TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Consumers are hungry for a new way of social networking, where trust and safety are paramount and power isn’t centralized with a Big Tech CEO in charge… or at least that’s what Mozilla believes.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

JULY 16, 2021

Social media as a stage. Nathalie utilizes social media platforms as a stage to elevate support for artisan workers and women, a reflection of her company’s demographic. “We Although Nathalie’s brand remains the same, she uses different methods to convey messages on her company’s social media platforms. government.

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AsiaTechDaily

MAY 31, 2023

million Seed funding round for WeGoWhere , a Thailand -based social networking platform committed to enhancing offline social interactions. WeGoWhere, established in 2020 by Ty Lertwichaiworawit and Mint Leung, seeks to revolutionize how people socialize, facilitating in-person connections over passive online interactions.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 13, 2022

Conceptually, social commerce isn’t new — it has existed in some form ever since people have made recommendations to each other. Today social networks are more powerful than ever, and startups and corporations are innovating new commerce models that leverage the greater reach available to us.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

The new social investment platform enables users to subscribe to a creator’s financial feed and set up an investment portfolio that mimics that particular person’s investment strategy. Social investing is not a new concept. Field’s background is in finance, most recently as COO of Acorns and the CEO of Acorns’ regulated entities. “I

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Feedough

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

While many entrepreneurs find their motivation in money, challenges, creativity, or ego, some do find their motivation in solving the social problems a society might have. Such special entrepreneurs are social entrepreneurs. But what is social entrepreneurship, and what’s so social about it? Who Is A Social Entrepreneur?

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Meet Omneky , a startup that leverages OpenAI’s DALLE-2 and GPT-3 models to generate visuals and text that can be used in ads for social platforms. As soon as customers approve a new ad, it is automatically uploaded and displayed on social platforms — Facebook, Google, LinkedIn and Snapchat. After that, you are back to square one.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

If you follow #beautytok, #beautytube or any beauty content on social media platforms, you know that popular product trends are hard to keep up with. We have our own supply chain and we have the power to distribute brands across Asia via our social commerce and live distribution platforms.

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Y Combinator

MAY 6, 2020

Across the globe, as the novel coronavirus moves us from communal spaces into the confinement of our homes, our social experiences are forced to adapt. Beyond the social networks we already know and use, we are finding new ways to integrate social into our online lives. But first, a bit of background.

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American Entrepreneurship

JANUARY 8, 2024

CoreWeave’s Cloud will handle every message sent on the social AI platform Those in the know say we are just at the beginning of the AI revolution—and that it is hard to predict what innovations will emerge. But the race is on, and the social AI platform Chai feels they are right in the mix to succeed.

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Impact Hub

APRIL 19, 2024

Celebrating artists tackling social and environmental issues For World Creativity and Innovation Day, Impact Hub Network commemorates the profound influence of human creativity in addressing local challenges, particularly those concerning social and environmental issues. Save the planet” AR mask from Inés Longevial.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

MAY 20, 2019

If you’re anything like the average millennial, you might be checking your social media feeds as often as 150 times per day. With a little bit of social media savvy and your own smartphone, you can sell more products and reach a wider audience of potential customers. According to social media platform Hootsuite , 3.48

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TechCrunch

JULY 22, 2021

With the pandemic forcing people online, social media use exploded, for obvious reasons. More brand-oriented platforms such as Sprinkler, Sprout Social and Hootsuite have obviously risen in use, but so did traffic to Oktopost, a much more B2B-oriented proposition. It can also handle social listening and analytics.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 17, 2023

And it’s evident that proptech, unlike other industries, has lagged in utilizing social media to make sales. With its APIs, Flow connects to the websites of estate agencies and property developers and automates advertising for them on social media channels like Instagram and Facebook. Does everyone want to be a landlord, or what?

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TechCrunch

JUNE 28, 2022

Birdie’s wider goal for the business is to use the data its platform is ingesting and structuring to power more personalized — and even preventative — healthcare for the social care sector, which remains drastically under-resourced versus the scale of demand for care services. Series A led by Index. . Series A led by Index.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

When we get on a social network, the first thing that surfaces is normally suggestions for following. Singapore’s KNN3 wants to enable social discovery for decentralized apps by Rita Liao originally published on TechCrunch. The Graph offers an API for developers to query blockchain data.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Social media often disconnects people from the real world, keeping people inside scrolling feeds on their phones.

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AsiaTechDaily

JUNE 2, 2023

As it advances its NFT social commerce platform, the startup intends to augment its social network application, empowering users to interact, create content, and spark conversations. Oxalus provides a platform that integrates social networking and NFT commerce. The post Blockchain startup Oxalus raises $1.1m

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 13, 2021

A women-led startup called Honeycomb is launching its private social app for families, backed by $4 million in seed funding led by Peter Boyce at Stellation Capital. Honeycomb is also different from mainstream social apps because it will be a subscription-based service, not one that’s monetized through advertising.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 17, 2021

Gen Z isn’t satisfied with the social media they grew up with, so they’re building the apps that they want to use. It’s like a link-in-bio service, but with a social element that encourages young creatives to connect, collaborate and develop friendships. Image Credits: Tagg.

