fundraising

For-Profit Fundraising Firm Omaze Aims To Help Charities Recover From COVID-19
For-Profit Fundraising Firm Omaze Aims To Help Charities Recover From COVID-19
September 09, 2020  |  Digital Payments

If you’re looking for something positive to smile about, this might do the trick: The Wall Street Journal recently reported that charitable giving for COVID-related causes now...

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Instagram Tests Personal Fundraising Feature
Instagram Tests Personal Fundraising Feature
July 21, 2020  |  Facebook

Instagram is debuting a new way to raise money, the company announced in a blog post. The photo- and video-sharing social networking service owned by...

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Checkout.com Raises $150M On $5B Valuation
Checkout.com Raises $150M On $5B Valuation
June 22, 2020  |  Payment Methods

Checkout.com, the London-based online payments software platform, has nearly tripled it worth to $5.5 billion following a $150 million round of fundraising, the company announced Monday...

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Afterpay Launches Fundraising Push For 2 Charities
Afterpay Launches Fundraising Push For 2 Charities
May 27, 2020  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Afterpay, which works in the buy now, pay later (BNPL) space, will help deal with the fallout of the pandemic by asking customers to donate...

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With Startup Valuations Down, VC Firms Seek Deals
With Startup Valuations Down, VC Firms Seek Deals
May 26, 2020  |  Investments

With valuations sinking, startups are becoming reticent to fundraise like normal. But venture capital firms, seeing the lower prices, are becoming more aggressive on buying...

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Intuit And GoFundMe Team Up On Small Business Relief Fund
Intuit And GoFundMe Team Up On Small Business Relief Fund
March 24, 2020  |  SMBs

Fundraising platform GoFundMe and Intuit QuickBooks have teamed up on an initiative to help small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) raise money while they’re facing challenges...

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Nonprofits Shun Data Lock Behind Facebook’s Donate Button
Nonprofits Shun Data Lock Behind Facebook’s Donate Button
February 13, 2020  |  Facebook

Many nonprofits are leery of using Facebook’s “donate” button, saying it doesn’t help them in their fundraising efforts, mainly because Facebook keeps a tight lock...

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Alibaba-Backed Chinese Social Media Startup Seeks $6B Valuation
Alibaba-Backed Chinese Social Media Startup Seeks $6B Valuation
January 10, 2020  |  Startups

Chinese eCommerce and social media startup Xiaohongshu, also known as “Little Red Book,” wants to raise funds at a $6 billion valuation, according to Bloomberg....

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Streamlabs Offers Free Fundraising Platform For Charities
Streamlabs Offers Free Fundraising Platform For Charities
December 17, 2019  |  Platform Payments

Live streamers who want to raise money for charity will have an easier time of it now, thanks to a new platform by tech startup...

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