TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

Anchor, a Nigerian banking-as-a-service (BaaS) provider, has raised $2.4 Justin Kan’s Goat Capital led the financing round which also welcomed participation from FoundersX, Rebel Fund and some existing investors, including Y Combinator and Byld Ventures. million in seed investment. Its proposition […]

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Niche local brands are also emerging to offer tailored beauty and skin care products. Backed by a $1 million seed funding, Uncover is scaling its operations in Kenya and expanding to Nigeria in January. Backed by a $1 million seed funding, Uncover is scaling its operations in Kenya and expanding to Nigeria in January.

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sgEngage

MARCH 17, 2025

nonprofits, schools, higher education institutions, and healthcare organizations are currently navigating change or uncertainty related to federal funding. Federal Funding Landscape first appeared on The ENGAGE Blog by Blackbaud.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 17, 2022

Louis, announced that it has raised $1.4 M25 , a venture firm with a geographic focus on the Midwest, led the funding event. Prior to its pre-seed round, Rebundle had raised what CEO and co-founder Ciara Imani May described as six-figures worth of grant, and other non-dilutive capital in an interview with TechCrunch.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 12, 2022

But both options have pros and cons; for the latter, local furniture stores may lack the quality that clients need, while global retailers, in addition to taking several months to ship their products to Africa, can be too pricey. . Made.com raises another $56 million.

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

As a nonprofit finance leader, you are constantly aware of the many different pulls on your funding availability. This is where your fund accounting system can help you get the granularity you need from your budgeting process to make data-driven decisions. One program could use more headcount to serve more people.

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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

MARCH 3, 2024

As a nonprofit organization, securing funding is essential to fulfilling your mission and driving meaningful change in your community. Come along with us as we explore how nonprofit grant management software is evolving and what cool new things it can do to help organizations like yours get and use funding to make a real difference.

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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

2) Nonprofits Can Raise as Much (or More!) Virtual fundraising events can raise a lot of money, some even surpass their in-person version. And for those events that don’t quite raise as much virtually as in-person, they still net more due to lower overhead costs. as In-Person Fundraising.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 2, 2022

Through TYB, these brands can reward their customers for participation in the community with virtual coins, similar to loyalty points, that they can redeem in exchange for physical products. On the Chain Reaction podcast, Haney announced for the first time that her new company was about to close its second institutional funding round.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 7, 2025

Musks interest in privatization is another example of the way he has tried to kill government-funded transportation to serve his own interests, notably his Hyperloop project, which undermined high-speed rail efforts in California. It also gets funding from both federal and state sources depending on the type of route.

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Bloomerang

MAY 26, 2023

As a nonprofit, you work tirelessly to raise funds, and it’s important to ensure that every dollar raised goes towards your mission. We’ll discuss the potential risks associated with donation processing and provide proactive measures you can take to safeguard your nonprofit’s funds.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 8, 2023

That led Hess to found Consensus, a platform for interactive video demos, which today announced that it raised $110 million from Sumeru Equity Partners. ” Launched in 2013 and now with over $139 million in the bank (inclusive of today’s raise), Consensus allows users to build demo videos and then email those demos to prospects.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 5, 2022

We’re excited to share that Bloomerang and Kindful nonprofit customers raised more than $42.4 Bloomerang and Kindful customers raised more funds than in previous years. Over the past year, we’ve made a number of enhancements to our product that make it easier for fundraisers to do just that. 37 million adults in the U.S.

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NonProfit PRO

MARCH 17, 2022

FreeWill announced it has raised $30 million in Series B funding round led by Bain Capital Double Impact alongside existing investors. FreeWill will use the new capital for product development and scaling its capabilities in providing nonprofits comprehensive planned giving support.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 13, 2025

Recouping such extravagant production budgets is no easy task, especially with only a few videos released per month. As reported by Bloomberg , Beast Industries has secured more than $450 million in funding over the past four years to fuel its businesses. As you might imagine, content of that sort doesnt come cheap.

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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. We’ve got claims and distribution, which are our go-to products.

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Achieve

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Let’s walk through four basic steps to building productive community partnerships to bolster your mission. You need to find the right fit to ensure that your partnerships remain productive and valuable for the long term. Identify your needs. The power of community partnerships lies in their inherent flexibility.

