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20 Crowdfunding Services for Nonprofits Worldwide

Nonprofit Tech for Good

That said, this year’s Global Trends in Giving Survey includes questions about crowdfunding. Yo Dono (Chile). Yo Dono (Chile). The services themselves have taken on the responsibility of vetting the nonprofits and for that alone, deserve muchos kudos. BackaBuddy (South Africa). backabuddy.co.za. GiveaLittle (New Zealand).

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Scientists hunted for planets around our cosmic neighbor. They found 4.

Mashable Tech

After peering at Barnard's Star over 112 nights, scientists using a powerful telescope in Chile found compelling evidence of four particularly small exoplanets , each just some 20 to 30 percent the size of Earth. and globally — said in a statement. These are small stars, but the most common in the universe.

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Entel Ocean and DataRobot Team Up to Fight Forest Fires in Chile

DataRobot

Climate change and catastrophic weather phenomena dominated much of the global headlines in 2019, with devastating reports of earthquakes, hurricanes, and other powerful forces of nature destroying homes and lives.

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Traveling the world, meeting startups: What We learned

The Next Web

Startups are aiming for a global, not local market. It was surprising many startups are aiming for a global, not local market. The internet has no barriers when it comes to reaching an international user base and these startups are capitalizing on being able to have a global reach. Governments supportive of technology.

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#GivingTuesday: How Sharing Best Practices Is Building A Global Philanthropic Movement

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

GivingTuesday is building on the success of its first year — moving from an grassroots-style event organized on a short time schedule to a global charity movement. Here’s some indicators of the movement’s growing success: Many Partners: GivingTuesday does not belong to a single, top-down command and control organization.

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NotCo gets its horn following $235M round to expand plant-based food products

TechCrunch

Tiger Global led the round and was joined by new investors, including DFJ Growth Fund, the social impact foundation, ZOMA Lab; athletes Lewis Hamilton and Roger Federer; and musician and DJ Questlove. In total, NotCo, with roots in both Chile and New York, has raised more than $350 million, founder and CEO Matias Muchnick told TechCrunch.

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Chile’s pollution problems has led to green startups

The Next Web

Santiago de Chile is an understatedly cool city. This is especially true of its tech, an industry where Santiago’s innovations aren’t just making waves in South America, but are attracting some serious global attention. And the best thing about Santiago’s tech?