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The Next Generation Of Funding For The Next Generation Of Entrepreneurs

YoungUpstarts

Thankfully, the availability of other unconventional funding options is also increasing, providing capital to entrepreneurs whose businesses may grow to become long-term customers. Case in point: It took Amazon six years to earn a dime, during which it consumed huge amounts of venture funding and issued an IPO.

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SXSW Startups: UbiGro

Austin Startup

We look at how much value a gram of quantum dots will bring to the customer, and how big is that addressable market opportunity. One worked at a different quantum dot startup based in the UK that’s now publicly traded, another built a vertically integrated cannabis company in Oregon. That’s what led us to agriculture.