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Finch Capital acquires Wirecard Turkey

TechCrunch

Finch Capital , the early-stage fintech VC with a presence in London and Amsterdam, is acquiring Wirecard Turkey, a subsidiary of Wirecard, the disgraced fintech out of Germany. Finch’s managing partner Radboud Vlaar tells me Noma Pay’s larger plan is to invest in payments infrastructure in Turkey and the Middle East region.

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Three Different Approaches to Twitter Fundraising: Bees, Turkeys, and Blame

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

They also ask that you donate some money. . Here's an example of a campaign to raise money on TwitCause for honeybee research. . I hope they make it for Jacob's sake or if not I hope they just donate the money anyway. So, the click to donate action needs an emotional lever as well as a money lever.

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Twitch is lowering subscription prices — but says streamers will earn more money

The Verge

Most countries outside of the US will be getting lower prices that will be localized to their specific country, starting with Turkey and Mexico on May 20th. Those lower prices will mean less money for streamers, but Twitch believes they’ll translate to more subscribers and higher earnings in the long run.

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Filing: Instant grocery startup Gopuff to raise $1B on a $15B post-money valuation

TechCrunch

Gopuff , the “instant” grocery delivery startup that has been on an acquisition and expansion tear in the last several months to scale its business, is also racing to raise money to fuel those efforts. So for Gopuff, some of the money it’s raised so far has been used to expand organically.

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This Sequoia- and Henry Kravis-backed prediction market wants to turn opinions into money

TechCrunch

In the meantime, Kalshi is on a mission to prove it can entice a new generation of traders — both retail and institutional, accredited and unaccredited — to bet on all kinds of possible outcomes, like whether or not Turkey will join the European Union by June of next year, which is one contract on the platform currently.

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Amazon’s Prime Day kicks off on October 13th 

The Verge

The event is usually a big money-maker for the company — analysts estimated that Amazon sold more than $6 billion worth of products. The company is also committing to spending more than $100 million to promote small business through Prime Day and the holiday season. We’ll be covering all the best Prime Day deals right here at The Verge.

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The Maui wildfires: A record in disaster philanthropy, an opportunity to ‘get it right’ 

Candid

By late March, Honolulu Civil Beat ’s Maui Fires Money Tracker had tallied more than $450 million in private donations and nearly $2 billion when including government assistance. There were many more, including February’s earthquake in Turkey and Syria. And 2023 set records in disaster relief funding.

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