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Allocate banks $5M to open up venture capital fund access

TechCrunch

The world of venture capital investing is a relatively small one, and relationship-based to boot. The company, founded by Samir Kaji and Hana Yang in February 2021, is developing an approach to venture capital fund investing that provides a way for investors of any size to participate. Enter Allocate.

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Steve Case Testifies on Expanding Access to Capital Across America

Revolution

Vance, who is now our Vice President, roughly 75% of venture capital flowed to just three states: California, Massachusetts, and New York, with 47 states left to share the remaining 25%. I have more like them, but not nearlyenough. In 2017, when Revolution launched our Rise of the Rest Seed Fund , led at the time by J.D.

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The New Business Preservation Act and the Tradition of U.S. Federal Government Support for Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital

Ian Hathaway

Senators led by Amy Klobuchar introduced the New Business Preservation Act to incentivize venture capital formation around the country. It avoids two well-known traps for government-sponsored venture programs by requiring that public funds are matched with private dollars and that capital is deployed by professional investors.

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EO Accelerator Graduates Share Successful Growth Tactics and Why They Joined EO

Entrepreneurs' Organization

World Entrepreneurs’ Day, celebrated each 21 August, honors the innovators, risk-takers, and trailblazers who shape industries, drive economic growth, and inspire others. Photo: Congratulations to new EO Cincinnati members Brad Hill, Dan O’Keeffe, Michael Tindall, Sarah Crawford, Zak Nordyke, and (not pictured) Margee Moore.

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Why Startup Entrepreneurs Need to Communicate More Like George Bush Than Al Gore

Both Sides of the Table

It was a journalist who covered Venture Capital. I took the initiative in moving forward a whole range of initiatives that have proven to be important to our country’s economic growth” Not exactly a simple message. He did the interview and was eviscerated in the article.

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Continued investment needed for economic growth

Innovation 2 Enterprise

In today’s world, a state’s economic growth demands investment in innovation and high-tech industries — especially for a natural resource-rich state like ours that must leverage our existing resource base to diversify our economy for the future. It is the venture capital “circle of life.”. By Scott Meacham.

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IFC launches new platform to bolster digital economy in Africa, Middle East, Central Asia, and Pakistan

AsiaTechDaily

This will be used to strengthen venture capital ecosystems and invest in early-stage companies in order to address development challenges through technological innovations in climate, health care, education, agriculture, e-commerce, and other sectors. In Pakistan, digital transformation can unlock up to $59.7