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1/ In light of recent news about the Vlog Squad and David Dobrik, the cofounder of Dispo, we have made the decision to sever all ties with the company.
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2/ We have stepped down from our position on the board and we are in the process of making arrangements to ensure we do not profit from our recent investment in Dispo.
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The Spark Capital team is thrilled to share that we have raised $2.3 billion in aggregate commitments for our new early-stage and venture-growth funds: Spark Capital VIII & Spark Growth V.
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The Spark Capital team is delighted to announce that we are now investing out of our newest set of early-stage and venture-growth funds with over $2.1 billion aggregate commitments.
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We hope you enjoy our new look, originally inspired by our dear friend and former Spark founder, @biz. medium.com/spark-capital/a-n…
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Two major milestones for @InVisionApp today: celebrating 5M+ users (97% of the Fortune 100) and announcing their Series F funding! 👏👏🚀 We're thrilled to continue our partnership, and to have Spark's @msquinn join their board techcrunch.com/2018/12/11/in…
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.@YasminRazavi and @willreed have long been key members of Spark. We’re thrilled to announce both have been promoted to GP. We’re grateful for their superb work with founders and are excited about their future contributions to Spark and our community!
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Big news! Spark is thrilled to welcome @natalievais, and to congratulate newly-promoted @Fraser and @claymfisher, our three new General Partners.
We look forward to a bright future together!
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Congrats Zach, William, and the entire @Plaid team as they join forces with Visa and continue their mission of democratizing financial services through technology. We're grateful to have been part of the journey from the beginning. More from @santopoliti: bit.ly/2FLcnLR
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Starting this summer, we are running an annual internship program geared to underrepresented groups. The program is about giving interns access to and teaching them about the venture capital industry. Please share and apply! medium.com/@sparkcapital/spa…
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Please join us welcome @arpans to our Spark team. We have had the pleaure of knowing his as an executive, a founder and a fellow investor. We are looking forward to working with him as our partner! medium.com/@sparkcapital/wel…
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"We are building a platform to empower the eSports ecosystem — to help turn passions into careers."🙌🎉🚀
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New funds, new partners, same Spark DNA. We are grateful for our many founders and their teams for letting us be a part of your journey!
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It's a VERY big day for @Plaid!💥 Incredibly proud to witness what @zachperret, @williamhockey and their team have built over the past 5 years, making the fintech ecosystem more accessible and empowering for all 👏👏 techcrunch.com/2018/12/11/fi…
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We're thrilled to announce our investment in @JustworksHR, one of the fastest growing HR SaaS companies 🙌 @afc shares more about their impressive product & team here: medium.com/spark-capital/wel…
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We're leading a $20 million round of funding in @joinverse. Excited about team and where this product is heading. 🎉
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Welcome to the Spark family, @glossier! 🎉🎉 We’re thrilled to be partners — and customers — on the journey! 💙
More on our investment here, from @msquinn: medium.com/spark-capital/you…
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Love having @IEX founder Brad Katsuyama at Spark SF today. Why a fair, simple and transparent stock exchange is better. #SparkIdeas
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We at Spark are incredibly proud to announce our investment in @TigerBeetleDB, led by @natalievais. We look forward to partnering with TigerBeetle as they build a financial transactions database for the future. Welcome to the Spark family!
1/ Thrilled to announce @sparkcapital is leading @TigerBeetleDB's $24M Series A. We couldn't be more excited to support @jorandirkgreef and his team on their journey to build a financial transactions database for the future. ⚡️ medium.com/spark-capital/wel…
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Always humbled and inspired by our amazing community.
Thanks to everyone who joined us in our San Francisco office for our summer event☀️
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An honor to have the great Clay Christensen come and speak to the Spark team today. Hard to believe The Innovator's Dilemma is 20 yrs old!🙌
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Congrats to @stewart & team at @SlackHQ on this milestone.
6 million daily users, 100% annual growth they are 🚀
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Blown away by @badassboz. Thank you for chatting with @msquinn today at our Summit! Amazing insights on building iconic brands. 🙌
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🚨🚨 @msquinn is joining @carlquintanilla and the gang on @SquawkAlley this morning. Grab ☕️ and tune in at 11 am ET.
