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

TechCrunch

SmartRyde , a Japanese online pre-booked airport transfers service platform, is a marketplace that connects travelers to local transportation operators/online travel agencies (OTAs). The company plans to expand further in major cities and tourist destinations, including Mexico, Spain, Thailand, Dominican Republic, the U.S.

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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. All hail small (and local) business. For instance, if your local YMCA needs a WordPress ninja, you might be best suited for the job. 7) The startup that connects volunteers based on skills.

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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.”. In that process, it came in contact with the central bank and the local ACH, and then won an RFP to automate Colombia’s payments infrastructure.

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The 12th Issue of NTEN: Change is Out - "Outcomes & Impact"

NTEN

Every nonprofit aims to have impact, but few have the systems in place to calculate little more than outputs. Much of 2010 was focused on Project Cultivar, which worked in the Dominican Republic sugarcane plantations and its company towns, bateyes.

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Brazilian fintech infrastructure company Dock closes on $110M in funding, now valued at over $1.5B

TechCrunch

The company’s client base includes fintechs, retailers, banks and technology companies that are focused on not only improving the customer experience for the currently banked population, but also on helping bring previously unbanked and underbanked consumers into the digital payments and banking systems. .

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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.