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https://sap.io/nyc-24/Hi Dan Schneider, * Reply to this email for info on sponsorship opportunities *.Yes, the weather outside is frightful, but the tech scene is heating up with plenty of greqt events and a growing number of ways to support your company. This is a good week. Ya just never know, right? What’s new this week? Apply (scroll down for more)Element 46 Tech AcceleratorPitch HearstLabOpenAI Startup FundGoogle for Startups AI First AcceleratorNYCEDC Greenlight Fund seeks proposalsSAP.iO Foundry New York Visible Hands VCQueens Tech + Innovation Challenge – $20k GrantsCAFE Fintech Accelerator ProgramEvents (See more events below) Jan 23 Civic Tech’ish Jan 2024Jan 29 Responsible Tech Mixer + Data Action DayFeb 1 Online Insights: Drew Aldrich, Founder & Managing Partner, Viewpoint VCFeb 1 Transit Tech Lab Info SessionFeb 12 NY Tech Meetup – February 2024A Better Mousetrap partners with companies we believe in. For sponsorship opportunities email marcos@bettermousetrap.nyc Did someone forward this newsletter to you? Subscribe to get it every week. Forward this email to a friend. Be kind to yourself and others,MarcosMarcos DinnersteinFollow me on Twitter (OK, X) @marcosdConnect with me on LinkedIn SponsorFree Revenue Strategy AssessmentDo you want to balance revenue growth with social impact? Mission Flywheel helps mission-driven leaders prove their impact with measurable outcomes. Sign up for a free revenue strategy session to talk through your challenges in sales, business development, customer success, marketing and/or revenue operations. Let’s talk.  Jan 23 Civic Tech’ish Jan 2024Jan 24 Cornell Tech + Cornell Alumni Happy Hour & MixerJan 24 Her Workplace – Women in Product Speaker Series in NYCJan 29 Responsible Tech Mixer + Data Action Day Jan 31 Startup Pass: NYC Investor Roadshow 2024 Get $200. off with code: GOLDPASS200Jan 31 Accelerator Outlook for 2024 Feb 1 Online Insights: Drew Aldrich, Founder & Managing Partner, Viewpoint VCFeb 8 Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/Hacking NightFeb 15 Online Insights: Landon Ainge, Managing Director, Geo Ventures  Funding, Grants, Competitions, Training OpportunitiesResponsible Tech Job Board Want to improve our tech future? Work in it! Positive change happens from inside tech companies, from outside oversight/research, and from reimagining our possible tech futures. Find or post a job here.Job hunting? Tech: NYC’s Job Board is one more place to look.NYC Department of Small Businesses offers free online courses from coursera NYC Economic Development Corporation – Summer Internships Element 46 Tech Accelerator has announced opening its application for Spring 2024! If you are you an entrepreneur leading a tech venture based in Westchester County, join us on January 29th, at 5 PM ET (online), to meet the Element 46 Accelerator team, learn more about the Element 46 program, eligibility criteria and how can you be a part of the Spring 2024 cohort! RSVP here. Queens Tech + Innovation Challenge helps early-stage entrepreneurs grow their businesses with five $20K grants, access to industry experts and founder network. Presented by the Queens Borough President Donovan Richards and Queens Economic Development Corporation, the multi-week program offers high-level entrepreneurial classes, 1:1 office hours with QEDC mentors & advisors, networking events with startup founders, and cash prizes (five up-to $20K awards). Apply by March 1st CAFE Fintech Accelerator Program will be held for 10 weeks from March 25, 2024 to June 1, 2024. CAFE’s hybrid-virtual program fits into a founder’s busy schedule by providing coaching, connections, and community to help accelerate the growth of each fintech. Apply by Jan 31 Pitch HearstLab Winners receive up to $100k in investment from HearstLab, plus three months of hands-on support to help your company reach its goals in building the business, product and team. The OpenAI Startup Fund is accepting applications for its second cohort. The six-week program seeks engineers, designers, researchers using AI to reimagine the world. Learn more and apply by Jan. 26 here.Google for Startups AI First Accelerator A 10-week accelerator program for high potential AI-First technology startups based in the U.S. and Canada. Apply by Feb 15 The NYC Economic Development Corporation seeks proposals from non-profits or joint ventures for support projects in the life sciences, green economy, and advanced technology industries through its Greenlight Innovation Fund. Apply by April 12.Pipeline Capital Partners: Investing in: Accounting, AI, Big Data, Blockchain, Cybersecurity, Enterprise, FinTech, LegalTech, Productivity, SaaS. Check