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It's a *very* big day for @getthemirror 🎉🎉 We couldn’t be more excited to play a role in what Brynn & her team are building — and for everyone to see the product that blew our team away! venturebeat.com/2018/09/06/m…
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We're leading @particle's $20 million Series B. Excited to be along for the ride with @zs and team!🎉🎉🎉
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We are also incredibly excited to share the well-earned promotion of @natsandman and @jameskuklinski to General Partner in these new funds.
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Congratulations to @yoniassia and the entire eToro team on their IPO. Spark was proud to lead your A round.
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Congrats to all the amazing venture catalysts featured on this historic cover of @Forbes including our own @msquinn 👏forbes.com/midas/#2843149b56…
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"We feel like smaller startup companies with a singular mission/focus can out-innovate larger companies"
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Congratulations @mlevchin and the entire @affirm team on today’s IPO! We are proud to have been a part of your journey.
Affirm is now #NasdaqListed ($AFRM)! We’re excited about this huge step forward as we bring our mission to life.
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"We're kind of big on David vs. Goliath here" --@bijan
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Congratulations to the @9finHQ team on their latest $50 million funding. We look forward to your continued growth and celebrating all your success!
In case you missed it: we just raised $50m in our Series B round 🎉
This will enable us to invest further in our market-leading AI tech, grow our analytics team, and accelerate expansion in the US.
Find out more in this article by @FT: hubs.li/Q02-5P8t0
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and just like that, Tenderly now has a node-as-a-service offering! Infinitely scalable, benchmarks show up to 8x improvements against peers and above all integrated with the entire beloved Tenderly suite….end-to-end!!
Listen up our dear dev frens – Tenderly Web3 Gateway is live! Our node brings a 360 approach to dapp development. This means you can finally build, test, monitor, and operate smart contracts from a single platform. Ready to get your game on? 😎🧵
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It's that time of year! We rounded up 25 magical products we loved—and used!—in 2017. Great last-minute gift ideas from our team. 🎅🤶 Happy holidays!
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At our core is the belief that founders are the architects of the future. That a product can create a whole new market, not just find market fit, and an outstanding technologist has the soul of an artist. Here’s to the next fifteen! More from @bijan. bit.ly/2Oc5RSF
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We're excited to welcome Rachael Horwitz (@RachaelRad) to the team as our Marketing & Communications Partner: medium.com/@msquinn/welcomin…
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"At the end of the day, design is not how something looks or feels. Design is the abstraction of the technology to the end experience for the consumer." 🙌 Great conversation on design leadership with @InVisionApp and Spark's @msquinn
Season 2 of the #DesignBetter podcast—@msquinn from @sparkcapital talks about the common hurdles she sees across companies as they scale. Listen here invs.io/2KMCnXm
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Tomorrow @msquinn is on stage at @StartupGrind w/ Co-Founder and CEO of @joinHandshake, @GarrettLord. Hope we see you there! #startupgrind
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Proud supporters of @BrynnPutnam and team @getthemirror on their quest to make Mirror the third screen in people's homes.
“It may be fitness and personal training today, but tomorrow it could be a meeting with a therapist or a session with a stylist.”
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Congratulations @1stDibs! 1stDibs began with a vision of bringing the magic of the Paris flea market online. Today, the company is a thriving global marketplace offering a vast selection of unique items. We’ve been proud partners of this team since 2011.
This is BIG. Today, @1stDibs is a #NasdaqListed public company. Tune in at 3:30pm ET to watch CEO @rosenblattdavid ring the Closing Bell to celebrate the occasion bit.ly/3wdkHN0
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Huge congratulations to @Hivemapper on their Series A - so much exciting progress on the horizon!
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We are delighted to lead @AnthropicAI's series C. A warm welcome from all of us at Spark! medium.com/spark-capital/wel…
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New year, new career? Here's a few incredible startups from the Spark family who are growing (and hiring!) in 2019 🎉🎉 @JustworksHR, @nylas, @jfrog, @InVisionApp, @Plaid, @discordapp, @cartainc
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So proud to partner with these visionary brand builders: @friedgal, @kieroyale and the @mylolatweet team! 👏👏 forbes.com/sites/elanagross/…
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Thrilled to announce we're doubling down on @FreightFarms and invested in their $7.3 million Series B. 🌱👊
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Special thanks to our community of founders and friends for joining us for our annual Spark Fall Party!
