Y Combinator

AUGUST 5, 2019

In short, Paul Graham predicted that there would be way more startups, that they’d be cheaper to start, that new kinds of investors would fund them, that founders would be more technical, and that founders would keep control of their companies. Founders increasingly retained control of their company.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 17, 2020

million seed round led by Founders Fund, an early investor in SpaceX, backed by Luminous Ventures, 7percent Ventures and Entrepreneur First. Co-founder (and Star Trek fan) Dr Thomas Clayson did a PhD in plasma physics, working on advanced electromagnetic fields. Magdrive has just closed a £1.4

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TechCrunch

MAY 13, 2022

Postmates founder Bastian Lehmann’s new crypto startup TipTop was lightly teased out a few weeks ago, but now the stealth startup is sharing some info on its early funding, though there’s not much info on what they’re actually doing with that money.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 28, 2016

It’s your business – why not keep it? Steer clear of any accelerator and incubator programs that invest in their participant businesses but also take ownership. Founders of fast-growth companies often find that a peer group doubles as a strategy session and therapy.

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NZ Entrepreneur

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

In 2014 Niesh co-founder, Jae Yoo, now 26, had $10 in his bank account, and had to choose between printing past papers for exam study, or feeding himself. Niesh worked with ecentre, the startup business incubator at Massey University, as part of the Sprint Launch programme, focusing on growth through customer acquisition.

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UBI Global

JUNE 5, 2019

Founder and CEO James Mawson and his team created an exciting event full of impactful collaborations, new technology, and insights on uncovering startups. How Innovation Will Survive and Thrive Last week’s GCV Symposium was a fantastic event that brought the venture capital ecosystem together.

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AsiaTechDaily

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Entrepreneurs are drawn to Singapore’s comprehensive support system, which has business-incubating infrastructure, tax incentives, substantial government subsidies, and strong international connections. This article serves as a resource for aspiring entrepreneurs eyeing Singapore as their business launchpad.

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AsiaTechDaily

JUNE 8, 2023

Register Antler , a business incubator and startup accelerator based in Singapore, has successfully raised $285 million for its emerging growth fund, Antler Elevate. Empowering Founders and Shaping the Future With the closure of the Antler Elevate fund, Antler solidifies its position as a key player in the global startup ecosystem.

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Revolution

MAY 21, 2019

Meet the five winning founders from Rise of the Rest 8.0 Also, utilize our ecosystem and engage support systems available such as our growing network of business accelerators, and the University of Central Florida Business Incubation Program, a support system from which AireHealth has benefited. What does your company do?

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 21, 2021

million and 50% of a total investment round for startups in the country or whose founders come from under-represented communities — Arab Israeli, ultra-Orthodox and women — in the high-tech industry. However, the decline may also be a function of large tech firms setting up incubation hubs to cut up and absorb talent.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Around 7,000 tech workers have joined the ranks of the Armed Forces or Territorial Defense Only last month, OneUkraine sprang up from a host of major European tech founders and investors, who plan to provide sustainable humanitarian relief for the Ukrainian people. Finmap A cash flow management service for businesses.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 1, 2022

Priyanka Srinivas is the co-founder and CEO of Live Green Co , a Chilean food tech startup that uses artificial intelligence to suggest plant-based alternatives for meat and artificial additives in food. Here are five things green founders should remember when seeking VC funding at this moment. Priyanka Srinivas. Contributor.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 9, 2022

It is more important than ever for founders to remain calm and be strategic. At M13, we have some thoughts about how founders should think about the market and their options as they navigate this period of volatility. Founders must consider a new timeline for the investment process. Valuations and dilution.

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TechCrunch

MAY 10, 2021

Alex Circei is CEO and co-founder of Waydev , a Git analytics tool that measures engineers' performance automatically. For many founders, Y Combinator is a coveted milestone on the entrepreneurial road. Y Combinator isn’t bluffing when it says it wants founders to make “something people want.”. Share on Twitter.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 9, 2021

Yin Wu, a three-time YC alum, is founder of Pulley , which offers cap table management tools that help companies better understand and optimize their equity. My company, Pulley, has helped more than a thousand founders build their cap table and equity structure. Contributor. Share on Twitter. Day 1: Incorporate.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 13, 2022

According to Mike Asem , a partner at the Midwest-focused M25 venture capital shop, the new terms help Y Combinator, but come with “tradeoffs” for the group and founders themselves. We asked investors and founders to weigh in on the matter. How will the new YC standard deal impact founders?

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TechCrunch

APRIL 18, 2022

In exchange for an unannounced percentage of ownership, “a16z START” will offer early-stage founders up to $1 million in venture capital. The remote-first program will accept founders on a rolling basis and wants to connect folks with partners for advice, potential customers or investors, and of course, other entrepreneurs.

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TechCrunch

JULY 23, 2021

In deep tech, it’s essential to think about founder-investor fit. And what it is that’s driving you, the founder, to do what you do. We, as investors, love to see methodical founders who can see the first step that will converge at the right moment of technical and business milestones. Timestamp: 6:09).

