Fast Company Tech

MARCH 7, 2025

The market is exactly the wrong place to put something if you want a rail transportation system that meets the needs of all of America. After cutting costs, a privatized Amtrak could also raise prices for consumerseither on tickets, or by adding extra charges for things like baggage.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

Perfios, an Indian fintech that provides real-time credit underwriting solutions to banks and non-banking financial institutions, has raised $229 million in a new funding round as it looks deepen its expansion in North America and Europe. The new funding included […]

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 18, 2022

Rebill , an Argentina-based startup, raised $3.6 million to continue building automated payment collection and subscription management tools for Latin America. The new funding enables Rebill to continue expanding its presence into the rest of Latin America. The funding announcement includes $600,000 from a pre-seed tranche.

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TechCrunch

JULY 15, 2022

they are far less so across Latin America, where people — especially lower-income members of the population — have historically relied on cash for payments. The startup, which offers credit cards to underserved populations in Mexico, told TechCrunch it has raised an additional $50 million in equity at a $1.2 Enter Stori.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 22, 2020

Indianapolis-based Boardable , a provider of board management software tools for nonprofits, has raised $8 million in a new round of financing, the company said. Earlier this year, Resilia, a New Orleans-based startup, raised $8 million for its own spin on services for nonprofits and charity organizations.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 4, 2021

Berkeley-based fintech Flourish has raised $1.5 It is also now licensing its engagement technology to banks, retailers and fintechs across the Americas. In particular, it plans to next focus on the Brazilian market, and will scale in a few select countries in the Americas. . -based investors backing Latin American startups.

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Candid

MAY 18, 2022

Specifically, they saw the exhibition Giving in America , which includes one of the first copies of Foundation Directory. Can you give a little bit of background on the exhibition Giving in America ? . Giving in America opened on Giving Tuesday 2016. .

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

The new funds were raised at a $16 million pre-money, $20 million post-money valuation, Alloy told TechCrunch. But despite being what they described as not the hottest company in the batch, they skipped the accelerator’s well-known demo day, having already raised capital. Why $4 million?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 18, 2017

In Asia Pacific, Latin America, Africa, and the Middle East mobile payment systems through messaging apps are on the rise and worldwide digital wallets are gaining users. of all revenue raised in 2016. 21% of peer-to-peer fundraising dollars raised are the result of a direct click-through on social media.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 22, 2021

A month before the COVID-19 pandemic had spread to North America, auto fintech startup MotoRefi — newly armed with nearly $9 million in venture capital — was preparing to bring its refinancing platform to the masses. MotoRefi said Friday it has raised $10 million in a round led by Moderne Ventures. The company raised $8.6

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 30, 2023

3) Higher Fundraising Success: A Stanford Social Innovation Review study found that nonprofits that tell engaging stories raise twice as much money on average as those that don’t. Through their poignant, critical narratives, Feeding America raises awareness about food insecurity and engages the public in its mission to end hunger.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 20, 2021

Less than three months after announcing a $300 million Series E , Brazilian proptech QuintoAndar has raised an additional $120 million. billion, up from $4 billion at the time of its last raise in late May. With the extension, the startup has now raised more than $700 million since its 2013 inception.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 25, 2021

The raise comes after Pula closed $1 million in seed investment from Rocher Participations with support from Accion Venture Lab, Omidyar Network and several angel investors in 2018. . Likewise, the Kenyan startup hopes to propel its expansion for smallholder farmers in Asia and Latin America.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 9, 2023

Superscript , an insurance broker and tech platform targeting SMEs and “high-growth” tech firms, has raised £45 million ($54 million) in a Series B round of funding. Germany’s Wefox last year raised $400 million at $4.5 ” The company had previously raised around $24.4

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TechCrunch

JULY 6, 2021

Today, one of such, MAGIC Fund , a global collective of founders, is announcing that it has raised a second fund of $30 million to continue backing early-stage startups across Africa, Europe, Latin America, North America, and Southeast Asia. Some MAGIC portfolio companies. Here’s a scenario.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 19, 2022

In the latest development, Bumpa , one of them which says it is building the infrastructure to power online commerce and enable African small business owners to start, manage and grow their businesses from their mobile devices, has raised a $4 million seed round. .

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Does negativity and alarm really raise funds?” —John, CEO of a civic education nonprofit Dear John, This is a top-of-mind question for many fundraising professionals. Or, like Feeding America, you can build donor preferences into your website , a smart fix. Customized appeals always raise more revenue.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 18, 2025

Addressing agricultures labor challenges, Seso offers software now used by one-third of Americas 100 largest agricultural employers to streamline the H-2A visa process for migrant farmworkersa workforce the industry relies on heavily, at a time when its become a cultural flashpoint.