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A heartfelt thank you to the amazing founders we get to work with every day.
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“Talk to a founder after an exit about their most important investor. They don’t talk about slightly higher term sheets or the best technical recruiting services. They say this is the board member that was there for me when it really mattered.” - @nabeel
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Congrats to Spark portfolio cos @Affirm @cartainc @coinbase @earnin @Flywire @IEX and @Plaid 👏🎉👏 In good company on Forbes #Fintech50 forbes.com/fintech/2019/#7af…
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Tomorrow! Ask @kevinthau questions about anything. Question inspiration: he has over 20 years working in startups, has a new puppy at home.
Join @KevinThau General Partner @SparkCapital for a LIVE chat on 11/04 @ 10am PST. Ask Kevin anything 💫 producthunt.com/live/kevin-t…
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Welcome to the Spark family, @OwlLabsInc! 🎉🎉 Smart tech like Meeting Owl will be essential in driving productivity & collaboration among an increasingly distributed workforce. We're thrilled to lead their Series B! venturebeat.com/2019/04/17/o…
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Today, we are very excited to announce our investment in @badiapp , a start-up based in Barcelona that is revolutionizing the real estate market. 🎉🎉
More via @finkelstein1:
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Congrats to @FlywireCo on their $100M Series D! 👏🎉👏 An incredible team on a mission to improve the payment experience globally. forbes.com/sites/jeffkauflin…
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SO proud to see @Andela expanding their reach & furthering their mission to build the next gen of technology leaders in Africa 🙌🚀 @Andela_Kigali nitter.app/Andela_Kenya/status/10…
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Congratulations @Andela on your $40M raise and all that you've accomplished 🙌 via @finkelstein1:
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Great insights from @nabeel:
“Many great startups and career paths started from hobbies, from things that were about pure passion.”
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Congratulations @mpmassaro and team @flywire! Today, they announced their Series E and the acquisition of Simplee. Both will help them further accomplish their mission of providing seamless, cross-border payments across healthcare, travel, and education.
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Spark is making Juneteenth (6/19) a company holiday. A day we'll spend reflecting, volunteering, and further educating ourselves. We're proud to follow our companies like Twitter and Glossier that have already taken this step. hellajuneteenth.com/
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Thinking about the great time we had with our community this week. Have a great weekend everyone 😍 #SummerParty
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Congratulations, @CarlosPierretri and the entire @Badi team on launching in NYC!
Badi, which is already live in London, Barcelona, Madrid, and Berlin, connects individuals to tenants for easy long-term room rentals. bit.ly/2VrDrc2
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Today, @talkspace listed on Nasdaq. We’ve worked with Roni and Oren Frank since leading their seed round and later their Series A. We could not be prouder of their unwavering commitment to making therapy accessible to all. On behalf of Spark and @finkelstein1, congratulations!
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Thank you, @Basti and @Postmates. We are honored to have been on this journey with you since 2014. Congratulations on joining forces with @Uber. medium.com/spark-capital/tha…
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We are proud to partner with founders @edwardchiu, @kvn_chiu, and the entire @CatalystIO team on their mission to help businesses bring Customer Success to the center of their organization. news.crunchbase.com/news/cat…
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We are very excited to back @bradmenezes and the entire @superblocks team — welcome!
Excited to announce @superblocks $37M funding round led by @kleinerperkins, @sparkcapital, @MeritechCapital & Greenoaks alongside world-renowned operators
We’re on a mission to save developers 1000s of hours building custom internal tools. A thread 👇
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We are thrilled to continue to support @Bouazizalex, @copernicussw, and the entire unstoppable @deel team as they continue to enable companies to hire, scale, and pay their teams all over the world. Congratulations on this milestone!
I’m so proud & excited to finally share that @deel has raised its Series C of $156 million led by @ycombinator Continuity & co-led by @a16z + @sparkcapital.
That’s 🦄 status, captain!!!
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Congrats to @cybereason on their $100 million Series D 🎉 It's been a privilege to be your partner on this journey.
