Q1 Investments: Launch NY Quadrupled the Amount of Seed Funding Invested in a Quarter
Launch NY brings Q1 investments total to $620,000, quadrupling over the last 3 quarters. Companies receiving Q1 investment include: Agapé, CaHill, Ecolectro, Gian Corporation, Gclip Row, GRASPIE, Iterate Labs (OrthoFit), Memory Fox, Ru’s Pierogi, VPG Medical, and Walkabout Workplace. And there’s good news among 2019 portfolio companies, including ShrubBucket, who was quoted in the Wall Street Journal April 26, “(ShrubBucket) delivers plants to 17 states, says it had 2,023 orders last month compared with 57 in March of last year. ‘Any time there’s an economic downturn, gardening goes up,’ says Heidi Mortensen”.
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The Future of Startup Funding?
In Buffalo Business First article, Launch NY President and CEO, Marnie LaVigne, shares her insight on startup funding in a COVID-19 world and why Launch NY did twice as many deals in March than it has done in previous months.
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#LaunchHour TwitterChat Tips
#LaunchHour TwitterChats are monthly virtual chats featuring important topics for startups, entrepreneurs, investors, and ecosystem stakeholders.
The Importance of Cybersecurity for Start-Ups – Now More Than Ever
What are the very first steps a company should take when developing a cyber-security plan?
@MAChirico: Companies should take a crawl-walk-run approach on their journey to securing their environments. Realize that this endeavor is a process & not a destination. Understanding an organization’s cyber-maturity is a critical first step. In our world we call this a risk-based approach.
Since many of the work force has shift to working remotely, what are steps organization should take to protecting their information?
@MAChirico: Many ask how their home environ. is putting their workplace at risk. A bad actor has the ability to install spyware such as a keylogger on your home computer, could potentially capture pers. info such as email creds or name&address, or sensitive bus info or IP.
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