TechCrunch

DECEMBER 13, 2023

In 2021, co-founder and CEO Diana […] © 2023 TechCrunch. Maka, an African fashion and beauty e-commerce platform, has raised a $2.65 million pre-seed round led by Pan-African venture capital firms 4DX Ventures and Janngo Capital. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 30, 2021

Social commerce startup Flip is mixing live commerce mobile apps with real customer reviews to improve the buying experience and opportunity for the creator economy. It’s not only a social platform, it is the best post-purchase experience — shipping, rewards, returns — everything people love and in a two-click process,” he added.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 9, 2023

Social music streaming startup Stationhead announced today that it’s launching a new live commerce tool that allows select artists and hosts to sell digital tracks to fans during livestreaming parties on their stations. The startup raised $12 million in Series A funding last July.

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TechSoup

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

In 2021, we expect to see the digital landscape continue to change as our ways of communication and connection settle back into a new normal. For that reason, we can expect social media to take an even more central role in nonprofits' ability to build, engage, and leverage their communities.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 1, 2022

Super , the Indonesian social commerce startup focused on small towns and rural areas, announced today it has raised an oversubscribed $70 million Series C. TechCrunch last covered the startup at the time of its $28 million Series B in April 2021. How social commerce is bridging Southeast Asia’s infrastructure gaps.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 3, 2022

New York-based MyPlace , a social network designed to help friends share their private homes, has raised $5.8 Since then, the platform has grown into a social network used by thousands of people in 86 countries. Throughout 2021, the company saw organic user growth of 40% month-over-month.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 11, 2022

Raven Gao didn’t set up virtual social platform MEW to ride the metaverse wave. He began working on MEW in mid-2019 with a Tencent veteran because he wanted to build a virtual safe haven for socially awkward introverts like himself. In 2021, when “metaverse” became all the rage in both the U.S.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 17, 2022

Mio , the Vietnamese social commerce platform, has raised an $8 million Series A, less than a year after announcing its seed round. TechCrunch first covered Mio at the time of its $1 million seed funding in May 2021. TechCrunch first covered Mio at the time of its $1 million seed funding in May 2021.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 2, 2021

TC Sessions: Justice 2021 — a day-long virtual symposium — begins tomorrow, March 3, and we’re here to highlight just a few of the powerful people, presentations and fireside chats you won’t want to miss. You’ll hear from top experts, leading voices and social justice warriors — from the tech industry and beyond.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 30, 2022

The Egyptian social e-commerce market will be worth over $14.8 The opportunity in the market can be attributed to the growth in online social sellers in the country, over 1.25 Brimore connects both worlds via an app as an omnichannel social commerce platform. African tech took center stage in 2021. billion by 2024.

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TechSoup

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

In 2021, we expect to see the digital landscape continue to change as our ways of communication and connection settle back into a new normal. For that reason, we can expect social media to take an even more central role in nonprofits' ability to build, engage, and leverage their communities.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 3, 2021

TC Sessions: Justice 2021 features an impressive agenda packed with interactive presentations, breakout sessions and panel discussions with some of the tech world’s brightest innovators, leaders and worker-activists. TC Sessions: Justice 2021 kicks off today. Sandra Altine (Facebook), Wade Davis (Netflix) and Bo Young Lee (Uber).

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 1, 2021

Not just around core business needs like comms (Zoom, Slack et al) — but entrepreneurs are also competing to come up with the perfect tool to recreate the social serendipity of office life in order to make dispersed workers feel a bit more connected. The future of office work, post-COVID-19, is driving plenty of startup activity.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 17, 2021

We have only a few spots left to exhibit in Startup Alley at TechCrunch Disrupt 2021 (September 21-23). Every exhibiting startup gets a virtual booth where you can post a company video and links to your website and social media accounts. Is your company interested in sponsoring or exhibiting at Disrupt 2021?

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TechCrunch

MARCH 9, 2021

The team behind Songclip thinks that social media could use more music. “How do you take the music and turn it into the bite that you want to use in a social context?” 10 VCs say interactivity, regulation and independent creators will reshape digital media in 2021.

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Hacker Earth Developers Blog

JULY 30, 2021

Yes, I am talking about social media, its massive reach, and one form of recruiting that has shot into the limelight – Social Recruiting. Tapping into brand new spheres of talent while adopting creative recruiting strategies is the crux of social recruiting. What is social recruiting? What is social recruiting?

