TechCrunch

AUGUST 25, 2021

This isn’t the first company that wants to leverage machine learning for financial products. A few years ago, when you could read ‘machine learning’ and ‘artificial intelligence’ in every single pitch deck, some startups chose to focus on the financial industry in particular. But what about legacy players in the financial industry?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

Although the most popular accounting software products- like QuickBooks and SAP- handle the needs of businesses in many industries, nonprofits have a unique business model and accounting standards and require different features and functionality from accounting software. What is Fund Accounting? This method?

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NVIDIA AI Blog

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Enabling Complex Scientific Research Established in 2021 with $650 million from its founding donors, Arc Institute empowers researchers to tackle long-term scientific challenges by providing scientists with multiyear funding letting scientists focus on innovative research instead of grant writing.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 14, 2021

In that Economist report, I spoke about society entering an “Industrial Revolution of Data,” which kicked off with the excitement around Big Data and continues into our current era of data-driven AI. The second aspect of the “Industrial Revolution of Data” that I expected was the emergence of standardization.

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Classy

JULY 13, 2021

These industry experts, thought leaders, and changemakers shared a plethora of resources that have been influential in their careers, so we rounded up their top recommendations in an easy-to-digest list to inspire your next read. . The post 14 Nonprofit Books Recommended by Top Industry Experts appeared first on Classy.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

Global Goods Partners have partnered with over 60 artisan groups in more than 20 countries throughout Asia, Africa, and the Americas to help bring to market the fair trade, handcrafted products they produce. 100% of profits help fund Surfrider’s mission to protect the world’s ocean, waves and beaches.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Niche local brands are also emerging to offer tailored beauty and skin care products. Backed by a $1 million seed funding, Uncover is scaling its operations in Kenya and expanding to Nigeria in January. Backed by a $1 million seed funding, Uncover is scaling its operations in Kenya and expanding to Nigeria in January.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

With so many fintechs laying off staff , it can be easy to assume that the entire industry is in distress. Insurance infrastructure startup Lula , which has raised $18 million in funding from the likes of NextView Ventures, Founders Fund and Khosla Ventures, is hiring 10 across engineering, product and sales. and Israel.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 18, 2025

Organizations across many industries believe their employees are more productive and efficient with AI tools such as chatbots and coding assistants at their side. Other standout AI apps focuse on specific industries. The company closed two funding rounds in 2024: $200 million in February and $260 million in September at a $4.6

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TechCrunch

MAY 16, 2023

Sitting at the heart of this conversation is product-led growth (PLG), a strategy that sees acquisition, monetization and retention of customers through a product lens, rather than through the hiring of expensive marketing, sales and success organizations.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 15, 2021

Heliogen’s new tech could unlock renewable energy for industrial manufacturing. The money will be used both to continue development of the “Sunlight Refinery,” as Heliogen calls it, and deploy some actual on-site installations that would work in real production workflows at scale. MENA and Asia Pacific areas.

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TechCrunch

MAY 8, 2023

His startup, Terraform Industries , aims to operate at these ambitious scales. It’s more than a little mind-boggling, given that the startup is scarcely two years old, with fewer than 15 people on payroll and around $11 million in funding. The company wants to turn hydrogen and atmospheric carbon into synthetic natural gas at scale.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 12, 2021

By Lindsay Johnson, Marketing Team Member at MobileCause , an industry leader in virtual fundraising events and online giving, plus fundraising solutions such as peer-to-peer, text-to-donate and mobile messaging. We can all agree, 2020 was a doozy of a year, bringing indelible changes to the landscape of fundraising.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 12, 2025

A well-funded AI lab with a deep bench of research talent is releasing a powerful new model that generates high-definition video for the film and advertising industries. While Talukdar acknowledges that AI tools like Marey could lower production costs, he insists its certainly not the beginning of the end for actorsor filmmakers.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 18, 2025

Texas A&M University has brought AR/VR production into its celebrated Visualization program , letting students learn to build state-of-the-art virtual productions before they leave college. Xreal announced in January 2024 it had raised an additional $60 million in funding for further development of its AR glasses.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

No one would have guessed that the whole events industry was going to turn upside down. They can personally cast the vision of why funds are needed during these challenging times. In addition, you can also pivot some of the money you earmarked for the ballroom, catering, bar(s), valet and wifi to a video production company.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 31, 2020

Don’t be afraid to reach out to event sponsors, grant funders and major donors to see if they’d be willing to work with you on how unspent funds are allocated, such as event table sponsorships. If fundraising via events, instead find creative ways to continue to raise funds virtually.”. “We The transition was seamless. The Last Word.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

It’s no secret that a massive digital transformation is happening within financial services companies and amid the growing number of non-financial outfits that are also adding financial products to their offerings. In fact, when March and April hit, we figured we’d have to raise a smaller fund. How do you compete?

