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| Jan 12, 2021 | Training angels: Fledge accelerator founder leads new courses for budding startup investors | Michael “Luni” Libes, founder of Fledge. (Fledge Photo)
Folks curious about making angel investments in promising startups can sign up for online training through the new Angel Accelerator program.
The training is offered through Fledge, a ... |
| Dec 27, 2018 | Cincy Inno Approved: The January Tech & Startup Events to Know About | Inno Approved is our monthly roundup of the tech and startup events to mark on your calendar.
There’s lots happening in Cincinnati’s startup and tech scene.
Unsure where to start? We’ve highlighted some of our favorite happenings in the gre... |
| Mar 8, 2018 | Seattle’s top venture capital firm hopes to lure talent from tech giants with new startup accelerator | A group photo from Madrona’s first “Go Vertical” startup ideation workshop. The firm ended up investing in the winning idea. (Photo via Madrona)
Silicon Valley tech giants like Facebook, Google, Uber, Salesforce and others have helped expan... |
| Jul 13, 2017 | Every Major Seattle Accelerator and Incubator, Listed | TechCo has compared accelerators to band camp in the past: You're stuck in a location with a bunch of your peers whether you like them or not, work hard, play hard, and take snack breaks. And by the time it ends, you've built a lasting netw... |
| Feb 14, 2017 | Investing in GoodBusiness | Ted Rheingold Contributor
Ted Rheingold is a profit-from-purpose entrepreneur. He was the founding COO of Tala and founder of the social networks Dogster and Catster.
Since 2001, impact VC firms have raised $13 billion to invest in companie... |
| Jan 26, 2017 | Here are the 9 startups in Techstars Seattle’s newest class | Here comes another round of Techstars Seattle startups.
The 3-month accelerator announced its 2017 cohort on Thursday. The group, which marks the eighth overall for Techstars Seattle, includes nine companies working in various industries ra... |
| Aug 12, 2016 | Socially-conscious accelerator Fledge raises more cash for new cohort in Peru | Fledge founder Michael “Luni” Libes at Demo Day in June.
Fledge is headed to Peru.
The Seattle-based socially-conscious accelerator announced this week that its eighth cohort will be in Lima, Peru. This is the first Fledge has hosted entrep... |
| Jun 16, 2016 | Better bricks, healthier chickens and more life-changing ideas from the Fledge startup accelerator | Michael “Luni” Libes, Fledge accelerator founder, at Demo Day in Seattle this week.
Ravaged villages, fires and emaciated people filled the screen at Fledge’s seventh annual Demo Day this week. These horrific images illustrated Fledge’s mis... |
| Jun 10, 2016 | Seattle Week in Review: AI Chickens of Silicon Valley | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
It was an historic week as Hillary Clinton secured enough delegates to be the first woman to become the presumptive nominee of a major political party for the highest office o... |
| Oct 16, 2015 | Seattle Roundup: Simply Measured, Keiretsu + ZINO, Fledge, & More | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
Catching up this week on another acquisition by Simply Measured, a tie-up of two Northwest angel investing groups, a milestone for “conscious company incubator” Fledge, fundin... |
| Jul 16, 2015 | Invest NW Would Help Rich Families Make Local Impact Investments | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
The Pacific Northwest innovation economy is in the midst of a substantial capital refresh cycle, with four locally based venture funds filling their coffers with upwards of $7... |
| Jun 12, 2015 | Seattle Roundup: Modumetal, Envelop VR, Oculus VR, Socrata | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
Modumetal had little to say about its big funding round, revealed in SEC filings earlier this week. Meanwhile, the Seattle-area’s virtual reality industry gained momentum with... |
| Jun 11, 2015 | From Africa to Seattle, Building Businesses to Solve Big Problems | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
Listening to a Zambian entrepreneur pitch his goat meat business in the middle of a first-world technology hub, I glimpsed the degree to which entrepreneurship and capitalism ... |
| Mar 25, 2015 | Mapping Seattle’s incubators, accelerators and co-working spaces | Inside the UW’s new Startup Hall, home to Techstars Seattle and a co-working space.
With the birth of Y Combinator in Silicon Valley a decade ago, the number of accelerators, incubators, and co-working spaces has increased exponentially ove... |
| Jan 31, 2015 | How to build a world-saving startup | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Here’s a depressing fact — most startups fail. Th... |
| Jan 31, 2015 | How to build a world-saving startup | Here’s a depressing fact — most startups fail. That’s not just for web startups, but all startup businesses of any kind.
If you’re a do-gooder, it’s even harder.
Social good startups have the odds stacked against them. Most companies focus ... |
| Jan 16, 2015 | The Lion’s Den Entertains, But Will It Engage New Investors? | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
I laughed. I cried. I sat on the edge of my seat as two investors with divergent views of capitalism battled for the favor of an aspiring entrepreneur with a great idea. There... |
| Jan 15, 2015 | Tom Douglas Serving Local, Sustainable Startups to Would-be Investors | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
Tom Douglas, builder of food empires, is putting his imprimatur on a new Seattle startup event meant to bring together wealthy, connected professionals and entrepreneurs in wh... |
| Jan 11, 2015 | Startup Spotlight: Deehubs uses building walls for social media platform | Photos via Deehubs.
