Tagged: mentorship

July 30, 2023 @ 2:10 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

PayPal Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: PYPL) announced the second Venmo Small Business Grant, a program for small and emerging businesses “providing financial grants and mentorship for 20 Venmo business profile customers.” The selected businesses will each “receive $10,000 for expenses, such as rent, or to help… Read More

August 3, 2022 @ 12:38 am By Omar Faridi  |  

BNB Chain recently announced the 27 finalists of the Most Valuable Builder (MVB) Incubation Program, which is an accelerator program that’s co-led by Binance Labs to offer mentorship and funding “to emerging projects built on top of the BNB Chain.” The MVB Incubation Program aims… Read More

March 31, 2022 @ 6:25 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Visa is launching a new venture designed to help creators produce their own NFTs. The Visa Creator Program aims to help digital-first artists, musicians, fashion designers, and filmmakers generate revenue with NFTs. Each cycle of the program will support a selected group of entrepreneurs looking to… Read More

January 29, 2022 @ 12:51 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Techstars, an international investment business that offers access to capital, one-on-one mentorship opportunities, and customized programming for early-stage business owners, has appointed Saalim Chowdhury as MD of Techstars London. He follows predecessor Eamonn Carey. Previously a Partner at 500 Startups, Chowdhury will be responsible for… Read More

June 3, 2021 @ 10:14 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Solverse Accelerator aims to unite leading blockchain mentors with talented entrepreneurs in order to develop “groundbreaking” Solana projects. Solana is a “high-performance” blockchain or distributed ledger tech (DLT) platform supporting builders across the globe that are creating crypto apps that “scale today.” As mentioned… Read More

June 1, 2021 @ 8:10 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

‘   Plug and Play Japan announced on Monday it has selected a total of 91 Japanese and international startups for its Summer/Fall 2021 program batch. The startups, which were notably selected by 44 corporate partners, will be joining the following programs, IoT, Fintech, Insurtech,… Read More

April 29, 2019 @ 10:18 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

DIFC FinTech Hive, a fintech accelerator that is in the Middle East, Africa, and South Asia (MEASA) region, recently announced the launch of AccelerateHer, a mentorship programme which equips budding female professionals with necessary tools and experience to play a more active role in the… Read More

April 21, 2017 @ 10:04 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Friday, BMO Harris Bank announced it has formed a partnership with technology and entrepreneurship ecosystem 1871 to launch a new Chicago-based fintech three-month mentorship program. The new program, which is called the BMO Harris/1871 FinTech Partnership, will offer six selected startups with the following: A… Read More