TechCrunch

AUGUST 1, 2022

Priyanka Srinivas is the co-founder and CEO of Live Green Co , a Chilean food tech startup that uses artificial intelligence to suggest plant-based alternatives for meat and artificial additives in food. Here are five things green founders should remember when seeking VC funding at this moment. More posts by this contributor.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Bondaval , the London-based B2B insurtech that gives credit teams assurance that customers will fulfill their financial obligations, has raised $15 million in Series A funding led by Talis Capital. TechCrunch last covered Bondaval when it announced its seed funding in October 2021. Its clients now include BP and Shell.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 16, 2021

SumUp , a London-based startup that helps businesses power revenues through card payments — by way of physical readers, online payments, invoices and other services — is itself powering up in a big way. and basing their service around small card payment dongles that attached to phones or tablets.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Kippa , the Nigerian startup improving the lifecycle of small businesses across the country with its financial management and payments platform, has raised $8.4 Kippa said the investment will allow it to develop financial products that help SMEs grow their businesses and grow its team in Nigeria. The company announced its $3.2

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 25, 2022

Although this appears at first glance to be beyond reach in a virtual setting, consider breaking down each aspect one by one to consider online alternatives. Alternatively, you might combine a silent auction with a shop by allowing buyers to either purchase an item at a buy-it-now or have the item awarded to the highest bidder.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Individuals or businesses buying furniture in Africa can purchase from local furniture stores or global furniture retailers like IKEA. million in “expansion” funding from Aruwa Capital, a Nigeria-based early-stage growth equity and gender-lens fund. . When Dada launched the platform, its target audience was solely businesses.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 3, 2023

Post , a Twitter alternative of sorts that’s rethinking how publishers should engage with social media — and how they should monetize their readership — has opened its doors to the public. So, a one-time transaction, but you’re bombarded,” he says. The company isn’t currently raising but is hiring.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 5, 2023

In a complaint filed this week, the American Alliance for Equal Rights — founded by conservative activist Edward Blum, the man driving the effort to end affirmative action — sued a minority-focused venture capital fund for unlawful racial discrimination. And given Blum’s recent record , a loss for Fearless Fund could be on the cards.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 22, 2022

Thepeer , an African tech infrastructure startup connecting businesses’ wallets, has raised a $2.1 Participating investors in Thepeer’s seed round include RaliCap, Timon Capital, BYLD Ventures, Musha Ventures, Sunu and Uncovered Fund. In that process, we discovered more consumer and business problems.”. Here’s how it works.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

But since the unicorn changed its business model to a pure marketplace focusing on senior developers, other platforms such as AltSchool Africa are trying to fill one of the gaps it left: training people to become junior to mid-level engineers. The company (not to be confused with U.S.

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TechCrunch

JULY 23, 2021

On the commercial side, however, one business trying to send $100,000 the same way is not as easy. The Scotts Valley, California-based company is using cloud technology and the Ethereum blockchain as the engine for its Paystand Bank Network that enables business-to-business payments with zero fees. Paystand wants to change that.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

And now, Schnapp is turning to investing platform Republic to give his fans, and the masses, an opportunity to invest in the company behind the Nutella alternative for as little as $50. I could definitely see myself launching a venture capital fund in the next year,” Schnapp told TechCrunch.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 31, 2020

Don’t be afraid to reach out to event sponsors, grant funders and major donors to see if they’d be willing to work with you on how unspent funds are allocated, such as event table sponsorships. If fundraising via events, instead find creative ways to continue to raise funds virtually.”. “We Fundraising event alternatives.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 5, 2022

OneOrder , Egypt’s supply chain solutions provider for restaurants, has raised $3 million seed funding led by Nclude with participation from A15, and Delivery Hero Ventures. The latest funding brings the total funding raised by the startup to $10.5. million, including $6.5 So that’s where the idea really started,” he said.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Sengupta said Wednesday his startup, rebranded as Arta Finance, will work to provide individuals access to alternative assets that have so far largely been limited to the ultrawealthy. You can try to do it yourself, but most of us are so busy with our work and life that all sorts of financial planning falls by the side.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 8, 2022

In Deloitte’s 2019 report , the firm reveals that AI is transforming the financial ecosystem to reduce costs and make operations more efficient by providing automated insights and alternative data, analysis and risk management. The latest funding, which brings Akros’s total amount raised to $6.1 Akros just raised $2.3

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

Funding for Black entrepreneurs in the U.S. With venture investors committing to funding Black and minority founders, alongside the growing availability of government-backed proposals, such as New Jersey allocating $10 million to a seed fund for Black and Latinx startups , can we expect to see fundamental change? Sesie Bonsi.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Today, one of these — KreditBee , which provides instant personal loans to users — is announcing that it has raised $80 million in a Series D funding round. The funding is notable coming at a time when raising capital has become more complicated due to the economic slowdown in markets worldwide.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 19, 2024

