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Accelerators And Seed Deal Flow

Haystack

Those of us in the early-stage tech ecosystem by now well know that saying “there are a LOT of seed and new startups” is a gross understatement. It feels like a tsunami of deal flow , and for me, I’ve outlined how I pay attention to inbound flow in terms of what gets priority. to solve this issue.

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Top Startup Winner: Balodana

The Startup Magazine

The Startup Magazine recently featured two of the FUND Conference Top 3 Exhibitor winners, Happenstance , and Digs. The top startup at this year’s FUND Conference in Chicago, Illinois was Balodana , a fashion purchasing platform disrupting the women’s e-commerce fashion industry. We’ve saved the best for last.

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Top 3 Startup Winner: Digs

The Startup Magazine

At this year’s FUND Conference in Chicago, Illinois, over 100 startups presented their early-stage companies in front of hundreds of investors and industry leaders. FUND is a national connector of entrepreneurs, VCs, angel investors, and industry experts with a focus on deal flow and making connections. Here is their story….

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Seed Stage Funding 101: What it Is & How it Works

The Startup Magazine

These investments are a tremendous help to your startup because they will serve as a stepping stone to reach your target eventually. I will tell you brief details about seed stage funding, and deal sourcing on this page, so read the conclusion until the end. With startup funding, these companies can get through this phase.

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Digital.NYC: The First Ecosystem Hub

Gust

On October 1st, 2014, after more than two years of partnership and development, Gust proudly joined the Mayor of the City of New York and IBM in announcing the launch of Digital.NYC , NYC’s new official hub for tech and startups. Most of the profiles of startups and investors are provided by Gust.

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May Your Help Be Wanted

Austin Startup

As a mentor, you are expected to bring to the table real experience, sound advice, relevance, customer and/or funding connections, enough technical grasp to speak the language, and adequate availability to see the startup process through. Many accelerators and incubators have institutionalized mentoring in the form of EIR’s or similar titles.

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Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: Investors And Incubators Need To Look At Pre-Incubation

ReadWriteStart

This week, I've had several meetings with venture funds, incubators, corporate accelerators and other significant players in the startup eco-system. One theme seems to come up over and again, especially from geographies outside Silicon Valley: lack of a reliable pipeline of deals. Incubator photo from Geograph.

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