TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Pakistan-based fintech platform, NayaPay , has raised $13 million in a seed round to rollout its multi-service messaging and payment app, and to build payment acceptance and financial management tools for businesses in the South Asian country. We are very bullish on fintech in Pakistan. Image Credits: NayaPay.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 27, 2011

. —– I’ve recently shared a couple interviews exploring two case studies of really successful online fundraising campaigns: SXSW4Japan Raises Over $120,000 and $100,000 in Three Days with #TeamAutism. Then, why do we keep thinking celebrities are so important to raising money? Both of them involved celebrities.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

The number of global retailers, department stores and supermarkets operating in Pakistan is increasing, which spells convenience for consumers, but trouble for kiryanas, or small general stores. The Karachi-based company announced today that it has raised a $2.5 A kiryana owner with one of SnappRetail’s point-of-sale devices.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

It’s been a while since KaiOS raised (or more specifically disclosed) outside investment: its last funding was in 2019, when it raised $50 million from investors including Cathay Innovation, Google and TCL. India, followed by China, Pakistan and Bangladesh, are the countries that dominate the feature phone market today.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Invygo, a startup operating in UAE and Saudi Arabia, has raised $10 million in its Series A funding led by MEVP as it works to scale its car rental service in the region. The Middle East-based startup, founded by Eslam Ahmed Hussein and Pulkit Ganjoo in 2019, has raised $14.3 There is Ekar, which last raised $17.5

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 6, 2021

The founders of Tazah Technologies , a B2B agriculture marketplace in Pakistan, met while serving leadership roles at Uber subsidiary Careem. Abrar Bajwa and Mohsin Zaka bonded during long working hours as the platform dealt with COVID-19’s impact. Eventually, the two started talking about creating their own startup.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

The startup announced today it has raised $2.2 The round, which Maya said is the largest raised by a Bangladeshi health tech company so far, was led by early-stage fund Anchorless Bangladesh and The Osiris Group, a private equity firm focused on impact investing in Asian markets. million in seed funding.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

JUMO , a South Africa- and London-based company that offers financial services to entrepreneurs and businesses in emerging markets, has raised $120 million in a new round of funding led by Fidelity Management & Research Company. It is also coming a year after raising $55 million in a similar unnamed financing round.

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TechCrunch

JULY 28, 2021

After its Egypt launch, Swvl expanded to Kenya, Pakistan, Jordan and Saudi Arabia. Queen’s Gambit, the women-led SPAC in charge of the deal, raised $300 million in January and added $45 million via an underwriters’ overallotment option focusing on startups in clean energy, healthcare and mobility sectors.

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TechCrunch

JULY 9, 2021

In one, riders waded through brown, waist-deep water; another video showed a cascade rushing down a flight of stairs to a subway platform where passengers waited for a train. Pakistan’s growing tech ecosystem is finally taking off. Pakistan’s growing tech ecosystem is finally taking off.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 25, 2022

Instacart looks to make its equity more competitive : There’s nuance to the mechanics at play, but after raising at an equity valuation of nearly $40 billion last year, Instacart has repriced the value of its equity for purposes of employee compensation. To a much lower price.

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TechNode

DECEMBER 13, 2024

This strategic partnership aims to foster entrepreneurship and strengthen economic cooperation in Pakistan. The announcement has been made during the Pakistan Investment Conference in Shanghai, part of Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif s historic visit to China from December 8 to 15.

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TechCrunch

MAY 5, 2022

They include executives and managers from fintechs such as Wave, Block, MercadoPago, Rappi, Flutterwave, Yoco, Visa, Plaid, Stripe and Coinbase — and e-commerce platforms like Jumia and Shopify. Last year, rali_cap raised $2 million, money it has since deployed. Two years on, this collective has nearly 240 individual LPs.

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TechCrunch

MAY 9, 2022

That subsequently led to 4x monthly volume growth, and it is expected the company’s expansion into Pakistan will yield even better results. The company is building the “GitHub of machine learning” and just raised $100 million to continue down that path. And it raised $68 million to get deeper into the science.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 7, 2022

Bfree , a Nigerian credit management fintech, has embarked on global expansion after raising $1.7 Funds that participated in the latest round included 4Di Capital, Octerra Capital, VestedWorld, Voltron Capital, Logos Ventures and several other angel investors, bringing the total capital raised by the Lagos-based startup to $2.5

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

DAO makes us proud : Gaming guild Metaverse Magna is now valued at $30 million after raising $3.2 ARR : Userpilot, a product-led growth platform for SaaS companies , raises $4.6 Lawn and order : Dominic-Madori reports that JusticeText raises $2.2 Wild West’ of climate tech : Mike has a story about Ceezer closing on €4.2

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 7, 2022

The company has raised over $86 million over its lifetime and counts NewView Capital and SoftBank’s SB Opportunity Fund among its backers. Meanwhile, Yaydoo has raised over $20 million from investors such as Base10 Partners, monashees, SB Opportunity Fund and Leap Global Partners. “We Klarna recently raised $800 million at a $6.7

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TechCrunch

APRIL 17, 2023

Intellia is an up and running startup which has raised $1.5m Launching out of Dubai in 2020, Intellia looks for strategy and finance consultants in emerging markets where wages are cheap, thows in some AI-powered vetting, to come up with a project delivery platform for finance, strategy and public policy.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 28, 2021

In 2017, Cars45 raised $5 million from Frontier Car Group (FCG) , the Berlin-based company that builds used-car marketplaces focusing on emerging markets. OLX Autos shut down FCG’s operations in Berlin this March but still kept control of Cars45 and two other brands : CarFirst in Pakistan and WeBuyAnyCar in the U.S.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 19, 2023

The consumer fintech company is focused on helping people build credit and raised $30 million in June 2021. In June of 2021, the company raised $150 million at a $2.17 In June of 2021, the company raised $150 million at a $2.17 Today, it has about 850 clients and over $4 trillion in client assets on its platform.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 17, 2021

How Pilot charted a course of raising not too much money. billion raised for its latest fund. Pakistan temporarily blocks social media. Garry Kasparov launches a community-first chess platform. Garry Kasparov launches a community-first chess platform. In 2020, the firm closed $3.75 billion in capital commitments.

