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

TechCrunch

Bogota-based payments infrastructure startup Minka has secured $24 million in a funding round co-led by Tiger Global Management and Kaszek. The network was designed to connect separate legacy systems through blockchain concepts and APIs “to simplify the movement of complex money flows.”. Image Credits: Minka.

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

The Next Web

1) The e-commerce site where products fund projects. Launching – and funding – several crowd commerce campaigns. Launching – and funding – several crowd commerce campaigns. Similar to a Kickstarter model, these campaigns use products to fund projects. As of May 2013, w4tw was over-funded by $16,285 from a cool $25K.

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Finally takes in $95M in equity, debt to roll out lending for small businesses

TechCrunch

Felix Rodriguez’s family is from the Dominican Republic, and he watched his aunts and uncles come to the United States and create their own businesses. In addition to the lending, the company is using the new funding on hiring, including expanding both the engineering and sales teams.

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Support IPPF’s mobile health clinics and teams in Haiti!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

   In an email interview, Laura Zaks, Public Affairs Coordinator, shared with me this sad story of devastation and the urgent need for funds to help PROFAMIL resume services through a temporary static clinic and Mobile Health Units to deliver services in tent cities where displaced persons have gathered.

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Fintech startups lead the layoff wave

TechCrunch

This will include everything from funding rounds to trends to an analysis of a particular space to hot takes on a particular company or phenomenon. Fundings and M&A. El Salvador–based fintech n1co (read: nee-koh) has raised $12 million at a post–money valuation of $64.8 Image Credits: patpitchaya / Getty Images.

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Lessons Learned From A Twitterthon

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Last year, Born2Fly launched the 09/09/09 Twitterthon to raise money to stop child trafficking, Our goal was 9,000 people giving $9 each on 09/09/09—or $81,000. We didn’t come close to raising that amount, but learned a lot about using social media tools like Twitter to promote and raise money for a cause.

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