American Entrepreneurship

JULY 19, 2024

Bullpen Capital has invested over $3 million into The Many Company TRENTON, N.J. July 17, 2024) – The New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA) Board today approved an investment from the New Jersey Innovation Evergreen Fund (NJIEF) into an emerging women-led company, The Many Company.

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OurCrowd

OCTOBER 4, 2024

The post [Kando in Startup News] Kando secures $10M investment to accelerate innovation in wastewater intelligence and enhance global wastewater quality with GenAI appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.

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Revolution

JANUARY 18, 2024

Revolution Ventures Invests in Kashable, the Fintech Leading the Socially Responsible, Employer-Sponsored Credit Movement The $25.6M The company’s innovative model enables approval in minutes, with no hidden fees, no prepayment penalties, and automatic repayments through payroll deductions. For more on Kashable, visit kashable.com.

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

JUNE 25, 2024

Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Central and Northern PA (Ben Franklin CNP) continues its mission of catalyzing innovation and fostering growth in the technology sector with its recent investments in eight dynamic companies. This innovative approach is set to make significant contributions to cancer research and treatment. .

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American Entrepreneurship

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

NVIDIA Joins to support next generation of global cloud security companies Global cybersecurity leader CrowdStrike announced it is accepting applications for its second annual Cybersecurity Startup Accelerator with Amazon WebServices (AWS). Accelerator participants represent the U.S.

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American Entrepreneurship

OCTOBER 31, 2024

The company’s recent close of a Series C round was led by Development Partners International’s African Development Partners (ADP) III Fund, joined by first-time investors G oogle’s Africa Investment Fund and Verod Capital – a leading African private equity firm. Global impact firm Lightrock, an existing investor, also participated.

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500

JUNE 9, 2020

From taking all aspects of our accelerators digital (including our Demo Day) to rethinking the opportunities of the future, we’ve taken this moment to analyze what innovations can come from this time and new opportunities that arise from our changing environment. As a VC firm, we’ve had to adapt many aspects of our business as well.

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American Entrepreneurship

MAY 17, 2024

NJ FAST is the fourth Strategic Innovation Center in the state and will support research and development, innovation, and entrepreneurship in the Fintech and Insuretech Sectors HOBOKEN, N.J. The Strategic Innovation Center (SIC) will serve as a hub for financial technology (fintech) and insurance technology (insuretech) startups.

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Revolution

OCTOBER 3, 2022

Today, the nation’s political hub is gaining increasing traction as an innovation capital where game-changing startups start and scale, including Revolution-backed Sweetgreen , FiscalNote , Homesnap , and Cava. Over the next few decades, the company served as a tech engine throughout the region. Order your copy today.

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American Entrepreneurship

OCTOBER 14, 2023

First Complete Cycle of Investment Under Novel State Program Benefits Newark Provider of HR Gaming Platform TRENTON, N.J. October 12, 2023) – The New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA) Board today approved the first investment in an emerging New Jersey company from the New Jersey Innovation Evergreen Fund (NJIEF).

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American Entrepreneurship

AUGUST 6, 2024

Identify and access management company Okta will award up to $500K as an investment to the winner of its inaugural SaaS startup competition. The company seeks the latest application innovations underway using identity, privacy, and security-enabled workflows. Okta’s platform helps startups develop identity-enabled applications.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

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.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Internet giant Google announced today that it has made the first investment from its Africa Investment Fund in Ugandan super app SafeBoda. Before launching the fund, Google proved helpful in startups’ journeys via its Google for Startups Accelerator Africa program. Google sets up $50M fund to invest in African startups.

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AsiaTechDaily

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Register Gyeonggi-do Business and Science Accelerator (CEO Kang Sung-cheon) is holding an online event to match global venture capital firms with innovative startup companies in Pangyo. He added, “GBSA will continue to actively support innovative startups in Pangyo so that they can expand their business in the global market”.

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AsiaTechDaily

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Register Cosmos Innovation , a Singapore-based AI-first firm specializing in developing next-gen perovskite silicon tandem (PST) solar cell technology, has successfully secured $19.7 Cosmos Innovation’s Series A round also witnessed participation from various notable investors. million in total funding.

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AsiaTechDaily

JUNE 7, 2024

The Ministry of Higher Education, Science, Research, and Innovation, through the National Innovation Agency (NIA), is strengthening international partnerships to support innovation. Recently, NIA signed a memorandum of understanding with […]

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AsiaTechDaily

DECEMBER 30, 2022

Register Bynder, a global player in Digital Asset Management (DAM), received the much-needed boost for its operations with new investments coming from Thomas H. The company recently announced that it received a majority investment from (THL), a premier private equity firm investing in growth companies. Lee Partners, L.P.

