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Mobile Marketplace Carousell Launches In Singapore

YoungUpstarts

If you’re an eBay or HardwareZone forum junkie who regularly uses those sites to sell unwanted items or hunt for pre-loved items, check this new mobile app out: Carousell is a mobile marketplace that connects buyers and sellers socially.

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May Business Angels Spread Their Wings Over Kenya?

Transformify

The capital of Kenya, Nairobi, is a vibrant city offering various resources for young start – ups, including accelerator 88MPH and incubator i-Hub. Mbwana Alliy founded the Nairobi based Savannah Fund in 2012. The founding of M-Pesa in 2007 inspired many young people to undertake entrepreneurial risks. Sam Gichuru CEO at nailab.

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Free Startup Docs: How Much Equity Should Advisors Get?

techcrunch.com

He covers startups, music, social, mobile, health, and education. Through a four month pre-seed incubator program, you can launch your dream company with expert training, feedback, and support from experienced startup CEOs, while not being required to quit your day job. Disrupt SF 2012. Disrupt SF Hackathon 2012.

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Announcing Multicoin Capital

Austin Startup

Take a look at some of the emails between us from 2010: We were attending NYU from 2008–2012. During that time, we watched the first wave of mobile apps take off — Foursquare, GroupOn, Instagram, Twitter, etc. Although we were studying finance, we were always more interested in tech. We were infatuated with tech.

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Bridging the gap between tech startups and the Fortune 500

David Teten

According to CB Insights, since the start of 2012, the most active corporate VCs are: Dell Innovators Credit Fund (not listed) is an unusual take on this model. For example, Qualcomm Ventures hosts an international business plan competition called QPrize , which targets mobile technology startups. 2) Contests. 4) Accelerators.

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Troubled media sharing startup Color Labs said to be acquired by Apple

The Next Web

Pham left the startup in June 2011 over unknown reasons and went to work at Los Angeles incubator Science. Color said that it had six patents pending at the time of its funding, including its ‘elastic’ social. graph and patents related to GPS location and battery saving.

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10 Best Cities in the United States for Startups and Entrepreneurs (2018)

crowdSPRING Blog

Laura González-Estéfani, Director of Partnerships & Mobile LatAm for Facebook, says : There is talent, there is support from the institutions and private initiatives that are focused on boosting innovation, and there is an incremental interest from VCs and business angels for innovative projects. Chicago, IL.