Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

If Facebook extended their fundraising tools to WhatsApp (owned by Facebook) and Facebook Messenger, messaging apps would likely become much more powerful in their ability to raise money for charitable organizations. Individuals that give money are also willing to give their time. Donors are also highly engaged in civic life.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 6, 2021

V2Food is one of many new contenders in the alternative protein space, founded in Australia but now setting its sights on Europe, Asia and beyond. It has a few key advantages over the competition, and with €45 million in new funding it may be finding its way to plates in the Eurozone soon.

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TechCrunch

MAY 26, 2022

Fintech startup and alternative credit asset manager Viola Credit has closed its latest $700 million fund, which provides asset-based lending capital to fintech, proptech and insurtech startups. The fintech sector boomed in 2021, with global fintech funding reaching a record $132 billion. Western Europe, U.K.,

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TechCrunch

MARCH 15, 2021

One of the bigger startups in Europe operating a trading platform for cryptocurrency has closed a big round of funding on the heels of very rapid growth, and plans to open its platform to a wider stream of assets. billion. . “In the EU, we probably have less than 10% of the population owning stocks.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 23, 2022

Paris-originated VC Breega wasn’t enormously well known in the VC world (it only closed its first fund in 2015) until, perhaps, it started attracting attention with its second €110 million seed fund, just under a year go. Breega’s aim is to finance at least 20 companies in total with the new fund.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Three years after raising a $500 million fund , European venture capital firm Northzone is back with what partners are calling its “largest fundraise to date” of €1 billion, or $1.01 billion, for its tenth fund. Same for Peru-based Salkantay Ventures , which said it closed on $26 million for its first fund , Salkantay Exponential Fund.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

Elevation has been a nonprofit partner since 2007 and currently supports more than 200 different organizations in Europe and the Americas. Nonprofits need to be visible on the internet, but getting to a place where your organization shows up in search results or becomes featured content takes time, money, and expertise.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 23, 2023

Swytch Technology , a startup that builds e-bike conversion kits, isn’t targeting your average cyclist in the United States or Europe, however. This, Montague says, has helped Swytch scale quickly for a small company without major VC funding by eliminating the need to hold onto too much inventory. Instead, the U.K.-based

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TechCrunch

MARCH 22, 2023

If you plan to launch a new startup in France, Denmark or Sweden, there is a new seed fund looking for your pitch. Emblem said today that it has raised nearly $54 million (€50 million) for a new European seed fund. He has also invested some of his own money as a business angel. We are going to have an exclusive focus on seed.

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TechCrunch

JULY 12, 2022

As the market swoons, venture capital firms continue to announce new funds. Meanwhile, I corresponded with three firms about their funds and any concerns that limited partners had brought up during the fundraising stage. Last month, Alaya had the first closing of $80 million in capital commitments for its third fund.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 14, 2022

And startups such as Moove are looking to provide a long-term fix through vehicle financing for those who can make money off owning cars — gig drivers or mobility entrepreneurs, as Moove describes them. Moove is targeting seven new markets across Asia, MENA and Europe over the next six months. “As Moove’s total funding is $174.5

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Neeva , an ad-free search engine launched last year by a former engineer and executive best known for spearheading Google’s advertising tech business , is about to land in Europe. It’s no coincidence that Greylock has invested in Neeva across two separate rounds of funding alongside Sequoia Capital among other esteemed investors.

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TechCrunch

JULY 17, 2022

This will include everything from funding rounds to trends to an analysis of a particular space to hot takes on a particular company or phenomenon. On a high level, it’s no surprise that funding flowing into fintech startups was down both globally and in the U.S. And it wasn’t only funding. in the second quarter of 2022.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 11, 2022

There’s been talk of a slowdown in venture funding recently, with TechCrunch looking at it from different angles, including the fintech sector, a PitchBook report and even earlier on how startups should prepare in case it happens. In just the past two weeks, we reported that firms are sitting on a bunch of money and continue to raise.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 27, 2023

Those specific investments were from Playfair’s inaugural fund which wasn’t focused on any particular “stage” of company. “I’d say probably half the funding in our portfolio is pre-product, pre-traction,” Playfair managing partner Chris Smith explained to TechCrunch.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 17, 2020

Umba , a digital bank for emerging markets and aiming first at Africa, has secured a $2 million seed funding round from new investors including Lachy Groom, ex-Head of Issuing at Stripe; Ludlow Ventures; Frontline Ventures and Act Venture.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Open banking platforms, where services that might not have previously lived next to each other are now joined up by way of APIs, has been one of the emerging trends of the last couple of years, and today one of the leaders in the space out of Europe has closed a round of funding to expand its business. million in funding.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 7, 2021

But only a few players are taking advantage of the market, which can make a case as the next frontier for mobile money and investment apps in Africa. They are joined by Mercy Corps Ventures, Lateral Capital, LoftyInc Capital and NetX Fund. A ll these were done with zero marketing budget, the CEO said.

