Hacker News with Generative AI: Fundraising

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

125 points by thibaultamartin 1 day ago | 147 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 30 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 38 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 62 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 98 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 114 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 122 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 143 days ago | 6 comments

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