Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 5, 2021

That’s good news for nonprofits that don’t have a lot of visual content. 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 ). Post Eye-catching Photos.

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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. Gone are the days when the New York startup ecosystem, perennially in Silicon Valley’s shadow, was more hype than substance. (In billion was raised. billion was raised.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 11, 2022

to chat through the week’s news. 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.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Get super stoked, because we are hype. That said, we did have a lot to get news done for you this morning. Very kind of the market to kick off Disrupt with some good news. Ambi Robotics raised new capital , as did Byju’s , and the Chinese chip industry is in turmoil after the United States kicked it in the shins.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 19, 2021

Buzzy “social audio” app Clubhouse has raised a Series C funding round, reportedly valuing the company at $4 billion. Clubhouse said the new round of financing was led by Andrew Chen of Andreessen Horowitz, with participation from DST Global, Tiger Global and Elad Gil.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 20, 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. On the news front, the global stock market is taking a whacking. Pour some extra coffee, and get hype.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

Before we get into this week’s show, make sure to check out all the news here about how Equity is expanding, and becoming even more of a thing in 2021! We are beyond hyped about it. Coming on the back of such a wild news week, we had to cut and cut from the notes doc to get the show to size. And then it happens again.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 25, 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. It’s going to be a busy one, so strap in and get hyped because it is earnings week.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 8, 2023

With the call to action out of the way, let’s get on to the news! A long-promised treadmill arrives: Startup Virtuix — which has long been promising a mass-market omnidirectional treadmill, raising more than $1.1 The hype started to reach a crescendo this week as the U.S.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 7, 2022

The company behind Axie Infinity, a popular crypto play-to-earn game, raised $150 million in funding this week to help reimburse users who lost funds worth about $625 million in a hack last week. It was a bad look not only for Sky Mavis, but also for investors like a16z that had hyped Axie as the future of crypto.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 23, 2022

And yet, NFT startup Cryptoys is raising tens of millions of dollars with the goal of building a blockchain-based toy company that can expose younger users to the ideas of digital ownership and NFT mechanics. Magic Eden raises $130M, hitting unicorn status at $1.6B ” Cryptoys is getting some help on this journey.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Still, Jacquelyn ’s well-timed Valentine’s reporting based on a Binance poll is good news for those among you who like to keep things immutable. Our bet is that there may be some confirmation bias in there, because if you were to wave your Ledger wallet at Christine or Haje on a first date, that’d also be the last date. Christine has more.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 1, 2023

Sesamm , a French startup that helps financial firms and corporates adhere to their ESG goals by using natural language processing (NLP) to generate insights from digital content, has raised €35 million ($37 million) in a round of funding to expand internationally. Supply chain Sesamm founders Pierre Rinaldi, Sylvain Forté and Florian Aubry.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 25, 2022

Our incredible team of writers has a trove of awesome news and analysis available for you today. Less of our babbling, more of the news. Weaving web3 threads : As Ingrid notes, there is “a lot of hype around web3,” but building platforms within the space is still relatively new. More research may be required.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 28, 2022

In happier and better news, TechCrunch Early Stage is coming up in just a few months and not only am I hype about it, I’ll hopefully be there IRL. What’s ahead for Europe : On the heels of news that European startups had an outsized 2021 when it came to fundraising, TechCrunch explored what’s ahead for the continent.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 1, 2020

billion valuation and is far superior to the $18 billion, post-money valuation that it raised at during its troubled period early in the COVID-19 pandemic. Expectations, hopes and hype. The top-end of Airbnb’s simple valuation places it near its Series F valuation set in 2017. Its fully-diluted valuation exceeds that $30.5

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TechCrunch

MAY 13, 2023

Welcome to Startups Weekly, a nuanced take on this week’s startup news and trends by Senior reporter Natasha Mascarenhas. I’ll be moving on to a new publication, continuing to report on venture capital and startups. Startups Weekly readers know I love a pivot story, and now I have one of my own: I’m leaving TechCrunch!

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TechCrunch

APRIL 19, 2023

For many, ChatGPT and the generative AI hype train signals the arrival of artificial intelligence into the mainstream. million) in pre-seed funding Qdrant raised last year. That Qdrant has now raised $7.5 To help bring its technology deeper into the commercial sphere, Qdrant today announced a $7.5

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TechCrunch

APRIL 24, 2023

In other news: Happy Monday, folks! Constrafor raises new capital to make that better, Christine reports. 10 years of fintech failure: 3 more ideas that failed to live up to the initial hype Image Credits: TommL (opens in a new window) / Getty Images Do you remember P2P lending and on-demand insurance?

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 20, 2021

The Slovakia-based startup previously raised a $1.6 Public also raised several hundred million dollars. And low-code player OutSystems raised $150 million to round out the group. First, that Clubhouse’s metrics are finally starting to match the hype around the product. Investments like CloudTalk’s recent $7.3

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 18, 2021

Welcome to Startups Weekly, a fresh human-first take on this week’s startup news and trends. I’m not talking about hype machines or weekly luncheons on specific topics, I’m talking about more elusive services. Honeycomb, a private social app for families, raises $4M seed round. To get this in your inbox, subscribe here.

