TechCrunch

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Internet giant Google announced today that it has made the first investment from its Africa Investment Fund in Ugandan super app SafeBoda. Before launching the fund, Google proved helpful in startups’ journeys via its Google for Startups Accelerator Africa program. Collectively , they have raised over $100 million in venture capital.

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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? Many receive a combination of both.

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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. 2) Nonprofits Can Raise as Much (or More!) as In-Person Fundraising. 7) The Future of Event Fundraising is Virtual.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 17, 2022

African startups raised between $4 billion to $5 billion in 2021, according to various reports. However, for all their effort and importance to the tech ecosystem, raising significant venture capital seemed elusive to startups in Africa’s digital media landscape that rely on grants and personal funding to scale.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 31, 2020

Raising funds for your cause takes constant dedication and focus, and nothing helps you gain focus better than setting a game plan. If you raised 15% more in January 2019 compared to January 2020, take a look at the difference in your fundraising strategies between these two time periods. for every dollar raised.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Taeillo , a Lagos-based startup innovating around these issues relating to time, quality and cost via its online furniture e-commerce store, has raised $2.5 million in “expansion” funding from Aruwa Capital, a Nigeria-based early-stage growth equity and gender-lens fund. . Made.com raises another $56 million.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 4, 2021

One year after raising $16 million , construction technology company Buildots is back to claim another $30 million, this time in Series B funding. This gives the company $46 million in total funding, Roy Danon, co-founder and CEO of Buildots, told TechCrunch. Germany, Switzerland, Scandinavia and China.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 18, 2020

In the nonprofit industry, we often hear the phrase “every dollar counts” or “together, we can make a big difference.” If you’re raising funds to support an after-school program that prepares kids in low-income areas for college, consider sharing their stories. By Kaley Aposporos , Content Writer at GoFundMe Charity.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 27, 2021

LottieFiles , a platform for JSON-based Lottie animations, has raised a Series A of $9 million. The new funding brings its total raised to about $10 million. “It’s not often a revolutionary format comes about and disrupts an entire industry, saving tons of precious design and development hours,” said Minglani.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 13, 2025

Now, the most profitable arm of Beast Industries is its commerce division, led by the chocolate brand Feastables. As well as Feastables, Beast Industries is also a shareholder in the snack brand Lunchly and owns Viewstats , a software firm that sells digital tools to fellow content creators.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 10, 2021

Homa Games is raising a $50 million Series A round led by Northzone. Other investors in today’s funding round include Singular, King, the founders of FuboTV and Daniel Ek’s family office. The company is raising this Series A round just seven months after raising its seed round (led by Headline and Eurazeo).

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 1, 2021

They posted to Facebook to help raise awareness and ask for donations. Subsequent videos could give updates on how much has been raised, another on progress made from relief efforts and another on how the money is being put to use. This summer, they’re running a raffle to raise funds and give fund prizes to their supporters.

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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. Its previous investor SkyDeck Fund and a private investor, vice president of finance at DoorDash Michael Kim, also joined the funding.

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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.

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TechCrunch

MAY 15, 2023

A lot was riding on that potential acquisition as ZestMoney has exhausted nearly all other funding sources in the past three quarters as investors grow cautious of funding late-stage lossmaking startups. Walmart-backed PhonePe reached an agreement with ZestMoney’s founders, board and investors to hire 130 employees.

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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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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

The funding includes commitments of an additional $1.7 Helion, as a company, has been focusing less on fusion as a science experiment and more on a more important question: Can their technology generate electricity at a commercial and industrial scale? Can we get it to industrial-scale power?”

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 25, 2021

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? It has raised a $4.7 There’s no meaningful, long-term business contract down the road.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 25, 2025

Among the risks the company cites are uncertain legal and regulatory landscapes, as well as operating in a highly competitive industry. How much will eToro raise in its IPO? Until eToro announces the number of shares it will offer and the offering price, it cannot be known how much the company plans to raise in its IPO.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 2, 2021

The New York-based company raised a $20 million Series A in a round of funding led by Sonoma Brands and including Global Founders Capital, Monogram Capital, Lakehouse Ventures and Brand Foundry. The new investment gives Mixlab total funding of $30 million, said Fred Dijols, co-founder and CEO of Mixlab.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 17, 2022

Many startups are solving these problems for African SMBs in one form or another, and the demand for their services has seen Ghanaian startup Float pick up a significant round of funding. While Cauris provided debt financing, Tiger Global and JAM Fund, the investment firm of Tinder co-founder Justin Mateen co-led the equity bit.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

Japanese space startup Gitai has raised a $17.1 million funding round, a Series B financing for the robotics startup. This funding was led by SPARX Innovation for the Future Co. Ltd, and includes funding form DcI Venture Growth Fund, the Dai-ichi Life Insurance Company, and EP-GB (Epson’s venture investment arm).

