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Facebook Launches Personal Fundraisers Beta To Enable Crowdfunding Donations
Facebook Launches Personal Fundraisers Beta To Enable Crowdfunding Donations
March 31, 2017  |  Payment Methods

Facebook announced Thursday (March 30) the launch of a new feature dubbed Personal Fundraisers that lets Facebook set up personal crowdfunding campaigns. In a blog...

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GoFundMe Acquires CrowdRise
GoFundMe Acquires CrowdRise
January 11, 2017  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Crowdfunding firm GoFundMe has bought CrowdRise, a fundraising firm focused on nonprofits and charities, including the American Cancer Society and UNICEF, TechCrunch reported Tuesday (Jan....

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PYMNTS Daily Data Dive: GoFundMe’s Latest Stats
PYMNTS Daily Data Dive: GoFundMe’s Latest Stats
December 16, 2016  |  Daily Data Dive

GoFundMe has helped campaigns raise more than $3 billion since launching back in 2010. Currently, GoFundMe says it has 2 million program organizers and more than...

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GoFundMe Raised $3B For Crowdfunding Campaigns, Company Says
GoFundMe Raised $3B For Crowdfunding Campaigns, Company Says
December 15, 2016  |  Payments Innovation

The crowdfunding platform released its second annual giving report on Tuesday (Dec. 13), which stated the company has helped campaigns to raise more than $3...

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Crowdsourcing And Legal Fees: Crowdfunding Justice Or Crowdfunding Criminals?
Crowdsourcing And Legal Fees: Crowdfunding Justice Or Crowdfunding Criminals?
November 17, 2015  |  Alternative Finances

The expression “crime doesn’t pay” was originally used in 1927 by the FBI as a motto. That, however, is not why most of us know...

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What Makes GoFundMe’s Crowdfunding Platform Unique
What Makes GoFundMe’s Crowdfunding Platform Unique
September 25, 2015  |  News

GoFundMe has risen to the arguable top of the crowdfunding heap in recent months, becoming the platform that springs to mind and headlines for grassroots...

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GoFundMe Gets Some Funding Of Its Own
GoFundMe Gets Some Funding Of Its Own
June 22, 2015  |  News

GoFundMe, the crowdfunding platform that helps users raise cash for any number of events, has raised an undisclosed amount of money from an investment led...

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GoFundMe Leaves Bootstrapping Behind?
GoFundMe Leaves Bootstrapping Behind?
April 24, 2015  |  Alternative Finances

Since its launch in 2008,  the crowdfunding startup GoFundMe has been a bootstrapped operation. It seems that may be about to change, according to sources...

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