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TechCrunch

MARCH 9, 2021

4 ways startups will drive GPT-3 adoption in 2021. In 2021, this technology will power the launch of a thousand new startups and applications. In 2021, this technology will power the launch of a thousand new startups and applications. More posts by this contributor.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

African tech took center stage in 2021. The number of deals in 2021 grew 73% year-on-year from 244 deals in 2020. In 2021, fintech startups got 63% of the continent’s total investments. Completing the top five is logistics at 7%, edtech at 6%, e- and social commerce at 5%, and enterprise at 5%. The Big Deal : $4.33

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TechCrunch

APRIL 14, 2022

Beam Impact , a company that enables consumers to turn their spending into a way to support social causes, has raised $13.3 The company’s B2B2C model connects consumers with brands that are supporting social causes and allows them to donate a portion of their purchases to a nonprofit of their choice, at no cost to them.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 25, 2021

Meet Shares , a new European startup that wants to add a social twist to financial investment — in this case, the company means “social” as in “social network” The startup has been developing its product under the radar for a few months already. It is also moving at a fast pace.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Less than a year after it raised a $15 million Series B, Public , a social-focused free stock trading service, has raised a $65 million Series C. While competing services to Public also sport zero-cost trading, Public’s model hinges on a social focus (TechCrunch covered an element of Public’s social platform here , for example).

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Mark your calendar for TechCrunch’s annual celebration of the startup community — TC Disrupt 2021 returns this September 21-23! Applications for Startup Battlefield will open Q2 2021.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 23, 2021

tapped the equity crowdfunding market, a noodle or two on the a16z media game, Talkspace’s SPAC, VC and founder predictions for 2021, and where’s the right place to found a company. Ahead, Juked may invest more in journalism, more into social features, and more into user-generated content. How VCs and founders see 2021 differently.

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TechCrunch

MAY 25, 2022

Yubo , a social livestreaming app popular with a Gen Z audience, announced today it’s becoming one of the first major social platforms to adopt a new age verification technique that uses live image capture technology to identify minors using its app, in order to keep them separated from adult users.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 12, 2021

We see opportunity with social equity for the first time, driven by private markets rather than poorly constructed regulations. What advice are you giving your portfolio companies entering 2021? 2021 could be nothing short of amazing for our industry. It is the largest federally legal market that will just be opening in 2021.

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CEO Insider

AUGUST 21, 2022

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is the commitment of businesses to contribute positively to society through their operations, products, and services. Corporate Social Responsibility or social responsibility, especially today, is a controversial practice followed -among other things- by businesses for the formation of the […].

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 12, 2022

TechCrunch spilled much ink covering the 2020 and 2021 savings and investing boom. Both went public in 2021, giving the market insight into their economics, and how broad consumer demand is for crypto and equity investing and trading products. As investing apps boom, Public doubles down on its social focus.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

On March 3, we’re hosting TC Sessions: Justice 2021 , a day-long virtual conference dedicated to examining diversity and inclusion in tech. 1 online learning platform for social impact. TC Sessions: Justice 2021 takes place virtually on March 3. Is your company interested in sponsoring TC Sessions: Justice 2021?

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Finding the signal in the noice of social audio is turning out to be the real challenge. Or, well, adding to the social audio noise. Although it only beta launched in May 2021 so it is still early days. Why focus on short-form audio as a social media medium? “We raised $3M in late 2020.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 17, 2021

Goama (also known as Go Games) lets developers quickly integrate social games into their apps. Some of Goama’s clients have used it for promotional campaigns, while others rely on the platform, which introduces new games every week, to add a full-fledged gaming function to their app.

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Kaseya

JANUARY 27, 2023

Managed service providers (MSPs) are increasingly investing in social media as part of their digital marketing strategies and for good reason. Between 2021 and 2022, social media users increased by more than 10%, with users spending an average of 2 hours and 27 minutes between messaging apps and social media platforms.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

We’re only two weeks away from TC Sessions: Justice 2021 , a virtual conference focused on making diversity, equity, inclusion and labor as integral to tech as data, software engineers, startups and venture capital. Here are just a few of the outstanding presentations on tap — be sure to read the TC Sessions: Justice 2021 agenda.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 7, 2023

Manish writes that the project, called New Umbrella Entity, had made some traction, attracting interest from large companies and financial institutions, and inviting bids in 2021 for licenses to operate new retail payment and settlement systems across India. Oops, ChatGPT did it again : Devin asks, “ Can AI commit libel?

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TechCrunch

APRIL 26, 2021

The Indian government’s move to remove a number of social media posts critical of its handling of COVID-19 was the key news item this weekend. Major American tech companies, along with some key social media and ecommerce names will report, giving us a look into how tech companies performed in the first quarter of 2021.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

We’re less than a week away from TC Sessions: Justice 2021 , a deep, day-long exploration of diversity, inclusion and equity in tech. There’s no shortage of fascinating presentations, but be sure to leave room in your day to dig a little deeper into these breakout sessions waiting for you at TC Sessions: Justice 2021.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 22, 2021

Chums is a social shopping service that helps friends suggest products to their pals. There’s some sense in the idea, though it was slightly odd to hear a startup plan measured growth to preserve capital in 2021. The list includes Runway , Mono , Pangea and Flux. Add Chums to the mix. million across two pre-seed investments.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 19, 2023

We last wrote about Breakr — a platform that connects record labels, artists and brands with social media influencers to run mass campaigns in a programmatic way — when it closed a $4.2 million round in 2021. In the past two years, Breakr has onboarded over 30,000 influencers and managed more than $3.5

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