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[[Hubs]]
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.
