Hacker News with Generative AI: Fundraising

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

146 points by teekert 4 days ago | 44 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 28 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 63 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 79 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 87 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 109 days ago | 6 comments

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