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Should social media literacy be taught in schools? A discussion on social media's impact on health #FutureofTherapy
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We're thrilled for the team at @Andela! 👏👏 An exciting next step in developing Africa's top-tier technology talent ft.com/content/dbe61434-1e41…
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Something's happening in enterprise—@bijan talks about why we're into products like @SlackHQ, @trello, @pendoio etc.
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Today’s milestone for @Flywire is many years in the making. We are privileged to have been part of this journey from the beginning as you transformed complex payments for industries from education to healthcare and beyond. Congratulations, Flywire!
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Congrats @mlevchin and team 🚀🙌
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This headline says it all 👇@CTRLlabsCo 👏👏 techcrunch.com/2018/11/01/th…
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Megan has had an enormous impact on Spark over the past 5 years. We will miss her dearly, but we are thrilled she is staying in the Spark family by joining Niantic as COO. We know she will also have an immense impact in her new role.
John and team are lucky to have you!
It is unquestionably an unusual time to make -- let alone share -- a career change. But, I’m deeply grateful to so many, chiefly the entrepreneurs I work with, my partners at @sparkcapital, @JohnHanke and the entire @NianticLabs team. medium.com/@msquinn/full-cir…
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We are thrilled to continue to partner with @zachperret and the entire @Plaid team to further their mission of supporting the massive growth in fintech and enabling the next generation of digital financial services. cnbc.com/2021/04/07/plaid-hi…
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Excited to announce @remarkablepaper is joining the Spark family! More from @kevinthau:
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It's been quite a year for @tourlane! We're thrilled to partner for the next leg of the journey 🚀 techcrunch.com/2019/05/07/to…
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Congrats to @splashthat: Their #odetoplanners video is on @Salesforce's "6 B2B Holiday Marketing Campaigns We Love" bit.ly/1OL48A3
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Welcome to the Spark Capital team @msquinn: Spark Growth growing ow.ly/UtZFa
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Congrats @IEX! There's a new stock exchange in town 🙌
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"Genius is evenly distributed; opportunity is not. That truth is the driving principle behind @Andela" ow.ly/ON5Di @TechCrunch
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We're thrilled to announce our investment in @FullHarvestSF!🍏🎉 Proud to partner with them as they change how the food industry manages surplus produce — creating less waste & more profit for all 🙌 More here from @jmelaskyriazi: medium.com/spark-capital/spa…
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Today, we're excited to announce our investment in Homelike, the leading marketplace for long-term business apartment rentals in 100+ cities globally (and growing!) 🎉🎉🎉 @thehomelike
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We're thrilled to welcome @Medium into the Spark Capital family. More from @KevinThau: bit.ly/23MuUPU
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Congrats to @orenfrank and the team @talkspace! 👏🎉 It's been such an honor be on this journey with you. Amazing product and mission.
We're so grateful for the support of such a wonderful community––here's to bringing #therapy to all! ow.ly/tvLP30eXH7f #HereToHelp
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We are proud partners of @EmilyWWeiss and the entire team @glossier!
"Emily has helped a generation of consumers feel good about themselves—something the beauty industry has historically failed to do."
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Congratulations, @Andela, @benchling, @getthemirror, @SmartRentdotcom, and @tray on being named one of the 25 fastest-growing startups most likely to reach a $1 billion valuation by Forbes. We’re proud to be on this journey with each of you. bit.ly/2ZJgGCs
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🚪Get excited🚪 —@finkelstein1 works with @IEX, @mark43, @Andela and @talkspace to name a few. Ask him your questions tomorrow a.m.!
Join Alex Finkelstein General Partner at @SparkCapital for a LIVE Chat on April 20 and @finkelstein1 anything 👉 producthunt.com/live/alex-fi…
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"Growth & culture are two sides of the same coin: the key to growing is culture, and the key to culture is hiring. This is why we invest so much time and energy in hiring correctly." 💯👏 @travelperk CEO @avimeir on @twentyminutevc thetwentyminutevc.com/avimei…
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We're very excited to work with @kieroyale and @friedgal. They're building something great.
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Congrats to the Andela team on their latest $200M round.
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What do we look for in early stage companies? Great founders, awesome product + big, kinda crazy audacious ideas. producthunt.com/live/alex-fi…
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Congrats to @Andela and @trello on being named 2 of 10 hot startups in NYC by @Forbes ow.ly/ZUgva @TanyaPrive1
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