately Rs 252 crore). Despite falling short of […]

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New Startup Accelerator for Battery Innovation Accepting Applications

American Entrepreneurship

Part of this initiative was used to open the new accelerator ChargeUp in upstate New York , focusing on battery innovations. Companies participating in the accelerator program, which is mostly remote, benefit from the region’s growing battery industry cluster enabled by New Energy New York ( NENY). awarded a $4.5 25, 2024, 1–2 p.m.

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LG and the hunt for the next-gen corporate incubator

TechCrunch

Whatever you do, don’t refer to LG’s incubator program LG Nova as a corporate venture capital (CVC) outfit. Because of that, they invest in companies with the potential to grow the market value. And a financial investment is just one part of that. So far, that sounds like any other corporate incubator.

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

TechCrunch

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. Corporate interest in startup investing has cooled this year , posting declines in deal value for four quarters and deal volume for two.

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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. Angel investments in 2022 equaled those from 2006 to 2011 combined. 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.

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Microsoft partners with VCs, accelerators to back 10,000 startups in Africa

TechCrunch

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. “Our