TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

The firm has an Amsterdam, Copenhagen and Tel Aviv presence, and now has a $160 million sack of funds to deploy across its focus areas: sustainability and technological innovation in the construction, real estate and manufacturing industries. Sebastian Peck and Talia Rafaeli are heading up the new sustainability fund for Kompas.

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American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 30, 2025

Despite the IPOs scale, investor enthusiasm was tempered by concerns over CoreWeaves financial sustainability. This collaboration represents the best of what private-public partnerships can achieve, said Brian Venturo, CoreWeaves chief strategy officer. The company reported $1.92

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 15, 2021

1) Sustainability (ESG) and the Simple Green Initiative for a brighter future. Sustainability is not just a flashpoint in American presidential elections — it also represents a core tenet of our society as a whole. Shutterstock. 2) Global collaboration and the transformation of modern business models through remote software.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

DECEMBER 31, 2019

2/ The massive experiment in using capital as a moat to build startups into sustainable businesses has now played out and we can call it a failure for the most part. WeWork was a fast follower with this strategy and failed to get to the public markets and is undergoing a massive restructuring that will determine the fate of that business.

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Startup Blogpost

AUGUST 18, 2023

19 Strategies for Managing Risk in a Startup In this article, we explore nineteen different strategies for managing risk in startups, shared by founders, CEOs, and other industry professionals. This way, we made more informed decisions and reduced the risk of failure.

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Revolution

MAY 11, 2023

At the end of the day, you want a thought partner who’s aligned with your strategy.” There’s a cottage industry of folks figuring out how to stack tax credits from the inflation Reduction Act to accelerate sustainable initiatives. Think of who you want to partner with one, five, and ten years down the line.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

As EO Accelerator graduates and business partners, they have unique insights on growing their revenue while maintaining a partnership. . Octane: EO Accelerator is EO’s program for first-stage entrepreneurs. How did you hear about EO Accelerator? Once you graduated from EO Accelerator, you both joined EO as full members.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 2, 2023

What is your strategy for hiring the ideal team amid post-pandemic Quiet Quitting ? Leverage support organizations Vietnam has multiple support organizations to help entrepreneurs navigate these complex issues and create sustained business growth. Talent shortage: Skilled employees are hard to find.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 29, 2024

Let’s dive a bit deeper into the concept of the 13-week race, its benefits, and how it can be a game-changer for businesses looking to accelerate their growth. The 13-week race is a focused and time-bound strategy designed to help businesses make substantial progress in a relatively short period. What is the 13-Week Race?

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Juno , a proptech startup which aims to build more sustainable and affordable apartment buildings, has raised $20 million in a Series A funding round. Like other players in the space, Juno of course touts an approach that it says is far more sustainable than traditional construction methods. Scherr told TechCrunch.

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American Entrepreneurship

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

The early-stage investment fund’s vertical specialties span real estate, finance, insurance, and sustainability. They are a global resource for connections and talent that accelerate startups and early-stage companies. “MV Moderne’s Core Funds invest in technology companies with between $2-20 million in revenue.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 24, 2023

Contributed by Chris Kirksey, an EO member in Austin who is the founder and CEO of Direction , an SEO software and services company that helps entrepreneurs set their online strategy in the right direction to accelerate sales, grow the business, and dominate your market. Let’s dive into my four-step process.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

Using examples from Airbnb, Uber and others, he shares several strategies for avoiding the most common pitfalls, along with the pitch deck framework Slidebean uses with most of its clients. Here’s where MLOps is accelerating enterprise AI adoption. Accelerating AI adoption. 4 strategies for setting marketplace take rates.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Many consumers and companies want to reduce their impact on the environment but may not know where to start or how to sustain the necessary changes. He argues that sustainability and climate action doesn’t need to be complicated. want businesses to help them be more sustainable. want businesses to help them be more sustainable.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 18, 2020

The global software as a service (SaaS) industry is sustaining its steep growth trajectory, but developing and pricing professional services is oftentimes a difficult proposition for SaaS companies. To execute this strategy, a SaaS company may increase its subscription price, although not by much. More posts by this contributor.

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HPA

JANUARY 8, 2025

With market-leading positions in several natural snacking segments and abundant white space for future growth, Simple Mills perfectly aligns with Flowers strategy of adding compelling brands that complement and diversify its existing portfolio. (NYSE: FLO) for $795 m illion in cash.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

So if we can accelerate that, I think that makes a lot of sense to me from a carbon removal standpoint. I don’t know if this is true for all industries, but I think creating more sustainable solutions is something that we see consumer demand for as well. What do you think the next big trend is in this space, and why?

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 22, 2018

Like the EO members who are making an #EOImpact in their support of United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) , Alice believes that business leaders are in a position to solve the greatest problems facing our world today: climate change, resource scarcity and social dynamism.

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Dream It

APRIL 8, 2020

Jason sat down with Steve Barsh , Managing Partner of Dreamit, to give founders relevant downturn strategies. Runway is a crucial indicator of survival that signifies your company’s future financial ability to sustain operations. If you cannot sustain operations for 18 months, cut your burn rate so you can extend your runway.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 6, 2022

Now, the plan is to take on some funding to accelerate that with more investments into R&D and product development, more global deals, and M&A to bring in more functionality and to enter new markets. “Firstly, companies are caught in a state of flux, faced with commerce anarchy that the pandemic has accelerated,” he said.

