Hacker News with Generative AI: Fundraising

Trump executive action targets ActBlue, the main Democratic fundraising platform (nbcnews.com)
President Donald Trump signed an executive memorandum Thursday aimed at investigating ActBlue, the leading Democratic fundraising platform.

Politics, Fundraising, Democratic Party, Executive Orders

18 points by bhouston 15 hours ago | 1 comments

Columbia student suspended over interview cheating tool raises $5.3M (techcrunch.com)
On Sunday, 21-year-old Chungin “Roy” Lee announced he’s raised $5.3 million in seed funding from Abstract Ventures and Susa Ventures for his startup, Cluely, that offers an AI tool to “cheat on everything.”

Artificial Intelligence, Education, Startups, Fundraising

39 points by jnord 4 days ago | 23 comments

Bluesky feed builder Graze raises $1M, rolls out ads (techcrunch.com)
Graze, a startup that lets people build and monetize custom feeds for Bluesky’s social network, has attracted new capital.

Social Media, Fundraising, Advertising

18 points by lisowski 10 days ago | 3 comments

METS, the Middle English Texts Series (metseditions.org)
Due to the recent termination of almost all NEH grants, METS needs your support today!

History, Humanities, Fundraising, Publishing, Middle English

61 points by lordleft 10 days ago | 13 comments

Things No One Tells You About Raising from LPs (taghash.io)
Raising from LPs is easily one of the murkiest parts of starting a fund. There’s no playbook, no cold email template that magically works, and no YC-style demo day to get you momentum. The process is slow, nuanced, and entirely relationship-driven.

Venture Capital, Fundraising, Startups, LPs

3 points by koolhead17 24 days ago | 1 comments

Ruth Bader Ginsburg Pac (wikipedia.org)
RBG PAC is an American political action committee (PAC), generally regarded as a Super PAC.[1][2] It was formed on October 16, 2024, the day after it would be legally required to disclose its donors before the election. Later, it was revealed to be funded solely by the wealthiest individual in the world, Elon Musk.[3]

Politics, Super PACs, Elections, Fundraising

7 points by bloomingkales 44 days ago | 0 comments

Sam Altman Returns to Political Fund-Raising (nytimes.com)
Sam Altman, the chief executive of OpenAI, is set to host a fund-raiser for Senator Mark Warner, Democrat of Virginia.

Politics, Fundraising, OpenAI, Technology

56 points by frenchman_in_ny 51 days ago | 58 comments

The OpenBSD Foundation 2025 Fundraising Campaign (openbsdfoundation.org)
The OpenBSD Foundation needs your help to achieve our fundraising goal of $400,000 for 2025.

Open Source, Fundraising, Security, OpenBSD

13 points by greyface- 52 days ago | 0 comments

Matrix Foundation to shut down bridges if it doesn't raise $100K (matrix.org)
After a successful 2024 with a lot to be proud of, and a Matrix Conference that brought our community together to celebrate 10 years of Matrix, we step into 2025 with a light budget and a mighty team poised to make the most of it!

Open Source, Technology, Fundraising, Community, Matrix

139 points by thibaultamartin 65 days ago | 155 comments

I Won't Invest (2019) (davidjarvis.com)
Between the pre-seed and seed rounds for Griffin we pitched nearly 200 different investors. These are some of their reasons for saying no.

Venture Capital, Startups, Investment, Fundraising

18 points by dustingetz 94 days ago | 9 comments

Proton: We're giving away over $1M to support a better internet (proton.me)
This year’s Lifetime Account Charity Fundraiser was a record-breaking success, generating over $1 million to directly support organizations fighting for privacy, freedom of expression, and human rights worldwide.

Privacy, Human Rights, Nonprofits, Fundraising, Internet

147 points by teekert 102 days ago | 45 comments

Burning Man organization has $14M deficit (sfist.com)
The Burning Man Project sent out their latest urgent fundraising email detailing a budget shortfall as high as $14 million, and longtime attendees are fuming that the organization keeps burning through so much money.

Burning Man, Finance, Events, Fundraising

8 points by kaycebasques 126 days ago | 0 comments

Ask HN: Have you gotten anywhere cold messaging investors? (ycombinator.com)
As an unknown/nobody with a startup and a pitch, have you personally gotten anywhere cold messaging investors? Emailing them, messaging on LinkedIn, filling out website applications, etc.

Startups, Fundraising, Investor Relations, Networking

21 points by iiJDSii 161 days ago | 16 comments

Help fight the proprietary software monsters (pointieststick.com)
KDE’s yearly fundraiser is now live, with the theme of spooooky proprietary software. Go check it out — no, really! It’s great!

Open Source, Software, Fundraising, KDE

16 points by thepbone 177 days ago | 1 comments

Elderly dementia patients are unwittingly fueling political campaigns (cnn.com)
A CNN investigation reveals how deceptive political fundraising has misled elderly Americans into giving away millions of dollars

Politics, Elderly, Deception, Fundraising, Investigations

122 points by atlasunshrugged 185 days ago | 180 comments

VoidZero: Building a Unified Toolchain for JavaScript (voidzero.dev)
TL;DR: I have founded VoidZero Inc., a company dedicated to building an open-source, high-performance, and unified development toolchain for the JavaScript ecosystem. We have raised $4.6 million in seed funding, led by Accel.

JavaScript, Open Source, Toolchains, Development Tools, Fundraising

34 points by EvanYou 207 days ago | 6 comments

X suspends 'White Dudes for Harris' account after fundraiser (washingtonpost.com)