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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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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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. First, Wall Street is just what happens when you mix money with feelings. This can make you a lot of money, especially if the company goes bankrupt and you don’t have to return the stock!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 5, 2014

In the next 24 hours, over 7,000 nonprofits will share the work of their organizations, attract new donors, raise money for their programs, and have a lot of fun doing it. This guest post highlights some of the techniques Knight Foundation grantees are using to attract attention. Prepping is key, as is getting the word out.

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The Verge

JULY 13, 2021

There’s like, six pages of lawsuit disclosures in the S-1, including 50 class-actions stemming from January alone, some beef with the Securities and Exchange Commission, allegations from Massachusetts that Robinhood’s broken some laws, New York just asking questions about money laundering, and so on. The actual phone, not just his number.)

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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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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. Donations close on August 29th, 2009.

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Medium Technology Section

APRIL 9, 2025

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 9, 2024

Recent political events have shown that political candidates can raise impressive amounts of money immediately following major events. There was no correlation whatsoever between money raised and election years. You may not have an opportunity to lean into current events with humor, or cat memes. I can’t blame them.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 16, 2021

Let’s talk money, startups and spicy IPO rumors. 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. Click here if you want it in your inbox every Saturday morning. Minna raised €15.5

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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. ” That’s a great price for the firm that was most recently valued at $2.17 The company wants to bring people together.

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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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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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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 13, 2021

It aims to take away the money chores of a relationship, from splitting the bill at dinner to requesting rent through a payment app every month. Money is emotional and complex, and the opportunity within the multiplayer fintech reflects just that. Goldman Sachs and Sesame Workshop pour money into this edtech firm’s newest fund.

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TechCrunch

MAY 20, 2021

And after doing that obviously stupid thing, my Twitter feed became chock-full of ass-related imagery, memes, and $ASS coin stans breathing on me. This is likely key to its current charm; people love free money and past gains make for an attractive lie to oneself concerning future returns. In this case, Australian Shepherds.

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The Verge

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Then, the WallStreetBets subreddit decided it would take the stock to the moon , punishing those betting against it and attempting to make money in the process. And now it’s started telling itself that the drop is due to hedge fund market manipulation.

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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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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

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Party Round was this amazing, living breathing meme that was evolving and meant to entertain the community,” Hays, who built the company alongside Sarah Chase , said. Once the money is wired, founders can use Capital to create a business checking account, get a debit card and conduct payments.

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The Verge

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

GameStop plans to launch its own marketplace for non-fungible tokens (or NFTs) and is co-creating an “up to $100 million” fund for game developers who use it. Immutable and GameStop are also partnering to create the fund for developers. Photo by Sean Hollister / The Verge.

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The Verge

JUNE 10, 2021

We never stole any funds,” a representative for the project told The Verge. DeFi100 was a very small project, and we were not holding any investors’ funds, so there are no questions of scamming people or running away with their funds.”. The project owners say a rug pull would be impossible since they never held investor funds.)

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 17, 2023

Spot bitcoin exchange traded funds, or ETFs, have been a hot topic in the crypto community for many years, but have recently gotten more attention due to Jacobi Asset Management listing Europe’s first bitcoin spot ETF almost two years after its initial approval. Follow the money BitGo raised $100 million in its Series C round at $1.75

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 21, 2014

This was the first year that The Miami Foundation promoted a funding goal for Give Miami Day, set at $5 million. “As The Greater Miami Jewish Federation and The Children’s Movement of Florida reclaimed the top two spots this year for the most money raised for the day with $368,739 and $156,925, respectively.

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The Verge

MAY 25, 2021

million in venture capital funding, according to a Medium post by CEO Billy Chasen. But it’s not the only version of Turntable in the works now, which makes that funding more interesting. If it reminds you of the Spider-Man pointing at Spider-Man meme , you’re not alone. Turntable.fm The Medium post also says that Turntable.fm

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Nikki Varanasi, Staax’s founder and CEO, was managing an $800 million fund-of-funds at McKinsey when she began to take notice of the lack of resources available to aspiring investors who wanted to get comfortable with the process. And so [as an investor] you’re really in it for the long term strategy,” Varanasi said.

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The Verge

DECEMBER 3, 2021

The funds will go toward charitable causes and WT.Social, a donation-backed social network that Wales launched in 2019. While the Wikimedia Foundation accepts donations in Bitcoin, he says the money raised through that “hasn’t been massive.” Wales has an ambivalent overall relationship with blockchain technology.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 1, 2022

million USD) Series A funding round to help further grow its business. In addition to music, Uppbeat now offers a sound effects and clips library which works well for “meme-style” content, via an expansion to the site in September 2021. Now with over 500,000 users on board, the startup is announcing the close of its £4.6

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The Verge

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

Perhaps you recall last month, when GameStop stock shot up by as much as 500 percent, hitting a peak of $483 on January 28th, thanks largely to memes and a shitposting finance subreddit. The run-up had a populist theme: the little guys were gonna show the hedge funds; they were gonna make those dang short-sellers pay.

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TechCrunch

JULY 21, 2021

PitchBook details a valuation of around $22 million, post-money, for that funding event.) This meme remains stuck in my mind, for example: I got more pic.twitter.com/t4ibeRWhIf. When a startup flies out of the ether to announce a historical funding round, our first question is whether it’s about to fundraise again.

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TechCrunch

MAY 3, 2022

Did we get that meme right? Today, we are thrilled to see a16z planning $50 crore (that’s $500 million) worth of investments into Indian startups in its newest fund. fund: (that’s web3, but down under) : New Zealand gets its first crypto, web3-focused VC fund. PT, subscribe here. Hello and May the 3rd be with you.

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Get Fully Funded

OCTOBER 23, 2022

They ARE wasting their time by showing up at the last minute, lamely posting a link asking for money. Remember that lots of other nonprofits are raising money on the same day and yes, there is competition. But the competition isn’t for money – it’s for attention. They shouldn’t even bother.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Long term, the company’s goal is to help people – mostly Gen Zers – build responsible and recurring investing habits “by encouraging participation in diversified portfolios with a mixture of themes, or funds, that feel personally aligned with the interests and experiences that individuals are passionate about.”.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 24, 2023

Follow me on Twitter @Jacqmelinek for breaking crypto news, memes and more. Follow the money Crypto lender Maple Finance raises $5 million to enter Asia amid regulatory clarity Vessel Capital emerges from stealth with $55 million fund focused on web3 infrastructure and apps Berlin-based Anytype raises $13.4 PT, subscribe here.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 19, 2022

“Venture capital” is semantically equivalent to “dangerous money,” which is part of its mystique. But where does all that money actually come from, and how do VCs actually make money? But where does all that money actually come from, and how do VCs actually make money?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 27, 2012

He lives very simply, preferring to invest the money he makes from consulting to support technology and social change projects in the rural area that he now calls home. He has helped developed a technology and library center in the rural school in his village and is implementing a program that is teaching kids ICT skills.

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Whole Whale

MARCH 10, 2021

A drop is similar to an initial coin offering (ICO) in that it is a way for a platform to raise money. The developers of the platform, artist and any other parties can then use the funds raised in the drop. This example shows how a nonprofit can be a fun partner to meme NFT and benefit from the sale. Top NFT Exchanges.

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TechCrunch

JULY 25, 2021

Hundreds of startups dot the landscape, and the amount of money being raised and spent on innovating around the country’s industrial heft is mind-boggling. He soon set up his own investment fund, Challenjers Capital , convinced that the next big tech opportunity in China was in tech’s application to everyday consumer products.

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