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Luxury yacht owners are throwing scientists a lifeline

Fast Company Tech

A dive during an expedition last year to Silver Banks, a whale sanctuary in the Dominican Republic, organized by Bering Yachts. million in vessel time for researcherswith plans to ramp up to hundreds of collaborations over the next few years, generating about $15 million in vessel time per year. But with U.K.

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SmartRyde, a Japanese online platform for airport transfers, spurs global expansion with Series A

TechCrunch

SmartRyde, which currently operates its airport transfers services in 150 countries with 700 airports globally, has collaborated with approximately 650 taxi companies and more than 25 online travel agencies (OTAs) including Booking.com, Expedia, Trip.com, Indonesia’s Traveloka and Argentina’s Despegar, Kimura said.

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Minka raises $24M from Tiger, Kaszek to help move money more quickly across LatAm

TechCrunch

The network was designed to connect separate legacy systems through blockchain concepts and APIs “to simplify the movement of complex money flows.”. The name Minka comes from an old Quechua word that stands for collaborative work for the good of the community. Notably, Mastercard is also an investor in the company.

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8 startups that leveraged products for social good, and where they’re headed in 2014

The Next Web

Soko is a Nairobi and NYC-based, women-founded and run social enterprise system, equipped with mobile technology in developing markets. Both winemaker and entrepreneur, in this case, exits each collaboration with a deeper connection to economic and personal development. As of May 2013, w4tw was over-funded by $16,285 from a cool $25K.

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Research Friday: What Affects Hispanic Volunteering - Comparing Three Surveys in the United States

ASU Lodestar Center

The dominant status theory attributes low minority volunteering to their less prevalent social positions and roles within the socio-cultural system (Mesch, Rooney, Steinberg, & Denton, 2006). The literature on minority philanthropy shows that minority groups in the U.S.,

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7 Nonprofits Leading the Fight Against Human Trafficking

Saleforce Nonprofit

Since moving its systems to Salesforce, the team has been able to stay lean by cutting out hours of what used to be manual data entry and management of disparate spreadsheets and applications. the goal of Polaris Project is to systemically disrupt the human trafficking networks that rob human beings of their lives and their freedom.