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AsiaTechDaily

DECEMBER 7, 2023

The financial institution recently organized the ‘2023 HUB Day,’ a startup demo day held at the KB Innovation Hub Center in Seocho-gu, Seoul. Additionally, state-run investment agencies actively participated, indicating a concerted effort to explore further collaborations that could contribute to the growth of promising startups.

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

OCTOBER 23, 2023

A groundbreaking advancement in electric vehicle (EV) charging technology is set to transform the industry as Greenville-based startup, Advanced Power & Energy, secures a significant investment of $500,000 from the Mercer County Innovation Fund, in collaboration with Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Central & Northern Pennsylvania.

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AsiaTechDaily

MAY 11, 2023

Register Tenity, a fintech accelerator formerly known as F10, has launched the XRP Ledger (XRPL) in the Asia Pacific region. The 12-week XRPL Accelerator program is set to begin in August 2023 and will be based in Singapore. Bookmark ( 0 ) Please login to bookmark Username or Email Address Password Remember Me No account yet?

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Techstars , a network of startup accelerators and an investment company, is launching a new accelerator in Paris called Techstars Sustainability Paris. This isn’t the first time that Techstars is running an accelerator in France as the company originally launched Techstars Paris in 2017.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 6, 2023

The global economic and political turmoil of the past year has had a meaningful impact on corporate innovation in the technology industry and beyond. All of these factors have led to belt-tightening in the corporate world, layoffs and hiring freezes and a more conservative investment posture from the investment community.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 20, 2022

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. based startups.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 1, 2022

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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Revolution

JULY 21, 2022

At scale, Meati’s innovative growing process can produce the meat equivalent of 4,500 cows every 24 hours and requires less than 1% of the water and land than conventional industrial meat production demands. Accelerate the diversification of Meati’s product portfolio. ? market leader in plant-based meat by 2025. The funds will: ?

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Inferencing chips accelerate the AI inferencing process, which is where AI systems generate outputs (e.g., “Most companies that can leverage AI don’t have the funds nor the huge R&D that Amazon, Meta and other huge companies investing in AI have. . The growing demand for AI, particularly generative AI (i.e.,

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

When Female Invest launched in 2019, it did so with the goal of creating a community where women who wanted to invest in the stock market, but weren’t sure where to start, could gain the knowledge and confidence to take the plunge. Now, its users will be able to do so all within the Female Invest platform.

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Paul G. Silva

JUNE 14, 2023

From 2003-2022 the River Valley Investors operated as a traditional angel group, investing in nearly 100 startups. For posterity, here are some of the more recent investments… 2022 Hubly Surgical Hubly Surgical has an advanced drill, complete with auto-stop and visual feedback, to make medical drilling safe across underserved settings.

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Dream It

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

Matt Murphy and Grace Ge, Menlo Ventures Which trends are you most excited about in construction robotics from an investing perspective? We are active in construction with investments such as HOVER and Fieldwire and believe the entire sector is right for a digital and automation overhaul. About 10 percent of our time.

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AsiaTechDaily

MAY 16, 2023

Register Visa, digital payments corporation, has unveiled its partnership with seven promising startups in the Asia Pacific region through the Visa Accelerator Program. By partnering with Plug and Play, a renowned global innovation platform, Visa strengthens the impact of the Visa Accelerator Program 2023.

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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

DECEMBER 14, 2021

I’ve visited Brinc’s headquarters the last few times I’ve been to Hong Kong, and been impressed with the range of different startups the accelerator works with. Last year, the pair launched the blockchain/NFT accelerator Launchpad Luna. Hong Kong-based Animoca Brands appears to be playing a big role in the move.

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American Entrepreneurship

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Funding supports innovative technology companies that are taking community banks into the future. Strategic investment fund BankTech Ventures invests in companies that are developing innovative technologies that enhance the ability of community banks to serve their customers.

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AsiaTechDaily

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

This 10-month regional accelerator program is designed to promote and nurture innovations in Responsible AI in South and Southeast Asia. AI4Health Asia offers entrepreneurs tailored support, seed funding of up to USD 6250, peer learning and coaching, mentoring, technical assistance, investment readiness, and follow-on funding. “At

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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. There is huge potential for Africa to become a thriving hub of digital innovation on the global start-up landscape.

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Revolution

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

In 2017, we partnered with iconic leaders in American business to turn the thesis we developed on the road — that great companies can start and scale anywhere when given a chance — into an investment vehicle. In the last decade, we’ve socialized several Rise of the Rest-isms to describe investments that check those boxes.

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American Entrepreneurship

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

million from strategic investors ServiceNow and Cisco Investments, and existing investors including Battery Ventures and CRV. We are thrilled that both ServiceNow and Cisco Investments have chosen to invest in Nobl9.” We are excited to invest in Nobl9’s latest round and watch as they transform the space.”

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