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How VCs, Accelerators, and Coworking Spaces Put Communities in Buildings vs. Buildings in Communities

This is going to be BIG.

Sun's space was for it's customer assistance unit and Cornell just had a demo space patched into a supercomputer back on campus. Government and academic professionals also seek them out to get connected to the startup ecosystem. Brooklyn Beta will be accomplishing that same thing for the Brooklyn ecosystem.

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Crimson Founders Brings MIT & Harvard-Affiliated Startups to UAE’s Thriving Innovation Landscape

American Entrepreneurship

The program featured exclusive networking opportunities, private investor meetings, and demo sessions, solidifying the UAEs role as a global innovation hub. Looking ahead, Crimson Founders aims to take this initiative to other major global hubs, including New York, Boston, Silicon Valley, Riyadh, Singapore, and Hong Kong.

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After a record 2022, 8 investors explain why it’s ‘still just Day 1’ for Africa’s startup ecosystem

TechCrunch

This shows that Africa’s investment landscape is still very promising because it continues to grow, and there’s increasing interest in multiple startup ecosystems, including nascent ecosystems. They accounted for more than 70% of the 1,100+ investors that participated in at least one deal on the continent last year.

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Interview: James Burnes, Ministry of Awesome

NZ Entrepreneur

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. James Burnes: Absolutely.

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How We Created our Digital Demo Day Experience

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The COVID-19 pandemic is affecting the entire startup ecosystem, and in the name of safety and support of our founders, we hosted our first-ever Digital Demo Day last week. This was a whole new take on demo day for us, and the end result was a unique and inspiring experience for both our startups and investor community.

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Meet the YC Winter 2024 Batch

Y Combinator

Today we’re kicking off Y Combinator’s 38th Demo Day, celebrating the incredible batch that is W24. As Jared Friedman put it recently : YC’s new home is the most concentrated focal point the early stage startup ecosystem has ever seen.

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Startups Shine at KB Financial’s ‘2023 HUB Day’ for Innovative Collaboration

AsiaTechDaily

Register KB Financial Group has collaborated with startups to support emerging ventures proactively. The financial institution recently organized the ‘2023 HUB Day,’ a startup demo day held at the KB Innovation Hub Center in Seocho-gu, Seoul.