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[[Hubs]]
*Co-invests? yes "For larger seed rounds we regularly introduce our portfolio companies to in-network seed stage VC’s for co-investment opportunities"
*Also has a pseudo-accelerator and coworking space
*Founded fund in 2014, classified as micro VC(<<$100m)
=CyberTech=
In-house operating fund? NO
*paid membership, plus an incubator program
*hosts events around the US
=Innovation PavillionPavilion=In-house operating fund? NO*Never mentions in-house VC*place for connecting VC and startups*"At the heart of Innovation Pavilion is the entrepreneur. We have a network consisting of investors, supply chain manufacturers, service providers and professional services like financial, legal and marketing. We also encourage collaboration through events and workshops at our facilities." No onsite VC=BestHQ=In-house operating fund? NO*connects startups and VC*collaboration/coworking space*paid membership=Work Hard Pittsburgh=In-house operating fund? NO*Current model launched in 2016, serves as a business incubator and a co-working space*No mention of VC=Tampa Bay Wave=In-house operating fund? NO*space connecting entrepreneurs and startups*began a startup accelerator that launched in 2013=Think Big Partners=In-house operating fund? NO*"Think Big Partners helps companies grow faster, smarter and more efficiently through our network of in-house services, community members and national partners. We push the boundaries of the status quo and help entrepreneurs create game changing companies and technologies."*Not much more information on website than that, definitely no on-site VC=Hacker Lab=In-house operating fund? NO*coworking space with classes, a "hacker space", and a "maker space"*Does not invest=Geekdom=In-house operating fund? YES*Has its own "Geekdom Fund" which invests in early stage IT startups*focus: IT, tech*Raised $6.68m in 2014, classifies as micro VC*coinvests with partner network=Epicenter=In-house operating fund? NO*part of the Google for Entrepreneurs initiative, strictly a working space*connects entrepreneurs to coworking space with hands-on mentoring=Awesome Inc=In-house operating fund? YES*operates funds as a Micro VC to help startups partner with other companies*Raised about $4.5m from 2015-2016, founded in 2016*Focuses on education, many programs to teach high schoolers and middle schoolers basic STEM*Reasonable to expect co-investing with these circumstances=Learn Launch=In-house operating fund? YES*operates a small fund for seed investments into its Ed-tech accelerator*Micro VC providing up to $120k to each startup and working with VC partners to provide more*focus: education*Fund began as late as 2016, 2017 marks the second Accelerator fund=Catapult Chicago=In-house operating fund? NO*community of solely tech startups*Bunch of amenities for membership, including forums, programming, advisors, and "Everest" program=Velocity=In-house operating fund? YES*Very small fund in the ecosystem*invests from $10-25k to early stage and seed companies*Primarily connects companies together in Southern Indiana*Certainly co-invests*Funding seems to have started 2015*focus is tech=Tech Ranch=In-house operating fund? NO*Education for entrepreneurs, thinking space for ventures since 2008*Focus on networking*no mention of VC or funding=ReSET=In-house operating fund? NO*Paid membership*nonprofit with no personal fund*"Its strategic goals are threefold: to be the “go-to” place for impact entrepreneurs, to make Hartford the Impact City, and Connecticut the social enterprise state."*focus: social entrepreneurship, enterprise=The Atlanta Tech Village=In-house operating fund? NO*Just seems to be a collaboration space*Has private offices and communal places for networking and interactions*Has "scholarship" to waive membership fees, but that does not count as a fund.
