Futurism

APRIL 8, 2025

In an excerpt from her forthcoming book about Altman, Wall Street Journal reporter Keach Hagey revealed , based on dozens of interviews with insiders, that the November 2023 episode jokingly referred to as the " turkey-shoot clusterf*ck " was ultimately caused by power struggles, politicking, and an alleged pattern of untruths.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 8, 2021

The deal, announced ahead of the virtual 2021 CES tech trade show, follows Envisics’ $50 million Series B funding round and news that its tech will be integrated in the upcoming Cadillac Lyriq electric vehicle. This process enables images to appear three-dimensional, Christmas explained in a recent interview.

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The NonProfit Times

DECEMBER 6, 2024

This is augmented with what was found was needed via interviews with the makers of digital solutions and what was learned from quantitative research on the readiness of civil society organizations to develop technology. Impact: Describing impact is important to the makers — it helps them get customers and funding.

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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. It used to be that we had to send each other deals, otherwise, our companies would go bankrupt.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 24, 2021

Dwana Franklin-Davis is a lifelong technologist currently serving as the CEO of Reboot Representation , a coalition of tech companies pooling their philanthropic resources to double the number of Black, Latina and Native American women receiving computing degrees by 2025. 10 Men Making Waves For Women In Tech. Ruthe Farmer.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 20, 2021

Earnings season is coming to a close, with public tech companies wrapping up their Q4 and 2020 disclosures. We don’t care too much about the bigger players’ results here at TechCrunch, but smaller tech companies we knew when they were wee startups can provide startup-related data points worth digesting. Sign up here.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 18, 2021

“In HR tech and SaaS space, we are now only behind SAP and Oracle in India in terms of revenue,” he said. India’s Darwinbox raises $15M to bring its HR tech platform to more Asian markets. Overall, the startup’s revenue has ballooned by 300% since September 2019, when it last raised money , he said.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 21, 2023

It kind of feels like tech forgot its umbrella. In the rest of this newsletter, we’ll talk about a fresh new venture fund that isn’t afraid to talk about privilege or honesty, G on G I spoke to Sophia Amoruso, the founder of Nasty Gal and Girlboss, about her new venture fund for founders, Trust Fund.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 4, 2023

Tech isn’t as collegial as it used to be. VCs want to fund the newest tech mafia startups before banks do , top MBA programs want laid off workers to join so badly that they’re waiving standardized test score requirements , and the tech companies that are in a position to hire really want you to know it.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

Tech-talent marketplace MVP Match has raised €5 million ($5 million) seed funding from Stage 2 Capital to double down its strategy for pairing companies with talent from across the globe. Manara gets $3M to grow tech talent pool in the Middle East and North Africa. Gloat nabs $90M to build AI-powered internal jobs marketplaces.

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TechCrunch

MAY 6, 2023

It’s been a big week for tech acronyms. Read the rest of our piece on TC+: “As another startup bank partner collapses, tech feels the gap.” As our interviews tell us, OpenAI is clearly changing things for edtech entrepreneurs, and at large, asking them to ask much harder questions, ironically enough. Learn more.

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TechCrunch

JULY 17, 2022

This will include everything from funding rounds to trends to an analysis of a particular space to hot takes on a particular company or phenomenon. On a high level, it’s no surprise that funding flowing into fintech startups was down both globally and in the U.S. And it wasn’t only funding. Fundings and M&A.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 9, 2022

This brings the health tech startup’s total funding to $45.2 Investors in the latest funding include Sogo Medical, AAIC Investment, Japan Impact Investment, Rakuten Capital, Shoko Chukin Bank, Japan Finance Corporation and Mizuho Bank. Japan’s health-tech Ubie wants to fuel its U.S million in Series C.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 24, 2023

Adopting Internet of Things (IoT) tech for the office isn’t easy — especially at enterprise scale. Showing investors are keen on the idea, Haltian recently closed a €22 million (~$24 million) funding round led by Mandatum Asset Management Growth Equity with participation from Varma, Tesi, Ventic and Inventure.

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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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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 26, 2021

Through personal interviews, surveys, and observing your supporters and community, you will have concrete data about their mindset and motivations for feeling — and acting — the way they do. New Israel Fund. The ride quickly smashed its goal of 100 registrants in the first six weeks of the campaign. No guesswork required!

