Welcome to the second installation of the Capital Innovators Founder Feature Series, where we interview successful startup founders and Capital Innovators Accelerator alumni. Today we are highlighting Aliett Buttleman and Nina LaBruna, Co-Founders of Fazit and Fall 2022 Cohort alumni.
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Welcome to the Capital Innovators Founder Feature Series, where we will be interviewing successful startup founders and Capital Innovators Accelerator alumni. The Accelerator is a 12-week intensive program specifically designed to meet the needs of early-stage startups. It utilizes a hands-on approach to mentorship and company building. These founders have successfully built a strong foundation to scale their companies. In this series, we will explore the stories of these founders and their path to making their ventures successful.
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The NGA Accelerator Powered by Capital Innovators is accepting applications through Jan. 18 for the third cohort of startup companies to help the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency develop innovations in geospatial technology. The St. Louis based corporate accelerator is managed through a Partnership Intermediary Agreement between the Missouri Technology Corporation (MTC) and the NGA.
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The NGA Accelerator Powered by Capital Innovators recently selected eight companies from more than 208 applicants to participate in the second cohort of its geospatial accelerator program. The St. Louis-based accelerator will launch on September 28, 2021, and is enabled through a Partnership Intermediary Agreement between the Missouri Technology Corporation (MTC) and the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA).
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Top-ranked accelerator Capital Innovators announced its Fall 2021 cohort today. This is the 25th cohort to partake in the accelerator, where each startup receives $50,000 in seed funding from Capital Innovators’ third seed venture capital fund in addition to hands-on mentorship through its rigorous 12-week program.
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Equity Crowdfunding is a new and quickly growing source of funding for a company. Different from rewards-based crowdfunding found on websites such as Kickstarter, this form allows large amounts of people to purchase equity in your startup at a much lower investment floor.
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Chances are, you’ve heard something along the lines of, “There are no failures. There are only successes and lessons.” Well, even if that is true, entrepreneurs must be conscious of how many resources and how much time goes into learning those lessons. Moreover, failure is often not required to learn. In a concept first proposed by Eric Ries in his book The Lean Startup, the process of validated learning allows entrepreneurs to learn valuable information about their product or service while using their resources as efficiently as possible.
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St. Louis-based startup accelerator Capital Innovators announced its Spring 2020 cohort at Venture Cafe in the Cortex District of St. Louis. This is the 21st cohort to undergo the rigorous 12-week accelerator program. Capital Innovators has been ranked as one of the top accelerators worldwide for the last five years.
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Capital Innovators is excited to announce that it has expanded into a new space where it will be continuing its growth and mission of investing in and accelerating the best global startups. Its new headquarters is 2315 Locust Street, St. Louis, Missouri 63103. Capital Innovators is thrilled with how the company is evolving and enthusiastic about hosting seven brand new startups in its new location for its Spring 2020 Accelerator.
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The future of venture capital is tokenized securities transacted on blockchain. What are tokenized securities? They are digital tokens representing fractional equity ownership in a business often referred to as crypto assets, which is an asset class backed by real assets and cryptography. The benefits of tokens far outweigh the current way of investing in and managing assets in terms of enhanced liquidity, ease of transaction, terms and conditions built into transactions and more.
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Did you know 49% of millennials report they plan on quitting their job in the next 2 years? A big reason for this is because they don’t feel like their employer is open to listening to their ideas and trying new things. The cost to replace a highly-trained employee can exceed 200% of their annual salary, which is expensive for an organization when there are methods to retain this talent. With the younger generation demanding new work standards, companies need to evolve if they want to keep their best people that will grow with them for the long-term. One of the best ways to solve this problem is by driving internal innovation.
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It seems like there is a Demo Day every other week these days. With so many Accelerators and innovation programs, Demo Day fatigue has really gotten the best of us. However, the Ameren Accelerator is quite different from what we see with other programs.
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The formula for the future of tech scouting includes Accelerators and machine learning. Leveraging intelligence into Accelerator platforms will generate the future of sourcing unique technologies to solve problem sets.
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Collaboration is the key to innovation. When startups and corporations work together, they are each more likely to achieve optimal results.
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It is clear that businesses these days are opting to buy their innovation, instead of building it from scratch. It makes more sense for organizations to let others take the early risk and test out concepts in the market and come in after the business is proven and invest or acquire.
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