Fast Company Tech

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

The name itself is a reference to Gen Z slang which stands for baddie on point, a term used to describe a person who uses their body to make money. Given the platforms young user base, about 25% of TikTok’s global users are between the ages of 10 and 19, this raises clear concerns. Meanwhile the Bop House has 2.5M

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TechCrunch

MARCH 9, 2022

Developer tools are not worth infinite money : Startups that built for developers had an amazing 2021. They raised huge sums of capital and put forth a number of high-profile, richly valued IPOs. Guide raises to improve the candidate experience : Lots of HR tech that TechCrunch covers is focused on companies and how they operate.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 12, 2022

TripActions , a corporate travel and expenses company, has raised a combination of equity and debt at a post-money valuation of $9.2 TripActions didn’t comment on any public listing plans, but its not unique to see a company raise ahead of a financial event of that scale. The upcoming TripActions IPO has us hype.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

But there are several factors in play that make the booming venture capital totals these companies are raising more reasonable than they might initially appear. The Exchange explores startups, markets and money. This isn’t to say that every deal and every resulting valuation markup is logical. A rising tide of capital.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 22, 2022

Poparazzi — an app that turned Instagram’s tagging feature into its entire premise — hyped itself to the top of the App Store using a series of growth hacks not too long ago. The a16z and Accel-backed app raised $30 million in a Series A last year. It sure seems like it’s put some of that money to use.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 22, 2024

This year’s top auctioneers are driving impactful change, raising crucial funds and leveraging their expertise to make a difference for great causes worldwide. In fact, she will often offer a surprise song during fundraising to encourage more donations – her songs have raised up to an additional $10,000 for her beloved clients!

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 24, 2023

But that’s ok, we dove deep into the hype and looked at what skeptics are worried about for the new application. federal courts FBI says North Korean hackers preparing to cash out after high-profile crypto hacks Friend.tech hype is skyrocketing, but will it actually reach the stars? federal agencies.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Party Round is building software that it hopes will make the process of raising early-stage corporate capital far simpler than it is today. And the company just used its own service to raise $7 million. It then helps handle the requisite documents, signatures and capture of raised funds. His startup wants to work on the problem.

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TechCrunch

MAY 24, 2021

Mobile landing page builder Beacons has raised a $6 million seed round to expand its vision for empowering creators to make money beyond the cramped confines of their social media profiles. MIT professor wants to overhaul ‘The Hype Machine’ that powers social media. “I Image Credits: Beacons.

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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. Or stay with the status quo and sell only from your website?

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TechCrunch

JULY 15, 2021

One such startup, Abodu , has raised $20 million in a Series A funding round led by Norwest Venture Partners. In addition, folks are earning extra money by renting them out to members of the community such as teachers or fireman, a single person or younger couple.”. Despite the hype, construction tech will be hard to disrupt.

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TechCrunch

MAY 18, 2021

Less than a year after launching , Somewhere Good announced this morning that it has raised $3.75 The money will be used for continued product innovation and expanding its nine-person team. MIT professor wants to overhaul ‘The Hype Machine’ that powers social media. million in a seed round led by True Ventures.

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Care2

APRIL 25, 2011

Or perhaps you are attending your organization’s biggest fundraising event of the year, and need to be in constant contact with your fundraising team and board members who are doing a lot of networking to raise money. Forget ducking into a corner to find a quiet spot to call staff. Loose the retro walkie -talkies.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

After working on a shoestring for years, the team has since May raised three rounds, the latest for a massive $100M. “5 years ago it was very hit driven: you spend years developing a product, put all this money into hyping the launch, and then hope it’s a success,” Proulx explained.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 10, 2022

Pine Labs is looking to go public in the United States , China venture capital data is looking pretty strong , Assent Compliance raised a huge round and Arive is apparently a thing. All that and we are just getting ready for earnings season, so stay hype as there is a lot of data coming in short order. Welcome to the week!

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 9, 2021

Instant grocery delivery continues to be a very frothy market, but today comes news of a major funding round for one player in it that investors believe will still be standing after the hype has died down. billion post-money). Gorillas instead raised money from another strategic, Delivery Hero, as part of a whopping $1 billion round.).

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TechCrunch

MARCH 8, 2023

A startup founded by ex-Apple design and engineering team Imran Chaudhri and Bethany Bongiorno, Humane , today raised another $100 million to build what it calls an “integrated device and cloud services platform” for AI. Humane’s work is shrouded in mystery. ” A tantalizing prospect?

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

When we last checked in with Alt back in March, it had just raised $31 million for its alternative asset platform — a platform, thus far, used primarily by those looking to research, trade and securely store high-value sports cards. ” Sports trading card platform Alt launches with $31 million in funding and plenty of market hype.