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TechCrunch

MAY 11, 2022

Habi , a Bogota-based proptech, has closed on $200 million in a Series C funding round co-led by Homebrew and SoftBank Latin America Fund. The raise follows a year of strong growth, according to the company, which saw its revenue increase by “well over 20x” in 2021. Banco Mercantil del Norte, S.A.,Institución

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 10, 2021

It announced today that it has raised $4.5 Recently bought by Via for $100 million , Remix is a city transportation planning startup born out of Code for America Hackathon. And Felt, a new Oakland-based startup co-founded by Sam Hashemi and Can Duruk , is on a mission to make the medium more mainstream.

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TechCrunch

JULY 29, 2021

But we’ve saved the best for last: Latin America. Like the U.S., Canadian, European, Indian and African startup hubs, Latin America is seeing venture capital activity set records. NXTP’s Costa made a bullish argument: The portion of “market capitalization from technology companies in Latin America is only 2.5%

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 22, 2024

This year’s top auctioneers are driving impactful change, raising crucial funds and leveraging their expertise to make a difference for great causes worldwide. In fact, she will often offer a surprise song during fundraising to encourage more donations – her songs have raised up to an additional $10,000 for her beloved clients!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 12, 2023

If you’ve been watching the financial press lately, America may be heading into a recession some time in 2023. We are so confident that we can help you raise in any economic climate, that we offer a unique matching gift program to select nonprofits and the B Generous $10k Guarantee to all our partners. It’s that easy.

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TechCrunch

MAY 6, 2021

Some of these markets like Africa, Latin America, and India, have comprehensive reports by publications and firms on trends and investments in their individual regions. The team surveyed over 177 startups and 33 investors across Africa, Latin America, and India. Fintechs have raised $23B across the regions since 2017.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 5, 2021

As Latin America attracts record-breaking venture capital totals, education technology startups in the region are given new opportunities to grow. The back-to-back raises are a reminder that edtech’s relevance in LatAm isn’t just growing in classrooms, but also within organizations across LatAm.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 7, 2021

CEO and co-founder Eugene Danilkis said it will be using the money to expand deeper in the 50 markets where it is already active, as well as focus more on specific regions like South America and Asia. Spryker raises $130M at a $500M+ valuation to provide B2Bs with agile e-commerce tools. offices established in Miami.).

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

While important, this factor wasn’t universal but was vital for campaigns focused on crisis relief or specific fund-raising event promotion. Emotional Connection: The campaign raised awareness about ALS, a debilitating disease, fostering empathy and a desire to help. The good news?

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TechCrunch

APRIL 19, 2023

One San Francisco-based startup has emerged that wants to not only give travelers more options, but make traveling more affordable, and it’s just raised $15 million toward that goal. To date, the startup has raised a total of $26.75 It has 20 employees, up from 10 a year ago.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 20, 2024

Donors are most interested in giving tribute gifts as memorials (43%), birthday gifts (25%), and for religious holidays (10%) $222 is the median amount raised by one-time peer-to-peer fundraisers; $501 is the median amount raised by return fundraisers. Classy ] GivingTuesday 2023 raised $3.1 billion—only 0.6% per visitor.[

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 31, 2021

On the heels of Heroes announcing a $200 million raise earlier today, to double down on buying and scaling third-party Amazon Marketplace sellers, another startup out of London aiming to do the same is announcing some significant funding of its own. North Wall Capital was behind the debt portion of the deal.

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TechCrunch

JULY 11, 2021

Dovetail is currently raising a $10 million AUD (about $7.5 As buy now, pay later startups keep raising capital, a dive into Klarna, Afterpay and Affirm’s earnings. “By companies, but its venture studio is currently focused on Australasian startups, with plans to expand into North America in the future. “We

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 4, 2023

When we look at the giving landscape in North America, the preferences and motivations for giving vary across different generations. Online giving is their forte, with crowdfunding platforms and social media serving as powerful tools to raise awareness and funds.

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The NonProfit Times

DECEMBER 19, 2024

America is grappling with a decline in empathy that threatens our social fabric, as genuine human connection gives way to distractions, disconnection and disruption. The intention wont just be to raise a few extra dollars, but to cultivate values that are at risk of being lost amid our hyper-digital, attention-fragmented culture.

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TechSpot

AUGUST 26, 2022

The company is increasing PlayStation 5 prices by $20 to $80 across Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Latin America, and North America, though the United States is unaffected.

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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. Since then, it’s expanded its reach to 31 countries in Europe and North America, and grown its team to 20 people, with plans to hire more.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 7, 2022

Ecuadorian payments infrastructure company Kushki has raised $100 million in an extension to its Series B round, more than doubling its valuation to $1.5 The startup had raised $86 million in the first tranche of the financing in June of 2021 at a post-money valuation of $600 million. Europe, APAC and Brazil.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Additionally, the Swedish company said that it has also secured $300 million in debt funding led by Barclays Europe, which will be used substantively to bolster its fleet of vehicles as it extends further into new and existing markets across Europe and North America. Einride in action Image Credits : Einride.

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