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What Does the Mobile Market Look Like for Nonprofits?

NetWits

description : The American Cancer Society Relay for Life application is a great tool to track your fundraising progress, and to keep current on all Relay for Life news! Users will also find current news about each park, access and visitor information, and directions to park visitor centers. 4) name: Relay For Life App. link : [link] #.

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Austin non-profit offers free yoga for cancer survivors

Connection Cafe

But, instead, I would like to take this opportunity to highlight an Austin-area organization that is making a difference in the lives of those affected by cancer. The Austin chapter, headed by Holly Krenek, is working with Sundara Yoga to offer unlimited free classes to cancer survivors.

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Destined to ring bells

Judi Sohn

Back in 2007, the Colorectal Cancer Coalition rang the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange in honor of Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month. At this point, Gene Austin, CEO of Convio asked the clients in attendance to come up one at a time to have their photos taken with him and Vinay Bhagat, Co-Founder. Very touristy.

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Mark Cuban-backed Eterneva raises $10M to turn your loved one’s ashes into diamonds

TechCrunch

Enter Austin-based Eterneva , which is building a rare direct to consumer brand in the end-of life-space. Her close friend and business mentor, Tracey Kaufman, was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and ended up passing away at the age of 47. Its seed round was a $3 million financing led by Austin-based Springdale Ventures in 2020.

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Great reads from around the web on March 30th

Amy Sample Ward

Growing Virtual Roots – How our online efforts led to amazing offline results – A great case study in community organizing, on and offline, from Accelerate Brain Cancer Cure. "From The festival will be held July 28-July 30 in Austin, Texas." It is free for all non-profits and causes to submit their film.

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Found comes out of stealth with $32M in funding, former Bumble exec as its new CEO

TechCrunch

Austin-based Found was incubated at Atomic , a San Francisco-based venture studio in the spring of 2020. During that process, she was battling Stage 3 breast cancer — doing drafts of the S-1 from a chemo chair and sending it to the board the morning of her double mastectomy.

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Insurtech startup Spot brings in $17.5M equity, debt to fill insurance gaps for accidental injuries

TechCrunch

Headquartered in Austin, the company raised $15 million in equity and $2.5 For example, one of the company’s first partners was the Austin Marathon, selling one-time injury policies to the participants. Affordable healthcare continues to be a major problem in the U.S.,

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