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American Red Cross Sued Claiming Haitian Relief Funds Misused

The NonProfit Times

District Court Southern District of Florida – Miami Division. Money donated for Haiti earthquake relief went into a restricted account that could only be used for programs and services for Haiti. One of the named plaintiffs who donated an unspecified amount of money, Nathaniel Ballantyne, shares a last name with Renee A.

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Give Miami Day raises record $5.2 million for nonprofits

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Photo courtesy of The Miami Foundation. Give Miami Day raises record $5.2 million, organizers at The Miami Foundation realized that Give Miami Day 2014 would be their most successful Giving Day yet. Thursday’s Give Miami Day raised $5.2 Note from Beth: It’s Giving Day Season!

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Miami twins raise $18M for Lula, an insurance infrastructure upstart

TechCrunch

Lula , a Miami-based insurance infrastructure startup, announced today it has raised $18 million in a Series A round of funding. Existing backers such as Nextview Ventures and Florida Funders also put money in the round, in addition to a number of insurance and logistics groups such as Flexport.

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Extra Crunch roundup: first-check myths, Miami relocation checklist, standout SaaSy startups

TechCrunch

Dismantling the myths around raising your first check. Dismantling the myths around raising your first check. How has it managed to not raise money for so long? Cities like Miami, Pittsburgh and Austin have been drawing talent and wealth from Silicon Valley for years, but the COVID-19 pandemic accelerated the trend.

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How to raise funds when you aren’t in the Bay Area

TechCrunch

Perhaps sitting perched somewhere in sunny Miami, Florida, is a founder wondering the best ways to fundraise for a company when situated outside a traditional tech hub like the Bay Area. If I look at my portfolio, my companies who are active on Twitter actually do have an easier time raising money because investors feel like they know them.”.

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Cloud cybersecurity startup Lumu raises a $7.5 million Series A

TechCrunch

Miami-based cybersecurity startup Lumu today announced the closing of its $7.5 Villadiego was born and raised in the colonial port town of Cartagena, Colombia. He founded his first cybersecurity company, Easy Solutions, in Miami in 2009, focused on preventing fraud. million Series A. The round was co-led by SoftBank Group Corp.’s

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Mambu raises $135M at a $2B+ valuation for a SaaS platform that powers banking services

TechCrunch

The funding gives Mambu a post-money valuation of €1.7 CEO and co-founder Eugene Danilkis said it will be using the money to expand deeper in the 50 markets where it is already active, as well as focus more on specific regions like South America and Asia. (And offices established in Miami.).

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