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

After years of bootstrapping, the company has raised $1.6 million in seed funding from several investors to blitz scale within and outside Nigeria. Despite raising just ? Having done this much with so little, why is the company raising a seed round now? Image Credits: Shuttlers.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

Still, Sheel Mohnot, who was formerly a general partner at the fintech fund of 500 Startups, and Jake Gibson, co-founder of personal finance startup NerdWallet, were a little taken aback by investor interest in their fintech-focused early-stage venture firm, Better Tomorrow Ventures , or BTV. TC: Who are your investors?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 2, 2023

Does it seem like everyone you know is raving about a new tool that’s revolutionizing the way employees in all industries are doing their work? We’ve done the legwork and compiled the top ways Chat GPT and AI can help your team save resources, perform tasks, and raise more funds.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Socure , a company that uses AI and machine learning to verify identities, announced today that it raised $450 million in funding for its Series E round led by Accel and T. billion this March when it raised $100 million for its Series D. The round brings its total funding raised to $646 million since it was founded in 2012.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 4, 2023

The Texas-based firm has raised $100 million for its debut fund to try and prove this idea. We] effectively sort the industry by team quality in a very objective way, knowing what companies to focus on and spend a lot more time on a lot fewer companies.” “That is the beauty in having a data-driven team approach.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 18, 2025

Others found ways to expand the opportunities within existing hometown industries: NCBiotech built pathways to bring more local residents into the Research Triangles booming life sciences sector. The initiative will also benefit local industry by slashing energy costs. Ford Motor Co.

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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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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 14, 2025

This is certainly due to the global, social, and political climate, however its also due to trends that are transforming the tech industry itself. The nonprofit sector in the United States stands at a crossroads. This may come as a surprise, given our opening about the changes in the tech needed by nonprofits.

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OneCause

MARCH 27, 2023

Raise 2023, presented by OneCause, is for nonprofit and fundraising professionals wanting to raise their fundraising game. RAISE is part interactive learning + part crowd-sourcing = and 100% FUNdraising! Here are the top 7 reasons to be at RAISE 2023: 1. The schedule for Raise 2023 will be released in summer of 2023.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 12, 2021

Four years later, it raised $2.5 But overall , the company says it has raised $15 million in equity funding. “Appzone is building a disruptive fintech ecosystem that will be the backbone of Africa’s finance industry with products across payments, infrastructure and software as a service.

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The NonProfit Times

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

It’s been estimated that 30% of annual giving occurs between GivingTuesday and December 31, and more than 25% of nonprofits raise nearly 50% of annual funds via year-end monetary donations, according to authors of the Recurring Giving Report. Most industries have digitally transformed to better meet the needs of customers.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

The space industry is on the cusp of a revolution. The startup is headed by space industry veteran Colin Doughan, who surveyed these currents and saw a gap in the market. We’re betting on Starship revolutionizing the industry,” he said. We’re betting on launch costs coming down.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 25, 2021

The raise comes after Pula closed $1 million in seed investment from Rocher Participations with support from Accion Venture Lab, Omidyar Network and several angel investors in 2018. . .” “With our latest funding, now is the time to break into new ground. Co-CEOs with agricultural backgrounds.

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TechCrunch

MAY 11, 2021

The tabletop gaming industry has exploded over the last few years as millions discovered or rediscovered its joys, but it too is evolving — and The Last Gameboard hopes to be the venue for that evolution. Tabletop is now a more than $20 billion industry. This has been updated.).

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 21, 2022

The amount of capital raised by Black entrepreneurs continues to decrease. The latest Crunchbase numbers show that Black founders raised $187 million in Q3, a staggering decline from the nearly $1.1 billion they received in Q3 2021 and a sizable drop from the $594 million the cohort raised in Q2. billion deployed in Q3.

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