Amazon has made a string of startup acquisitions over the years to build out its robotics business; now, the e-commerce leviathan is taking an interesting turn in that strategy as it expands its indus
Geek+, a Beijing-based startup that makes warehouse fulfillment robots similar to those of Amazon’s Kiva, said Thursday that it has closed over $200 million in a Series C funding round. That bum
Jessica Jackley, co-founder of nonprofit microlending platform Kiva, has become a general partner at SparkLabs Global Ventures. Jackley was previously a venture partner at the firm, which focuses on s
Amazon today said it would make a bid to acquire Whole Foods for $13.7 billion, making it the largest acquisition for the company by far. The next-closest acquisition in price is $1.2 billion for Zapp
One might ask why we would ever want to create robots that can do human work when we have so many people who need jobs. The goal of robotics should not be to replace humans with robots, but rather to
When online donors overloaded the requests of Kiva co-founders Matt Flannery and Jessica Jackley more than a decade ago, they were targeting some of the world’s poorest borrowers in places as fa
Amazon may be developing drones for the future, but here's something for the here and now. A veritable feast of robots that will appeal to anyone who is into technology.
Kiva.org, a not-for-profit organisation that's been matching micro-lenders with low-income borrowers since 2005, has announced it's passed the one million borrowers mark. The total value of the crowdf
"How you build the future is you motivate people to pay attention and act, to improve their circumstances and run their own lives", LinkedIn co-founder and philanthropist Reid Hoffman tells me. Tha
Today you can help someone escape poverty by trying out microlending platform Kiva, and it won't cost you a dime. Go to <a href="http://www.kiva.org/free">kiva.org/free</a> where Reid Hoffman has put
<img class="shot2" src="http://tctechcrunch.files.wordpress.com/2010/09/kiva-picture.png" alt="" /> <a href="http://www.kiva.org/">Kiva.org,</a> one of the <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2008/10/15/h
<img src="http://tctechcrunch.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/33needs.png">
The crowdsourced funding craze is picking up steam. Tonight we see the launch of <a href="http://www.33needs.com/">33needs</a>
<img src="http://tctechcrunch.files.wordpress.com/2010/09/kiva-picture.png" class="shot2"> Last year, <a href="http://www.kiva.org/">Kiva.org,</a> one of the <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2008/10/15
<img src="http://tctechcrunch.files.wordpress.com/2010/10/picture-61.png" />Who is <a href="http://www.kiva.org/">Kiva's</a> biggest competitor?
If you rattled off a list of non-profit-centric startu
<img src="http://tctechcrunch.files.wordpress.com/2010/09/kiva-picture.png" class="shot2"/><a target="_blank" href="http://www.kiva.org/">Kiva.org,</a> one of the <a target="_blank" href="https://tech
<img src="http://tctechcrunch.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/vittan.png" class="shot2">The microfinance model has proved to be a valuable way to raise funds for entrepreneurs all over the country, as exe
<img src="https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/kiva.jpg" width="189" height="112" />
Proving that microloans can help to change the world one little bit at a time, <a href="http://www.ki
<img src="http://tctechcrunch.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/5829624-face90655f61c6e92fc45438760b3cc74a010488-scaled-215x142.jpg" width="215" height="142" />For all the billions of dollars created here,
<img src="https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/kiva1.jpg" width="200" height="144" />
When we reported on <a href="http://www.kiva.org/">Kiva.org's</a> <a href="https://techcrunch.com/20
<img src="https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/kiva.jpg" width="189" height="112" />
The financial crisis has made a lasting impact on small businesses around the world and here at home
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