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NTEN

MARCH 18, 2010

Simply put, the cloud by its very nature offers you better, more effective software solutions while saving your organization time, money and effort. A board member can log in and see, in real time and read only, exactly how much money was raised this month, without messing anything up. David Geilhufe, NetSuite, Inc.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Bold , a technology company working to enable financial access to electronic payments in Colombia, has raised $55 million in a Series B funding round led by Tiger Global Management. Why LatAm’s fintech boom is more than hype and superlative venture investment.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 26, 2021

We’re hype, you’re hype, and we had some jokes. Sticking to the $10 billion-and-greater category, Plaid could be raising $600 million at a valuation of $10 billion to $15 billion. That’s a lot of money. Namely the intensely interesting Bevy deal , and Ro raising $500 million at a $5 billion valuation.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 12, 2021

What emerged from the data is a startup market busy accelerating its ability to raise capital, mint unicorns and, increasingly, generate outsized exits. The Exchange explores startups, markets and money. Gone are the days when the New York startup ecosystem, perennially in Silicon Valley’s shadow, was more hype than substance. (In

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TechCrunch

APRIL 21, 2021

The company has now raised $121 million. . MIT professor wants to overhaul ‘The Hype Machine’ that powers social media. “At the heart of what we’re doing is building AI models that can help automate work that used to be manual,” said Kevin Guo, Hive’s co-founder and CEO.

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Neon CRM

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

The audience then places their bids by raising bid paddles, calling out amounts, or catching the auctioneer’s attention in some other way. And more bids often means more money raised! If you open or close the bidding on certain items too early or too late, your organization could leave money on the table.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 16, 2021

Let’s talk money, startups and spicy IPO rumors. They are willing to pay nearly infinite money for certain stocks — like Tesla — and often far more than the more conservative public money. Fintech upstart LendingPoint raised $125 million at an undisclosed valuation. NYC-based Paige raised $100 million.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

And on the blockchain thing, Blockchain.com raised $120 million , proving that there are huge amounts of capital available for the guts-and-bolts tooling of the bitcoin world. This reminded us of Alloy , another neat company in e-commerce automation that also recently raised money. raised $50 million. alternative.

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NTEN

MARCH 18, 2010

Simply put, the cloud by its very nature offers you better, more effective software solutions while saving your organization time, money and effort. A board member can log in and see, in real time and read only, exactly how much money was raised this month, without messing anything up. David Geilhufe, NetSuite, Inc.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 3, 2020

It’s also worth noting that according to GivePanel , fundraisers who are thanked throughout the process raise 35% more than those who are not, and with a concerted effort, you’ll likely be able to capture their contact information as well. 6) If eligible, experiment with Fan Subscriptions to gain monthly donors.

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Greater Giving

MAY 4, 2022

Check out our Auction Games look book for lots of exciting games and activities to raise money for your cause! But the details of this fundraising idea are all in the timing, the hype, the prizes, and the pricing. The success of your Putter-and-Purse raffle depends on how you advertise and hype this fun auction game.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 28, 2020

For a moment, there was worry that startups would struggle to raise for quarters, leading to layoffs, slowed hiring and budget cuts. The Exchange explores startups, markets and money. As The Exchange reported last week, “How much money was raised by U.S.-based based startups in Q3 2020?

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Bloomerang

JULY 26, 2024

You have to spend money to make money For donor acquisition , direct mail returns of 2% were considered good then. to raise $1.00. The real money came with repeat giving as measured by donor lifetime value. Despite all the hype, the average response rate of online and social media channels is disappointingly low.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

We are beyond hyped about it. Hopin is raising more money, at an even larger valuation. So, check back here in October for when Hopin raises again. Reddit also picked up more money. Shippo raised more money after a big 2020 ; can the company double again in 2021? And then it happens again.

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The Verge

MAY 12, 2020

Don’t trust them with your money or data.”. The funds were raised in a series of what Telegram billed as pre-ICO offerings back in 2018, though the company ended up canceling the much-hyped ICO due (in part) to increased SEC scrutiny. billion in tokens prior to launching the network.

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TechCrunch

MAY 24, 2022

billion post-money, according to a source. A Gartner Hype Cycle late last year characterized interest in observability solutions as at the “peak of inflated expectations,” with a market forecast for “cloudy with a high chance of disruption.” That’s up from $1.5 billion as of August 2021.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 11, 2022

Naturally we had to cut like all hell, but we had a simply terrific time traipsing through the following items: AngelList Ventures raising a $100 million round , and what the deal seems to mean. Mara snagging $6 million for a business that had us all hype , and the Public-Otis tie-up from earlier in the week was also on the docket.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 7, 2022

The Exchange explores startups, markets and money. On the other end of the newsiness spectrum are companies that grow consistently, don’t burn too much money — and therefore don’t raise too often — and stay busy doing things that don’t demand headlines. Today, we’ll attempt a corrective.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 24, 2021

million funding round and described it as “a New York startup that helps online creators and media companies make money and manage their customer data.” After hearing Kim hype up the possibilities for grocery and digital for a half decade or so, to see the company that came out of his hopes and planning land a major partner is fun.

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