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Impact Hub

MAY 23, 2022

Within the framework of the European Union-funded “Coworking spaces for social innovation” program, Impact Hub is joining the Greek Higher Incubator Giving Growth & Sustainability (HIGGS) and other key organisations from the region in a hybrid conference to wrap up a whole year of activities. strengthen coworking spaces sustainability.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Founder and CEO Zach Oschin started the Colombia-based social commerce company in 2018 (and participated in our Latin American Startup Battlefield that year) to move the traditional independent sales process online. Social commerce startup Elenas raises $6M and plans for international expansion.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

DECEMBER 29, 2020

Also, their social media marketing tips were extremely encouraging and insightful for all entrepreneurs. Include Social Media in Your Marketing. These entrepreneurs shared social media marketing tips that help them to be successful. Small business owners should leverage the power of social media to reach out to the audience.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

APRIL 12, 2021

The number of social commerce buyers in the US reached 80 million last year and is expected to grow to 90 million in 2021 ( eMarketer ). Thanks to this concentrated digital audience, having a social media presence has never been more of a necessity for small businesses than it is right now. Bottom line. Create Buyer Personas.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Evermos is an Indonesian social commerce startup with two goals: to let people earn extra income by opening online stores without spending capital and to help small brands grow into household names. Super, an Indonesian hyperlocal social commerce startup, raises $28M led by SoftBank Ventures Asia. Image Credits: Evermos.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 13, 2022

VUZ , a social app that allows users to stream and experience immersive realism in extended reality (XR) and metaverse digital experiences, has raised $20 million in Series B investment. VUZ raises $20 million to scale its immersive social app by Tage Kene-Okafor originally published on TechCrunch. Asia, and Europe.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 25, 2021

The line between social networking and gaming is increasingly blurring , and internet incumbents are taking notice. NetEase, the second-largest gaming company in China (behind Tencent), is among a group of investors who just backed IMVU, an avatar-focused social network operating out of California.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 15, 2021

Social calendar app IRL has been busy building a messaging-based social network, or what founder and CEO Abraham Shafi calls a “WeChat of the West.” As users could now network with friends across both web and mobile, IRL began to feel more like a social network, not just an event-discovery engine.

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Impact Hub

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

Circularity in action: Social entrepreneurship in London Masha Guyard and Alexander Rose, both graduates of the Circular Start-up programme by Impact Hub London supported by JP Morgan and Chase, exemplify the transformative potential of circular solutions in addressing pressing social issues. The CirculUP!

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Impact Hub

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Circularity in action: Social projects in Caracas Lata de Agua and Proyectos MAF are two remarkable Venezuelan initiatives that exemplify the principles of the circular economy. Both ventures showcase how creative thinking and disruptive solutions can bring positive change to longstanding issues while fostering community collaboration.

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StartupNation

JANUARY 11, 2022

Each year, social media becomes more and more popular. While the platforms may change, the power that social has to grow your business remains steadfast. Let’s face it, if you’re not on social media, your business is most likely not even close to reaching its maximum potential. Social media has a catch though.

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NZ Entrepreneur

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

Watch now: (17 mins) In this edition of Knowledge Base, Richard Liew talks with Brent Ireland, CEO of social media and content experts Collab Digital. We check in with Brent Ireland to get the lowdown on what businesses should know about social media today. Why or why not?

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

The pandemic has upended many aspects of urban life but perhaps the most visible upheaval is to citydwellers’ social lives, with curfews calling time on traditional night life across much of the Western world and social distancing putting a chilly spin on opportunities for getting together with people outside your usual circle.

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Impact Hub

OCTOBER 7, 2023

Next steps in social entrepreneurship: Policy development in Jordan A dynamic partnership in Jordan led by the Ministry of Digital Economy and Entrepreneurship (MoDEE) and backed by the United Nations Development Programme Jordan (UNDP Jordan) and Impact Hub is in full swing.

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Impact Hub

OCTOBER 7, 2023

Next steps in social entrepreneurship: Policy development in Jordan A dynamic partnership in Jordan led by the Ministry of Digital Economy and Entrepreneurship (MoDEE) and backed by the United Nations Development Programme Jordan (UNDP Jordan) and Impact Hub is in full swing.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 23, 2021

Public App, a location-based social network that connects individuals to people in their vicinity, has raised $41 million in a new round, just six months after securing $35 million as the hyper-local Indian startup looks to expand its presence in the world’s second-largest internet market.

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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. Why focus on short-form audio as a social media medium? “We raised $3M in late 2020. Clubhouse closes an undisclosed $4B valuation Series C round, as tech giants’ clones circle.

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