{"id":3898,"date":"2023-02-10T09:36:29","date_gmt":"2023-02-10T01:36:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailymarkup.com\/?p=3898"},"modified":"2023-02-10T09:36:30","modified_gmt":"2023-02-10T01:36:30","slug":"daily-markup-679-abillion-launches-community-investment-round-anyone-can-now-invest-in-the-sustainability-platform-and-more-from-this-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailymarkup.com\/?p=3898","title":{"rendered":"Daily Markup #679: abillion launches community investment round, anyone can now invest in the sustainability platform, and more from this week"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/6878zDMLAxOVfZnTgKsl3aW0StzoFAL9luXek972-49j_8U_R3hdCzxIbXBm0Elu64jOiUy63xwr8z0IJcEnHURmMn0aAdJ3czRd_Yhoqa3vvs1vr_PBDLhqO5pueccx54Fgv9vEFAc9VCK8eYLRgXY\" alt=\"\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Credit: abillion<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Open for investments<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>This company is making it easy for anyone &amp; everyone to invest in a startup, and more importantly, invest towards a better future.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Following a US$3 million pre-Series A in 2020, and US$10 million Series A in 2021, 500-backed sustainability platform <a href=\"https:\/\/www.abillion.com\/\">abillion<\/a> just announced a <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/3DSXllx\">community investment round on crowdfunding service Wefunder<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>What does this mean? Retail investors and abillion\u2019s one million members get a chance to invest in the company \u2014 something which would normally only be possible following an IPO.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The minimum investment amount is US$100, and investors do not need to be accredited. 500 Global is proud to be participating in this round too!<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>This fundraising round comes as the company reports that the platform has grown by 20x over the past two years. The community now features more than 2.5 million user-generated product reviews, while 4,700 Software-as-a-Service customers are on recurring contracts.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cSince launching our Community Equity program in 2022, we\u2019ve brought on board more than 10,000 of our members around the world as stakeholders in our vision for a better world,\u201d said Founder &amp; CEO Vikas Garg. \u201cThis year, as we raise capital to grow, we\u2019re proud to be opening up our investment round to our community of members and anyone that believes in our mission to create a better, more impactful social network.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Read the full story <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/3DSXllx\">here<\/a> and check out the fundraising page on <a href=\"https:\/\/wefunder.com\/abillion\">WeFunder<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Stories you may have missed:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/dailymarkup675\">Carousell<\/a> doubles down on driving electronics recommerce with feature that allows users to sell their mobile phones in under 24hrs<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/dailymarkup676\">ION Mobility<\/a> secures US$18.7M to accelerate towards a greener future, starting with Indonesia<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/dailymarkup677\">ESPL<\/a> launches Web3 tournament platform &amp; utility token, raising US$1.4M in less than 2 hours<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/dailymarkup678\">iMotorbike<\/a> eyes US$20M revenue in 2023; raising Series A round to solve 4 major pain points for used motorbike buyers &amp; sellers<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/3x8uypj\">Haulio<\/a> has been named one of the ten high growth startups that have seen successes during this tumultuous year.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mobile wallet GCash partnered with superapp <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/3YzGtbw\">Grab<\/a> to enable direct cashless payments option when using the app\u2019s transport and delivery services in the Philippines.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/3I9RtXu\">Merkle Science<\/a> and BitDATA Exchange join forces to support Singapore&#8217;s enterprise partnership program and marketing initiatives.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Open for investments Stories you may have missed:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":3899,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[322,319],"tags":[476,45,344,143,340,331,418,543],"class_list":["post-3898","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-daily","category-weekly-roundup","tag-abillion","tag-carousell","tag-espl","tag-grab","tag-haulio","tag-imotorbike","tag-ion-mobility","tag-merkle-science"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.1 - 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