Articles about Fledge

Training angels: Fledge accelerator founder leads new courses for budding startup investors

Folks curious about making angel investments in promising startups can sign up for online training through the new Angel Accelerator… Read More

Luni Libes’ Fledge accelerator takes flight as socially conscious investing keeps growing

Michael “Luni” Libes did not want to launch another tech company. Over two decades, he’d been involved with five software… Read More

Vote for the Geeks Give Back award: 5 inspirational groups making a positive change in our community

Editor’s note: The GeekWire Awards are now virtual on July 23. Watch live below. If you’re looking to be inspired… Read More

Socially-conscious accelerator Fledge raises more cash for new cohort in Peru

Fledge is headed to Peru. The Seattle-based socially-conscious accelerator announced this week that its eighth cohort will be in Lima,… Read More

Better bricks, healthier chickens and more life-changing ideas from the Fledge startup accelerator

Ravaged villages, fires and emaciated people filled the screen at Fledge’s seventh annual Demo Day this week. These horrific images… Read More

Socially conscious companies: Meet the 4 do-good startups from Fledge’s latest class

From water-powered USB chargers to a post-disaster housing marketplace, four new socially-conscious startups just graduated from Fledge’s third class ever.… Read More

Getting crap done: How these entrepreneurs want to keep poop out of water in India

The waste management infrastructure in India isn’t all that effective and two entrepreneurs from Seattle want to do something about… Read More

From human waste disposal to homegrown food storefronts, meet Fledge’s socially-conscious startups

Natural soap, online groceries, cell phones, volunteer training, drip clips, human waste, point rewards, and your old tennis shoes. Wondering… Read More

Fledge: A startup incubator for socially-conscious startups takes flight with new cash

Fledge, which is taking a TechStars-like approach to incubating startups that make the world a better place, has landed $307,000 in… Read More

Meet Fledge: The first incubator for ‘conscious’ companies

Michael “Luni” Libes has spent the past 20 years building software companies, creating new upstarts such as Ground Truth, Medio… Read More