Today’s question comes from a nonprofit employee who wants tips on how to connect with and cultivate Donor-Advised Fund (DAF) donors: Dear Charity Clairity, My boss thinks we should get more funding through DAFs. Fundamentally, you’re in the happiness delivery business. of those gifts were given anonymously.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 30, 2021

Koko Networks , a Kenya-based bio-fuel technology enterprise, has extended its business to cover other fast-moving consumer goods through a new tech platform that will capitalize on its established distribution networks in low-income neighborhoods.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 20, 2022

His pitch made perfect sense: create a biodegradable alternative to expanded polystyrene (EPS) foam using a material provided in abundance by nature. They soon found out everyone is quietly on the lookout for something better, and existing green alternatives haven’t panned out. ” In the Accelerator over the Sea.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

The latter was impacted by Elon Musk’s Twitter API changes which put an end to third-party Twitter clients , prompting Mehboob to turn his attention to the decentralized and open source Twitter alternative Mastodon. There, he ran marketing and business affairs and worked on branding and the international launch.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 24, 2021

That said, the number of businesses fighting for their attention in their inboxes and on their news feeds may have left them feeling a bit fatigued. This is an excellent alternative to traditional fundraising that may inspire a new crew of passionate people to become lifetime supporters of your mission. Not to worry.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 31, 2018

The lack of trust between NGOs and local Kenyans and the expectancy that NGOs are funded from outside Kenya are the key reasons for limited local fundraising towards NGO in Kenya. M-Changa also makes it easy for NGOs to account for funds coming in from multiple paymnet channels with automatic reporting and statements.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

This will include everything from funding rounds to trends to an analysis of a particular space to hot takes on a particular company or phenomenon. The company had raised $43 million in funding from investors such as Foundation Capital, QED Investors and Maverick Ventures, according to Silicon Hills. billion valuation.

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TechCrunch

JULY 27, 2022

Today, an adtech out of Spain that’s doing just this has raised a big round of funding to double down on the opportunity. to help grow the business there. “With our international presence and deep sector expertise, Advent will work with the Seedtag management team to further expand the business internationally.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 20, 2023

They allow businesses such as mobile operators, e-commerce platforms, and logistics companies to embed and enable banking products for their customers. With this new financing, Credable plans to launch four more products this year and partner with businesses in these countries. million seed round. So far, over 1.2

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Achieve

OCTOBER 18, 2024

A diversified funding model promotes financial stability, since you’ll have alternatives to fall back on if one revenue source falls short of expectations or expenses are higher than you predicted. Your funding model should include some combination of the five major nonprofit revenue streams, which are:   Individual donations.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 18, 2025

Now that researchers are seeing diminishing returns from this scaling strategy, OpenAI needed an alternative route toward its goal of creating AI models that are smarter than humans in most tasksin other words, models that can reach artificial general intelligence (AGI). The rest of the industry has followed its lead.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 27, 2021

In Southeast Asia, startups in this space that have raised funding over the past few months include Ajaib , Bibit and Stashaway —and that’s just a (very) partial list. Most of its users are between the ages of 25 to 40 and looking for alternatives to investing in long-term asset classes like real estate.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 7, 2022

They are responsible for communication between banks and fintechs to settle transactions for consumers and businesses swiftly. An alternative payment network with connected wallets allowing a mobile money user to transact with a bank account would fix this problem, and that’s the premise of Ghana-based fintech Dash.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

‘Fancy Plant Meat’ is its pithier pitch for a product that aims to provide a vegan alternative to eating a filet mignon steak or other ‘prime’ cuts of (animal) flesh. So going big and chunky is one way to stand out in the sizzling alternative protein space. Juicy Marbles is World Fund’s first investment.).

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TechCrunch

APRIL 2, 2022

The positive impact alternative meat products — like plant-based meat or cultivated meat — can have on the environment is striking. Except for the fact that alternative meat has a big scaling problem. Except for the fact that alternative meat has a big scaling problem. Image Credits: Micro Meat. “No

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TechCrunch

MARCH 8, 2021

TechCrunch asked the Makerpad founder why this was the right time to sell his business. He said that the pairing would help his team take the no-code world farther than it could alone, also noting that the deal was a “no-brainer” over “alternative routes such as VC funding.” That’s a no.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

This funding comes after the company’s $30 million Series B round — $23.75 So that’s what we’re evolving into as a business,” CEO Peter Njonjo said to TechCrunch in an interview. The funding will be used to test the concept out. First-time investors OP Finnfund Global and Endeavor Catalyst Fund participated as well. “We

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 22, 2021

The funding brings XanPool’s total raised since it was founded in 2019 to over $32 million. Its users include consumers and businesses that want an alternative to traditional payment processors. Based in Hong Kong, XanPool has more than 400 business partners.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Awoyemi choosing this route is quite interesting, especially as many African founders either launch syndicates or venture capital funds post- or during their entrepreneurial journies. It starts with an “impact-focused” idea that Fast Forward can build a solid business around.

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