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[[Hubs]]
*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.
