Funding is the act of providing resources, usually in form of money, or other values such as effort or time, for a project, a person, a business, or any other private or public institutions. The process of soliciting and gathering fund is known as fundraising. Sources of funding include credit, donations, grants, savings, subsidies, and taxes.
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Week-by-week breakdown of my $15M virtual fundraising journey in 2020
Funding for creative technology solutions hasn’t dried up, but a few tweaks to your virtual fundraising process can increase ...
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Transport for London gets £1.8B bailout to weather coronavirus
This article was originally published by Christopher Carey on Cities Today, the leading news platform on urban mobility and ...
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What I learned from funding my second startup... with a credit card
Everything I learned from my stupid decision to fund my venture with a credit card — definitely something I wouldn't recommend! ...
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How to perfect your fintech story and close your next funding round
The one thing I always do when I start working with a fintech startup is ask them what they are doing differently or better ...
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Gates commits $150M to make $3 COVID-19 vaccines for vulnerable nations
Bill Gates is giving millions to ensure low- and middle- income countries can secure COVID-19 vaccines for under $3 per dose. ...
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How to write an email pitch VCs will actually read
Looking to fundraise from venture capital investors? Here's what you need to know before you hit 'send' on your VC pitch ...
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How to choose the right mentor for your startup
CBI Insights' grim sounding 2020 report entitled 339 Startup Failure Post-Mortems found that 70% of upstart tech companies ...
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4 fundraising tips from Europe’s most active VC
Given the current caution many entrepreneurs say they are encountering when talking to investors, here are some fundraising ...
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Top 7 startup cities keep their ranking in 2020 — but new players are on the rise
The top seven startup cities have kept their ranking these year — but changes are on their way. Check out Startup Genome's ...
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Coronavirus may cripple VCs, but it's a catalyst for funding innovation
Considering the revolutions that VC funding has unleashed across countless industries, it’s their industry that’s now ...
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VCs spent $11.8B on mobility startups in Q1 2020, report says
VCs spent $11.8 billion on mobility companies during Q1 2020, representing an increase of 62% year-on-year (YoY).
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Runa Capital has $157M to spend — and will now also back deep tech and quantum startups
If you're looking to raise some cash for your tech startup you may be in luck because Runa Capital has closed a $157 million ...
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Airbnb lays off 25% of workforce as coronavirus cripples its business
The coronavirus pandemic has landed a crushing blow on Airbnb as CEO Brian Chesky revealed the company is parting ways with ...
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It’s time we outgrew our fairytale fascination with tech unicorns
Becoming a unicorn has been seen as a status of success for the last several years. Should this be a goal for every company? ...
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Report: Coronavirus may lead to 'mass extinction' of tech startups worldwide
COVID-19 will have devastating effect on startups, causing a drop in VC funding, killing many businesses, and making government ...
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Partech raises $100M to back startups supporting new post-coronavirus reality
Partech has raised a $100 million Seed fund to invest in post-COVID19 trends in health, work, commerce, finance, mobility, ...
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VCs spent a record €8.2B in Europe in Q1 2020 — but coronavirus dampens future expectations
Businesses in Europe received a record amount of cash from venture capital investors during the first three months of 2020. ...
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Looking to close a series A? This comprehensive Y Combinator guide can help
It's your lucky day: Y Combinator has published a comprehensive guide to help founders understand and close a series A round. ...
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Coronavirus threatens flow of US capital into European tech startups
European companies may struggle to raise capital from US venture capital funds as a result of the coronavirus (COVID-19) ...
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Airbnb was meant to IPO in 2020, but coronavirus has it borrowing billions
Airbnb's business model, which relies heavily on the global travel industry, has been completely undermined by the coronavirus ...
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Ensuring Europe's tech startups survive the pandemic benefits us all
Protecting the ‘backbone’ of the economy — small and medium-sized enterprises — is a fundamental part of managing ...
