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500 Startups unveils its Fall 2012 accelerator lineup: More international and more sh*t founders say

The Next Web

It is a rather interesting and complex set of startups in the group and could be considered the most international, diverse, and exciting group in the history of the accelerator program so far. 500 Startups has announced the 33 newest companies joining its accelerator program this Fall.

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Financial comparison “super app” Jeff raises $1.5M seed extension

TechCrunch

Part of the funding will be used to increase Jeff’s team from about 15 people now to more than 40 employees for its offices in Latvia and Southeast Asia. Before launching Jeff, Niparts was CEO of Spain for Digital Finance International, a fintech company that is part of the Finstar Financial Group.

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Facebook allows posts with violent speech toward Russian soldiers in specific countries

The Verge

The New York Times confirmed this policy applies to people using the service from Ukraine, Russia, Poland, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Slovakia, Hungary, and Romania. We still won’t allow credible calls for violence against Russian civilians.”.

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Jeff raises $1M to build alternative credit scoring and other fintech products for Southeast Asia

TechCrunch

Though it is based in Latvia, Jeff will continue focusing on unbanked people in South and Southeast Asia, said founder and chief executive officer Toms Niparts. Jeff currently claims more than 300,000 users in Vietnam.

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Independence Day, 2011

VisionLink

Three hundred million of us, each with our own story; the story of who we are and who we hope to be: our family background, our history, our culture, along with our hopes, our dreams, our aspirations and our prayers for our children and for the world. My Grandfather Stahl smuggled himself out of Latvia, coming to America as a young man.

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‘Deepfake’ that supposedly fooled European politicians was just a look-alike, say pranksters

The Verge

Parliamentarians from the UK, Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia had all arranged video calls with a hoaxer claiming to be Leonid Volkov, chief of staff to imprisoned Russian anti-Putin politician Alexei Navalny. . | Artist: William Joel. An image showing Alexei Stolyarov, aka Lexus, in costume as Russian opposition leader Leonid Volkov.