Social media is often disparaged as the playground of narcissists or politically self-righteous relatives we try to avoid. But while we could probably all benefit from fewer selfies on our screens, events of the past dec... |
| Dec 5, 2014 | Seattle Roundup: Blab, Amptab, Icbrg.io, Dropbox, Alibaba, 9Mile, Fledge | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
Seattle’s cloud computing cred was bolstered by yet another big cloud player planning a local office. This time it’s Dropbox, which will be competing for local talent with jus... |
| Sep 17, 2014 | (Another) Brick in the Seattle Startup Ecosystem | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
Last night at the grand opening of Startup Hall in the “innovation district” emerging near the University of Washington campus, the crowd witnessed a new key component being a... |
| Aug 29, 2014 | Seattle Roundup: Bizible, Fledge, CleanTech Alliance, & More | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
On this end-of-summer week, we’re following fresh funding for Techstars Seattle company Bizible, seven startups selected for accelerator Fledge, a name change for the WCTA, a ... |
| Jun 6, 2014 | Roundup: InDemand Interpreting, Cozi, Ada Developers, Accelerators & More | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
This week, we’re catching up on a funding round for medical interpreting service provider InDemand Interpreting, the acquisition by Time of Cozi, expansion at the Ada Develope... |
| May 6, 2014 | “Fledgling” Startups Provide Power, Light, and Food in East Africa | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
Three of the startup companies graduating from Seattle incubator Fledge on Wednesday are focused on doing well by doing good in one particular East African country: Tanzania.
... |
| Jan 31, 2014 | The story behind 220 & Change, the new name of Seattle’s social innovation hub | The member wall at Impact Hub Seattle
You can almost feel the energy pulsating when you step inside the old Masins Furniture building at 220 Second Ave South.
It’s a place of action. A place of innovation. A place of change. A sign at the 2... |
| Dec 27, 2013 | Good, Business, and Good Business | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
Here in the 20-teens, the roles of for-profit businesses, non-profit organizations, government, NGO’s, foundations, investors and philanthropists are beginning to blur togethe... |
| Nov 27, 2013 | Socially conscious companies: Meet the 4 do-good startups from Fledge’s latest class | Village Green founder Danielle Lanyard pitches at Fledge Demo Day. Photo courtesy of Fledge.
From water-powered USB chargers to a post-disaster housing marketplace, four new socially-conscious startups just graduated from Fledge’s third cla... |
| Jul 2, 2013 | Cleantech Angel Group NWEA On Pace to Break 2012 Investing Record | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
Let’s hold off on the wake for early-stage cleantech investing in the Northwest. With more than $1.8 million invested so far in 2013, Northwest Energy Angels (NWEA) is on pace... |
| Jun 13, 2013 | Commentary: Tough love and less purity for impact entrepreneurs | One reason I love getting to know social impact entrepreneurs is that they are among the most sincerely passionate folks you’ll ever meet. They’re not just enthusiastic and driven.
Social impact entrepreneurs care deeply and passionately, a... |
| Apr 26, 2013 | From human waste disposal to homegrown food storefronts, meet Fledge’s socially-conscious startups | Audience members talk with the Fledge participants after their presentations at the HUB Seattle. Fledge founder Luni Libes said the location was special because it’s also where the ten-week Fledge course took place.
Natural soap, online gro... |
| Mar 22, 2013 | Roundup: Kick, UW STEM Programs, Funds for Indochino, World CNG | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
[Corrected 3/26/13, 12:00 pm See below.] In addition to Decide’s $8 million funding round, local companies Indochino and World CNG raised capital this week. Meanwhile, new res... |
| Feb 22, 2013 | Roundup: Version One Ventures, Scope 5, Gigabit Squared, and Fledge | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
In the news this week: Canadian fundraising with an eye on U.S. startups, funding for sustainability software company Scope 5, Seattle’s high-speed broadband project expanding... |
| Feb 7, 2013 | Incubator Fledge closes funding round as its startup BURN gets cooking | Young startup incubator Fledge, and the most successful company from its 2012 summer programme, BURN Manufacturing, had a fruitful week after closing the first round of its venture capital funding.
BURN, a company addressing cookstove prob... |
| Feb 7, 2013 | Fledge Raises Funds As ‘Fledgling’ BURN Gets $4m For Africa Factory | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
Seattle startup incubator Fledge has closed the initial round of a venture capital fund to back companies addressing a broad market of “conscious consumers,” while a member of... |
| Feb 7, 2013 | Incubator Fledge closes funding round as its startup BURN gets cooking | Young startup incubator Fledge, and the most successful company from its 2012 summer programme, BURN Manufacturing, had a fruitful week after closing the first round of its venture capital funding.
BURN, a company addressing cookstove probl... |
| Feb 7, 2013 | Fledge: A startup incubator for socially-conscious startups takes flight with new cash | Fledge, which is taking a TechStars-like approach to incubating startups that make the world a better place, has landed $307,000 in financing that it will use to bankroll its next group of companies. Fledge is kicking off its second class o... |
| Sep 11, 2012 | More Details from Fledge’s First Class of “Conscious” Companies | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
The first time I wrote about Fledge, the new Seattle-based “social enterprise” incubator program, I had to make educated guesses about a few of the startups involved. Fledge’s... |
| Aug 28, 2012 | Fledglings take flight: These 7 startups are looking to make the world a better place | Earlier this year we introduced you to Fledge, a start-up incubator founded by Seattle techie Michael “Luni” Libes that’s working with non-tech focused “conscious companies.” These companies, Libes explains, are looking to address the needs... |
| Apr 26, 2012 | Meet Fledge: The first incubator for ‘conscious’ companies | Michael “Luni” Libes has spent the past 20 years building software companies, creating new upstarts such as Ground Truth, Medio Systems, 2Way and Nimble Corp. But Libes is now switching gears with the formation of Fledge, a new Seattle incu... |
| Apr 26, 2012 | Fledge, a New Social Enterprise Incubator, Opening in Seattle | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
Could Seattle become a center of innovation for social enterprise? Mobile and tech startup veteran Michael “Luni” Libes is betting on it with Fledge, a new incubator aimed at ... |
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В Индии объем финансирования ... |
