TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Today, the seven-year-old company is announcing a $50 million Series C round to scale its efforts in the East African nation and other neighbouring countries. This funding comes after the company’s $30 million Series B round — $23.75 Per Crunchbase , Twiga has raised over $100 million in both debt and equity financing rounds.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Shuttlers , a “tech-enabled scheduled bus sharing” company, is itching to change that. After years of bootstrapping, the company has raised $1.6 Via its ridesharing platform, Shuttlers provides companies with better mobility options for their employees. . Despite raising just ? Image Credits: Shuttlers.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 16, 2023

But one of the more successful vendors is Cast AI , which today announced that it raised $20 million in an investment led by Creandum with participation from unnamed existing investors. ” Cast AI raises $20M to help companies reduce cloud spend by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 12, 2023

Coho AI today announced that it raised $8.5 “Coho AI has developed a unique data consolidation platform that models the business value of a software-as-a-service company and maps it to the behavior of the customers in real time using machine learning and advanced analytics,” Falcon told TechCrunch in an email interview.

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The Fundraising Authority

NOVEMBER 21, 2020

As development professionals, volunteers, and board members, we spend a lot of time searching for new prospects … trying to find new individuals, companies and foundations who might respond to our message, who we can cultivate, and who, over time, might make a significant gift to help us continue our work. How Can Good PR Help Me Raise Money?

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TechCrunch

APRIL 19, 2023

. “The pandemic exposed critical vulnerabilities in traditional network infrastructure, prompting a surge in demand for contactless solutions,” Fish, who serves as the company’s CEO, told TechCrunch in an email interview. ” Mum’s the word on Ditto’s revenue.

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Mashable Tech

APRIL 17, 2025

When the $80 price was first revealed, gamers immediately raised questions. Credit: Nintendo In interviews with the media after the big Switch 2 Direct two weeks ago, Nintendo employees generally took the position that Mario Kart World 's price makes sense because of how much content is in the game.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 20, 2021

The company is announcing a $10.5 In total, Alerzo has raised more than $20 million since its launch. The company also said it closed a $2.5 “Growing up in Ibadan, I watched my mother operate two informal retail stores to raise my three siblings and me. million Series A round led by New York-based Nosara Capital.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 30, 2020

The undisclosed investment by Daimler is in addition to the $170 million that Luminar raised as part of its merger with special purpose acquisition company Gores Metropoulos Inc. Luminar will become a publicly traded company through its merger with Gores, which is expected to close in late 2020. billion SPAC merger.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

Japanese space startup Gitai has raised a $17.1 This new funding will be used for hiring, as well as funding the development and execution of an on-orbit demonstration mission for the company’s robotic technology, which will show its efficacy in performing in-space satellite servicing work. .

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CauseVox

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Schools, city governments, retailers, corporations, individuals, and big and small nonprofits have been participating in GivingTuesday by the thousands, and many of them are working together to raise funds for those 24 hours and beyond. Well Aware implemented automated matching on their Shower Strike campaign to raise over $300k!

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 4, 2021

Healthcare startup Color has raised a sizable $167 million in Series D funding round, at a valuation of $1.5 billion post-money, the company announced today. We saw it multiple times, with lab testing, with antigen testing and now with vaccines,” Color CEO and co-founder Othman Laraki told me in an interview.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 9, 2021

Moove , an African mobility company with a fintech play, wants to change that, and is raising $23 million in Series A to scale rapidly across the continent. And that’s what’s driving mobility drive and vehicle sales,” Delano said during the interview. Moove raised a $5.5 It’s that way in the U.K.,

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TechCrunch

JULY 25, 2022

Cartona , one of the major players digitizing the traditional trade market, including mom-and-pop stores, FMCG producers, wholesalers, and distributors in Egypt, has raised $12 million in Series A funding. We won’t expand like crazy without having positive unit economics in every city,” CEO Mahmoud Talaat told TechCrunch in an interview. “We

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 5, 2021

While the world continues to await the arrival of safe, reliable and cost-effective self-driving cars, one of the pioneers in the world of autonomous vehicle software has raised some substantial funding to double down on what it sees as a more immediate opportunity: providing technology to industrial companies to build off-road applications.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Stability AI, the company funding the development of open source music- and image-generating systems like Dance Diffusion and Stable Diffusion , today announced that it raised $101 million in a funding round led by Coatue and Lightspeed Venture Partners with participation from O’Shaughnessy Ventures LLC.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 10, 2022

Economies of scale are an essential cornerstone for on-demand companies, and to that end one of the hopefuls in the space has raised a big round to grow its business. “All of our business units are growing,” founder and CEO Markus Villig said in an interview this week. billion ($8.4 billion).

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 11, 2022

A study by McKinsey & Company on general e-commerce activities in Africa says consumer spending will reach over $2 trillion in the next three years. It has raised a $6.2 The appeal extended to the company itself, resulting in a name change despite the marketplace recording 250% year-on-year growth since launch.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 25, 2023

Supernormal today announced that it raised $10 million in a funding round led by Balderton with participation from Acequia Capital and byFounders VC. The new cash brings the company’s total raised to around $12.9 It’s a strong sales pitch. ” Supernormal automatically transcribes and summarizes meetings. .

