A Q&A with Beta.MN's new executive director.
Accelerators
The state awarded the funds to six organizations to help boost startup activity.
Two Minneapolis nonprofits created The New Market, a series of pop-up vendor markets for Black-owned businesses.
Plus, an update on the Manova Health Summit and Food Ag Ideas Week, which are running concurrently with Startup Week.
Twenty-eight teams make it to the third round of the state’s largest entrepreneurial competition.
The organization is launching a new coalition that rounds up more than 100 local organizations interested in boosting startup activity.
This year’s candidate pool was the most diverse yet; 43 percent of applicants were female and 36 percent were people of color. The semi-finals phase wraps in August, and winners will be declared in October.
St. Paul welcomes BevSource’s new interactive taproom and beverage laboratory, where startups can refine new brews and the public can go for first sips.
Minneapolis-based social impact accelerator Finnovation Lab is blown away by the strong demand for its programs. Applications are now being accepted for the lab’s second fellowship program.
The Backers event this week will connect entrepreneurs with investment firms. And meet the next group of startups entering the accelerator program.
The majority of the companies chosen are led by a person of color and/or by women.
By connecting researchers to experienced entrepreneurs, the program aims to help commercialize discoveries. Eight entities are already participating in the Launchpad.
Entrepreneur Jess Schaack takes us behind the scenes at the largest statewide startup competition in the country.
Carrot Health, a data-driven health care business intelligence company aimed at payers and providers, earned runner-up honors.
The Minnesota-based startup accelerator company has teamed up with Bremer Bank to create Backers, an event that will directly connect startups with seed and series A investors.
Each of the startups (aside from the Youth division winner) is guaranteed to take home at least $30,000.
More than two-thirds of the finalists this year were led by women, minorities or veterans.
The participants in the business incubator, which has at least $1 million in funding support, span several industries and demonstrate the program’s focus on leadership diversity.