NZ Entrepreneur

MARCH 16, 2025

James Burnes: Ministry of Awesome is a startup ecosystem organisation that is on a mission to drive New Zealand’s economic growth through founder-led innovation. We do run the Christchurch Startup Hub, Te O Haka, on the Ara campus here in Christchurch, where I’m sitting today.

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Jason Malki

JANUARY 29, 2025

She has also been successful as part of the Board Member and leadership team driving the investments from Lux Capital, Initialized, Bain Capital, the investment arm of Bain & Company and others. You can follow me on LinkedIn for updates on my journey and insights into entrepreneurship. Thank you so much for joiningus!

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Startup Catalyst

AUGUST 15, 2018

There’s an entire ecosystem that I would say sits within the broader startup ecosystem: the scaleups. You would call a business a startup when they’re getting to be cash flow positive or at least getting some decent monthly recurring revenue. Get on a board. Tweet this quote ). The rise of the scale up.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Over the last five years, Brazil has witnessed a startup boom. The main startups hubs in the country have traditionally been São Paulo and Belo Horizonte, but now a new wave of cities are building their own thriving local startup ecosystems, including Recife with Porto Digital hub and Florianópolis with Acate.

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AsiaTechDaily

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

ALSP’s Executive Vice President and Automera board member, Alice Chen, expressed ALSP’s collaboration with the Singapore biotech community to enhance the technological advancements and programs being developed by Automera.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Paytm has raised $1.104 billion in India’s largest-ever anchor round as part of its initial public offering, which is also shaping up to be the nation’s largest, as the poster child of the Indian startup ecosystem moves closer to listing in the public markets.

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HPA

MARCH 22, 2024

“Thrilled to have supported the Packback co-founding team’s journey for over a decade, since their college days”, says Corey Ferengul, Packback Board Member and HPA Member. Packback has been a foundational startup in building Chicago’s startup ecosystem.

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Revolution

OCTOBER 29, 2019

Indeed, our tour is a key part of our investment strategy, as it provides us with the opportunity to really understand the dynamics of a particular startup ecosystem. We launched our jobs board a year ago with more than 1,500 jobs featured in cities outside of Silicon Valley. (A: Tell us more!).” and Puerto Rico.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 5, 2011

I’m inspired by the enthusiasm of the young, emerging startup ecosystem that is here. But what is often not talked about is that those investments lead to 8-10 board meetings every year of which it would be hoped that the “outside the region&# VC would attend 6-8 of them in person.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Green, who has collected a series of accolades, including being honored in Time’s 100 Most Influential People and named a Top 20 Venture Capitalists by The New York Times, currently serves as a board member on several portfolio companies, including Glossier, Faire, Hims-Hers, Curated, Ritual and Modern Fertility.

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TechCrunch

MAY 12, 2023

The large financing round in Byju’s comes at a time when the Indian startup ecosystem is reeling from a funding crunch amid weakening global economy. Byju’s has received the approval from its board of directors to go ahead with the IPO of Aakash, and it’s gearing up to file the paper work.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Israeli serial entrepreneur Zohar Zisapel, a member of Cylus’ board, also joined the round. . 2020 was a record year for Israel’s security startup ecosystem. LG is acquiring automotive cybersecurity startup Cybellum in a $240M deal.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

The funding winter for the startup ecosystem may continue for another 12 to 18 months and the industry might have to grapple with a “lot of turmoil and volatility,” e-commerce giant Flipkart chief executive Kalyan Krishnamurthy has warned executives. This is going to be tough next year. Walmart-owned Flipkart, last valued at $37.6

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Revolution

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

On August 3rd, we boarded our new “home”: a 25 foot Jayco RV. Slowing of the brain drain is critical for cities looking to accelerate the growth of a robust startup ecosystem. We’re proud to be backing Understory, a weather analytics startup that was founded here. Learned a lot. Progress since then has been impressive.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

It’s also part of an industry trend with a number of Kubernetes security startups coming off the board in the last year as bigger companies look to enhance their container security chops by buying the talent and technology. Alcide was founded in 2016 in Tel Aviv, part of the active Israeli security startup scene.

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Angel Capital Association

JULY 17, 2023

Left to right: Representative Richard Neal , ACA Board Member, Managing Director and Found of North Coast Ventures Clay Rankin , ACA CEO Pat Gouhin , Rich Palmer , Managing Director, Launchpad Venture Group. ACA represents our members, but we invite investors to lend their efforts - a combined voice matters.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 13, 2022

For the past decade, Gener8tor has been working to shift that by spinning up accelerators in local communities that have money but are underserved in terms of startup support. We spoke with the Gener8tor founders about why they are passionate about thinking about the startup ecosystem a little differently.

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Angel Capital Association

DECEMBER 11, 2023

This is the time of year when ACA reaches out to our angel community seeking nominations for both the Angel Capital Association’s FY 2025 Board of Directors and committee volunteers to help ACA continue to grow and support our work on angel investing. You can learn more about ACA's current Board, mission, vision and values here.

