Silicon Valley investors are increasingly treating nonprofits as conventional startup companies through accelerators. The number of tech non-profits worldwide is reaching record highs. Nonprofit tech startups differ from conventional charities because software or hardware has to be at the core of the good they do in the world. It’s not enough to simply use technology; these initiatives must apply technology to make formerly expensive, difficult or impossible things accessible for people in need.
This article was originally published on September 30, 2016