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 9, 2023

million grant) seed raise in September 2021, said the funding will support the launch of two new technologies: Kraken II and SITE. . It’s different for Releaf, which operates upstream and has less competition, at least when the application of tech is considered. million in an oversubscribed pre-Series A round. million (including a $1.5

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TechCrunch

MAY 15, 2023

The amount of the investment is not being disclosed, but Aldagram said it will use the funds to sharpen its focus on India, Thailand, the Philippines, Malaysia and other countries in the region. The global construction management software market is expected to reach $23.9 billion in 2031, up from $9.3 billion in 2021, per a recent report.

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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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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

million in a funding tranche backed by Altimeter Capital and Snowflake Ventures, among others. “Data clean rooms” have been around for a while, pitched both by tech giants and startups as the ideal solution for sharing sensitive data across computing environments. It’s not a new concept.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 15, 2022

One thing that stood out to him was how only a small group of select people and firms could invest in venture capital and private equity funds. million in seed funding for Poolit , a Miami-based fintech startup that aims to open up access to investing in private equity and VC funds. The Imagine fund is all venture capital firms.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

In the latest development, Curacel , a Nigeria-based platform that aims to drive insurance penetration in emerging markets via APIs enabling insurers to connect with digital distribution channels and administer their claims, has raised $3 million in seed funding. So far, its tech caters to distribution and claims automation.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Arta is building the “digital family office for the world,” said Sengupta in an interview with TechCrunch. You can go to the financial planner, but it feels old school for us tech-savvy people. But for the vast majority of us, who have some money and are making money, our options are very limited,” he said.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 9, 2022

In an email interview with TechCrunch, CEO Simon Taylor said that the proceeds will be put toward expanding HYCU’s 300-person team with a particular focus on customer success and partnerships as well as funding the development of new products and services, including a software-as-a-service product. .

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 13, 2019

Whether you’re searching for a new role or planning your long-term career, watch this interview with a nonprofit career coach. 4) Executive Director’s Guide to Fund Development. Chock full of actionable tips and helpful resources, the video will help you land your ideal position in the nonprofit sector.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 10, 2023

OfficeBanao, an Indian startup offering a workspace interiors platform to businesses in the country, has raised $6 million in seed funding led by Lightspeed. OfficeBanao is taking a stab at it through a tech suite that elevates the industry standard, the startup says.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 9, 2022

Amazon and other tech giants are encroaching on their business. Today, Shopic announced that it raised $35 million in a Series B funding round led by Qualcomm Ventures, with participation from Vintage Investment Partners, Clal Insurance, IBI Tech Fund, Tal Ventures and Shufersal. Investors see potential.

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TechCrunch

MAY 4, 2022

His experience from this activity, coupled with working as a technical adviser to the vice president’s office in Nigeria a couple of months back, led him to launch Norebase , a trade tech startup that has raised $1 million in a pre-seed round. It’s one of the few companies offering such services, including Firstbase.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 18, 2025

Amira Learning is helping young students improve their reading literacy with an AI-powered tutor, while CodeSignal has built a platform for tech workers to pick up new technical skills and practice soft skills through AI-powered simulations.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 15, 2022

If we look at the history of entrepreneurs, of successful tech founders, many of these founders’ largest outcomes aren’t their first thing. He thinks that it’s likely the deal is not structured like a traditional venture deal, although it’s unclear what percent of the check would be debt funding versus equity financing.

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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

JUNE 3, 2022

“We want to inspire, but we also want to be realistic and show beauty in real life,” Glossier founder and CEO Emily Weiss said in a 2017 interview with Inc, just as the brand had reached what Weiss herself described as “cult status.” allocate 98% of their funding to startups helmed by men.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 20, 2021

When it comes to engineering talent in the world of tech, demand continues to outpace supply, a predicament so acute that by 2030, that disparity will balloon to 85 million positions being unfilled, according to research from Korn Ferry. The funding comes on the back of strong growth for Turing. Demand is also scaling on the platform.

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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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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 14, 2022

It’s not a tech company this time — Awoyemi co-founded online jobs site Jobberman (which was acquired by ROAM Africa in 2016) and Whogohost, a bootstrapped hosting platform — but instead, a venture studio: Fast Forward Venture Studio. AltSchool is a Techstars-backed platform for learning coding and other tech-related skills.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 10, 2020

As remote work continues to solidify its place as a critical aspect of how businesses exist these days, a startup that has built a platform to help companies source and bring on one specific category of remote employees — engineers — is taking on some more funding to meet demand. Remote work = immediate opportunity.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

. “DevOps engineers … face limitations such as discount program commitments and preset storage volume capacity, CPU and RAM, all of which cannot be continuously adjusted to suit changing demand,” Melamedov said in an email interview. He briefly worked together with Baikov at big data firm Feedvisor. Image Credits: Zesty.

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