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Founders Coop

JANUARY 11, 2023

Our firm’s original premise was – and remains – dead simple: Seattle is a global gravity well for engineering talent, thanks to the sustained excellence and corresponding human capital needs of Amazon and Microsoft. We’re currently investing out of our fifth core fund, and since inception have backed 125 founding teams as GPs.

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Onevest

APRIL 21, 2015

Exit Strategy: Does a startup have a clear exit strategy in place? Sustainability: Some startups by their very nature may be “flash-in-the-pan.” If the startup cannot demonstrate sustainability, then there won't be many investors willing to purchase that equity from you, at least not in a way which will maximize profits.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Climate change is here, and this is going to accelerate.” Analysis could show that in 5-10 years that will no longer be a sustainable rate and will cause issues downriver, since there’s before and after data showing the factory’s effects. These issues would end up costing the company $40 million over that period.

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AsiaTechDaily

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Register MISSION+ has announced the addition of Ned Lowe as the company’s Chief Technology Officer (CTO) to lead efforts to accelerates support for fintechs and insurtechs across Southeast Asia. Username or Email Address. Remember Me. No account yet?

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American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 19, 2025

Under Governor Murphys leadership, the NJEDA has focused on supporting cutting-edge industries like AI, creating family-sustaining jobs for residents and bolstering the states innovation economy, said NJEDA Chief Executive Officer Tim Sullivan. For more information, including additional eligibility requirements, click here.

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AsiaTechDaily

MAY 1, 2023

The funds will be used to fuel HOMA2U’s regional expansion plans, accelerate product development, and expand its market capitalization value, while promoting a circular economy within the renovation and interior design industry. In 2021, HOMA2U secured a series of funding amounting to RM2.4

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Source Link

MAY 10, 2022

On Thursday, April 21, SourceLink hosted Building Rural Communities Through Entrepreneurship , a webinar on strategies for growing rural communities through entrepreneurship-led economic development. Youth entrepreneurship and community cohorts can also help drive more entrepreneurship in rural regions. Storytelling is a powerful tool.

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TechCrunch

JULY 5, 2022

million seed round of funding a year after being founded and a few months since it presented at the accelerator’s Winter 2022 Demo Day in March. But the startup’s premise is also that more sustainable forestry management can generate extra carbon credits for forest owners, too. eAgronom closes $7.4M

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 20, 2022

Greenlabs, founded in 2017 by Scott Sungwoo Choi, Shin and Luke Donghyun Ahn, wants to digitize the entire value chain of agriculture space from crop production to distribution with a mission to address the global food supply problem in a sustainable way.

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AsiaTechDaily

JULY 6, 2023

Register Hong Kong-based Brinc, a renowned global venture accelerator, has announced the launch of its Climate Tech program, specifically tailored for early-stage startups in the field of climate technology. Headquartered in Hong Kong Brinc is a prominent global venture accelerator that operates 13 accelerator programs across seven countries.

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Tomasz Tunguz

FEBRUARY 5, 2023

It’s also the reason changing strategies can be expensive. First, companies with bigger balance sheets can sustain higher monthly burn rates, which fuels growth. This GTM flywheel accelerates & decelerates startups’ market share. in monthly net burn [1]. NDR ; constant sales efficiency. [2]

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Impact Hub

DECEMBER 1, 2021

What if all startup incubators and accelerators integrated design principles that foster circularity? Circularity-focused incubation and acceleration programs already exist, but there are two problems: There aren’t enough of them to transform the private sector as a whole. of the global economy is circular.

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American Entrepreneurship

MAY 17, 2024

The two entities will oversee NJ FAST’s accelerator program with an opportunity to make equity investments into select participating companies. million in the fintech accelerator. From 2020 to 2022, Plug and Play was the most active startup accelerator in the world, according to CB Insights.

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AsiaTechDaily

DECEMBER 11, 2022

His appointment come as Airwallex aims to rapidly accelerate its growth globally and in the APAC in 2023. As its new CRO, Kai will be responsible for the implementation of the company’s global revenue strategy.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

OCTOBER 9, 2020

After years of working tirelessly and getting (pushing) our business onto the right track, we achieved stability and have been able to sustain growth several years in a row—but many mistakes were made along the way. No bank would even consider us for financing, so we had to find a way to make it all work. A tough situation to say the least.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 24, 2022

billion for its fifth growth-investment strategy as of April, and it’s reportedly in the market for a $500 million early-stage fund at the moment. And it was the beginning of the crazy VC funding acceleration period that gets started in the second half of 2020. General Catalyst, for example, closed on $4.6

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

The pandemic has accelerated and exacerbated the situation. We need to shi f t our economic development strategies to startup community building, (also referred to as entrepreneurial ecosystem building), as the primary approach to rebuilding our cities’ economies. Building Startup Communities is the Way to Economic Growth and Recovery.

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