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12 Demographic & Technology Trends Changing the Nonprofit Sector Worldwide

Nonprofit Tech for Good

As the social conscience of globalization, the nonprofit sector needs to contemplate future challenges and adjust their programs accordingly – and to inspire the next generation to tackle these challenges, nonprofits need to also understand how Gen Z uses technology. of the global population, and by 2050, that number will rise to almost 22%.

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There’s a perfect storm brewing for SaaS startups in Asia

The Next Web

As an Asia-based SaaS business founder, I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve been asked: “Why did you base your startup in Asia, and not the US?” For a SaaS business, there’s the usual list of compelling reasons to focus on the States. It’s an appropriate question.

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Practice Ignition lands $50M to scale globally

TechCrunch

Practice ignition , an Australia-based client engagement and commerce platform for professional service businesses, has raised $50 million (65 million AUD) in a Series C round to accelerate its growth and expand globally. It brings the startup’s total raised to $75 million, said Guy Pearson, CEO and founder of Practice Ignition.

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After initially defying the global slowdown, African startups’ first quarter venture results fall

TechCrunch

The recent, and now past, venture capital boom was a global affair. While traditionally busy markets like North America and Europe benefited from the explosion in capital, other regions with more nascent startup scenes also saw big gains in their ability to attract funding. Latin American as well.

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BluePallet raises $5M to take its chemical industry marketplace global

TechCrunch

This means that BluePallet’s network of chemical manufacturers and distributors will be exposed to millions of business buyers from around the world who source supply on the e-commerce site. Asia Pacific is the largest region in the global chemicals market, accounting for 49% of the $3.34 Image Credits: CEO Scott Barrows / BluePallet.

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Airwallex raises $200M at a $4B valuation to double down on business banking

TechCrunch

Business, now more than ever before, is going digital, and today a startup that’s building a vertically integrated solution to meet business banking needs is announcing a big round of funding to tap into the opportunity. “We want to be like the Apple of business finance.” That involves two parts.

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Airwallex raises $100M at a $5.5B valuation to expand its business banking and payments platform globally

TechCrunch

E-commerce and other online businesses are becoming increasingly global in their operations and customer bases, and a startup called Airwallex — which has built a banking solution that addresses the opportunity to provide cross-border financial services — has been seeing a massive surge of activity.