Fast Company Tech

MARCH 18, 2025

If a job is about more than the title or even the paybut also a chance to find a deeper meaning and sense of purposethe honorees in the inaugural class of most innovative companies in economic development are chasing a similar ideal, just on a larger scale. 5,000 businesses have joined so far.In

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 18, 2025

In the midst of an artificial intelligence boom thats reshaping almost every facet of the business world, companies are competing in an arms race to build the best and brightest models and fully embrace the nascent technology, whether thats as a product or service for customers or as an integralcomponent of their organizations processes.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 18, 2025

This year, the most innovative companies in the education sector are tackling a dizzying array of challenges facing students and schools alikenot to mention parents. This June, Amira merged with 27-year-old digital learning company Istation, whose gamified educational content was being used in more than 1,000 school districts.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 18, 2025

In an increasingly post-literate world , companies continue to turn to video to communicate with key stakeholders, and two of this years business services honorees help enterprises produce streamable content more efficiently. SimpleClosure, which has raised $5.5

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Qgiv

DECEMBER 10, 2024

For instance, if youre raising money to provide resources to schools worldwide, tell your donors what schools and communities their donations will support. Today, we ask you to join us as we work toward raising money to help us adapt to [the problems you mentioned above]. How does it help them make a difference?

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 25, 2025

The company made the announcement in a press release today, in which it confirmed that it had filed its Form F-1 registration statement with the U.S. eToro Group Ltd is the name of the company that operates the eToro trading platform. What market will ETOR trade on? eToro shares will trade on the Nasdaq Global Select Market.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 1, 2022

The company, which enables underbanked customers in select African markets to access a broad range of products and services without collateral or a guarantor, announced today that it has raised $75 million. M-KOPA’s total equity raise stands at $190 million. The company is led by co-founder and CEO Jesse Moore.

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TechCrunch

MAY 4, 2022

And in trying to sweet-talk investors, what’s not taken into context or often disregarded is that Africa is a fragmented $3 trillion market. Trade has the least startup activity in a market that received $5 billion in VC funding last year. The continent is also home to more than 1.2

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The Fundraising Authority

APRIL 11, 2021

For most fundraising events , the majority of your money should be raised through sponsorships. If you are setting an ambitious fundraising goal for your event, it will be far easier to reach that goal if you can raise 50%+ of the revenue from large sponsors than if you are trying to raise 100% through individual ticket sales.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 17, 2025

It includes a preliminary prospectus that offers a detailed look into the company’s financial performance and potential risk factors. Klarna is a fintech company based in Sweden. Though it has its fingers in several aspects of fintech, the company is best known for its Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) services. What is Klarna?

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 18, 2025

[I]t will accelerate our rate of innovation faster than what we could achieve as a stand-alone company.” ” It also marks the close of a fast-paced, five-year chapter for the company. And as hybrid work has continued, so has the companys expansion. The company has been on Googles radar for some time.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 27, 2025

The sale would raise about $1.5 The company did not immediately respond to Reuters’ request for comment. While investors appear comfortable with the companys high leverage since it has strong free cash flow, the risk of commitments not being fulfilled remains a worry. It is expected to price the IPO later on Thursday.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 7, 2025

Despite a comparatively tiny budget and time investment, the ad went viral for convincing many viewers, and even some marketing professionals, that it was authentic. A few will succeed, but the ones that succeed will be based upon good marketing, not just good product.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 30, 2023

The company designs and manufactures so-called hardware wallets to secure crypto assets. In 2021, the company raised €356 million ($385 million at today’s exchange rate). And the company is adding another €100 million ($108 million) in new funding. Once again, the company has managed to line up a long list of investors.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 29, 2023

The energy renovation company based in France is doing well, but it is addressing a market that is much bigger than anticipated. The company just closed a €20 million funding round (roughly $22 million at today’s exchange rate) from Felix Capital. This is the first external funding round for the company.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 17, 2022

Louis, announced that it has raised $1.4 Prior to its pre-seed round, Rebundle had raised what CEO and co-founder Ciara Imani May described as six-figures worth of grant, and other non-dilutive capital in an interview with TechCrunch. Rebundle is a DTC company, selling its products through its website. Enter venture capital.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 20, 2022

Web3 is a new version of the internet that uses blockchain (IE a secure but transparent record keeping system) to decentralize the management of the internet, thus reducing the control of prominent companies such as Google or Meta. The concept of Web3 has been around since 2014, when Ethereum co-founder Gavin Wood coined it.

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Engadget

APRIL 14, 2025

" The company last raised PS5 prices across these markets in 2022. Sony has announced a series of price hikes for the PS5 , blaming "a backdrop of a challenging economic environment, including high inflation and fluctuating exchange rates." Only the PS5 Digital Edition's cost changes in Europe and the UK.

