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A close look at Singapore’s thriving startup ecosystem

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In addition, Toni works on several digital-economy-related initiatives that support the scaling of digital businesses, stimulate startup ecosystems and accelerate the digital transformation of key industries in Africa, Asia, the Caribbean and the Middle East. A glimpse into Singapore’s current startup ecosystem.

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What minority founders must consider before entering the venture-backed startup ecosystem

TechCrunch

With venture investors committing to funding Black and minority founders, alongside the growing availability of government-backed proposals, such as New Jersey allocating $10 million to a seed fund for Black and Latinx startups , can we expect to see fundamental change? But what about the demographics of the VC firms?

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VC Lab introduces free fund formation documents to make startup investing cheaper and easier

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Today, VC Lab is providing a set of freely available boilerplate documents intended to streamline the process, save everyone time and money and make fund governance structures more accessible. “We Similar fund formation documents regularly run into the hundreds of pages. The concepts are there but the lawyer verbiage is gone.”.

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What I did on my summer vacation: The First LP Close ($3.5mm) of Brooklyn Bridge Ventures

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One of the first things on my agenda now that all this legal documentation is behind me is to spend more time with some of the other more senior investors in New York and the Valley as well to hear learnings from when their firms first got off the ground. That's not to downplay the importance of spending time all over the city.

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Growing deal flow into Africa’s startup ecosystem

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As each one of these entrepreneurial hubs presents its own unique opportunities for investors, the insights gathered in the document provide the necessary context for all interested stakeholders as they embark on a journey of discovering growth opportunities in Africa. March 9th to March 11th, 2022. March 9th to March 11th, 2022.

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Japan to Update Startup Visa Policy, Supports Foreign Talent

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Register Japan is taking proactive steps to simplify regulations for foreign individuals seeking startup visas, to foster its startup ecosystem. Bookmark ( 0 ) Please login to bookmark Username or Email Address Password Remember Me No account yet?

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6 VCs explain why embedded insurance isn’t the only hot opportunity in insurtech

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You see, insurtech startups often need to take into account the myriad rules and regulations in place when they seek to innovate and embed insurance into products, which might make it difficult to pull it off. We are clearly in the early days, whatever the industry!” We are clearly in early days, whatever the industry!