TechCrunch

DECEMBER 26, 2022

Indian fintech Money View said on Monday it has raised $75 million in a new funding round, its second this year, despite the market slump as it looks to scale its core credit business and build more products in the South Asian market. Money View is currently disbursing about $1.2 million and a profit of $2.14

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 12, 2025

Nearly half (43%) of Americans say they would need to borrow money to pay for an unexpected expense, such as $1,000 bill for an emergency room visit or car repair, according to Bankrates Emergency Savings Report. Rather than treating yourself to a new dress, treat yourself to more money in your emergency fund, Rebell says.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 6, 2023

founders picked up around 0.79% of VC funds raised in Q4 2022. There was a fear that, during a bear market, investors would retreat to their old-school networks, and the total amount of funding Black founders received last year is practically half the amount they raised in 2021 — a record $4.340 billion (out of around $330 billion in the U.S.

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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. The most popular card schemes globally are Union Pay, Visa, and Mastercard. Tiger Global leads $3M round in Zambia’s Union54 for its card-issuing API.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 11, 2021

The round, led by Tiger Global — the VC firm’s third major investment in Africa this year after Flutterwave and FairMoney — also had participation from new investors Target Global (an investor in neobank Kuda), General Catalyst, and SBI Investment. Tiger Global confirmed it led the investment in an email to TechCrunch.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

Nonprofits would be wise to get serious about learning how to use Facebook’s Fundraising Tools to raise money on the world’s largest social network while organic reach is still high! 2) Facebook has launched a $50 million annual matching fund for those nonprofits that use their tools. The 2018 Global NGO Technology Report.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 21, 2019

1% via text message ( Global Trends in Giving Report ). 92% of donors say it is important that NGOs, nonprofits, and charities make a concerted effort to protect their contact and financial information from data breaches ( Global Trends in Giving Report ). Large have 22,299 ( Global NGO Technology Report ). 9% via PayPal.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 18, 2020

As large donors tighten their spending, you may be wondering how to get charity donations during a global pandemic. If you’re raising funds to support an after-school program that prepares kids in low-income areas for college, consider sharing their stories. Why are small donations important? 3) Run smaller fundraising initiatives.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 16, 2021

The global venture capital ecosystem is inequitable. The Exchange explores startups, markets and money. million in total equity funding for African companies so far in 2021, but if we filter out private equity along with all nonequity investments, the number falls to around $136.2 Yes, the world is not uniformly developed.

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TechCrunch

JULY 13, 2021

Data indicate that it was incredibly active, with global and regional records shattered during the three-month period. The Exchange explores startups, markets and money. Read it every morning on Extra Crunch or get The Exchange newsletter every Saturday. That’s not the case.

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TechCrunch

JULY 18, 2022

Parsing the latest data on the startup fundraising market in Q2, TechCrunch has explored the global perspective , taken a closer look at fintech , asked how much dry powder VCs have and brought the latest from unicorn land. The Exchange explores startups, markets and money. But we are not yet done.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 11, 2024

29% of online donors say that social media is the communication tool that most inspires them to give [email 27%, website, 18%, print, 12%, TV ad 6%] (According to the Global Trends in Giving Report ). When raising money online (or offline) you must be able to succinctly answer this question for your potential donors: Why this?

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 4, 2022

Among the largest beneficiaries of the fintech capital were Opay , which raised $400 million in Series C funding, Flutterwave , which got $170 million in a Series C round, and TymeBank , which raised $180 million in Series B. This amount was also more than double the $1.35 Image Credits: Getty Images. Opportunities for growth.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

For those that prefer to donate money as gifts, consider purchasing a charity gift card from TisBest.org or GlobalGiving.org. 11) Global Goods Partners :: globalgoodspartners.org. Serrv International is a nonprofit dedicated to fighting global poverty through fair and ethical trade. Online Stores by Nonprofits.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 1, 2022

The dampened outlook for startup funding at the start of 2022 thanks to the pandemic’s lingering uncertainties has only worsened following a global market downturn and the war in Ukraine. Here are five things green founders should remember when seeking VC funding at this moment. More posts by this contributor.

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Bloomerang

JULY 26, 2022

On Wednesday, July 13, Bill Gates started a Twitter thread with an interesting observation: Several huge global setbacks over the past few years have left many people discouraged and wondering whether the world is destined to get worse. Where is this money coming from? How can your nonprofit access those funds?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Organization Name] is a global network of philanthropy organizations, changemakers, and critical thinkers committed to ensuring that philanthropy reaches its fullest potential by serving as a catalyst for social change and social progress. Global Trends in Giving Report. Plain Language Example #2. Select a Crowdfunding Platform.

