Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

With many nonprofits raising as much as 50% of their budget in December alone, there’s a lot at stake — and a lot of end-of-year fundraising problems to overcome. Q: I know I need a tangible offer in my appeal, but does that limit my ability to use it for our general fund?” Lots of stamps, or was it sent by priority mail?

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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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TechCrunch

AUGUST 23, 2021

Less than a year after raising its $6 million seed funding round, Tel Aviv and Sunnyvale-based startup build.security is being acquired by Elastic. Build.security is focused on security policy management for applications. “We see policy as a fundamental cornerstone of security,” Kulkarni said.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 22, 2020

WeRide, one of China’s most-funded startups developing autonomous driving capabilities, said on Wednesday that it has raised a $200 million strategic round from Chinese bus maker Yutong. Autonomous driving startups in China are racing to showcase their progress, in part to attract funding for their cash-bleeding businesses.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

To understand how much growth has occurred, African startups raised a meagre $400 million in 2015 compared to the $2 billion that came into the continent in 2019, according to Africa-focused fund Partech Africa. Did African startups raise $496M, $1B or $2B in 2019? Fintech startups raised 24.9% billion and $1.8

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Fast Company Tech

APRIL 11, 2025

In November, 58% of Missouri voters approved Proposition A, which raises the state minimum wage to $15 by 2026 and requires employers to provide paid sick leave. In 2022, nearly 59% of voters approved a measure that will raise the states minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2026 and keep increasing it in later years to keep up with inflation.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 17, 2021

Policybazaar has raised $75 million as the Indian online insurance platform looks to expand its presence in UAE and Middle East. Sarbvir Singh, chief executive of Policybazaar, told TechCrunch that the startup had raised $75 million, but didn’t elaborate. The platform also sells loans, credit cards and mutual funds.

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Candid

AUGUST 13, 2024

Developing an effective funding strategy is vital to any nonprofit’s ability to sustain or increase its impact. And nonprofit boards play an important role in virtually every organization’s funding strategy. After all, aren’t you leaving money on the table by not seeking funding in more ways? So how does that play out?

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 12, 2025

Pasadena Community Foundation, a local foundation, has given grants through a wildfire fund to help support dozens of organizations doing that work. Others lost coverage as insurers have dropped policies in areas at risk of fires. People need money to be able to rebuild, to be able to move, to be able to persist.” area fires.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 19, 2021

Choosing an insurance policy is one of the most complicated financial decisions a person can make. Jakarta-based Lifepal wants to simplify the process for Indonesians with a marketplace that lets users compare policies from more than 50 providers, get help from licensed agents and file claims. Qoala raises $13.5M

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Candid

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Many nonprofit organizations devote their time, talent, funding, and mission to helping people who live in financial hardship. The new ALICE data also offers glimmers of hope and raises questions for further research. We also need consistent data and policy solutions. Where are the best outcomes in the nonprofit workforce?

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TechCrunch

MARCH 9, 2021

hedge fund and investment firm Tiger Global led the Series C round. In total, Flutterwave has raised $225 million and is one of the few African startups to have secured more than $200 million in funding. . When the company raised its Series B, we reported that Flutterwave had processed 107 million transactions worth $5.4

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Fast Company Tech

APRIL 19, 2025

And since this market volatility is a direct result of Americas foreign economic policy rather than normal economic fluctuation, its difficult to know what to expect. imposed tariffs could make long-term financial or policy changes that will continue to affect our domestic market for years. Any countries angry about U.S.-imposed

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

And that is giving a big bump to education startups, which are raising money to capitalise on the growth opportunity. It’s not clear if the round has closed, and whether the full amount was raised (or indeed, more). “We have a company policy where we don’t comment on speculations,” a spokesperson said to me via email.

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Candid

OCTOBER 31, 2024

If the executive director is given a seat on the board, it’s important to have a “conflict of interest” policy on when they have to recuse themselves from certain votes or discussions. But all members can and should help raise funds from other sources–by soliciting other individual donors or using an employee matching gifts program.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 13, 2023

Africa seemed to defy the global venture funding decline in the first half of 2022 after its startups raised $3 billion, double the amount secured over a similar period the previous year. Africa predicted to experience sustained funding slowdown in 2023 by Annie Njanja originally published on TechCrunch.

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Candid

AUGUST 6, 2021

To that end, the ten-year initiative will coordinate donor resources to build international networks in the independent moving image ecosystem that foster deeper collaborations between civic leaders and content creators — funding aligned organizations, research, and creative content appearing across traditional and digital platforms.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 6, 2022

Now Nord Security , the startup behind one of the bigger paid VPN providers, NordVPN , is announcing significant funding at a “unicorn” valuation to build out both its consumer and enterprise business lines to capitalize on that growth. So why raise now?

