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. million pre-Series A round led by South Korean Kakao Entertainment along with Kakao Investment and LG CNS, an IT solution affiliate of LG Group.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 3, 2025

After 23 years as part of advertising and marketing services holding company IPG, creative agency R/GA bought back its independence through a new partnership between R/GAs global management and private equity firm Truelink Capital. R/GAs current major global clients still include Google, Samsung, Moncler, TurboTax, Nike, and Eli Lilly.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 3, 2017

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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TechCrunch

JANUARY 6, 2023

That’s an uptick from the $178 million — or 0.43% — the group raised in Q3. founders picked up around 0.79% of VC funds raised in Q4 2022. and $681 billion globally). Black founders still raised just 1% of all VC funds in 2022 by Dominic-Madori Davis originally published on TechCrunch. In total, U.S.

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Candid

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

In well documented cases of international aid organizations operating in Haiti, weak safeguarding measures led to the sexual exploitation of the very people those groups exist to serve. Those cases sparked awareness among many funders of their role in incentivizing safety and their obligations when failures occur at grantee organizations.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 8, 2020

By Elizabeth Ngonzi , is an Adjunct Faculty at New York University Center for Global Affairs where she teaches Digital Storytelling, Innovation and Fundraising. She has worked with Candid, Cornell University, the United Nations, and Vital Voices Global Partnerships, among others. 2) Information Hub.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 2, 2021

Would you like to work with private equity and venture capital funds? There are relatively few jobs directly inside private equity and venture capital funds, and those jobs are highly competitive. PE funds now almost always require an upgrade in management and change management teams if necessary. Private equity. Pratt’s Guide.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 2, 2021

The Future Africa Fund kicked off in 2015 when Iyinoluwa Aboyeji and Nadayar Enegesi , co-founders of US-based and African-focused talent company Andela, wrote checks to African startups as angel investors. In January 2020, the pair made the fund official, with Aboyeji as general partner and Enegesi as limited partner.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 9, 2021

In the last few years, Microsoft has rebuilt LinkedIn working out many of the kinks and bugs that made it frustrating to use, and has launched a suite of new tools and functionality for LinkedIn Pages , Profiles , and Groups. For example, the International Fund for Animal Welfare shared the good news that zero rhinos were poached in 2020.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 28, 2023

A consortium led by Lifelong Group has acquired the distressed firm GoMechanic months after the Sequoia India-backed startup admitted “grave errors” in financial reporting. With no new funding in sight, GoMechanic scrambled to cut expenses and eliminated 70% of its workforce. billion last year.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

Read on to learn how Feeding America and The Global FoodBanking Network have recently stewarded their corporate donors on social media. The social media posts that get the most engagement often include strong examples of mission impact, surprising facts, spotlights on special groups like kids and volunteers, or useful tools and resources.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 14, 2025

Since contributions tend to pour in when hardships hit close to home, appeals for the emergency fund will be immediate. Global Empowerment Mission created a banner of short videos on their website and social media channels, highlighting their hands-on work with Los Angeles residents displaced by the 2025 wildfires. Show the images.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 17, 2022

With that in mind, I wanted to share a list of funding and grant resources available for nonprofits serving that community. Grant Research Tip : As you search for funding opportunities, keep an eye on the grant application deadlines. Funding Priority: LGBTQ+. Urgent Action Fund. Visibility Impact Fund.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 28, 2020

Global investors are running from Chinese tech stocks in the wake of the government’s crackdown on Ant Group and Alibaba, two high-flying businesses founded by Ma Yun (Jack Ma) that were once hailed as paragons of China’s new tech elite.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 13, 2018

Ideal for small nonprofits with limited funds for digital marketing. Ideal for small nonprofits with limited funds for digital marketing. Global NGO Technology Report :: techreport.ngo. Global Trends in Giving Report :: givingreport.ngo. The 2018 Global NGO Technology Report. Squarespace :: squarespace.com.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 30, 2023

Impact investor Goodwell Investments and Oxfam Novib , a Dutch foundation and Oxfam International affiliate, have set up Pepea, a €20 million ($21.7m) fund, to provide financing to early-stage startups in Kenya, Uganda, and Ethiopia. Pepea’s long-term plan is to improve the quality and affordability of these necessities.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 17, 2022

For years, tech publications run by local digital media startups have worked hard behind the scenes in placing African startups at the faces of global investors, shaping the narrative of African tech and its build-up to an inflection point last year. million in seed funding to expand its audience and build new verticals.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 7, 2022

The large difference is that most funders tend to direct a majority of their arts funding to local and regional organizations. So, while there are a few global and national options below, most are targeted to their communities. As this list makes clear, many foundations tend to primarily fund organizations in their city and/or state.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 4, 2019

A Call for Greater Financial Transparency and Global Effectiveness. A Call for Greater Financial Transparency and Global Effectiveness. To that effect, we believe the entire space should continue to have a watchful eye on two conversations in particular: donor-advised funds (DAFs) and “blockchain for good.”. Donor-Advised Funds.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Specifically for nonprofits, Lightful is a social media management platform that enables organizations to schedule social media posts ahead of time and provides analytics to help organizations raise more awareness and funds. Ideal for small nonprofits with limited funds for digital marketing. Loomly :: loomly.com. Wix :: wix.com.