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 17, 2022

The fintech which provides credit lines for businesses has raised $17 million, funding that it will be using to bolster its offerings and expand geographically. CEO Jesse Ghansah started the company, formerly known as Swipe, with Barima Effah in 2020, and following its rebrand as Float, went live with its product in June 2021.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Though restaurants and domestic cleaning companies provide options for people who want to outsource these tasks, the market is still open for providers who can offer better convenience and quality. Eden Life , strategically positioning itself as the go-to platform for home service needs, has raised a $1.4 Image Credits: Eden Life.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 18, 2022

Zambian card issuing fintech Union54 has raised $12 million in a seed extension round led by Tiger Global. Union54 founders launched the company last year when they went through painstaking processes to issue debit cards for their previous startup and challenger bank, Zazu.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Parallel to these developments, multiple private companies have introduced plans to build commercial space stations for science, manufacturing and even tourism. Rather than compete with these companies, Gravitics wants to be their core supplier. ” (Doughan also refers to it as an SUV — a “Space Utility Vehicle.”)

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TechCrunch

MARCH 8, 2023

That led Hess to found Consensus, a platform for interactive video demos, which today announced that it raised $110 million from Sumeru Equity Partners. “Consensus is like an ‘Iron Man mech suit’ for every sales engineer to be able to do more with what they have,” Hess told TechCrunch in an email interview.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

The investors behind virtual hack.summit() , the world’s largest blockchain programmer event, have launched a $200 million crypto seed fund under the Hack VC umbrella, fund partner Alex Pack told TechCrunch in an interview. It used to be that we had to send each other deals, otherwise, our companies would go bankrupt.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 18, 2023

ThriveCart today announced that it raised $35 million in a funding round led by LTV SaaS Growth Fund, the company’s first public outside investment. The recent slowdown in tech has not been seen among small businesses and entrepreneurs, the core users of ThriveCart’s tech,” McKeand told TechCrunch in an email interview.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 7, 2022

It also just raised a $6.2 With the fresh funding, Fintor says it has now raised a total of $9 million from investors. The Palo Alto, California-based company is qualified under the U.S. It does this by issuing shares of LLCs that own the underlying properties, Yousefi explained in an interview.

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TechCrunch

MAY 8, 2023

Everyone wants to be Sequoia or a16z,” he said, in an interview with TechCrunch. “We We could have raised $2 billion, but what will we do if we don’t believe in it — you just need a billion to be called a unicorn VC fund? Less than halfway into 2023, Mayfield has already made six this year, four of which are in AI companies.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 4, 2023

Identity and access security issues are increasingly top of mind for companies. Looking to solve some of the challenges around authentication, Keith Graham and Stephen Cox co-founded Strivacity , a startup that allows companies to create secure business-to-business and business-to-consumer sign-in experiences.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 18, 2021

” The company, which currently offers mobile-first banking services in Nigeria, has picked up $25 million in a Series A being led by Valar Ventures, the firm co-founded and backed by Peter Thiel, with Target Global and other unnamed investors participating. “We closed February at $2.2 ” Image Credits: Kuda. .

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 2, 2018

In early August 2018, Nonprofit Tech for Good published an open call for sponsors and after six weeks of interviews, Funraise (located in Long Beach, CA) has been selected as the new sponsor. Funraise is a technology company that builds delightful and functional software for nonprofits. Learn more at funraise.io.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 13, 2022

As something of a case in point, Vic.ai , which bills itself as an accounting automation platform, today announced that it raised $52 million in a Series C funding round led by GGV Capital and ICONIQ Growth with participation from Cowboy Ventures and Costanoa Ventures. “As a true AI company, Vic.ai ” Vic.ai ” Vic.ai

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

In the latest development, Curacel , a Nigeria-based platform that aims to drive insurance penetration in emerging markets via APIs enabling insurers to connect with digital distribution channels and administer their claims, has raised $3 million in seed funding. So far, its tech caters to distribution and claims automation.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Blnk said it has raised $32 million, money split across different stages and funding types: $12.5 million pre-seed and seed equity rounds (led by Abu Dhabi’s Emirates International Investment Company [EIIC], Sawari Ventures and other investors), $11.2 Money Fellows, an Egyptian fintech digitizing money circles, raises $31M funding.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 14, 2022

According to Crunchbase, firms have invested more than $1 billion in legal tech companies, an uptick from the $512 million invested last year. “At a time of macroeconomic challenges, companies need a solution that accelerates key business processes,” Sangha told TechCrunch in an email interview.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 11, 2022

Refyne has raised a new financing round, just seven months after securing its previous funding, as the Bengaluru-based startup scales its platform that helps workers access their earned salaries in real time. For companies that are geographically distributed, given the COVID times, we also do a lot of Zoom orientation.”.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Check Point Research reports that global cyberattacks increased by 38% in 2022 compared to 2021, and nearly nine in ten company boards told Gartner in a recent survey that they view cybersecurity as a “business risk” rather than solely a technical or IT issue. Plenty of startups have benefitted from the boom.

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