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TechCrunch

JULY 21, 2021

Fintech startup Yapily has raised a $51 million Series B funding round led by Sapphire Ventures. Due to recent regulatory changes in Europe (PSD2), banks now have to offer official APIs to integrate with third-party services. According to Vaccino, only Tink has a similar level of coverage in Europe. In addition to the U.K.,

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TechCrunch

MARCH 14, 2023

One Impression, an Indian influencer marketing platform that does business in markets including Indonesia, Dubai, Europe and the U.S., has raised $10 million in a funding round led by the South Korean gaming company Krafton. The Krafton-led, all-equity Series A funding round also saw participation from Peer Capital.

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TechCrunch

MAY 12, 2023

Sweden-based VC fund Pale Blue Dot bounced onto the scene in 2020 with a €53 million fund to help climate-focused startups. This fund grew again by €34 million in April 2021 , and after deploying investments into 28 climate-forward companies, the investor this week announced it has officially closed its second fund.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 17, 2023

million in pre-Series A funding. Flow intends to use the funding to include other social media platforms such as TikTok and LinkedIn and other advertising channels like digital out-of-home billboards. It is in talks with partners, mainly property portals and CRM platforms, to expand into Europe (France, Germany, Belgium and the U.K.)

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TechCrunch

APRIL 6, 2022

Financial infrastructure startup Fidel API has raised $65 million in a Series B funding round led by Bain Capital Ventures. The raise is another example of how infrastructure companies in the fintech world continue to be resilient despite an apparent slowdown in global funding overall. The company did not disclose its valuation.

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TechCrunch

JULY 5, 2021

French startup ManoMano has raised a Series F funding round of $355 million led by Dragoneer Investment Group. Following today’s funding round, the company has reached a valuation of $2.6 Following today’s funding round, the company has reached a valuation of $2.6 It is currently available in six European countries.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 12, 2021

Just a year later, Checkout.com added $150 million in funding at a $5.5 Checkout.com is now valued at $15 billion based on today’s funding round. And yet, the company needs a lot of money in its bank account to expand to more countries. But why do investors want to hand over more and more money? “At

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 25, 2021

Wolt , the Helsinki-based online ordering and delivery company that initially focused on restaurants but has since expanded to other verticals, has raised $530 million in new funding. Previous backers 83North, Highland Europe, Goldman Sachs Growth Equity, EQT Ventures and Vintage Investment Partners also followed on.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 7, 2021

While the company has been around for a while, this is the first time Too Good To Go is raising money from a VC firm. Just like in Europe, billions of pounds of food go to waste. With today’s new funding round, it should definitely boost usage in the U.S. million round. blisce/ is leading the round and investing $15.4

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

The e-commerce boom that started with the Covid-19 pandemic shows little sign of slowing down, and today a company called Shopware , which provides a set of open source tools to power online shopping experiences for some 100,000 mid-sized and larger brands, is announcing $100 million in funding to capture the opportunity.

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TechCrunch

MAY 24, 2022

It’s crunch time in the world of instant grocery delivery, with the latest turn representing a big blow specifically in Europe. Gorillas’ news today spells out a couple of different challenges both for it, and for the wider instant delivery space.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 20, 2021

Ironhack , a company offering programming bootcamps across Europe and North and South America, has raised $20 million in its latest round of funding. Last year, Lambda School raised $74 million for its coding education program. Lambda School raises $74M for its virtual coding school where you pay tuition only after you get a job.

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TechCrunch

JULY 22, 2022

World Fund, a newcomer in climate-VC land, is taking the lead in a $128 million round for IQM , with hopes the Finnish quantum computing company will one day deliver carbon cuts by the megatonne. World Fund and IQM’s other investors have also implicitly endorsed the idea via their checkbooks.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 24, 2022

And Heura is taking credit for 80% of local plant-based category growth (although it should be noted that Spain remains one of Europe’s biggest consumers of animal-based meat so growth of alt-proteins is starting from a low base). And today it’s announcing a new €20M bridging funding round, ahead of the expected (beefier) B.

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TechCrunch

JULY 27, 2022

Today, an adtech out of Spain that’s doing just this has raised a big round of funding to double down on the opportunity. The money is coming in the form of an equity investment from a single investor, Advent International, and it will be used to help the company expand beyond Europe, specifically deeper into the U.S.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 31, 2022

million in seed funding. For finance teams, the B2B payments startup automates invoice generation and processing, receiving and approving bills, collecting and disbursing funds, and completing account reconciliation. and Europe; Oyekola said settlement time ranges from 24 to 48 hours.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

and Senegal-based mobile money provider, has raised $200 million in Series A round of funding. Four big-name backers jointly led the round — Sequoia Heritage, a private investment fund and a subsidiary of Sequoia; Founders Fund; payments upstart Stripe; and Ribbit Capital. Wave , a U.S.

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TechCrunch

MAY 26, 2022

-based startup platform Bloom has now secured a £300 million / $377 million financing round led by Credo Capital and Fortress Investment Group LLC (NYSE:FIG), making it one of the better-funded revenue-based lending businesses in Europe. That’s money that could have been used for more stock, increased ad spend, or customer incentives.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 25, 2023

Rhys Spence Contributor Share on Twitter Rhys Spence is head of research at Brighteye Ventures, a European edtech-focused fund. Despite these cuts, which have been always slower to implement than communicate, inflation has been rampant across Europe and beyond, partially due to supply chain issues linked to the situation in Ukraine.

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