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Candid

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

The year-end giving season kicks off with a lot of hype around GivingTuesday, when nonprofits invest significant time, energy, and resources into launching campaigns for the special day. This is good news. But how do you make sure to put this positive news into action for your nonprofit? It’s that time of year again.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 11, 2022

Every week, I’ll take a look at the hottest fintech news of the previous week. There’s a lot of fintech news out there and it’s my job to stay on top of it — and make sense of it — so you can stay in the know. — Mary Ann. One of the biggest news stories last week was that Plaid laid off 260 employees , or about 20% of its workforce.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 19, 2023

Every week, I’ll take a look at the hottest fintech news of the previous week. There’s a lot of fintech news out there and it’s my job to stay on top of it — and make sense of it — so you can stay in the know. — Mary Ann Now hiring Hello, hello! In June of 2021, the company raised $150 million at a $2.17 billion valuation.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 7, 2022

We have a packed newsletter today, so get hype for a news digest. Despite rising costs, VCs continue to invest in BNPL startups : TechCrunch recently reported on Tabby raising a $54 million extension round , with Sequoia Capital India and STV leading the round. PST, subscribe here. Startups and VC. million seed round.

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Qgiv

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

They don’t raise an exceptional amount of money. They combine putting and chipping contests with silent and live auctions, dinner, an open bar, and the opportunity to win a ton of fun prizes, all while raising money for their mission. Step 3: Engage the Hype Machine. And, when I say “hype machine,” I mean it.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 2, 2022

If you were plugged in to the startup news cycle recently, you’ve been busy. Y Combinator dropped hundreds of new startups onto the market , Instacart’s repricing continued to reverberate, and it feels like we’re discovering that some parts of the startup market are already in a period of correction. Sign up here.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

The metaverse cometh for us : The TechCrunch crew has been chewing on the metaverse for a while now, trying to tease out substance from hype, and real possibility from rank speculation. kr is a mobile app for “outdoor enthusiasts and campers” to help them book campsites, and it just raised a few million dollars. The TechCrunch Top 3.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 29, 2022

Welcome to Startups Weekly, a nuanced take on this week’s startup news and trends by Senior Reporter and Equity co-host Natasha Mascarenhas. Discipline is the new scale.” (OK, We jumped on the TC+ stage to talk about competition and, of course, what happens when the beginning of your company is defined by hype and celebrities. .

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TechCrunch

MARCH 31, 2022

Swvl raised $121.5 million raised by the SPAC was withdrawn — particularly as the SPAC hype gives way in the face of an underperforming market and tighter regulation. Despite the seeming setback, there’s good news for Swvl. Egyptian ride-sharing company Swvl plans to go public in a $1.5B SPAC merger.

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TechCrunch

JULY 13, 2021

Even if round counts didn’t set all-time highs, “the general vibe of Q2 venture capital data was clear: It’s a great time for startups looking to raise capital.” Vanessa Larco, partner, New Enterprise Associates. Despite the hype, construction tech will be hard to disrupt.

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TechCrunch

MAY 16, 2022

In other news(casts), we particularly enjoyed Lucas and Anita ’s Chain Reaction podcast, where they’re taking a look at how crypto VCs can’t rely on spending their way into loyalty. Every now and again, startups raise money for missions that make me worry about the current timeline we are on. It raised a Series D at a $1.3

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Care2

JANUARY 27, 2014

Remember, you are not a viral news sharing startup. Raise your hand if you adapted those tactics a few years ago and suddenly raised an extra few million dollars. And if you look at their website right now, you will find that some of their headlines are simpler and not the hyped up "and you won''t believe what happened next.".

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 27, 2023

Welcome back to The Interchange, where we take a look at the hottest fintech news of the previous week. There was also a mega-raise, and an acquisition too. Better.com finally went public The biggest fintech news of the week centered around Better.com’s no good, very bad public market debut. The de-SPAC was a way to raise $565M.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 11, 2022

We have your full news digest below, but stay hype about TechCrunch Sessions: Mobility , because it’s looking increasingly lit. Sorenson Ventures raises $150M fund : The Utah-based firm has made it to a second fund, raising a new vehicle that is 50% larger than its last. PST, subscribe here. Oh boy was that a week.

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TechCrunch

MAY 28, 2021

” Despite the hype about ease of use, enterprise companies always ask customers to abandon familiar tools so they can learn something new. Dismantling the myths around raising your first check. Image Credits: Klaus Vedfelt (opens in a new window) / Getty Images. Dismantling the myths around raising your first check.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 8, 2022

Out of the beta and into the fire: Continual, a startup that focuses on simplifying operational AI on top of a modern data stack, today announced that it has raised a $14.5 You didn’t think you would get away from the day without some Twitter and Elon Musk news , did you? Despite this, we also have some good feature news.

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