Jason Malki

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

With a mission to empower creators and foster a vibrant community, Ashley brings a wealth of expertise in human-centric design, mobile-development and advocacy for mental and physical health to Fini. What motivated you to launch your startup? Fini is more than a platform; it’s a community fostering well-being.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 23, 2022

billion downloads last year, while leading meditation app Calm alone pulled in $118.2 That may leave some to believe the digital well-being market is essentially solved, but a new startup, Lumi Interactive, believes the opposite is true. Mobile well-being apps topped 1.2 million in revenue, data from Sensor Tower indicates.

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TechCrunch

MAY 9, 2022

When I first covered the company in 2017, the startup was focused on a consumer app. On the company’s website , you can browse thousands of pre-trained machine-learning models, participate in the developer community with your own model, download datasets and more. It’s a community-driven platform with a ton of repositories.

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TechCrunch

JULY 14, 2021

Phantom is part of a new class of crypto startups looking to build infrastructure that streamlines blockchain-based applications and provides a more user-friendly UX for navigating the crypto world, something that can make the entire space more approachable to a non-developer audience. 0x lets any app be the Craigslist of cryptocurrency.

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TechCrunch

JULY 28, 2022

Qwili , a startup that provides a hybrid sales product to micro and small merchants in South Africa, has raised $1.2 Its typical business customer is a seller without a storefront that sells digital products to immediate communities and networks informally. million in seed funding a year after closing an undisclosed pre-seed round.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Voltron Data co-founder and CEO Josh Patterson said that at its heart, the startup is a standards company that aims to spread the word on the power of data and analytics standardization via Apache Arrow. The open source tool has proved amazingly popular, with the company reporting more than 42 million downloads per month.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

So, in keeping with our mission, we present to you today a list of Ukrainian tech companies and initiatives you can support, the products you can use, and the startups which you – if you’re an investor – can look at funding. But over 90% of Ukrainian startups say they need financial support to survive the war.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 1, 2022

Now with over 500,000 users on board, the startup is announcing the close of its £4.6 Leveraging a freemium model, Uppbeat allows creators to sign up for an account that provides access to around 50% of the site’s catalog and provides 10 downloads per month. mo) provides full access and unlimited downloads. (A

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Meet Revyze , a French startup that is developing a mobile app for iOS and Android at the intersection of education and social. They built a quick version of the app, put together a Discord community to spread the word and shared a few videos on TikTok and Instagram. In just a few weeks, Revyze managed to attract 35,000 downloads.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 30, 2022

Digital avatar startup Genies , known its for high-profile partnerships with celebrities such as Justin Bieber, Migos and Cardi B, has just released its long-anticipated NFT storefront, “The Warehouse.” An image of the Genies platform showcasing a fashion collection designed by creator Ian Charms. .

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AsiaTechDaily

MARCH 16, 2023

This expansion into the global market is a significant move for WeBudding, which already boasts over 400,000 content downloads and a community of over 2,000 global creators selling more than 15,000 products on its platform with over 10,000 digital stationery products sold monthly. billion (approximately USD 1.66

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

Meet Powder , a French startup that helps you share video clips of your favorite games, follow people with the same interests and interact with them. While many communities of gamers already share content on Twitch, Discord and Reddit, there isn’t a dominant mobile app focused on gaming. The idea behind Powder started in December 2019.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 16, 2011

That’s why I was so interested in having “ The Gotham Gal &# come on This Week in VC ( video link on YouTube , download iTunes, episode 15) ) and dispel those myths. Be a mensch – the world is small than you think and bad karma will catch up to you “We’re in a very small community. Start early.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 13, 2021

The startup designed a web-based, real-time collaboration tool for electronics design and engineering. Flux says its technology is supported by “all modern browsers,” requiring no downloads. We are very inspired by GitHub and how it changed the whole software ecosystem with its open and community-driven repository of reusable code.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

By streaming the data, the data scientist or developer no longer has to download all of this data to a local laptop, but sends it through for use by the model in the same way that Netflix streams a movie to you, so you aren’t downloading the whole thing to your local machine. The program has been downloaded 300,000 times so far.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

And, the app was recently ranked in the top 10 of all apps downloaded in Mexico via Google Play, surpassing Spotify and Facebook app downloads, according to Amozurrutia. It averages 6,000 new customers a day, mostly due to word of mouth, the company said. We need to educate on a basic level.”. Image: Flink.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 22, 2012

I think I’ve read Paul Graham’s post on “ Startup = Growth ” three or four times now. “The growth of a successful startup usually has three phases: There’s an initial period of slow or no growth while the startup tries to figure out what it’s doing. I talked about some of that here.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

So despite the broader downturn , it seems that 2022 may have been relatively kind to startups operating in the no- and low-code sphere, something that fledgling Northern Irish startup Budibase is capitalizing on with the announcement of a fresh $7 million tranche of funding to further develop an open source web app builder.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 19, 2022

Harness , a startup from AppDynamics founder Jyoti Bansal, has been building a platform of developer tools over the last five years. But starting today, he is making the source code for the community edition of the continuous delivery tool available for any developer to use under the “source-accessible PolyForm Shield license.”

