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Black Innovation Alliance, Village Capital team up to support founders of color

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Resource’s “ESO Accelerator” will train startup ecosystem leaders on how to build a more financially sustainable organization, as well as help connect them to potential funders. Resource is supported by a national coalition of funders committed to supporting entrepreneurs of color.

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What went wrong at Techstars

Founders Coop

From the beginning, we were deeply committed to Techstars’ “give first” ethos and mentorship-driven approach to startup investing. By making corporate funders, and not startup founders, their primary customer, Techstars built a centrally-controlled sales- and operations-driven culture that made startups the product, not the customer.

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World Refugee Day

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million people who face barriers to housing, employment, healthcare, and education, thus adding unique levels of adversity and disadvantage. This equates to at least 21.5 Across different regions and countries, the disparity in work rights and conditions for refugees varies widely.

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Free money for your impact tech startup

David Teten VC

Recurse Center. “The Recurse Center is a self-directed, community-driven educational retreat for people who want to get better at programming.”. Winners get $7000, a round-trip ticket to Silicon Valley, access to world-class mentorship, and more.”. Skoll Foundation. Roddenberry Foundation Catalyst Fund. “The

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Free money for your impact tech startup

David Teten VC

“The PeaceTech Accelerator provides the mentorship and training needed to scale both for and not-for-profit peacetech initiatives rapidly, securely, and cost-effectively. ” Recurse Center. “The Recurse Center is a self-directed, community-driven educational retreat for people who want to get better at programming.”.

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Flexible VCs With Structures Between Equity and Revenue-Based Investing

David Teten VC

Jonathan Bragdon , CEO, describes Capacity as “a team of founders-turned-funders making non-dilutive, founder-aligned investments of $50-$300k in post-startup, post-revenue businesses planning to 2X revenues in 12-24 months. Capacity Capital , based in Chattanooga, Tennessee, was launched in 2020 with a primary focus on the Southeast.

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Flexible VCs With Structures Between Equity and Revenue-Based Investing

David Teten VC

Jonathan Bragdon , CEO, describes Capacity as “a team of founders-turned-funders making non-dilutive, founder-aligned investments of $50-$300k in post-startup, post-revenue businesses planning to 2X revenues in 12-24 months. Capacity Capital , based in Chattanooga, Tennessee, was launched in 2020 with a primary focus on the Southeast.