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Andreessen Horowitz

MAY 6, 2024

Executives could be preparing for a big board meeting, quarterly earnings calls, or managing very large teams. Being an investor means being prepared for the ebbs and flows of the startup ecosystem. Staying informed and engaged with the latest innovations, industry shifts, and the broader startup ecosystem is key.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 3, 2022

“In meeting and talking to founders, I saw interesting talent coming here, but there was no support, and startups were very undercapitalized and had low valuations,” Pavlyukovskyy said. “We He says when looking at the New Zealand startup ecosystem, it is similar to Israel and Singapore, and has “fountains of talent.”

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 17, 2023

More posts by this contributor Canada is North America’s up-and-coming startup center Brazil: A look into Latin America’s largest startup ecosystem Fraser Gillies Contributor Fraser Gillies is a principal at Publicize, a PR firm for growth-stage startups and technology firms.

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

That was the moment when the idea for the Sacramento Startup Ecosystem Subway Map was born. A subway map visual metaphor isn’t necessarily the best way to represent your ecosystem. Their Stakeholder mapping tool works well to depict entrepreneurial ecosystems. There are a lot of other ways. Don’t go it alone.

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Founders Coop

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

It’s a different kind of milestone for me as an investor: 10 years ago I led the company’s Seed round and joined the board, where I served until the Series C. And the most enduring lesson of all is how long it takes to build anything of real value, whether it’s a company, a venture firm, or a startup ecosystem.

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AsiaTechDaily

MARCH 30, 2022

Committing to enabling startups When Kickstart was established in 2012, the Philippine startup ecosystem was at its nascent stage. Ambitious and promising startups abound, but none managed to scale as fast or as large as those in neighboring countries. on its first year.

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TechCrunch

JULY 21, 2022

” Joyce Sidopoulos is a co-founder of MassRobotics, a community and advocacy group for the sector’s startup ecosystem. But when you actually go to manufacturing, the manufacturer will say, we can’t put that board on top of that, we can’t assemble it that way.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

JULY 1, 2021

Monica came back from a morning coffee with one of her Board members, Albert. Corporate Innovation people are useful to startups because they contextualize the company needs to the startup ecosystem, and they contextualize the startup ecosystem back to the company. Joe, I had an interesting talk with Albert.

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David Teten VC

MARCH 1, 2022

How to win consulting, board, operating, and investment roles with private equity and venture capital funds (video). Venture Partners may also consult with companies directly or serve on boards, in which case we’ll expedite their being compensated directly by the relevant company. How to find a job as a VC scout.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 20, 2022

” Lixandru’s portfolio includes leading the Series A for white-boarding and visual collaboration startup Miro (before she moved to Sequoia). “We think that great founders come from everywhere [and] we want to give these opportunities to founders everywhere.”

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Feedough

APRIL 14, 2021

Investors not getting an equal share of the company’s net worth is one of the controversial issues in the startup ecosystem. Thus, before striking off an acquihire contract, buyers should consider these factors: They must seek legal advice and approval from the board and stockholders.

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Haystack

DECEMBER 26, 2018

Much of this can trickle down into the startup ecosystem. A successful seed investor once remarked to me that he views “the traditional seed round” today for a good or proven founder to be akin to having a “ free first move on the chess board.”

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Founders Coop

AUGUST 7, 2018

It’s incredible to look back at how far our startup ecosystem has come in that time. It has been 10 years since we created Founders’ Co-op to provide first-check support to the best founding teams in the Pacific Northwest, and this month I started recruiting for the 10th Techstars Seattle class (that program will kick off in 1Q19).

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TechCrunch

JULY 26, 2021

As an influential figure in Nigeria’s tech ecosystem, Soyombo has access to almost any important deal in the market. I’ve built that network within the startup ecosystem and reputation as an angel always ready to help. Often, his deal flows are filled with startups seeking six-figure pre-seed to seed investments.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 19, 2021

East Ventures co-founder and managing partner Willson Cuaca will join Qapita’s board. Qapita currently serves clients in Indonesia, Singapore and India, focusing on startups. Its goal is to create more liquidity and re-investment in the Indian and Southeast Asian startup ecosystems by making it easier to issue equity.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 19, 2022

What I typically see in the startup ecosystem are that most VCs prefer investing in a C corporation created in Delaware (Delaware C-corp). That’s primarily because Delaware laws protect investors, and Delaware C-corps can distribute two or more classes of stock and stock options to employees, investors, and board members.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 16, 2023

The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) last week sent ripples in startup ecosystems around the world, and it is emerging that millions of dollars held by African startups and venture capital funds at the bank were at stake, until the U.S. Federal Reserve acted to save the day.

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Angel Capital Association

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Ronald Weissman, Chair of the Angel Capital Association Board of Directors. The ACA Summit provides a forum for angel investors to share best practices, discuss the impact of regulatory changes, and, above all, become better angels that improve outcomes for all stakeholders of startup ecosystems everywhere.”

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TechCrunch

JUNE 28, 2022

“We are entering a new era for venture funding, with a new generation of global founders needing support to build iconic companies from scratch,” said Hoffman, who is also an Entrepreneur First board member, in a statement. ”

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