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Nonprofit Supports Community Entrepreneurs Amid Pandemic

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Pandemic crisis or not, Brennan says his interactions with applicants and program alumni are grounded in good business ideas, marketplace reality, life experiences and a desire to give back to underserved communities. Its accelerator is a year-long program offered twice a year at no cost to participants.

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How Mom-And-Pop Pizzerias Can Tap Into Digital Orders

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The high-end percentage of commission costs charged to participating restaurants by ordering platforms such Grubhub, Uber Eats and DoorDash can run up to 30 percent. Introduced in 2014 alongside a handful of other experimental services, Uber Eats operates worldwide in 29 countries. But many markets outside those areas are underserved.

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Juvo’s Global Launch Features Finovate Debut and $14 Million In New Funding

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But we’ll concede that announcing a $14 million funding round featuring participation from the former CEOs at companies like AT&T Wireless Telefonica International, and Vodafone Group is pretty good, too. The company’s investors include Wing Venture Capital, Freestyle, and Seed-Resolute.

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18 Corporate Innovation Labs In Healthcare

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Founded: 2014. Successful participants will become “innovation champions” who can be called into other divisions within AARP to help foster ideas and early-stage growth. Founded: 2014. Founded: 2014. The app has won multiple awards since it was released in 2012. Cardinal Health — Fuse.

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Social Capital Teardown

CB Insights

across 3 funds, participated in roughly 207 deals to 131 companies, and invested in several unicorn startups ($1B+ valuation), including Slack , Flatiron Health , SurveyMonkey , Box and Yammer (as of 7/3/17). . Since officially launching in 2011, Social Capital has participated in 207 equity investments totaling $2.99B (as of 7/1/17).

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Stripe Teardown: How The $35B Payments Company Plans To Supercharge Online Retail

CB Insights

The company reached unicorn status in January 2014 at a $1.8B Several big-name venture capital firms — Andreessen Horowitz, Sequoia, Founders Fund, and General Catalyst among them — invested early, and have continued to participate in follow-on funding rounds to the company. valuation following its $80M Series C. Source: Stripe.

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How 60+ Startups Are Disrupting Retail And Commercial Banking Around The World

CB Insights

What these startups share is the goal of creating customer-centric banking products that target underserved individuals and businesses. Investors are ramping up investment: In the first 10 months of 2018, this cohort has seen investors participate in 53 investments worth $1.72B, representing 57% of the $3B raised in the last 5 years.