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

TechCrunch

It turns out that while later-stage investors, mostly international VC firms, grabbed headlines by writing immense checks, pre-seed and seed-stage investors were instrumental to the growth of the continent’s tech ecosystem. How do you prefer to receive pitches? How do you balance writing so many checks and funding the best companies?

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Interview: James Burnes, Ministry of Awesome

NZ Entrepreneur

Read the interview: Richard Liew: For those who may not know who Ministry of Awesome is – let’s just assume there might be some – can you give us your elevator pitch? We run programs like Founder Catalyst, which is our flagship incubation nine-month long program that happens year-round.

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The Four Cities Every Startup Should Invest in Visiting

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Incubators such as the one Zappos’ CEO Tony Hsieh started a few years ago are also a great way to jump-start your innovative ideas, receive mentoring, network, etc. Boulder is quickly becoming a startup mecca on par with Silicon Valley — largely due to the Techstars accelerator, which has cultivated the city’s startup ecosystem.

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The Rise of the Rest Class of 2019

Revolution

At the end of each tour day, we hosted a pitch competition where a local startup received a $100,000 investment from Revolution’s Rise of the Rest Seed Fund. For the pitch competitions in Orlando, Tampa Bay, Miami, and Puerto Rico, innovative startups based within a 100-mile radius of a tour stop were invited to apply.

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Korea’s biggest startup event COMEUP 2022 calling for promising startups to be ‘COMEUP Stars’

AsiaTechDaily

COMEUP Stars are promising startups that are bound to lead the global startup ecosystem and are hand-picked annually by professional judges consisting of well-known VCs and founders. Together, they will be sharing their own experiences while discussing the future trends and issues in the startup ecosystem.

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How to Get Started Mapping Your Entrepreneurial Ecosystem [Updated]

Ecosystem Builder Hub

Accelerators, incubators, entrepreneurship training programs and workshops, co-working spaces, maker spaces, universities, pitch events and competitions, networking events and meetups, venture capital firms, angel investors, government and other civic programs, and mentors. What kind of information should you look for?

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Why every VC should spend a month with an accelerator

TechCrunch

When investors spend time at an accelerator, they listen to brainstorming sessions, pitches and mentorship advice that includes a broad range of perspectives and opinions. Investors can get a feel for founder personalities, hear soft pitches and share connections, ideas and commonalities that don’t naturally come up over Zoom.