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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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Candid

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Despite the importance of raising money well, the majority of small to midsize nonprofits use suboptimal strategies—methods that are expensive, time-consuming, and yield only minimal returns on a lot of hard work. If we don’t follow through on our rhetoric, we will fail to sustain the trust critical to securing more funding.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 8, 2021

This program promotes efficient water use in homes and businesses throughout the country by offering a simple way to make purchasing decisions that conserve water without sacrificing quality or product performance. For every 1,000 fundraising messages sent, nonprofits raised $78. Plain Language Example #2. M+R Benchmarks Report.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

This funding comes after the company’s $30 million Series B round — $23.75 Per Crunchbase , Twiga has raised over $100 million in both debt and equity financing rounds. Kenya’s Twiga Foods eyes West Africa after $30M raise led by Goldman. The funding will be used to test the concept out. million equity and $6.25

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 1, 2021

They posted to Facebook to help raise awareness and ask for donations. It doesn’t have to be a sophisticated television production. 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. 1) Text-to-Donate on Facebook.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 6, 2023

is the one of the latest generative AI startups to raise funding. Today, the AI art production platform for consumers and enterprise users announced a $31 million USD round from investors including Blackbird, Side Stage Ventures, Smash Capital, TIRTA Ventures, Gaorong Capital and Samsung Next.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 2, 2022

Engineers are the bedrock of any tech product, and blockchains are no exception. Now, the blockchain aficionado who got his start in trading Bitcoin in 2013 is joining the ranks of a growing group of solo GPs raising venture funds built on their own name and reputation.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Lagos- and Texas-based digital healthcare provider Reliance Health is the latest beneficiary and is doing so in grand style, raising $40 million. Reliance Health has bundled both vital concepts so that users can get access to an integrated suite of healthcare products via subscriptions. Image Credits: Reliance Health.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 19, 2022

In the latest development, Bumpa , one of them which says it is building the infrastructure to power online commerce and enable African small business owners to start, manage and grow their businesses from their mobile devices, has raised a $4 million seed round. . Integrating an ecosystem of products.

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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

MARCH 12, 2025

A well-funded AI lab with a deep bench of research talent is releasing a powerful new model that generates high-definition video for the film and advertising industries. The startup raised a $70 million seed round last year, backed by Bessemer Venture Partners, Khosla Ventures, and General Catalyst.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

The number one concern was “if we go virtual, will we raise money?” They can personally cast the vision of why funds are needed during these challenging times. In addition, you can also pivot some of the money you earmarked for the ballroom, catering, bar(s), valet and wifi to a video production company. Lessons learned?

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TechCrunch

JULY 27, 2021

Today, the company is announcing $83 million in Series C funding to scale offline and online offerings and expand to new markets. South Africa’s Yoco raises $16 million to boost digital services to small businesses. He listed mobile money, QR payments and electronic funds transfer (ETF) as offerings in its pipeline.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

Global Goods Partners have partnered with over 60 artisan groups in more than 20 countries throughout Asia, Africa, and the Americas to help bring to market the fair trade, handcrafted products they produce. 100% of profits help fund Surfrider’s mission to protect the world’s ocean, waves and beaches.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 17, 2022

Long payment cycles, which can take 30-90 days after services or products have been rendered, and little or no capital, of which research says 85% of African small and medium businesses are subject to, are the main culprits of cash flow issues. So we are trying to dig deep into which credit products work for certain verticals.

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TechCrunch

MAY 24, 2021

The investment comes nine months after the company raised $500,000 in pre-seed last September and two months after receiving $125,000 from YC. Therefore , Mono will use the funding to reinforce its current financial and identity data offerings and launch new products for diverse business verticals. Image Credits: Mono.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 24, 2025

Stansbury, a former Intuit CTO who took the helm at Kaleidescape after getting hooked on the system himself, says he’s on a mission to revitalize the company and reach new audiences after years of stagnant product development. With new funding and no more legal clouds, it was able to make more deals with movie studios.

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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. The company closed two funding rounds in 2024: $200 million in February and $260 million in September at a $4.6 has raised more than $20 million in venture capital so far.

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