TechCrunch

MAY 1, 2021

The whole thing is honestly worth a read, but we especially paid attention to how funding has dropped for female founders: Round sizes for women + non-binary founders were up to 49% lower than males. 85% of venture funding goes to all-male teams. million in funding. million in funding.

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The Verge

JUNE 27, 2020

An inside joke about a TikTok meme among a group of friends on Twitter grew into a minor social media mystery before morphing into a fundraiser for anti-racism causes. On Thursday, the eye-mouth-eye emoji meme started appearing in people’s Twitter handles and almost immediately, the buzz started about what it all meant, Gizmodo reported.

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Candid

APRIL 6, 2022

On March 13, 2022, Meme Styles, president and founder of MEASURE , joined Candid CEO Ann Mei on the stage at SXSW for their talk: Using Data to Advance Racial Equity ( available to watch now on YouTube ). Candid's team reached out to Meme recently to learn more about the work MEASURE is doing in Austin, TX.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 29, 2021

The new funds total more than $1 billion, with the company telling TechCrunch that they were raised from its existing investor base. GameStop, meme stocks, and the revenge of the retail trader. Webull, M1 and Public remove restrictions on ‘meme stocks’ after citing trade settlement firm as the cause.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 18, 2025

offers a web app that enterprises use to monitor how their brand name is portrayed in social media posts, videos, links, and memes. The company closed two funding rounds in 2024: $200 million in February and $260 million in September at a $4.6 With a new $100 million funding round in July 2024, the company saw its valuation rise to $1.5

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The Verge

APRIL 16, 2021

The currency is based on an au-courant- as-of-2013 meme of a Shiba Inu, and was intended to satirize bitcoin. Noted investor David Einhorn accused Elon Musk of pouring “jet fuel” on the January rally; a hedge fund called the top of the January rally based on the Musk tweet and raked in the dough.) Well, kids, the joke’s over.

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Medium Technology Section

APRIL 9, 2025

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The Verge

MARCH 18, 2021

Now, members of the financial subreddit are making good on one of their favorite memes by donating hundreds of thousands of dollars to charities supporting gorillas in the wild. A message to WSB from the Director of the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund! “Apes together strong” is one of the mottoes of Reddit’s r/WallStreetBets community.

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Candid

MARCH 29, 2022

In the second half of the talk, Meme Styles, founder and president of MEASURE , shares how having a Candid profile and adding to this broader data has improved funding and equity for the small nonprofits she works with in Austin. . Meme Styles, founder and president of MEASURE .

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The Verge

JANUARY 27, 2021

It’s part of a chaotic, meme-fueled effort to create an organized short squeeze, and force traditional hedge funds into losing millions of dollars on their bets against struggling companies. The AMC memes appear to be working, though. AMC appears to be next on the list. AMC stock up more than 400 percent in pre-market trading.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

This is Equity Monday, our weekly kickoff that tracks the latest private market news, talks about the coming week, digs into some recent funding rounds and mulls over a larger theme or narrative from the private markets. Here’s what we talked about: American stocks are set to rise, bitcoin is flat and meme-stocks are mixed.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Per Robinhood, the new funds were “led by Ribbit Capital, with participation from existing investors including ICONIQ, Andreessen Horowitz, Sequoia, Index Ventures, and NEA with terms being finalized.” Sources familiar, however, tell TechCrunch that the funds were raised in the form of a convertible note.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 24, 2014

The statistic of 28% are repeat donors or 72% are new donors – points to the need for nonprofits to not only use social channels and crowd funding platforms to attract new donors, but more attention needs to be give to engagement and retention. Frank Barry did a panel at AFP just on this topic – here’s some tips.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 5, 2014

Over the past year, Knight Foundation has helped 19 foundations organize Giving Days in their hometowns, offering tips through the Giving Day Playbook , a Peer Learning Network for exchanging ideas and by providing matching funds for their events. Prepping is key, as is getting the word out.

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The Verge

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

Massachusetts-based PiiQ Media says social media bots promoted Dogecoin, GameStop, and other “meme” stocks in posts on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube. Shares in GME skyrocketed in January as Reddit users on r/wallstreetbets rallied around the stock in an attempt to squeeze hedge funds that had bet against the video game company.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 5, 2019

Some supporters may jump at the chance to be a social media ambassador for an organization they care about, but do you really want messages about your initiatives intermingling with political rants or drinking memes? Check out: Tahirih Justice Center , Northern Illinois Foodbank , or The Homer Fund for some ideas. .

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Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 10, 2008

Qui Diaz posted a 3-question Changeblogging Meme , which I'd like to participate in, and I hope you'll pass it on: What is one change - big or small, local or global - you want to see in your lifetime?

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The Verge

JULY 13, 2021

There were 18 million “net cumulative funded accounts” on Robinhood by the end of the first quarter, according to the document. Robinhood was a part of the GameStonk mass meme, and also made almost $30 million on Dogecoin in the first quarter, a frankly astounding amount of money to make on a shitcoin. million such accounts.

