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25 Global Trends in Giving That Nonprofits Need to Know About

Nonprofit Tech for Good

If Facebook extended their fundraising tools to WhatsApp (owned by Facebook) and Facebook Messenger, messaging apps would likely become much more powerful in their ability to raise money for charitable organizations. 67% volunteer locally, 9% volunteer internationally, and 56% attend fundraising events. North America.

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Hitting the ground: What it takes to launch Uber, Hailo and Citymapper in a new city

The Next Web

For most tech companies, expansion is all about country-by-county localization. Uber Having raised a total of $1.5 Uber Having raised a total of $1.5 Beyond North America, Uber has only just got started. When your service requires a city-by-city approach, the operation can be far bigger and more complicated.

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Fitness app HealthifyMe to expand worldwide after raising $75M Series C from LeapFrog and Khosla Ventures

TechCrunch

The Bangalore-based company announced today it has closed a $75 million Series C from LeapFrog and Khosla Ventures, with plans to grow its user base in India, Southeast Asia and North America. HealthifyMe has now raised more than $100 million in total. We begin by building a food database with local foods.

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Opendoor alums raise $15M for Kindred, a home-swapping network

TechCrunch

One San Francisco-based startup has emerged that wants to not only give travelers more options, but make traveling more affordable, and it’s just raised $15 million toward that goal. To date, the startup has raised a total of $26.75 It has 20 employees, up from 10 a year ago.

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Peek raises $80M as its travel experiences software and marketplace business passes $2B in bookings

TechCrunch

Today a company focused on experiences — museum visits, skydiving, local cooking classes and more — is announcing a round of growth funding on the back of seeing its own business bounce back. ” Peek has now raised more than $100 million in the last 10 years. Peek was also not immune.

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Does Atlantic Canada have a blueprint for rural revival in the post-pandemic era?

TechCrunch

Slowly, Mike’s Bloggity Blog became one of Canada’s premier entertainment sites, and Morrison found himself with a local newspaper column as well as regular television and radio appearances. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador, the easternmost point of Canada and North America. Bird is also honest about the region’s shortcomings.

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Battery Resourcers raises $70M to grow closed-loop battery supply chain

TechCrunch

Battery Resourcers , a startup that’s developing a closed-loop approach to lithium-ion battery materials, has raised $70 million in mid-round funding to scale its commercial operations across two continents. The company, which is based in Worcester, Massachusetts, doesn’t just recycle batteries. We’re part of that.”.