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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. This latest investment into Color was led by General Catalyst, and by funds invested by T.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 17, 2023

The Exchange explores startups, markets and money. According to CB Insights, whose State of Venture report is one of our sources today, total venture funding in 2022 amounted to $415.1 Putting numbers on the global venture slowdown by Anna Heim originally published on TechCrunch. billion, 35% less than in 2021.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 31, 2018

An Interview with Matt Roberts-Davies , General Manager of M-Changa – an official partner of the 2018 Global Trends in Giving Report. The lack of trust between NGOs and local Kenyans and the expectancy that NGOs are funded from outside Kenya are the key reasons for limited local fundraising towards NGO in Kenya.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

As the global pandemic continues to limit the ability to hold in-person fundraising events , nonprofits are forced to create new and “virtual” giving opportunities. The number one concern was “if we go virtual, will we raise money?” They can personally cast the vision of why funds are needed during these challenging times.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 6, 2023

Even as Y Combinator reveals the latest startups in its cohort for this winter , we have poor news for founders: the global venture capital market shrank in Q1 2023, and it would have been even worse if it were not for a few mega deals, according to Crunchbase (disclosure: my former employer) and PitchBook reports.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 20, 2019

For those that prefer to donate money as gifts, consider purchasing a charity gift card from TisBest.org. 9) Global Goods Partners :: globalgoodspartners.org. Serrv International is a nonprofit dedicated to fighting global poverty through fair and ethical trade. 25) World Wildlife Fund Gifts :: gifts.worldwildlife.org.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 27, 2019

With each card sent, donors make a donation to a charity of their choice ($1 or more) instead of wasting money and resources on paper cards and stamps. 10% of all sales are donated to selected nonprofits that are enrolled in the PayPal Giving Fund. The 2019 Global NGO Technology Survey is now live! Funraise :: funraise.org.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 24, 2019

When individual supporters set up personal fundraisers and share them with their network of friends and family, this creates more awareness and brings in new funds from groups that your nonprofit wouldn’t be able to reach on your own. Make it as easy as possible for fundraisers to raise money for your cause through ready-made resources.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 23, 2023

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, Swytch uses the money from deposits to fund production on an almost a la carte basis. To date, Swytch has shipped over 70,000 kits globally.

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Candid

JULY 18, 2023

As the saying goes, “Money talks,” and there’s no better example of this than the Giving Pledge and its effect on the social sector. Whether these megadonors are on your radar, their voices are shaping broader conversations in the philanthropic sector about what and who gets funded, as well as how that funding materializes.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 7, 2022

Global financial transactions are facilitated mainly by payment processors such as Visa or Mastercard. Telecoms and banks lead the majority of online financial transactions carried out in the region via mobile money wallets and bank accounts. It doesn’t aim to replace mobile money or banks. Africa has it different.

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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.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

It’s the seed that blooms into funding and feeds every organization’s mission. By applying simple information-sharing strategies, you can appeal to donors who, in today’s dynamic world, are more sophisticated and demand data when deciding how to allocate funds for donation. How is their money helping someone living in poverty?

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TechCrunch

APRIL 28, 2023

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. The Exchange explores startups, markets and money.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 10, 2022

Last September, Egyptian startup Capiter raised $33 million in Series A funding to compete in the country’s growing B2B e-commerce and retail space. Fast-forward a year later, the startup has laid off multiple employees and now its CEO and COO have been relieved from their duties after allegedly mismanaging funds.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 31, 2023

And third, although early believers who witnessed InstaDeep’s growth from a local firm to a global startup knew it had enough exit options, they didn’t think the acquisition would happen this fast, said Khaled Ben Jilani , senior partner at AfricInvest, one of InstaDeep’s earlier investors, on a call with TechCrunch.

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Blue Avocado

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Recent news reports suggest that the average global temperature may rise more than 1.5 And yet, with occasional setbacks, the actual amount of money being given continues to rise, year after year — even as the number of people giving goes steadily down. degrees Celsius in as little as seven years.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 12, 2021

The company has closed a $450 million Series C round with Tiger Global Management leading the round — Greenoaks Capital and all existing investors are also participating. 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.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 13, 2023

The money is actually moved by Stripe via its technology into an account at Evolve, with Stripe holding the ledger. ” “A nd we didn’t want to take any risks with our money either ,” said Chopra, who previously worked as managing director of Triton Partners. in interest.” in interest.” Sign up here.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 3, 2023

Kaszek Ventures , one of Latin America’s first venture firms, has raised $975 million across two funds. Specifically, the São Paulo-based firm has closed on Kaszek Ventures VI, a $540 million early-stage fund and Kaszek Ventures Opportunity-III (KVO-III), a $435 million vehicle for later stage investments. billion in capital.

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