{"id":977,"date":"2022-01-27T17:10:55","date_gmt":"2022-01-27T17:10:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/qa.angelink.com\/blog\/?p=977"},"modified":"2023-06-14T23:23:28","modified_gmt":"2023-06-14T23:23:28","slug":"our-2021-year-in-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/qa.angelink.com\/blog\/our-2021-year-in-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Our 2021 Year in Review"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A year ago, AngeLink was a powerful idea.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We began with an audacious goal to create the world\u2019s first platform to support and empower women\u2014but open to all. And we actually built it!&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our team of rockstar, tech-savvy, trailblazing women built technology driven by patent pending anti-fraud algorithms, best-in-class AI security and adorable, engaging gamification. This is what we call<strong> Fundraising With Love!<\/strong>\u2122&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today, with our disruptive, brilliantly simple crowdfunding platform, anyone is able to make a difference in their own community by fundraising for the people they love and they causes they believe in.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our vision is to <strong>Connect, Empower and Amplify<\/strong> a new generation with fresh, cutting-edge technology to create a powerful impact and global movement.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"428\" src=\"https:\/\/qa.angelink.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Potential-Blog-Cover-images-2-1024x428.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-984\" srcset=\"https:\/\/qa.angelink.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Potential-Blog-Cover-images-2-1024x428.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/qa.angelink.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Potential-Blog-Cover-images-2-300x125.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/qa.angelink.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Potential-Blog-Cover-images-2-1536x641.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/qa.angelink.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Potential-Blog-Cover-images-2-2048x855.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/qa.angelink.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Potential-Blog-Cover-images-2.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>We\u2019ve Been Busy<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our tenacious team worked endless days and sleepless nights to pioneer the world\u2019s most innovative crowdfunding app, capable of massive scale. Together, we accomplished what many said was impossible:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Raised over <strong>$3 million<\/strong> in Seed funding<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Built awesome<strong> iOS, Android, and web<\/strong> apps<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Integrated with one of <strong>largest global payment processors<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Went <strong>LIVE <\/strong>in the <strong>App Store and Google Play Store<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Launched successful <strong>fundraising campaigns<\/strong> across every fundraising category&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Welcomed a host of <strong>organic users, campaigns,<\/strong> and <strong>donations<\/strong> from across the country<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Our growing community and continually advancing technology will change the world. Just you wait and see!&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Let\u2019s Get Technical<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>AngeLink\u2019s tech team has been hard at work! Here are their top achievements from 2021:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Attracted<strong> top-tier talent<\/strong> with <strong>a full-stack<\/strong> development team powered by women&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Implemented <strong>Agile Tech Process Methodology<\/strong> across the company, including but not limited to Scrum Masters, Quality Assurance Teams, and Product Owners<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Created a <strong>powerful technology stack<\/strong> in React js, Node js, React Native, SQL, MongoDB<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Of course, we\u2019re talking&#8230;Figma, Jira, Confluence, GitHub, Jenkins,<strong> <\/strong>Slack<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>We\u2019re enormously proud of our tech Angels&#8217; accomplishments! Want to learn more about the women behind our platform? Read our the <strong>Meet the Angels <\/strong>blogs in our Women in Tech series!&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/qa.angelink.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Potential-Blog-Cover-images-xx-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-985\" srcset=\"https:\/\/qa.angelink.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Potential-Blog-Cover-images-xx-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/qa.angelink.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Potential-Blog-Cover-images-xx-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/qa.angelink.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Potential-Blog-Cover-images-xx-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/qa.angelink.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Potential-Blog-Cover-images-xx-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/qa.angelink.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Potential-Blog-Cover-images-xx.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Our Tribe is Growing<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>AngeLink&#8217;s marketing team is starting to take off with early progress in building our community! And this is just the beginning: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>47,400+ <strong>digital followers<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Private <strong>brand ambassador<\/strong> Facebook group with 3,100+ members&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>366,700+ interactions <\/strong>from our social media posts<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Increased <strong>brand awareness <\/strong>across 7 channels: Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube, Pinterest<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>And get excited\u2026<strong>SnapChat<\/strong> is coming soon!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Here\u2019s to a warm welcome to AngeLink, our groundbreaking new platform to support and empower women. And, it\u2019s about time this existed to level the playing field!&nbsp;Thanks to our amazing team members, investors, and #AngelsAmongUs community for helping us bring AngeLink to life.<strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And it all starts with you\u2026download the AngeLink app, subscribe to our newsletter, and follow us on social media. Together, we&#8217;ll mobilize a new generation to be unstoppable in 2022! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-1 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/qa.angelink.com\/start-fundraiser\">Start a fundraiser<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A year ago, AngeLink was a powerful idea.&nbsp; We began with an audacious goal to create the world\u2019s first platform to support and empower women\u2014but open to all. 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