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

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. On Arta, customers will gain access to investment opportunities in alternative assets including private equity, venture capital, private debt and real-estate.

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TechCrunch

MAY 26, 2022

Fintech startup and alternative credit asset manager Viola Credit has closed its latest $700 million fund, which provides asset-based lending capital to fintech, proptech and insurtech startups. The fintech sector boomed in 2021, with global fintech funding reaching a record $132 billion. Western Europe, U.K.,

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Numerous companies exist substantively to power this labelling process, one of which is German startup Kern AI , which has built a platform for NLP developers and data scientists to not only control the labelling process, but automate and orchestrate tangential tasks and allow them to address low-quality data that comes their way.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 31, 2020

By Christy Smaglio , Instructional Writer at Donor Perfect – a top-rated donor management system and fundraising platform for nonprofits. Raising funds for your cause takes constant dedication and focus, and nothing helps you gain focus better than setting a game plan. Fundraising event alternatives. 2) Automatic Monthly Giving.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Small businesses are the backbone of Southeast Asia’s economy, but many struggle to secure working capital loans because they don’t have traditional credit records or collateral, say the founders of Funding Societies. TechCrunch first covered Funding Societies when it raised its Series A in 2016. million loan transactions.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 2, 2022

The startup uses blockchain technology to help brands build customer loyalty without having to rely on buying up pricey ads on third-party social media platforms, Haney explained. On the Chain Reaction podcast, Haney announced for the first time that her new company was about to close its second institutional funding round.

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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

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. Some, like local news publishers, are waiting on additional functionality to be added to the platform.

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TechCrunch

MAY 10, 2022

Supabase , which bills itself as an open source alternative to services like Google’s Firebase , today announced that it has raised an $80 million Series B funding round led by Felicis Ventures. Coatue and Lightspeed also participated in this round, which brings the company’s total funding to date to $116 million.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

Interest in alternative investments such as private equity, real estate and crypto continues to surge, and Miami-based fintech startup Allocations is riding the wave. The latest round brings its total funding raised to $12 million, according to the company. As for performance metrics, Advani noted that the company had reached a $6.25

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TechCrunch

JULY 2, 2021

Because he feared they might fall behind their stateside peers, he began tutoring them when they arrived home, using Khan Academy among other software platforms. million in seed funding led by Animo Ventures, with participation from Maveron, Humbition, Sesame Workshop, Collaborative Fund and NaHCO3, a family office.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 31, 2020

By Stephanie Kanak , Content Strategist at Donor Perfect – a top-rated donor management system and fundraising platform for nonprofits. 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.

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TechCrunch

MAY 26, 2021

million in seed funding from venture firm Sequoia Capital, just over a year since Skiff was founded in March 2020. Milich and Ginsberg told TechCrunch that the company will use the seed funding to grow the team and build out the platform. It seems to be working.

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TechCrunch

MAY 11, 2021

The digital tabletop platform has progressed from crowdfunding to $4 million seed round, and having partnered with some of the biggest names in the industry, plans to ship by the end of the year. If the pitch sounds familiar… it’s been attempted once or twice before.

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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 21, 2022

Groundfloor , the first real estate crowdfunding platform to gain regulatory approval, announced today that it raised its first round of institutional capital since 2015. Groundfloor’s platform offers investments in real estate debt to its 150,000+ users, with a minimum investment of $10.

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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 is one of the many bookkeeping platforms for small and medium businesses in sub-Saharan Africa. million in an oversubscribed seed round. . The company announced its $3.2

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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 Vendease gets $3.2M

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 17, 2021

The company is also describing itself as a machine learning-as-a-service platform. Pngme’s platform caters to fintechs and other financial institutions across sub-Saharan Africa. Pngme, a financial data platform, closes $3M seed to accelerate growth in Sub-Saharan Africa.

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 27, 2021

How are these social fundraising tools different to peer-to-peer fundraising platforms? When should you use them and can you use social fundraising tools and peer-to-peer fundraising platforms together? . There are already a plethora of peer-to-peer platforms to choose from with varying features and integrations.

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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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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

JUNE 30, 2021

The latest such neobank to emerge is New York-based Daylight , which describes itself as the first LGBTQ+ digital banking platform in the United States. It also plans to build out a LGBTQ+ business marketplace and a platform that offers discounts and rewards when members shop at merchants whose actions support the queer community.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 24, 2023

Jobani looked for an alternative, but didn’t end up finding one — and so he built it himself. The size of this credit raising reflects the growing volume of monthly transactions on the PayEm platform.”

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 18, 2025

And Recursion is harnessing the largest supercomputer in pharma to power a drug discovery platform used by Big Pharma customers, while advancing multiple AI-based candidates of its own through clinical trials. chemicals company Johnson Matthey.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 1, 2022

million pre-seed funding to scale its operations within Africa; one of the fastest-growing mobile phone market in the world. We are providing an alternative to people who don’t want to pay full price for a device, and I am more excited about the fact that we are able to help a lot of consumers buy their first smartphone,” said Lawania.

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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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TechCrunch

JANUARY 31, 2022

The main platforms used at this point include Neo4j, Senzing or Neptune from AWS. Alternatively, companies try to build their own solutions using Elasticsearch. Tilo has now raised €1,200,000 in pre-seed funding led by European VC Peak Capital (which put in €640,000). But it remains a big problem to solve.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 5, 2020

Nonprofit Tech for Good is built on WordPress and in our 11 years of publication, there have been zero problems with using the platform. Then, throughout the ASPCA website, the sidebar alternates CTAs customized for that particular page.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 18, 2025

Now, as its customers chase human-level intelligence, its groundbreaking Blackwell processor and platform is ready. Instead, its actively building platforms for everything from drug discovery (Clara for Biopharma) to autonomous vehicles (Drive AGX) to video production (Holoscan) to digital twins (Omniverse). AI companies like OpenAI.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 18, 2022

As the enthusiasm around AI image and text generators grows, Jasper , a startup developing what it describes as an “AI content” platform, has raised $125 million at a $1.7 Copysmith last April secured $10 million in financing for its AI-powered content generation platform, while Copy.ai closed a $10 million round in October.

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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

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Africa Health Holdings , a healthcare startup running several hospitals, has secured $18 million in a Series A round, funds that will go toward building its “tech-forward healthcare system” across Ghana, Kenya and Nigeria. Valiant Capital, Kepple Ventures and SUNU Capital.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

His virtual meeting platform is the latest to receive venture capital funding — $13.5 The new funding will enable the company to grow its team in product, design and engineering. His firm typically invests in platform businesses that have the capacity to transform business spaces.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Ukio , a short-term furnished apartment rental platform aimed at the “flexible workforce,” has raised €27 million ($28 million) in a Series A round of funding. It’s worth noting that guests book initially for a set period of time, but they can extend their stay through Ukio’s online platform.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Jakarta-based Xendit , best known for its digital payment infrastructure but also focused on other financial products, announced today it has raised $150 million in Series C funding, bumping its valuation to $1 billion. This new round brings its total funding so far to $238 million. Accel led Xendit’s $64.6 in Accel-led Series B.

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