size – $250,000 to $2M. Learn more & applyWEVE Acceleration apply for their Spring 2024 Flagship program. Are based outside the US and thinking about expanding your business to the US market? Consider joining the next Cohort of WEVE U.S. Soft-Landing Acceleration Program! Program info. Apply for Feb 15.SAP.iO Foundry New York New Age Manufacturing For B2B tech in AI, Quantum Computing in Manufacturing, Sustainability, New & Advanced Manufacturing, Robotics, Supply Chain Resiliency, Next-Gen Operator Support, and Surprise Us. Learn more & Apply by Mar 31Venture for ClimateTech is a global non-profit venture studio + accelerator. They provide non-dilutive funding, as well as the tools, training, and talent to launch a company around an impactful climate tech solution. Learn more & applyVisible Hands VC funds and empowers underrepresented founders launching high-growth startups. Learn more.Transit Tech Lab is seeking cutting-edge, tech-driven solutions from early to growth-stage companies that can revolutionize Customer Experience, Resiliency, and Curb Management with some of North America’s largest transportation agencies. Apply by Feb 28AV Startup School: Health & Bio 6 week online course. Are considering starting a company in Health or Bio? Are you a PhD, MD, MBA, engineer, product manager or a technical graduate? Have recently started a company in Health or Bio and have raised less than $500K? No cost, zero equity taken. Learn more and applyVentureCrushFG Pods is an accelerator(NY/DC/CA – virtual + in-person) that builds a community of founders and strives to avoid engendering competition between fhe founders within VCFG. VCFG does not 1. Take Equity 2. Charge 3. Require anyone to do business with anyone else 4. Have a Demo Day. Sessions begin in May. Learn more & apply NJ Innovation Evergreen Fund for VCs – Provides a platform to partner with the private sector to raise and invest capital in qualified New Jersey-based companies. Once a venture capital firm is pproved, their fund can access up to $12.5M per year to invest. Open to both VC funds and NJ business. Learn more Angel Match Program: Through Angel Match, the NJEDA can provide up to $500K in funding to early-stage, product-based innovation companies in New Jersey via a convertible note that is matched with the company’s preferred equity fundraise. CSIT’s Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Direct Financial Assistance Program Pilot provides technical and financial support to small businesses seeking to or participating in the federal SBIR/STTR program. Learn moreStartout Growth Labis a startup accelerator that offers top quality mentoring, education, and networking opportunities for companies that happen to be founded or co-founded by LGBTQ+ entrepreneurs. Explore all the New Jersey Economic Development Authority’s programs. The Lab is looking for innovative finance solutions that can unlock investment to tackle some of the most difficult climate and sustainable development challenges and investment opportunities for a net zero economy. Learn moreForum Ventures Live Pitch Competition: NYC Prize: $100,000 Open to early-stage B2B SaaS founders who have raised under $1M USD. Submission deadline, Feb 14. Ganas Ventures | Community-driven founders: Apply for $100K Lattitude | US Latino founders: Lattitude is hosting a Live Match-Up Competition that will offer up to $1M of equity-free capital to the winner. Learn more & ApplyGreenlight Innovation Fund RFP New York City Economic Development Corporation (“NYCEDC”), is launching the Greenlight Innovation Fund Request for Proposals to provide City capital funding for the development of facilities in New York City that support Innovation Industries, including the Green Economy, Life Sciences, and Advanced Technology. Learn more about this and other NYCEDC Request for Proposals (RFPs). edc.nyc/RFPsSonic Labs accelerator program. (from Fantom Foundation) Apply by Feb 6 Up to 5 teams participating will receive: An equal share of 1,000,000 FTM Direct mentorship from Andre Cronje Guidance from Marc Tillement from Pyth Compliance and payroll support from Request Finance Company structuring and legal guidance from Fantom Foundation’s Eli Bernstein. The opportunity to be part of the official Sonic mainnet launch in early 2024 Access to private capital from our venture capital partnersHot leads from City Government. NYC outsources work your company could provide. NYC mayor’s office of Contract Services lists work the city will be contracting in 2024. You might be surprised at the range of services NYC needs. Search here.NYC CoolRoofs provides New Yorkers with paid training and