sgEngage

JANUARY 14, 2025

Since contributions tend to pour in when hardships hit close to home, appeals for the emergency fund will be immediate. In an unfolding emergency, work with your marketing team to create a FAQ page, providing at-a-glance answers to the questions you know supporters will be asking. You can be very specific about funding.

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The NonProfit Times

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Secretary of Homeland Security Jacob Wood Co-Founder & Executive Board Chairman Team Rubicon Team Rubicon became one of the most impactful nonprofits under Wood’s leadership. Team Rubicon is widely known for its innovation and unique culture. Following four years in the U.S. Following four years in the U.S.

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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. Hack VC partner Alex Pack. Image Credits: Courtesy of Hack VC.

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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. Below are four examples: 1) Virtual Team Management.

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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. How can your nonprofit access those funds? You can reach Josh on our team at josh@bloomerang.com.

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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 ). In order to be successful, you don’t need a large team, a huge budget, and oodles of time and tech-savvy. Even better? They don’t!

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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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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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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Individuals or businesses buying furniture in Africa can purchase from local furniture stores or global furniture retailers like IKEA. million in “expansion” funding from Aruwa Capital, a Nigeria-based early-stage growth equity and gender-lens fund. . When Dada launched the platform, its target audience was solely businesses.

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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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TechCrunch

JANUARY 25, 2021

Microtraction , an early-stage venture capital firm based in Lagos, Nigeria, saw funding nearly quadruple for its portfolio. In a review of the year published last week, the firm noted that 21 companies in its portfolio have raised more than $33 million in funding. But it’s completely different in Africa.

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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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TechCrunch

APRIL 12, 2023

Danish company LMS365 , an online learning management system (LMS) built for use inside Microsoft products, has raised $20 million in its first institutional round of funding. This was arguably more of an issue for a business that has grown organically without institutional funding. Germany, and Australia. “We

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 21, 2023

Salespeople have sales needs, they communicate with the marketing team and then once the marketing team has a direction they brief a designer, then the designer goes back to the marketer, and then the marketer goes back to the designer,” she said. Chen says most have large sales and marketing teams, but a shortage of designers.

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Digital campaigns eliminate expenses related to venues, printed materials, and travel, enabling nonprofits to allocate more funds directly to their cause. Whether it’s showing your team in action or sharing exclusive insights, a virtual tour lets supporters connect with your mission in an authentic and exciting way.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 13, 2023

Chopra and Daniel Chan had worked at private equity hedge funds for most of their careers and grew frustrated by not being able to put any of their own money to work “for decent yields , with the average savings account for businesses paying 0.3% It is using its funding toward hiring, with a focus on engineering, product and design.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

million seed funding round co-led by Nexus Venture Partners and Andreesen Horowitz. As Cross told me, it was working with Capital One that actually pushed the team to pursue Nx and turn that into the company’s main product. “They had their login team,” Cross explained. Image Credits: Nx. ” With $8.6M

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 8, 2022

The latest funding, which brings Akros’s total amount raised to $6.1 million since its 2021 inception, will help Akros to scale its software platform and asset management products and ramp up its users, including local and global financial institutions and fintech companies. In March, Akros raised $3.75

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Candid

MARCH 24, 2025

Based on my 25 years experience working in global development, here are five tips to help nonprofits be ready to respond to unforeseen challenges. Prioritizing people can take many forms, such as ongoing reviews of team performance against mission-aligned objectives, creating incentives for innovation, or identifying skills for future needs.

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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. As a provider of online fundraising tools, such as online auctions and virtual gala software , our team has helped charities move their events online.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 27, 2023

Three years after announcing its sixth fund, OpenView Venture Partners is back with $570 million in capital commitments for its new, seventh fund. It represents a 25% increase over the firm’s $450 million sixth fund, its largest to date. That gives you a range, and that range is from right about where we closed the fund.”

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NonProfit Hub

MARCH 25, 2025

While nonprofits were already struggling in a climate of decreasing donors and increasing donor churn , funding freezes from the federal government have created a host of challenges. Over in sales, the team is discussing CRM. ” So an enterprising employee signs up for a freemium tool. It has email, too.

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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

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

of Africans are insured , which is less than half the global average of 6.3%, making it the least insured continent in the world. Nigeria’s Curacel raises funding to power insurance offerings and expand into North Africa by Tage Kene-Okafor originally published on TechCrunch As many as 2.8%

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TechCrunch

MARCH 18, 2022

This week our comrade Mary Ann was off, so Natasha and Alex teamed up with Grace on the dials to chat through the week’s biggest news. Funds are maturing, experimenting and evolving into interesting vehicles. Funds are maturing, experimenting and evolving into interesting vehicles. Equity drops every Monday at 7:00 a.m.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Amazon, through its India-focused Smbhav Venture Fund , has led a $104 million Series D financing round in the Bengaluru-headquartered startup, the two said Tuesday. This is the largest check that the $250 million Smbhav Venture Fund has written so far. The new round takes FreshToHome’s all-time raise to over $250 million.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Sponsored by GalaBid – a digital fundraising platform that helps thousands of nonprofits raise funds through live and online silent auctions, digital raffles, and donations. Online silent auctions help non-profits raise funds effectively without having to organize a full-scale in-person event.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 26, 2021

In 2019, female-led companies received less than 5 percent of the global venture capital. There are many stats to back up the underrepresentation of women in starting a company, raising money and general involvement in technology where the global tech workforce comprises 28.8%

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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. Fortunately, he knew a little something about that.

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Fast Company Tech

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

Last June, global architecture and design firm Gensler named Elizabeth Brink and Jordan Goldstein as co-CEOs, succeeding Andy Cohen and Diane Hoskins, who jointly led the company for nearly 20 years. The prior CEOs, who actually were mentors to both of us, have now stepped into global chair roles. and Fast Company.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Kippa said the investment will allow it to develop financial products that help SMEs grow their businesses and grow its team in Nigeria. million pre-seed from Target Global and other investors last November. in new funding by Tage Kene-Okafor originally published on TechCrunch. The company announced its $3.2

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 30, 2021

Two years ago, the African tech ecosystem saw newfound attention from global players that translated to the continent’s best year of receiving venture capital. What’s a record year of funding without some unicorns? From varying sources, it is estimated up to $2 billion went into African tech startups in 2019. billion and $2.8

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Today, Muck Rack is making another kind of connection, with investors: it’s raised $180 million in what it’s describing as its first outside funding, having been bootstrapped since being founded back in 2009. At least one answer is coming in the form of today’s news and this very hefty funding round.

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Candid

OCTOBER 28, 2024

From 2015 to 2022, charitable giving in the United States saw significant fluctuations, shaped by economic cycles, social movements, and global events. Can we predict future giving patterns, and could these predictions lead to more equitable and timely distributions of funds? charitable giving trends from 2015 to 2022.

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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. Tiger Global led Refyne’s $82 million Series B funding, the two said Wednesday. Image Credits: Refyne.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 11, 2021

One such company is BlockFi , which today announced it has closed on a massive $350 million Series D funding that values it at $3 billion. million in a seed round of funding that closed in 2018 and was led by ConsenSys Ventures and included participation from SoFi. . The Jersey City, New Jersey-based startup raised $1.6

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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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