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What Future for Accelerators?

Both Sides of the Table

There were a lot of requests for us to turn our mentorship program into a physical accelerator with a fund, office space and full-time staff. Sam is an uber-networker, savvy, helpful, product-oriented leader who had a great eye for young entrepreneurs and a passion about helping them. Demo’d to death. So we went for it.

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How do startup Accelerators work?

Gust

Most, but not all, will offer networking opportunities (with the exception of programs that focus heavily on one-on-one mentorship) and most, but not all, will offer some form of funding opportunities, either through direct investment or by leveraging their network of investors for targeted introductions or a demo day-style event.

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Free Money for Student Tech Founders

David Teten VC

Participants from all over the world are eligible to compete for more than $100,000 in prize money and also receive mentorship and other resources. Eligible startups compete to win funding, legal support, and mentorship totaling more than $100,000. It provides mentorship, networking, and equity-free grants up to $50,000.

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Meet the women-led web3 startups from Thousand Faces’ demo day

TechCrunch

Thousand Faces , a web3 community-based investment group, hosted its demo day on Wednesday with the top 10 startups from its Female Founder Accelerator program. The demo day coincided with International Women’s Day and featured women-led businesses focused on sustainable development goals (SDGs).

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Bridge2 Demo Day Returns, Highlighting Promising Oklahoma Startups

Innovation 2 Enterprise

On Wednesday, June 5, 2024, the second cohort of Bridge2 founders took the stage at Tulsa’s Agora Event Center for Demo Day. With a $50,000 convertible note and personalized founder mentorship, Bridge2 lays the foundation for entrepreneurs to thrive in a competitive landscape. The other side of it is experiential.

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NJEDA Board Approves Two Programs to Advance New Jersey’s Leadership in Artificial Intelligence

American Entrepreneurship

Winners from the initial competitive event will continue developing their prototypes towards a Minimum Viable Product and present their solutions at a demo day event. After the demo day event, winners will continue working with the Administrator on pilot testing or commercialization of the AI-based software solution.

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Meet Seoul-based accelerator SparkLabs’ 19th batch of startups 

TechCrunch

SparkLabs Korea , a Seoul-based seed to early-stage accelerator, held a demo Day on Thursday for its 19th cohort of companies. The latest demo day marks its tenth year after SparkLabs launched its accelerator program in December 2012. Not all teams end up pitching at demo day. and Asia. .