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The Verge

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

Meme Streets. The Bankrupting of the Hedge Fund Melvin Capital by the Internet Message Board WallStreetBets. But just in case yes , we imagine this set of completely disparate productions will need some excellent titles going forward. May we humbly suggest: GameStop: Never Stop Stopping. Uncut GMEs. Short Stop. The Weeb of Wall Street.

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TechCrunch

JULY 6, 2021

Those funds were invested at a flat $2 billion pre-money valuation. But the fact that rude people on Nextdoor is a meme stems from the same scale that the company was just crowing about. Per a Nextdoor release , the transaction will value the company at a “pro forma equity [valuation] of approximately $4.3

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 27, 2021

It has even convinced some folks that causing short-term economic damage to a few hedge funds is similar to shaking up the global financial market. GameStop, meme stocks, and the revenge of the retail trader. It isn’t, but a lot of folks are doing some downright risky things with their personal capital all the same.

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The Verge

JANUARY 27, 2021

The Reddit meme that bludgeoned a hedge fund There are three things to remember as you watch the chaos unfolding with GameStop’s stock price. Stocks are memes now, and you trade them to show off to your friends. Stocks are memes now, and you trade them to show off to your friends. Photo by Sean Hollister / The Verge.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 25, 2009

Mashable , a popular social media and technology blog and geek favorite, has caught the generosity meme with its Summer of Social Good , an initiative that raises money for the Humane Society of the United States , World Wildlife Fund , Oxfam , and LIVESTRONG.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 1, 2023

People are already memeing that venture capitalists have pivoted from crypto to AI, hunting, as they’re wont to, for the next big thing. The picture for AI-related funding is a bit less clear. And the clock is ticking.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 29, 2022

Let’s define some additional characteristics: Generally speaking, Gen Z is digital-native, meme-informed and progressive. Gen Z VCs have raised funds, garnered social media followings and profited from the Gen Z mentality. I certainly qualify as one. In turn, these have become the “hyped industries.” Myself included.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 9, 2024

You may not have an opportunity to lean into current events with humor, or cat memes. While events leading up to the election won’t necessarily affect fundraising, election results —including the upcoming presidential election—will likely have a funding impact for your nonprofit. Not all nonprofits can.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 14, 2022

These can be formatted as zoom backgrounds, sharable tiles/images/memes online, a Facebook cover image, or something small they can place in their electronic signature. Shout out to Get Fully Funded ! Snap a photo of the donor while at your facility or event and frame it and send it to them (also from Get Fully Funded ).

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 28, 2021

GameStop, meme stocks, and the revenge of the retail trader — This piece dug into what the initial story was about, with some jokes. Could meme stocks like GameStop kill Bitcoin’s rise? This piece looks at what the other side of the stonk coin could be.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 22, 2023

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. We’ve already discussed ad nauseam that fintech funding is not just down, but also way down. Digital lending funding was down 53% to $11.5 billion in 2022. billion across 299 deals.

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The Verge

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

The idea of buying at $4 a share and selling for $400 obviously captured the public’s imagination , and millions rushed to give trading a try as the GameStop meme went mainstream — taking AMC and others along for the ride as investors realized they could pump those stocks too. Chart: Apple Stocks.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 15, 2021

One such startup, G atsby , announced Monday that it has raised $10 million in a Series A round of funding. It’s also seen a spike in trade volume with cannabis and meme stocks ranking among its most popular trades of the year so far. . As a result, a number of startups have emerged in recent years to give them more options.

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Fast Company Tech

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

Not long after a manhunt for the shooter began, there were memes, donations , merchandise , and conversations over the potential for copycats. Last week, Mangiones lead defense attorney, Karen Friedman Agnifilo, told ABC News, “Luigi is aware of the fund and very much appreciates the outpouring of support.

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TechCrunch

JULY 1, 2021

Nowports , an automated digital freight forwarder in Latin America, has raised $16 million in Series A funding. Mouro Capital — a venture capital fund focused on fintechs and adjacent businesses that is backed by Banco Santander — led the round for the Monterrey, Mexico-based startup.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 13, 2021

The good news is that the government is also in the dark about funding data; the bad news is that without good tracking, we don’t know how progress is being made. Goldman Sachs and Sesame Workshop pour money into this edtech firm’s newest fund. SoftBank kills half the performance incentive for its Vision Fund execs.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 16, 2021

Band 3 is the retail cohort, the /r/WallStreetBets, meme-stock, fintech Twitter rabble that are both incredibly fun to watch and also the sort of person you wouldn’t loan $500 to while in Las Vegas. Affirm was not worth under $20 per share to this group, instead it was worth $49 per share just a few months later. One more VC Visa-Plaid take.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 30, 2021

And to close, we discussed the latest cool-kid venture capital funds. Sure memes are cool, but did you know that they can help you raise a $10 million fund? Natasha talked about her last Startups Weekly post, in which she unpacked The MasterClass effect’s impact on edtech. Have a great weekend!

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The Verge

JUNE 17, 2021

Oklahoma — and the city of Tulsa, in particular — waged a massive, meme-filled campaign to try to convince Tesla to build its Cybertruck factory there in 2020, though it ultimately lost out to Austin, Texas. The state “literally threw everything on the table” to woo Tesla, including trying to match the $1.3 It’s a pretty good deal,” he said.

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