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TechCrunch

JULY 18, 2022

Japanese commerce enabler AnyMind , which helps brands and influencers’ online operations, has closed a ¥5 billion (approximately $36 million) Series D round on the back of that boost to make additional acquisitions in Japan and globally. The Series D funding, which brings its total funding to date to approximately $91.7

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

People impacted by the grants typically have no say in who gets the funding, for what, how much, and for how long. It can perhaps best be described by the slogan of the global disability rights movement: “nothing about us without us.”. Committees tend to be smaller groups of selected representatives who review and decide on grants.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 17, 2023

The process used by millions of agents and thousands of property portals globally to reach buyers and sellers on digital channels is highly fragmented. million in pre-Series A funding. Our route to market, for the most bit, has been going door-to-door from franchisor to franchisee to different offices within that group.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 18, 2022

The funding announcement includes $600,000 from a pre-seed tranche. The $3 million seed round was led by Tiger Global Management and included Y Combinator, Soma Capital, SV Angel and a group of angel investors, including Dropbox co-founder Arash Ferdowsi and Vercel founder Guillermo Rauch.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

DeHaat, a startup that offers a wide-range of agricultural services to farmers in India , has raised $60 million in a new funding round as it looks to deepen its penetration in the country and reach break-even profitability within two years. Kumar acknowledged that raising funds in the current market scenario isn’t a walk in the park.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 24, 2023

Vessel Capital , a web3 venture fund, has emerged from stealth with $55 million in assets under management to invest in infrastructure and applications, the firm exclusively told TechCrunch. The fund is “evergreen” and has the potential for the capital pool to be increased, he added. It will be deployed over a five-year period. “We

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Fast Company Tech

APRIL 18, 2025

In October, they launched a $250 million global open call to fund organizations improving womens health. I had no idea that I would go into global health, global development, learning about the U.S. Definitely and, in the book, I talk about my Monday walking group. French Gates is just getting started.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 25, 2022

If you want to make it a hybrid event, simply have a group of folks come to an in-person dinner on location while having meals delivered to a few others watch the virtual version over a live stream. You may also enhance a standard film screening by having a group watch party or a livestream post-screening discussion. 20) Book club.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 14, 2023

has raised $10 million in a funding round led by the South Korean gaming company Krafton. It also plans to unlock it for LinkedIn and Moj in India and TikTok for global markets over time. The Krafton-led, all-equity Series A funding round also saw participation from Peer Capital. It valued the startup at $70 million post-money.

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Candid

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

From my vantage point at Philanthropy Together , a global initiative to scale and strengthen practices of collective giving, its clear more than ever, that we must unite and evolve our collective giving efforts. There are lessons to be learned from giving circles that philanthropists globally can use to strengthen collective action.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 31, 2021

“This is the largest batch we have ever funded and it’s about 50% international. As a result, it is not surprising that this is the largest cohort from Africa,” Y Combinator managing director and group arptner Michael Seibel told TechCrunch when asked if any extra factor contributed to the rise in accepted African startups.

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

If you’re a nonprofit or local government agency or work alongside them, there is a good chance you have seen an uptick in funding possibilities within your field. COVID-19 took the world by surprise, and along with it came a government response with unprecedented spending and a massive increase in grant funding.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 28, 2020

The latest company to score a significant funding round is Zuoyebang , which announced toda y (link in Chinese) that it has raised a $1.6 billion Series E+ from investors including Alibaba Group. Zuoyebang’s latest announcement comes just six months after it announced a $750 million Series E led by Tiger Global and FountainVest.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 19, 2023

He had watched his parents’ Italian restaurant locations dwindle during the economic downturn in 2007–2008 and now was seeing the global pandemic take a similar toll on restaurants. Zitti launched in March 2022 after taking in $4 million of pre-seed funds in late 2021. That’s a big part of our mission.” The company is now back with $3.5

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Fast Company Tech

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

The dramatic images of wealthy neighborhoods burning during the January 2025 Los Angeles wildfires captured global attention, but the damage was much more widespread. There are also innovative approaches to fund resilience efforts that can include insurers. Many working-class families lost their homes , businesses, and jobs.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

An Interview with Fanny Villiers , Directora General of Donadora – an official partner of the Global Trends in Giving Report ( en español ). Our government is discussing providing free wifi throughout in Mexico City which is a very good sign for crowdfunding and even better for NGOs funding. Is online giving growing rapidly as well?

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 18, 2025

Smartling s new AI-powered toolkit reduces translation turnaround times while delivering accurate results for companies engaged in global commerce. Adobe has begun integrating its Video Model into Premiere Pro, which has a global user base of 30 million people, 47% of whom work for large companies.

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