Pat Riley

Home to more than 200 organizations and social ventures focusing on global development, with work encompassing agriculture, community development, education, energy, health, infrastructure, microfinance, and various other fields. The Posner Center community of organizations and individuals share similar goals of a more equitable and prosperous world, serve similar populations, and confront similar financial challenges. The Posner Center for International Development brings together these social impact organizations to spur innovation by enabling groups to cross-pollinate through the exchange of ideas, the overlap of programming, and the generation of more comprehensive and lasting solutions to global poverty. OUR MISSION: To catalyze the global development community, at home and abroad, to collaborate for greater impact. OUR VISION: A more equitable and prosperous world.

The Mile High WorkShop in Denver, Colorado is an employment and job training program for those facing barriers to work through the manufacturing and production of handmade goods. The Denver-based WorkShop provides contract manufacturing services in order to employ men and women rebuilding from homelessness, addictions, and incarceration.

YouthBiz provides education and mentorships that exposes students to entrepreneurship, business literacy, and their potential impact on the world. Through the Entrepreneurial Experience, students will get hands-on experience in what it takes to start their own business. From concept and start-up all the way through production and distribution, graduates will be fully prepared to step out and know what it takes to own a business.

The University of Delaware - a state assisted, privately chartered institution - is a Land Grant, Sea Grant, Space Grant and Carnegie Research University (very high research activity). The University, with origins in 1743, was chartered by the State of Delaware in 1833. A Womens College was opened in 1914, and in 1945 UD became permanently coeducational. The main campus is located in Newark, Delaware, a suburban community of nearly 30,000, situated midway between Philadelphia and Baltimore. Courses are also offered at the Wilmington campus and at other locations throughout the State, including Dover, Georgetown, Milford, and Lewes.

Home to more than 200 organizations and social ventures focusing on global development, with work encompassing agriculture, community development, education, energy, health, infrastructure, microfinance, and various other fields. The Posner Center community of organizations and individuals share similar goals of a more equitable and prosperous world, serve similar populations, and confront similar financial challenges. The Posner Center for International Development brings together these social impact organizations to spur innovation by enabling groups to cross-pollinate through the exchange of ideas, the overlap of programming, and the generation of more comprehensive and lasting solutions to global poverty. OUR MISSION: To catalyze the global development community, at home and abroad, to collaborate for greater impact. OUR VISION: A more equitable and prosperous world.

We are the Global Venture Network for venture accelerators, studios, hubs, and their visionary leaders. GVN curates a global community, actionable insights, and comprehensive tools to scale venture accelerators, studios and hubs alongside the early-stage ventures they build. Through the networks collective work, no startup scales alone.

The Mile High WorkShop in Denver, Colorado is an employment and job training program for those facing barriers to work through the manufacturing and production of handmade goods. The Denver-based WorkShop provides contract manufacturing services in order to employ men and women rebuilding from homelessness, addictions, and incarceration.

Techstars helps founders scale their startups into world-changing businesses. Founded in 2006, Techstars is on a mission to invest in startups to enable more capital to flow to more entrepreneurs around the world in order to deliver exceptional returns to our investors. We do this by operating accelerator programs and venture capital funds, as well as by connecting startups, investors, corporations, and cities to help build thriving startup communities. Our results show why Techstars is Better for Founders than any other global accelerator: On average, 74.5% of Techstars companies will raise money within 3 years of their program; 18.5% of Techstars portfolio companies have exited 5 years after their program and 31.1% after eight years. (PitchBook June 2023)