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Our EveryAction Hero: World Central Kitchen

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Last year disaster relief once again became the main focus of our organization as we activated and served over 4 million meals in Peru, Houston, Puerto Rico, and California. And it worked really well in Puerto Rico - we’ve served over 3.6 We're currently active in 10 different countries. million meals!

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Ad Practitioners acquires Knoq to move the startup’s door-to-door marketing approach online

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” “The Money and ConsumersAdvocate.org brands are already trusted by millions of highly engaged users,” Powel continued. Knoq leadership has already moved to join Ad Practitioners in Puerto Rico, with the rest of the Knoq team set to relocate later this year as well.

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Here are all of the companies presenting at Alchemist Accelerator’s 30th Demo Day today

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RED Atlas: A platform for real estate insights and analytics, focusing first on Puerto Rico. GiveShop: A matchmaking platform to connect companies that want to give with social impact projects that need money. Firecell: Helps enterprises build private 4G/5G networks.

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Dash Systems raises $8M for precision-airdrops-as-a-service at distant or disaster-stricken destinations

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But if the Prime packages went on a plane from SFO that would otherwise be only half full, and gets dropped on the roof of a FedEx center on the way to the Petaluma airport, it saves everyone time and money.

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Ready for Year-End? Here Are 10 Easy Things You Can Do to Raise More Money

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Below are some quick and easy things you can do to raise more money. The image below is from World Central Kitchen, and it shows the impact of their work providing over 1 million meals in Puerto Rico! We won't waste your time with a lengthy intro. Go on, crush your fundraising goals! Say Thanks.

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Founders Fund backs Vest, a startup out to give Latin Americans a bridge to investing in the US stock market

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states of Arizona, California, Florida, Georgia, New Mexico, New York, Texas, Washington and Puerto Rico. It is valued at $22 million, post-money. “We Vest’s platform is live and its app is available for download on iOS and Android in all of Latin America except for Panama, and in the U.S. Image Credits: Vest.

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What’s Stripe’s deal?

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Even more intriguing, The Wall Street Journal reported that Stripe would not use the money toward operating expenses but rather to cover a large annual tax bill associated with employee stock units. The fact that the company might raise money to pay off a tax bill raised eyebrows internally here at TechCrunch.