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Euler Motors, an Indian startup that designs and builds commercial electric vehicles, has raised $60 million in a new funding round as it works to ramp up its production capacity and broaden its offerings. Singapore’s sovereign fund GIC led the New Delhi-headquartered startup’s Series C funding. It is powered by a 12.4

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 12, 2022

But both options have pros and cons; for the latter, local furniture stores may lack the quality that clients need, while global retailers, in addition to taking several months to ship their products to Africa, can be too pricey. . When Dada launched the platform, its target audience was solely businesses.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Nonprofits focused on the preservation of local journalism are being called to step up, and many of the country’s largest private foundations have announced $500 million in funding over five years to support them, an extraordinary initiative called Press Forward. Hope FM in Port Huron, MI and KAWC Colorado River Public Media in Yuma, Arizona.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 18, 2025

The AI industry hit a significant bend in the road toward artificial general intelligence in 2024. And all the while a small AI lab in China was quietly developing new AI models, including reasoning models, that would begin sending shockwaves through the AI industry by the end of 2024. The rest of the industry has followed its lead.

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Association Analytics

MAY 20, 2024

With some creativity, collaboration, and an out-of-the-box mindset, your association can thrive in an ever-changing environment while providing value to members and industry partners alike. By pinpointing who is purchasing products or services, associations can tailor offerings to ensure maximum appeal and engagement.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 18, 2025

Zero Foodprint takes the top slot, for funding regenerative farming through a model so simple, it becomes radical: Restaurants, grocers, and food companies are asked to contribute 1% of consumer purchases to directly fund farm conversions. Read more about Zero Foodprint , honored as No.

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sgEngage

MARCH 31, 2023

Let’s talk about productivity. Before we get too ahead of ourselves, let’s make sure we’re all on the same page by defining productivity. But how often do we talk about fundraising productivity? Why Fundraiser Productivity Is So Important Fundraisers often bear the responsibility of facilitating growth for the entire nonprofit.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 28, 2023

Indian insurtech Acko is in late-stage discussions to secure $120 million in a funding round at a time when weak global market conditions have subdued large financing deliberations in the South Asian market. Amazon-backed Acko nears $120 million in new funding by Manish Singh originally published on TechCrunch

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 3, 2025

R/GAs new partners at Truelink have established a $50 million Innovation Fund for a boost in new skill sets and talent, as well as acquisitions for new capabilities, emerging tools, and platforms. But what makes this more tangibly intriguing is the $50 million fund the agency has to work with to actually put concrete moves behind those words.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 13, 2023

Mercury , a startup that provides banking services for other startups, is offering customers expanded FDIC insurance of up to $3 million via a new product in the wake of Silicon Valley Bank’s collapse. That’s 12x the industry standard for institutions of $250,000 in FDIC insurance that other institutions offer. invested in U.S.

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Fast Company Tech

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Sheinbaum said the investments in the film industry should produce many jobs beyond immediate production needs, such as hospitality for actors and crew members, fashion designers and also spur tourism. “It’s an industry that gives a lot of mileage to the economy,” Sheinbaum said.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 27, 2023

Generative AI is disrupting industries — with understandable controversy. Tons of things, like automating content for social media influencers, models for marketeers’ ads and ecommerce product photography.” “What is Deep Agency? No physical location … What’s this good for? billion by 2026.

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TechCrunch

MAY 16, 2023

Wefox , the German insurtech startup, has closed a new funding round from existing investors. The funding amount isn’t going to impress anyone as the company managed to secure $55 million. Many startups are struggling to raise funding rounds or have to lower their valuation. The fact that Wefox is still valued at $4.5

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sgEngage

JANUARY 28, 2025

They must work with advancement teams to understand scholarship funding, find students who fit donors specific requirements, shepherd those students through the application process, manage scholarship review committees, disburse awards, and report back to the donors how their funds were utilized. How do you choose scholarship software?

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Mashable Tech

FEBRUARY 23, 2025

With Black History Month upon us, and a very different industry environment than a year ago, Mashable caught up with Mancini to discuss the latest with her organization and how she stays optimistic during this strange time. This highlights not just a tech industry issue but a broader societal challenge.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 11, 2022

After years of outsourcing and offshoring manufacturing to countries with cheaper labor and bigger production ecosystems, the U.S. and Europe are on a mission to bring some of that industrial work back to its own shores. Today, a startup that believes it can help with that shift is announcing some funding.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 8, 2023

. “Unlike generalized video platforms, Consensus tracks who engages and personalizes both a video demonstration and hands-on, click-through product tour experience based on answers to specific questions asked upfront,” Hess explained. There’s Arcade, a startup developing a Chrome extension for product demos, which raised $7.5

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 17, 2022

Long payment cycles, which can take 30-90 days after services or products have been rendered, and little or no capital, of which research says 85% of African small and medium businesses are subject to, are the main culprits of cash flow issues. So we are trying to dig deep into which credit products work for certain verticals.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 1, 2021

It doesn’t have to be a sophisticated television production. This summer, they’re running a raffle to raise funds and give fund prizes to their supporters. The Entertainment Industry College Outreach Program works with historically black colleges and universities to create career opportunities for students.

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