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Hacking Innovation Education in New York

This is going to be BIG.

If schools are going to participate in the growth of NYC’s innovation ecology, they’re going to have to change the way they operate, or they’re going to get lapped and left behind. Schools need to become more physical hubs for collaboration—I’d love to see more schools contribute event space to the community.

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One social entrepreneur and activist’s mission to defend the environment and indigenous communities in Venezuela

Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

Currently, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we are in the midst of restructuring and adapting to the restrictions on our work in the country; the intention is to use virtual platforms to carry out our purpose and we have been doing so through online conferences and collaborative remote work. What are you most passionate about in your work?

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10 Key Buildings in the Brooklyn Innovation Community

This is going to be BIG.

It's even more relevant now that I've started the first venture capital fund in Brooklyn-- Brooklyn Bridge Ventures --and invested in four Brooklyn based companies. Anyone who was doing something new and cutting edge should feel connected to each other--whether or not they are building a venture backed startup. via DumboNYC. Barclays Center.

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China’s Ellipspace Receives 100 Million Yuan Funding for Satellite Innovation

AsiaTechDaily

Ling Daihong, a founding partner of Danen Capital and a longstanding shareholder of Ellipspace, expressed admiration for the company’s entrepreneurial scientists who possess exceptional qualities such as a deep understanding of scientific research and dedication to creating superior products and services and an insatiable drive to succeed.

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Holey Grail Donuts bites into $9M for Los Angeles retail expansion

TechCrunch

Dreiling, who was previously doing ecological engineering in Oregon, teamed up with his sister, Hana Dreiling, a private chef in Kauai, Hawaii, to start Holey Grail Donuts. The $9 million combines both a Series A, led by Collaborative Fund and Lee Fixel, and a seed round led by True Ventures.

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Nana nabs $6M for an online academy and marketplace dedicated to appliance repair

TechCrunch

The seed round is being led by Shripriya Mahesh of Spero Ventures, and Next Play Ventures (ex-LinkedIn CEO Jeff Weiner’s new fund), Lachy Groom, Scott Belsky, Geoff Donaker of Burst Capital, and Michael Staton of Learn Capital are among those also participating. Nana has now raised $10.7 “There are 5.9

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Spain’s ten-year plan to put startups in the economic driving seat

TechCrunch

And that sometimes the public sector makes the investment that not even the riskier of venture capital funds can do. “So first, for example, for investment — what if big companies start investing more and more than they are actually doing? Meaning that the political administration, it’s more agile.

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