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TechCrunch

JULY 27, 2022

At the time, the massively popular left-pad package had raked in more than 15 million downloads , and even today the library continues to be downloaded millions of times weekly. It puts extra scrutiny on any, and all, versions of the sabotaged project and it can hurt the community’s trust in the developer.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 28, 2023

To meet the changing startup landscape, we’re refreshing and reimagining TechCrunch Disrupt 2023 in a big way, with more of what you love and new ways to accelerate your growth — new stages, new content, and new opportunities. Growing communities : Substack opens up a $2 million community fundraising round , Aisha reports.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

In ’99, Decrem worked on a Linux startup called Eazel which aimed to make Linux easier to use. ” a title that’s seen a billion-some downloads by now. ” “This thing is half microblogging, but half people organizing communities — like Reddit, or maybe like Discord,” he continues.

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TechCrunch

JULY 23, 2021

Open-source framework startup Serverless Stack announced Friday that it raised $1 million in seed funding from a group of investors that includes Greylock Partners, SV Angel and Y Combinator. Since its launch six months ago, Serverless Stack has grown to over 2,000 stars on GitHub and was downloaded more than 60,000 times.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 19, 2021

The idea for the startup comes from Lewis Foster and Matt Russell, the U.K.-based Similar to Spotify, the Uppbeat website leverages a freemium model, To get started, creators can sign up for a free account that provides access to about 50% of the site’s roughly 1,000-track music catalog and 10 downloads per month.

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Impact Hub

MAY 13, 2021

This article is the first in a series of eight where we will share the stories of African startups from Ghana and Nigeria who are doing just that. Since their launch during the pandemic, they have estimated over 2,000 application downloads and have over 75 recurring customers weekly. But their plans don’t stop here. “In

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 19, 2011

I recently sat down with Matt Coffin , the founder of LowerMyBills, which sold for $400 million but was very nearly a bankruptcy only a few years early, and talked “startups.&#. Matt is one of the most transparent, focused & honest startup guys you’ll meet. Or read the quick, informative summary below the image!

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StartupNation

JANUARY 27, 2022

In this role, I spearhead a program that helps veterans and community heroes like teachers, police, firefighters, medical professionals and social workers acquire housing. How to Achieve Startup Success from Day 1. Building relationships and enhancing a sense of community. Playing an active and engaging role in your community.

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TechCrunch

MAY 8, 2022

South Korean startup Bucketplace , which operates a home decorating and interior app OHouse, is looking to continue capitalizing on that trend with its most recent $182 million Series D round, the startup’s co-founder and CEO Jay Lee said on Monday in an interview with TechCrunch. billion by 2028-end , up from $333.7

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

JUNE 24, 2022

There is no “one universal” definition of a startup. But we define a startup as a newly formed business that wants to develop a product or service for which they believe there is demand. The startup is ambitious to grow fast with a scalable business model for maximum impact. Why should you start a Startup? Innovation?—?

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

The AMSA report noted there is a cultural mental health stigma within the Latino community and little knowledge of what it means to access mental health services. Users who download the app before October 31 will have access to a one-month free trial. The bar for behavioral health startups just got higher.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 17, 2020

Nonetheless, non-white CEOs still face immense barriers when entering the startup game. Your Guide to the Season’s Hottest Gifts from Dell: Download Now and Save up to 39% Off. Related: A Practical Guide to Diversity for Startups and Entrepreneurs. It’s not just socially responsible, it’s fiscally responsible.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 4, 2020

Your Guide to the Season’s Hottest Gifts from Dell: Download Now and Save up to 39% Off. I would argue that social media has always had limitations when it comes to representing all interests and communities. The information was right there in front of us: easily accessible and ready to be used in order to benefit our community.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

Since then, that open source project has been downloaded over 40 million times. Today, they have 500 companies using Prodigy including Microsoft and Bayer in addition to the huge community of millions of open source users. “Open source is a community of users, customers and employees.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 21, 2021

As podcasting continues to gain ground among mainstream consumers as a digital media platform alongside music, video, and the printed word, a startup that made a name for itself through building content for the medium has closed a round of funding to help it explore what comes next. Podcasting startup WaitWhat raises $4.3M

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 10, 2022

“For three years, we have created a product that brings a lot of value to developers, which has allowed us to form a strong community,” De Quelen said via email. Available on GitHub, the project grew to over 10 million downloads, making it among the most popular open source search projects. Image Credits: Meilisearch.

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TechCrunch

JULY 21, 2021

New York-based startup Sketchfab has been acquired by Epic Games , the company behind Fortnite and Unreal Engine. Sketchfab has been building a platform to upload, download, view, share, sell and buy 3D assets. Epic Games buys artist community ArtStation, drops commissions to 12%.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 20, 2021

On the heels of Roblox hitting it big with its platform for user-created gaming content, another startup has landed a major round of funding to build out its own user-generated platform aimed at immersive experiences.

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