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TechCrunch

JUNE 22, 2022

Women founders are disadvantaged,” the director said. And that’s one of the things the investment in innovation will try to address: to take that gender and disadvantaged African founder lens and prioritize them when selecting the potential beneficiaries who will participate in the program.”.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Matt Cohen, founder and managing partner of Ripple Ventures , was the founding investor of Turnstyle Solutions, which was acquired by Yelp in 2017. As fundraising gets harder, founders should ask investors for a flat round. It is important for founders to recognize this and leverage their VCs during these times. Matt Cohen.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 16, 2021

In the scuffle, VCs are turning to scouts to do the legwork, but that has meant being yet another step removed from their founders. I’ve sat at both sides of the table as a founder and a VC, and I understand how difficult it is to get them on the same page. Techstars Equitech Accelerator ) and women founders (e.g.,

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TechCrunch

APRIL 12, 2022

We believe very much in the consumerism of healthcare, and what that means is you have to build healthcare around the consumer,” says founder and chairwoman Gina Bartasi. Arvind Gupta, an investor at Mayfield Fund and founder of accelerator IndieBio, reviews several hundred pitch decks each year. “In With 12 outlets in 10 U.S.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Framework has spun out of Founders Academy, the nine-month “free alternative-MBA” born out of Founders Forum, a private network of the world’s elite tech entrepreneurs, largely drawn from Europe. Members can also make 1:1 connections with each other. This is sometimes called “snackable” content.

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TechCrunch

JULY 4, 2022

To a lot of founders, an exit — or a “liquidation event,” as the legal buffs tend to refer to it — is the big pot of gold at the end of a very long and arduous journey. Second, your job as a founder is to build the best company you possibly can.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

Founder, and former President and CEO. Change begins with the acknowledgement that a very small fraction of the venture capital that flows to deals in Oklahoma, or nationally for that matter, is invested in women-owned businesses. Q&A with Meg Salyer. of Accel Financial Staffing. President and CEO, Broadway Realty.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Thus, the original list of 101 companies has ballooned to 267 as of February 2022 ( YC list isn’t exhaustive; some founders opt out of being listed ). According to her, when one or two YC-backed companies in a region begin to scale while raising huge amounts of capital, it inspires other founders to apply to YC.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

A few weeks ago, I found a Twitter thread by Sam DeBrule, co-founder and head of marketing of Heyday, who explained how he and his co-founder reduced customer churn by improving their onboarding process. Twitter Space: What can today’s founders learn from the 2000 dotcom bubble burst? I love it when a plan comes together.

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TechCrunch

JULY 19, 2021

Female Founder Award: The Live Green Co. In addition to the seven Category Winners announced, four Special Awards Winners were chosen because their innovations highlight the topical tech trends, promote diversity, and align with current events.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 23, 2021

Early-stage startup founders and investors need to keep their fingers on the sector’s very rapid pulse and the best place to do that is, you guessed it, TC Sessions: Mobility 2021 on June 9. When it comes to fast-moving technology, mobility zooms ahead of the pack — both literally and figuratively.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 5, 2022

Alto announced today that it has raised $40 million in Series B funding led by Advance Venture Partners , whose founder and managing partner David T. Alto hosts nearly 20,000 funded accounts representing close to $1 billion in assets, Satz said — and 40% of the accounts are dedicated to holding cryptocurrency, he added.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 18, 2021

” Talking about the criteria Techstars uses to select startups operating in the region, Sunil said the accelerator first looks at the founders and the team. Then, it checks if the team can provide more value and disrupt the industry they are playing in.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 27, 2022

The bigger slice of the funding pie comes as founders have to navigate a more uncertain capital landscape. Luisa Rubio Arribas is the head of Wayra X , Telefónica’s digital innovation hub offering funding, connections and expertise to mass-market-ready B2C startups.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 24, 2022

Other investors include the likes of early Zoom investors Maven Ventures, Bill Tai and Matt Ocko, early-stage funds Character.vc, Active Capital, Global Founders Capital, Rackhouse.vc Fathom founder and CEO Richard White. and Soma Capital, as well as the CEOs of Reddit, Twitch, Cruise, Mercury, People.ai, Snapdocs and Shogun.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 31, 2021

The global economy happens indoors,” said Fifth Wall co-founder Brendan Wallace, in a statement. We can’t undo the last five years… but we can make smart, massive investments in the climate infrastructure of the future,” wrote Donnel Baird, the chief executive and founder of BlocPower. Water and power infrastructure

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Impact Hub

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

We have had the opportunity to train more than 80 organizations in entrepreneurship support methodologies, as well as given them access to expert knowledge and best practices on topics like Community Building, Business Incubation and Finance. We have trained organizations in Morocco, Tunisia, Egypt, Palestine and Jordan via the MedUP!

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 27, 2021

“There are a lot of VCs out there,” explained founder and general partner Dakin Sloss about the concept behind the fund. “But there aren’t many VCs that are focused exclusively on breakthrough science, or deep tech.

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