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Don’t believe the hype: Why skepticism is increasingly important for VCs
Investing in technology startups is now riskier than ever — and here's why it's increasinly more important for VCs to cut ...
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This collaboration app startup is now worth $2B after its latest funding raise
Notion raised the funds from Index Ventures, a technology-focused venture capital firm that's made successful exits from ...
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Quibi is an outlandish $1.75B bet on vertical-mode movies
Quibi really hopes you'll be keen to watch top quality content on your phone ... at the bank ... in vertical mode ... for ...
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Do dry-runs with investors to raise your first million
Doing dry-runs with investors and researching them obsessively could help you raise your first million. We spoke to two seasoned ...
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Raising your first €1M: Define the 'why' and plan ahead
How do you go about fundraising while also trying to get a business off the ground? We spoke to three tech founders to find ...
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What’s venture capital and why does it matter for startups?
The term 'venture capital' is often thrown about in the tech startup world, but do you know what it means and how it works? ...
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The funding round cycle is hurting your startup — here’s what you can do about it
The cycle of raising enough money from investors every 12-18 months to finance your company for the next 12-18 months is ...
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What VC funds wish your startup knew about their selection process
Venture Capital is a competitive game, so understanding the VC process is integral to your success. There’s no doubt that ...
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70 cryptocurrency hedge funds have closed so far this year, investors weary of Bitcoin
If the latest trend continues, it looks like cryptocurrency focused hedge funds could be on the way out as 70 specialist ...
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Ethereum Foundation donates $18K to UNICEF's new cryptocurrency fund
Further to its previous blockchain exploits, the United Nations Children's Fund, more commonly known as UNICEF, is now taking ...
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3 reasons why startup investments in Europe need a serious shake-up
There are quite a few problems in this sector that nearly no one talks about.
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SEC takes action against financial charlatan who operated a $14M fraudulent ICO
The US SEC is taking action against an individual to safeguard investor funds that were raised through the allegedly fraudulent ...
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Hackers breach cryptocurrency exchange Bitrue for $4.2M in Ripple and Cardano
Another day, and another cryptocurrency exchange hack. This time it's Bitrue to the sum of $4.5 million worth of cryptocurrency. ...
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For the love of Satoshi, don't give your Bitcoin to rebuild Notre Dame
France says it could be open to accepting cryptocurrency to rebuild Notre Dame, but you should really keep your bloody Bitcoin. ...
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Blockchain governance is boring, butt one developer solved it with assplay
There's a new way to make blockchain bearable: replace every mention of "governance" with "assplay" across the internet. ...
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Here are the 5 hottest startups in Switzerland
By Daniel van Heusden and Andrea Hak For centuries, Switzerland has been known as a serene peaceful paradise with beautiful ...
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Here are the 5 hottest startups in Israel
Israel is a nation full of booming tech startups. In fact, according to the 2018 Global Startup Ecosystem Report, Tel Aviv ...
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Here are the 5 hottest startups in Finland
Although Finland has one of the lowest population densities in the EU, it’s responsible for 10 percent of global startup ...
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Here are the 5 hottest startups in Estonia
I bet you didn’t know that Estonia has the third highest amount of startups per capita than any other country in the world. ...
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Here are the 5 hottest startups in Sweden
Dubbed a ‘unicorn factory’ Sweden has become a powerhouse incubator for some of the most innovative startups. It’s ...
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Here are the 5 hottest startups in Denmark
What more could you want from a country where fairy tales, Lego, and the idea of the chill ‘hygge’ vibe originate? Now ...
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Here are the 5 hottest startups in Ireland
With one of the lowest corporate taxes in Europe (only 12.5 percent compared to Britain’s 23 percent and France’s 33.3 ...
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Here are the 5 hottest startups in Spain
In the past decade, Spain suffered a significant economic setback with a crippling recession, the bankruptcy of a number ...