work experience installing energy-saving reflective rooftops. The program supports the City goal to reach carbon neutrality by 2050 Learn more and applyFree tax prep for freelancers NYC Launches Free Tax Prep For Self-Employed With CWPD And Freelancers Union. Learn more Energy Innovation Competition 2023 See this LinkedIn post Open to Bootstrapped, Pre-Seed,Seed,Pre-A, Series A companies. Deadline unkown. (to me at least!) OpenAI cybersecurity grant program It almost goes without saying why they would want to fund these initiatives… New York State’s Regional Economic Development Council funding is renewed by the state each year, and divides $225 million annually between 10 regions across the state. Companies can apply for both capital and operating grants, and funding can also support creating new business incubators. Learn more. The federal Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs provide funding and eventually government contracts to innovative companies with under 500 employees developing and researching new technologies, and partners them with nonprofit research institutions. Initial phase funding grants begin at $50,000 and second phase grants are typically $750,000. Learn more.Polygon Labs $85M Grant Program to Draw Builders to Its Ecosystem – Grants are for both later stage Co’s (up to $1.5 Mil) and early stage Co’s (quadratic funding grants) Learn more. The NYC Proptech Piloting Program provides piloting opportunities, pilot implementation support, and access to talent to support pilots for technologies that address the needs of City government’s nearly 500 million square feet of real estate under management. Learn more. Microsoft for Startups Founders Hub – Up to $150K towards Azure OpenAI Service to supercharge your integrations. Learn more. NYCEDC Launches Venture Access Alliance that Aims to Build a Tech Ecosystem that Reflects and Leverages NYC’s DiversityThis is super promising, especially given the two people who are co-chairing this initiative. The Alliance is co-chaired by Fred Wilson of Union Square Ventures and Jarrid Tingle of Harlem Capital Partners in partnership with the Ford Foundation, Annenberg Foundation, Tech:NYC and more than 70 venture capital firms.NextFab Ventures Philadelphia, PA, USA | Oct 16 – Jan 15. Helping hardware entrepreneurs jump-start their business by providing them with hands-on technical and business consulting. Funds up to $100k for 6% equity. Rolling AdmissionsThe NYC Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC) has a range of Financial Solutions to support: * Discretionary tax benefits, tax credits, and tax-exempt financing * Catalytic investment capital in the form of loans, equity, credit enhancements, and other hybrid instruments * Advisory services for internal and external stakeholders on strategic financial topics Learn more here Global Millennial Capital’s Accelerator Web3 2023 Program: For early-growth companies to define their business model and expand their network of global relationships. Up to $250,000 per company. Deadline unknown. Learn more Women Entrepreneur’s Boot Camp (WEB) – an immersive day of workshops and activities for women founders of seed stage tech companies. Ten to twelve founders will spend the day in New York with investors from Amex Ventures, subject matter experts from American Express and Project W, and a cohort of their accomplished peers to dive into strategies for scaling their businesses to get Series A ready. Apply nowFutureworks Makerspace at Brooklyn Army Terminal is a state-of-the-art community workspace for entrepreneurs, makers, architects, and artists. Makerspace supports local manufacturing and entrepreneurship by providing access to tools for local prototyping. Learn more Empire State Dev Pre-seed and Seed Matching Fund Provides $30 mil. for early-stage, high growth start-up companies. The fund offers early-stage businesses equity investments from $50K up to $250K with matching from the private sector (there must be at least $1 of private sector investment for every $1 NY Ventures invests). Targeting Advanced Manufacturing, AgTech, Climate Tech, Consumer Products, Data/SaaS/AI, Fintech, Healthcare, Life Sciences and BioTech, Medical Devices. No known application deadline. Learn more. TachyonX Accelerator TachyonX is Consensys’ newest program supporting innovative Web3 founders at the very beginning of their journey, with a $150,000 with a SAFE and token side letter for 4% equity and pro rata token right to insider token allocation and access to the Consensys Mesh network. Rolling admissions so… Get rolling and apply! Awesome Foundation Every month the foundation gives away $1,000 – just like that. |
