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BadVR is using government grants to build a business that’s independent of venture capital

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The first step was finding money from the government’s Paycheck Protection Program to get more capital coming in and maintaining its headcount. million has come from the government in the form of two National Science Foundation cooperative agreements through the Small Business Innovation Research financing mechanisms.

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Minerva Lithium uses absorbent material to change the way we extract lithium

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To date, the company has raised $500,000 through a series of government grants and competitions. . Before Minerva was officially founded, Dawood and Rathnayake took part in a National Science Foundation (NSF) program designed to help universities with entrepreneurship programs. By 2021, Minerva had received pre-seed funding from NSF.

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How Cell Phones and Tablets Enable Telework

Tech Soup

During the polar vortex winter 2014, telework has done some unexpected things like keeping federal government services open for business during one of the really bad snow storms. The Mobile Work Exchange has a handy benefits calculator where you can quantify how much telework can help your particular organization.

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Hatch, a neobank for SMBs, launches with $20M in funding from investors like Kleiner Perkins, Foundation and Plaid’s founders

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The fintech’s Hatch Business Checking accounts cost $10 a month, don’t charge non-sufficient funds (NSF) or overdraft fees and includes cashback offers. Eligible account holders can also enroll in Hatch Cover, which covers overdrafts up to $100, or apply for lines of credit.

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Game Friday: Tagging For Fun

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For example, I identify myself as Nina Simon, the government identifies me by my social security number, some guy on the street identifies me as a woman with curly hair… all of these are valid descriptors or tags for me, and the aggregation of these tags provides a fuller picture of who I am to the outside world.

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Navigating the Shifting Political Landscape as a Federal Grant Recipient

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Similarly, the National Science Foundation (NSF) has issued a directive that requires all grantees to pause any activities related to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility (DEIA) that do not fully comply with the new administration’s updated requirements.

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Cruz Foam’s shell-based Styrofoam alternative brings in $3.4M seed with DiCaprio and Kutcher

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” The company kept the lights on for the period after I met them with an SBIR award from the NSF, with the Phase I and II awards yielding more than $2 million in non-dilutive money to work with. We don’t want to introduce materials that are just gonna be another problem.”