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Here are the 5 hottest startups in… the rest of Europe ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
By Marta Dawydzik and Andrea Hak Together with payments tech company Adyen, we set out in search of the most promising ...
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Public pensions back new $40M blockchain fund raised by Morgan Creek
The pension funds of the Fairfax County police and its employees are now invested in blockchain, thanks to a new $40M digital ...
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January in Africa: Internet shutdowns, Uber Lite, and massive funding
As expected, January was a quiet month in African tech, but there was just enough news -- good and bad -- to make a monthly ...
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Here's how male (and white) VC firms are
CB Insights released its top 100 VC influencers, and guess what? There are only 9 women on the whole list. This isn't how ...
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Venture capital is really male and really really white — Arlan Hamilton wants to fix it
Arlan Hamilton, CEO and founder of Backstage Capital, wants to see more color in venture capital. Backstage focuses on ...
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WordPress announces a toolkit to kickstart small to mid-sized newsrooms
WordPress, the open source CMS that powers nearly one-third of the web, is now looking to streamline newsrooms around the ...
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Investors poured a record £200M into UK cryptocurrency startups in 2018
Funding into cryptocurrency and blockchain startups in the UK reached a new record last year.
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December in Africa: Ghanian healthcare drones and Cameroonian separatist cryptocurrency
December is an expensive month for anyone, and tech companies across Africa went on a fundraising spree in advance of the ...
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Blockchain startups forced to lay off staff to survive the bear market
A litany of blockchain businesses have been crippled by this years sustained cryptocurrency market downturn, and many are ...
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November in Africa: Spotify expands and drones protect wildlife
Too often in these monthly wraps we look at the negative side of tech in Africa, usually what governments are doing to milk ...
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Meet Silicon Valley's most unlikely venture capitalist
It's very difficult to find an hour of Arlan Hamilton's time — besides for running Backstage Capital, a VC firm "investing ...
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Ohio tech funds to pump over $100M into blockchain startups
Ohio is set to make another play in the blockchain game as tech accelerator funds look to pump millions of dollars into blockchain ...
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Alibaba exec Brian Wong explains the company’s plans for Afrika
After training their first cohort of 24 Afrikan startups, Alibaba went on to launch another initiative aimed at empowering ...
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5 female entrepreneurs on how to perfect a pitch
With only two percent of all US venture capital going to female founders in 2017, saying women have it tough when pitching ...
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Deep dive into Latin America's last-mile delivery startups
The last-mile delivery apps servicing the $2 trillion USD e-commerce market has global attention. Delivering products, groceries, ...
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The rise of femtech funding clearly shows it's not a ‘niche’
This year the femtech industry is set to see more than $400 million, the most amount of funding than any year in the last ...
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Why CEOs that say ‘no’ are good for growth
It’s no surprise that life as a startup CEO can be brutally exhausting, with long, grueling workweeks, constant stress, ...
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Tesla’s woes unlikely to end soon, but startups can take a cue
“Funding secured.” When Tesla founder and CEO Elon Musk tweeted the above statement early August, it kickstarted a ...
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Women get just 47 cents in equity for every $1 awarded to male colleagues
The gender pay disparity isn't a secret. We know that women make $0.82 for every dollar a man makes, still, in 2018. It's ...
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Thailand’s central bank will issue its own digital currency — but there’s a catch
The central bank of Thailand has revealed details of its new digital currency, developed using ledger technology built by ...
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Cryptocurrency media outlets banned from WeChat for spreading hype
Several prominent media outlets in China have had their WeChat accounts permanently frozen for hyping cryptocurrency too ...
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Steve Wozniak seems to have terrible taste in cryptocurrency
Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak has apparently revealed that he is finally working closely with a cryptocurrency - and oh ...
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“He told me that my ‘project’ is cute and let’s discuss it in bed.”
A survey of women startup founders in the EU shows most have faced some form of harassment - and more difficulties finding ...
