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An edtech startup which aims to provide hybrid online and offline learning for children has reached its six-figure crowdfunding target within 24 hours of launching. Tech Will Save Us has hit its £200k funding target on investment platform Seedrs in just one day after launching its crowdfunding campaign.
The Sacramento Bee is taking tax-deductible donations to bolster its news coverage of Covid-19, as advertising revenue has plummeted due to the pandemic.
Telegram has decided to postpone the launch of its blockchain platform TON and is offering to return up to 72% of each investor's stake.
Equity crowdfunding sites like Kickstarter and Indiegogo were born out of necessity during the Great Recession to let customers invest in startups.
Factory closures aren't stopping creatives from bringing their ideas to life
Coronavirus restrictions are forcing businesses across the U.S. to close their doors and resign themselves to an uncertain fate. A recent Goldman Sachs survey found that more than 50% of small business owners don't believe they can survive more than three months in the current conditions.
In an effort to support the storefront small businesses across Boston’s 20 Main Street districts, the Boston Main Streets Foundation (BMSF) has established a $100,000 COVID-19 Emergency Response Fund and is seeking the public’s help to double this amount through online crowdfunding donations. The Boston Main Streets Foundation COVID-19 Emergency Response Fund will distribute $1,000 …
Representative Patrick McHenry, Ranking Member on the House Financial Services Committee, has proposed legislation to crowdfund a vaccine for the Coronavirus entitled 'Crowdfunding to Combat the Coronavirus Act.' The bill creates a $1 billion prize for anyone that develops a vaccine for COVID-19 that is
Yelp Inc. and Intuit Inc. are lending a hand to pubs, restaurants and other small businesses that are raising COVID-19 relief money through GoFundMe Inc.'s crowdfunding site.
When working for Sen. Jake Garn in 1990, I recall learning the $5-word “comity,” referring to demonstrating courtesy and respect toward opposing partisans.