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The Modern Nonprofit

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Estimated Reading Time: 5 minutes Corporate Giving Made Simple: A Step-by-Step Plan for Company Donations In the dynamic landscape of nonprofit fundraising, relying solely on individual donors can limit your organization’s potential. What Drives Companies to Donate Companies today are more socially conscious than ever.

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TechCrunch

MAY 24, 2021

The investment comes nine months after the company raised $500,000 in pre-seed last September and two months after receiving $125,000 from YC. Launched in August 2020, t he company streamlines various financial data in a single API for companies and third-party developers. Abdul Hassan (CEO) and Prakhar Singh (CTO).

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 10, 2021

Just days after Voodoo acquired Beach Bum , another French mobile gaming company has news to share. Homa Games is raising a $50 million Series A round led by Northzone. The company partners with indie game studios and acts as a publisher. So far, the company has released 40 games.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

With millions of Nigerians using danfo minibuses and okadas to commute to their various workplaces and destinations, mobility startups have sought to digitize the market. Shuttlers , a “tech-enabled scheduled bus sharing” company, is itching to change that. After years of bootstrapping, the company has raised $1.6

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Sponsored by C ollidescope – an online platform that connects influencers, nonprofits, and socially responsible companies to create positive change and amplify impact. It not only helps raise awareness about your cause but also enables you to connect with a wider audience and attract potential donors and volunteers.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 21, 2022

Successful marketing means updating approaches. Social media companies create new tools to achieve objectives. Staying up-to-date on the latest trends can help you expand your nonprofit marketing and achieve your goals in new ways. Video Has to Be a Part of Your Marketing Mix. Smart business leaders know this.

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TechCrunch

MAY 1, 2021

In her words, I cover companies like Uber before they become companies like Uber. How Klaviyo used data and no-code to transform owned marketing (3,000 words/12 minutes). Marketing in 2021 is emotional and not just transactional (2,200 words/9 minutes). All (aren’t) Raise(d). And honestly? million in funding.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 4, 2021

One year after raising $16 million , construction technology company Buildots is back to claim another $30 million, this time in Series B funding. This gives the company $46 million in total funding, Roy Danon, co-founder and CEO of Buildots, told TechCrunch. Germany, Switzerland, Scandinavia and China.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 10, 2022

Africa is the world’s third fastest-growing crypto market, with crypto adoption increasing by more than 1,200% over the last two years. In the latest development, one such company, Bitmama , has raised a pre-seed extension of $1.65 million, adding to the $350,000 it received last October, thus, closing the round at $2 million.

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TechCrunch

MAY 17, 2023

Jia, a blockchain-based fintech providing loans to micro and small businesses in emerging markets, has raised $4.3 Angel investors Packy McCormick, the Not Boring founder; Anand Iyer of Canonical Crypto, and Jared Hecht and Rory Eakin, the founders of fintech lending companies Fundera and CircleUp, also took part in the round.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 26, 2021

Now a startup that is building voice skins for different companies to use across their services, and for third parties to create and apply as well, is raising some funding to fuel its growth. The global text to speech (TTS) market is estimated at $3 billions, with the global voiceover market at around $10 billion, according to Lee.

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DNL OmniMedia

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

Marketing is essential to nonprofit success. However, too many nonprofits waste time, money, and resources conducting outreach without a cohesive marketing strategy. One of the best ways to design or refine your strategy in an efficient and effective way is to leverage nonprofit marketing consulting.

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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

APRIL 11, 2023

Clear Street , which says it is building “modern infrastructure” for capital markets, has raised $270 million in the second tranche of a Series B funding round at a $2 billion valuation. New York-based Clear Street raised the first tranche of the round in May of 2022 at a $1.7 billion valuation.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

The continent’s retail markets are highly fragmented and mostly made up of small and informal retailers and intermediaries, which is why a ton of tomatoes that costs around $100 in the U.S., This funding comes after the company’s $30 million Series B round — $23.75 Africa still battles with this and it is not hard to see why.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Lagos- and Texas-based digital healthcare provider Reliance Health is the latest beneficiary and is doing so in grand style, raising $40 million. Reports say healthtech in Africa should reach a market value of over US$11 billion by 2025 and Reliance Health is looking to play a pivotal role in the continent reaching that capitalization.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 12, 2022

SeamlessHR , a Nigeria-based company that wants to help African businesses “leverage the continent’s greatest asset: abundant human capital” with its cloud-based human resources (HR) and payroll software, has raised $10 million in Series A funding for its next phase of growth and regional expansion. billion in 2026 from $14.2

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 27, 2025

Shares of GameStop fell more than 15% on Thursday after the company’s plan to finance its bitcoin pivot raised questions about the timing of its move and its strategy to turn around its struggling retail business. billion in 0% 2030 convertible bonds to amass the cryptocurrency. investment analyst at eToro.

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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. As a measure of its growth, in August, when the company announced that previous round, it had 75 million customers. billion ($8.4 billion).

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