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TechCrunch

MAY 13, 2022

As CEO and founder of virtual veterinarian care platform Dutch, Joe Spector initially intended to raise a $15 million Series A, but his pitch deck so skillfully blended visuals of lovable pets with market research and traction metrics, he ended up closing a $20 million round. Purposeful in Pakistan. Image Credits: Dutch.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 20, 2023

Embedded finance solutions in less developed markers are becoming more prominent as platforms look to provide various financial solutions to the unbanked and underserved. They allow businesses such as mobile operators, e-commerce platforms, and logistics companies to embed and enable banking products for their customers.

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The Next Web

OCTOBER 26, 2013

Trying to bring more clients and freelancers to the platform, oDesk recently introduced a new service. “On In mid-October, oDesk held a programming contest for freelancers registered on the platform. Among other fastest-growing client countries one can also find Latvia, Pakistan, Romania, Lithuania, and Malaysia.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

and Europe , to Africa , Australia , and Asia, where India and Pakistan have been hit by some of their worst floods in recent memory. Elsewhere, Australia’s FloodMapp recently raised $8.5 market, 7Analytics today announced that it has raised $2.5

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TechCrunch

JUNE 6, 2022

Publicly, Fenix has only raised $5 million, most, if not all, of which probably went toward the company’s purchase of Turkish e-scooter operator Palm. Dhanoa says Fenix has raised more money that it hasn’t yet announced to help it scale and expand. Fenix launches ride-hailing service in Bahrain. .

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Goodera wants to make it easier with an end-to-end platform that includes pre-vetted volunteer opportunities and trained hosts. The Utah-based startup announced today it has raised a $10 million Series A led by Elevation Capital, with participation from Zoom Ventures, Xto10X, Nexus Venture Partners and Omidyar Network.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 24, 2012

Created by Alyson Kapin four years ago, WomenWhoTech is a network for thriving community of women in technology professions by giving women an open platform to share their talents, experiences, and insights. I organized and moderated a panel called “ Women Who Tech Globally.” Next we heard from Dr.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

For the unacquainted, Ramp is a spend management startup that last August raised $300 million at a $3.9 Other prominent players in the space include Brex, which last month announced a $300 million raise at a $12.3 billion valuation. billion. .” Launching soon – a weekly fintech focused newsletter in your inbox. Sign up here !

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Startups and VC Bringing us a reminder that a company’s services may be at the mercy of state governments from time to time, Pakistan has “degraded” Wikipedia in the country for 48 hours for not removing “sacrilegious contents” and warned of fully blocking the site if the online encyclopedia fails to comply with the directions, Manish reports.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 16, 2010

Social media tools for engaging and capturing the work of crowds include: wikis, custom platforms or web sites that facilitate voting, rating, giving feedback, adding content, or funding. Ushahidi is an open source platform that facilitates crowdsourcing through the use of SMS/cellphones and online mapping. 2) Crowd Creation.

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TechCrunch

JULY 31, 2022

Companies are raising less money at lower valuations than in 2021, which reflects the market sentiment.”. When the Ready Life platform launches this fall, consumers who pay their rent on time using the Ready Pay Visa Debit Card will qualify for mortgages without a credit score review, the company says. Fintech Guava raises $2.4M

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TechCrunch

APRIL 14, 2022

Pakistan’s Zaraye wants to change that with its platform that connects manufacturers directly with suppliers. Let’s do a proverbial cannonball into the startup pond: Software eats food distribution : Cerve raised $2 million for a wholesaler platform as post-COVID food distribution digitizes.

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TechNode

MARCH 20, 2024

Among them, just three companies OpenAI, Anthropic, and Inflection AI raised $18 billion. London’s climate technology companies raised a total of $3.5 London startups raised over $12.9 At the same time, since the founding of London Tech Week, London’s technology companies have raised a total of $107 billion.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2014

In addition, I do a little real-time assessment in the room by doing “raise your hand” polls or in a webinar by using the polling feature. This can help you adjust in real-time to the audience needs or what I call a real-time pivot. I might audit their Facebook best practices and other social media channels.

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TechCrunch

MAY 9, 2022

Egyptian fintech Paymob , which enables merchants to accept digital payments online and in-store, announced today it has raised $50 million in Series B funding. South African payments gateway Ozow raises $48M Series B led by Tencent. The expansion to Pakistan could see Paymob grow faster by year’s end.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 8, 2021

In July 2020, Paymob raised $3.5 An additional $15 million was raised from the same investors led by Dubai-based VC firm Global Ventures. The total raise of $18.5 The platform helps online and offline merchants to accept payments from their customers via several products and solutions. million Series A round.

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