{
  "id": 9157462,
  "title": "EWOR Names San Francisco Leadership Team as US Applications Rise 237%",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/22/ewor-names-san-francisco-leadership-team-as-us-applications-rise-237",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-09-22T16:08:40.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Korea IT Times",
    "slug": "korea-it-times",
    "url": "https://www.koreaittimes.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=157455"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "EWOR has appointed a new leadership team in San Francisco following a 237% surge in applications from US founders over the past year, the company announced on September 22. The leadership team includes technology entrepreneur and investor Charles Ferguson, former Emhance CEO Katie Madding and three-time founder Gigi Brett. This expansion establishes EWOR as a permanent presence in one of the world's most concentrated startup markets. The company offers a selective founder fellowship that provides up to $600,000 in capital and weekly one-to-one mentoring from industry experts. EWOR's fellows can receive mentorship from successful founders associated with companies like Adjust, ProGlove, and SumUp. The program is primarily virtual, enabling participants to stay in their existing markets instead of relocating. EWOR's founder and CEO, Daniel Dippold, emphasizes the importance of closing the talent and opportunity gap for the world's best founders, with San Francisco now being one of those key locations. The company maintains an extremely low acceptance rate of 0.1%. Notable recent fellows include Martin Varsavsky, developing an AI healthcare company Certuma, and Xing founder Lars Hinrichs, building an AI-native mobile carrier Simsalasim. EWOR plans to host its first San Francisco Demo Day on October 9, with ten founders set to present their businesses to a panel of investors.",
  "summary": "EWOR has appointed a new leadership team in San Francisco after applications from US founders increased 237% over the past 12 months, the company announced on Sept. 22. The team includes technology entrepreneur and investor Charles Ferguson, former Emhance CEO Katie Madding and three-time founder Gi",
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    "EWOR appoints San Francisco leadership team",
    "US applications rise 237% in past year",
    "Fellowship offers $600K capital, mentorship"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}