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Vista Equity Partners AI Hackathon Winners Announced

American Entrepreneurship

AUGUST 16, 2024

The winners in six categories are: Bonterra , Best Overall, used Large Language Models (LLMs) to streamline the grant review process for funders, a major challenge in the grant-making space. The post Vista Equity Partners AI Hackathon Winners Announced appeared first on American Entrepreneurship Today®.

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Unsung Hero Spotlight: Beth Zimmer

Ecosystem Builder Hub

JULY 10, 2020

With regard to Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Builders, I wholeheartedly agree with this statement: “The defining characteristic of entrepreneurial ecosystem builders is their long-term and system-wide approach to fostering innovation and entrepreneurship in their region or community.”(Startup This space, so far, enables me to do that.

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The exit effect: 4 ways IPOs and acquisitions drive positive change across the global ecosystem

TechCrunch

MAY 29, 2021

Investors will be driving forces in enabling the highest-potential companies to build products that countries everywhere will benefit from — no matter where they were conceived. That means having VC firms that spotlight international entrepreneurship and foster global expert networks. firms and sells to a U.S.

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Next steps in social entrepreneurship: Policy development in Jordan

Impact Hub

OCTOBER 7, 2023

Next steps in social entrepreneurship: Policy development in Jordan A dynamic partnership in Jordan led by the Ministry of Digital Economy and Entrepreneurship (MoDEE) and backed by the United Nations Development Programme Jordan (UNDP Jordan) and Impact Hub is in full swing.

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Next steps in social entrepreneurship: Policy development in Jordan

Impact Hub

OCTOBER 7, 2023

Next steps in social entrepreneurship: Policy development in Jordan A dynamic partnership in Jordan led by the Ministry of Digital Economy and Entrepreneurship (MoDEE) and backed by the United Nations Development Programme Jordan (UNDP Jordan) and Impact Hub is in full swing.

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Next steps in social entrepreneurship policy development in Jordan

Impact Hub

JUNE 1, 2021

Jordan, 1 June, 2021 – The Ministry of Digital Economy and Entrepreneurship (MoDEE) and its mandated Advisory Committee and Sub-Committees, supported by the United Nations Development Programme Jordan (UNDP Jordan) and Impact Hub gathered to advance policy development work in support of social entrepreneurs in Jordan. About Impact Hub.

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World Refugee Day: Navigating the challenges of refugee employment and entrepreneurship

Impact Hub

JUNE 19, 2024

World Refugee Day: Navigating the challenges of refugee employment and entrepreneurship This World Refugee Day, lets look beyond the numbers to understand the challenges refugees face in accessing employment and entrepreneurship opportunities. Life was hard, especially in a new place. I did not have enough to eat.

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Banking Fintech Closes Series A to Expand Community Bank Deposit Management Platform

American Entrepreneurship

JANUARY 25, 2024

The country’s only tech-enabled deposit network is leaving behind competitor networks that still use manual processes While fintech funding languished in 2023 , deposit management platform ModernFi is an exception going into 2024, having just closed an $18.7 million Series A funding round. The current round adds to a $4.5

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Venus Aerospace’s Hypersonic Global Transport Receives Airbus Ventures Funding

American Entrepreneurship

JUNE 16, 2023

The convergence of technology, talent and funding now makes the vision of one-hour hypersonic global transport within reach—so say the co-founders of Venus Aerospace and its most recent funder Airbus Ventures. These advancements also enable more efficient travel in and through space.

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Professional development for tomorrow’s ecosystem builders

Ecosystem Builder Hub

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

I would like to know how to best measure and track entrepreneurship and economic development in a non-traditional way. I would like to be able to collect better metrics on entrepreneurship trends that are happening across the U.S., How do you help without enabling? Denisse Rodriguez. Mara Hardy. Ellen Bateman. Hard skills.

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Yendo’s Series A Funding Led by FPV Ventures Brings Credit to Millions of Underserved Americans

American Entrepreneurship

JUNE 22, 2023

Fintech startup Yendo presents an alternative that enables individuals to more easily establish credit by using their car and smart phone. Yendo enables consumers to gain credit in a matter of minutes, by tapping into the value of their vehicle.

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World Refugee Day

Impact Hub

JUNE 19, 2024

World Refugee Day: Navigating the challenges of refugee employment and entrepreneurship This World Refugee Day, let’s look beyond the numbers to understand the challenges refugees face in accessing employment and entrepreneurship opportunities. Life was hard, especially in a new place. I did not have enough to eat.

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Impact Hub: Our policy approach

Impact Hub

OCTOBER 7, 2023

Our 110 communities are diverse yet they all need an enabling environment of supportive regulatory frameworks, inclusive economic development initiatives, stronger social and environmental sustainability standards, and a brave impact funding environment. To date, our community has reached over 25,000 such impact-driven enterprises.

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6 African women CEOs discuss how they raised more than $1M in 2021

TechCrunch

MARCH 15, 2022

Okra simply enables developers and businesses to build personalized digital financial service products. It enables us to progress towards our goal to educate the next billion learners. So for me, entrepreneurship was just a natural progression and it shows in the data: Less than 1% of funding goes to black women. as yesterday!

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Silicon Valley is a surprisingly clubby ecosystem: FC's Alex Mittal

FundersClub

JUNE 12, 2017

Venture capital investing offers different challenges than those associated with tech entrepreneurship, but Alex Mittal, co-founder and CEO of FundersClub, approached the sphere of venture capital the same way he did as a tech founder previously: is there a better way to do this? So how is Funders Club different than other VCs?

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Free money for your impact tech startup

David Teten VC

DECEMBER 2, 2019

You’ve decided to launch a technology-enabled startup with a positive social impact! TPESF Intellectual Entrepreneurship Program Application : The Paul E. Oliver Libby, Managing Partner, H/L Ventures , notes, “it is important to remember that impact funders occupy the same spectrum of returns as regular investors.

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15 Underrepresented Founders Share $170K in Startup302 Grant Prizes

American Entrepreneurship

MAY 28, 2024

Mentorships and other resources also provided to winning tech-enabled startups led by members of underfunded demographics as part of Delaware’s fourth annual pitch competition WILMINGTON, Del. ( These included a welcome reception on May 15 and a breakfast with investors on May 17.

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Startup Catalyst Brief