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Crowdfunding

A woman in a black sweater posing for a headshot

This 20-Year PayPal Veteran Takes on Venture Capital’s Gender Bias

After 20 years at PayPal, Molly Huyck launches AQi to help women founders raise capital through a more inclusive investment model.
By Rachel Curry
Man pictured against red background

How GoFundMe Raised $30B in Crowdfunded Donations

Half of the $30 billion crowdfunded through the site in the past fourteen years was raised after 2021.
By Alexandra Tremayne-Pengelly
A businessman waves goodbye

Venture Capital Admits It’s Obsolete. Now What?

Sequoia Capital, one of the oldest and most blindingly successful VC firms in the world is fundamentally changing the way it works. What's next?
By James Ledbetter
Andrew Nusca of Fortune (left) interviews Kickstarter CEO Yancey Strickler at the Northside Festival in Williamsburg.

Owning a Share in Kickstarter Is Like Having the Rights to a Pop Hit From the 80s

By Brady Dale
He's made American Gods must-watch TV. But can Neil Gaiman make the Cheesecake Factory menu required reading?

Neil Gaiman Will Do a Live Reading of the Cheesecake Factory Menu for Syrian Refugees

By John Bonazzo
A new way to resist the Trump administration.

Techies Are Resisting Trump and Helping Immigrants With a Cinco de Mayo Hackathon

By John Bonazzo
Classrooms like this one President Obama visited in 2014 could benefit from GoFundMe's new campaign.

GoFundMe Launches $100,000 Teacher Appreciation Week Contest to Fund School Projects

By John Bonazzo
LONDON, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 28: A busker plays at an Underground station on February 28, 2012 in London, England. London's underground rail system, commonly called the tube, is the oldest of its kind in the world dating back to 1890. It carries approximately a quarter of a million people around its network every day along its 249 miles of track and 270 stations. The network has undergone several years of upgrade work and refurbishment in preparation for the Olympic Games which take place this summer. During this time the tube is expected to carry millions of visitors to and from the Olympic Parks.

There’s Finally an Easy Way for Artists to See How They’re Getting Paid

By Justin Joffe
The original Broadway cast of Fun Home.

How a Tony-Winning Musical Inspired GoFundMe’s Latest Viral Campaign

By John Bonazzo
Kurt and Melissa Cochran.

You Can Help Victims of the London Terror Attack by Donating to This GoFundMe

By John Bonazzo
Profile photo for the GoFundMe that was taken down.

GoFundMe Shuts Down Campaign Started by Ohio State Students Who Wanted to Buy Alcohol

By John Bonazzo
"Yay, I made a new friend!"

New Daily Show Chrome Extension Turns Trump Tweets Into Children’s Scribbles

By John Bonazzo
Baby Ava hanging out.

Is the Viral ‘Baby in Pants’ Meme the Next Big Startup?

By John Bonazzo
Conservative activist and "PizzaGate expert" Brittany Pettibone.

Alt-Right ‘PizzaGate Expert’ Starts GoFundMe for Her Podcast, Internet Revolts

By John Bonazzo
Adoptly is like Tinder for adopting kids. Except it's a fraud.

After KS Boot, ‘Tinder for Adoption’ Is Now On Indiegogo Despite Community Outrage

By Sage Lazzaro
This year many people used Samsung's Gear VR to watch the Rio Olympics.

5 Startup Categories That Made Great Leaps Forward in 2016

By John Bonazzo
There's no place like home- especially if that home is the Smithsonian.

Smithsonian Launches Crowdfunding Campaign for ‘Wizard of Oz’ Slippers

By John Bonazzo
An illustration from Science Wide Open.

A Kickstarter That’s Already Hit 5X Its Goal Is Changing the Game for Girls in Science

By Sage Lazzaro
Libby Watson is crowdfunding so she can continue to live and work in the United States.

A British Journalist Is Crowdfunding So She Can Stay in America

By John Bonazzo
These children are missing out on thousands of dollars in donations just because they were made by an a group of atheists.

A Baptist Children’s Home Rejected an Atheist’s Donation, So He Started a GoFundMe

By John Bonazzo
Actors pilot first person view drones in Autonomous's promo video.

New Drone Racing Kit Live on Indiegogo

By Brady Dale
Katie Boeck and Sandra Mae Frank in the Deaf West Theatre revival of 'Spring Awakeing.'

A Broadway Show Is Crowdfunding to Pay for Its Tony Performance

By John Bonazzo
Roman era bronze coins are displayed at the archaeological museum in Sevilla on April 28, 2016 following their discovery during development works for pipelines and installations in the El Zaudine park in Tomares on the outskirts of Sevilla. Some 19 amphorae, nine of which were retrieved fragmented, containing around 600kg of bronze coins from the fourth century AD were found by employees using earth moving machinery in an underground space covered by bricks and ceramic filler. / AFP / Gogo Lobato

The DAO: How the Employeeless Company Has Already Made a Boatload of Money

By Brady Dale
Governors Island.

Artist Crowdfunds Bridge to Governors Island, a History of the Color Purple—and More

By Alanna Martinez
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