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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.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Vouch , a provider of business insurance to startups and high-growth companies, announced today it has raised $90 million in new funding. With the latest financing, San Francisco-based Vouch has now raised a total of $160 million since its 2018 inception. billion in risk across thousands of policies.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 9, 2023

Superscript , an insurance broker and tech platform targeting SMEs and “high-growth” tech firms, has raised £45 million ($54 million) in a Series B round of funding. Germany’s Wefox last year raised $400 million at $4.5 ” The company had previously raised around $24.4

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 31, 2021

Amsterdam-based startup VanMoof has raised a $128 million Series C funding round. Last year, VanMoof raised a $40 million Series B. Overall, if you add it all up, the startup has raised $182 million in total. With today’s funding round, the startup plans to double-down on its current strategy.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Stability AI, the company funding the development of open source music- and image-generating systems like Dance Diffusion and Stable Diffusion , today announced that it raised $101 million in a funding round led by Coatue and Lightspeed Venture Partners with participation from O’Shaughnessy Ventures LLC.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 18, 2023

ThriveCart today announced that it raised $35 million in a funding round led by LTV SaaS Growth Fund, the company’s first public outside investment. TechCrunch asked McKeand about the company’s data usage policy, but somewhat discouragingly, he declined to answer.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Grip Security , a Tel Aviv-based startup that helps enterprises protect their data in SaaS applications, today announced that it has raised a $19 million Series A funding round led by Intel Capital. Grip Security raises $6M to improve SaaS security. The current plan is for Grip to launch this new solution in the coming months.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Bondaval , the London-based B2B insurtech that gives credit teams assurance that customers will fulfill their financial obligations, has raised $15 million in Series A funding led by Talis Capital. TechCrunch last covered Bondaval when it announced its seed funding in October 2021. Its clients now include BP and Shell.

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TechCrunch

MAY 2, 2023

Simpplr this morning announced it raised $70 million in a funding round led by Sapphire Ventures with participation from Norwest Ventures, Tola Capital and Salesforce Ventures. ” That second bit raises questions about which “trends,” exactly, Simpplr is monitoring. Posts about work policy?

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TechCrunch

MARCH 16, 2023

The company uses AI models trained on driving data to attempt to mitigate risk and assist with various policy management and claims processes. Bias risk aside, money talks — even at a time when global insurtech VC funding continues to cool. billion by 2030 — up from $128.44 billion in 2020.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 9, 2022

Spin Technology , a data protection software vendor catering to enterprise clientele, today announced that it raised $16 million in a Series A round led by Blueprint Equity with participation from Santa Barbara Venture Partners and Blu Venture Investors. Cybersecurity VC funding surged to a record $11.5 billion in 2021.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 6, 2022

Financial infrastructure startup Fidel API has raised $65 million in a Series B funding round led by Bain Capital Ventures. Existing backers NYCA Partners, QED Investors and other unnamed investors also participated in the Series B financing, which brings the company’s total raised to $88 million since inception.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 14, 2022

Beam Impact , a company that enables consumers to turn their spending into a way to support social causes, has raised $13.3 million in Series A funding led by Index Ventures. You can choose from causes related to education, public policy, climate change and more. When you make a purchase, you can track your social impact.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 25, 2022

Headroom , a startup developing AI-powered software to make meetings ostensibly more efficient, today announced that it raised $9 million in funding led by Equal Opportunity Ventures with participation from Gradient Ventures, LDV Capital, AME Cloud Ventures, and Morado Ventures.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 4, 2023

Defense tech startups raised sizable rounds in 2023, which shows VCs are interested in the sector despite market conditions. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 3, 2022

Some individual board members may want to start with “easier” tasks like thanking donors, but eventually, they should be directly helping raise thousands of dollars annually. Download this Board of Directors Fundraising Worksheet to help your board members execute their board pledges to raise or give donations.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 5, 2021

Like Facebook Charitable Giving Tools, nonprofits are not raising much money via “Donate” stickers and “Donate” buttons in livestreams on Instagram (according to the Open Data Project ). A “Donate” buttons to livestreams. If you are going to add Instagram Ads, then add another $100 to that budget.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 30, 2022

The company will use a fresh injection of $11 million venture capital raised in a Series A round to scale its existing product as well as its curb management software. At the same time, smarter policies backed by Populus’ curb data can incentivize delivery operators to use smaller, more carbon efficient modes of transportation.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 5, 2022

The startup has raised $300 million, funding that it will be using to continue building out the tools that it provides to its customers and to expand its technology and services to more geographies. But that trend too appears to have passed over Remote, which raised this round in the last quarter.

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