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iStarter will open an Italian accelerator in New York
Finally, by the end of 2018 in New York City there may be a Made in Italy Tech accelerator. That’s what Nicola Garelli, president of iStarter, announced during the NYC edition of its “2020” world tour, on February 26, at Grand Central tech. German startups have their German accelerator, French startups have La French Tech…
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“New York is the present and future home for technology innovation”
“Any further long-term real-estate commitments by Google are proof positive that New York is the present and future home for technology innovation and the most fertile ground for talent retention,” said Doug Harmon, of Cushman & Wakefield, the broker who worked the sale of 111 Eighth Ave. to Alphabet, and on a new transaction: Google’s investing…
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5 great Italian startups at the European Tech Night
The tech startup community in New York keeps growing, with a lot of deals – $2,883 funding in Q4’17, more than $2,667 million in Silicon Valley! – and a lot of new initiatives supporting startups, such as the European Tech Night, a joint effort by the Consulates of France, Germany and Italy. The first European…
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MongoDB’s successful IPO: a new generation of startups emerging in New York
Congrats to New York-based MongoDB that went public on the Nasdaq on Thursday, finishing the day at $32.07, up 34 percent above its IPO price of $24. The IPO netted $192 million for the company and valued it at about $1.18 billion – wrote TechCrunch -. By the end of the day’s trading, the market cap was…
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New York-Silicon Valley: prove di sorpasso con Cornell Tech
Molte università, anche in Italia, hanno ormai spazi dedicati agli “incubatori” di startup tecnologiche. Ma nessuna ha costruito un intero palazzo che faccia da “ponte” fra accademia e industria, e l’ha messo al centro del proprio campus, come ha fatto Cornell Tech, la nuova istituzione di studi superiori (offre solo corsi di master e PhD,…
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Three IPOs of NYC startups
Good news for the NYC startup scene: one IPO will be launched on June 28, and two others will be ready soon. Blue Apron, the meal ingredient delivery service, goes public on June 29, listed on the NYSE under the symbol “APRN”. Its stock price will be between $10-11, which gives the company a market…
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Cornell Tech almost ready to launch on Roosevelt Island!
The Campus of Cornell Tech is almost ready to open!
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Nel Rinascimento Hardware a Brooklyn, anche la startup di un italiano
Giovedì scorso New Lab – il nuovo spazio per startup a Brooklyn – ha annunciato che 14 delle sue società partecipano a una iniziativa della New York City Economic Development Corporation per generare tecnologia che risolva sfide urbanistiche, dalla congestione del traffico alla coltivazione di cibo “locale”. Il New York Times parla di un “rinascimento dell’hardware”…
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The City is more and more tech thanks to universities
New York City is being transformed by universities’ huge investments in projects that put together “applied sciences” and “entrepreneurship”, write The New York Times. “Private and public universities have been spending a robust $2 billion a year in construction costs, according to the New York Building Congress. The Cornell and N.Y.U. initiatives alone could generate $33…
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Lots of Italy happening all around VentureOut in NYC
Congratulations to Brian Frumberg – founder of VentureOut – for his new initiatives: VentureOut Launch, a new long-form incubator program; and the partnership with SparkLabs, the global club for innovators. So the offices of VentureOut have moved to Spark Labs, 25 W 39th St., 14th Floor: “We will be cohosting many of their awesome event series focused…