The Rochester Public School District's first 'Pitch Night' for INCubatoredu@rps students will take place virtually tonight, with $16,000 in funding up for grabs.
By Livia Gershon
This story appeared in the Special Section: Worcester Emerging, detailing the buzz building around the city. To see the entire section, click here
When Becker College in Worcester announced it will be closing its doors in August, the Massachusetts Digital Games Institute had a big question to answer. The statewide center for video game entrepreneurship, known as MassDiGi, had been based at the college since its start a decade ago. Where would it go now?
“We were flattered by the range of institutions that were interested in talking with us,” said CEO Timothy Loew. “We had opportunities across the commonwealth, and really great ones.”
Founders of Black-owned Ticketing Platform, Eventnoire, Win First Place in A $1 Million Startup Competition
Eventnoire won Mountain Dew’s Real Change Opportunity Fund Competition.
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According to a statement, Eventnoire is the winner of Mountain Dew’s Real Change Opportunity Fund Competition and will receive a portion of the $1 million prize pool, allowing it to continue work that strengthens Black business and uplifts Black communities. Eventnoire’s website describes it as a premiere event platform for event planners, organizations, and marketers that celebrate and embrace Black culture. Software solutions such as online event registration, venue selection, event management, mobile apps for events, and e-mail marketing are offered through the company.
AngelNV to invest $200K in Nevada-based Shark-Tank style event
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Operated by StartUpNV, a nonprofit statewide incubator and accelerator for Nevada-based startup companies, 45 AngelNV investors will invest at least $200,000 in one of six companies selected by the group as finalists, including three female-owned companies, two from Reno and four in Southern Nevada.
The investment will be announced at a special Shark Tank-style event on May 8 at 1 p.m. at Las Vegas City Hall with Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman giving pre-recorded opening remarks.
Currently, the AngelNV investor group has pledged to invest at least $220,000. By the May 8 event, even more investment funding may be available and awarded to a runner up from the six finalists.
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Like a lot of high school students, Vazquez had been struggling during the pandemic: there was no more French club, no gymnastics, no tutoring kids after school. Signing up for the sessions seemed better than scrolling on her phone all day.
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First, she learning how to make earrings over Zoom, then she signed up for a business incubator. Over three weekends, she and 10 other teens learned the basics of starting a small business. During a final, Shark Tank-style session, participants pitched their businesses. Vazquez was excited but worried about presenting to a panel. “I get really nervous and I stutter a lot,” she recalled.