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Egyptian social commerce startup Brimore raises $25M led by IFC and Endure Capital

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The Egyptian social e-commerce market will be worth over $14.8 The opportunity in the market can be attributed to the growth in online social sellers in the country, over 1.25 million them, helping little-known brands sell and distribute their goods via different networks. billion by 2024. Most of them happen to be women.”.

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How Zenly made social maps cool again — and what’s next

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Zenly has always felt like the small social app that could become the next big thing. But it turns it Zenly is quietly becoming a social giant without anyone paying much attention — at least until now. Originally designed in Paris, the app was acquired by Snap back in 2017. This isn’t a social network.

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Shares is a new stock trading app with a focus on social features

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Meet Shares , a new European startup that wants to add a social twist to financial investment — in this case, the company means “social” as in “social network” The startup has been developing its product under the radar for a few months already. It is also moving at a fast pace.

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Sharify makes it super simple to rediscover your city’s social side

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The pandemic has upended many aspects of urban life but perhaps the most visible upheaval is to citydwellers’ social lives, with curfews calling time on traditional night life across much of the Western world and social distancing putting a chilly spin on opportunities for getting together with people outside your usual circle.

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Beam Impact raises $13.3M to turn everyday purchases into a way to support social causes

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Beam Impact , a company that enables consumers to turn their spending into a way to support social causes, has raised $13.3 The company’s B2B2C model connects consumers with brands that are supporting social causes and allows them to donate a portion of their purchases to a nonprofit of their choice, at no cost to them.

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Today’s real story: The Facebook monopoly

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Daniel Liss is the founder and CEO of Dispo , the digital disposable camera social network. District Court for the District of Columbia put it in his recent decision , “No one who hears the title of the 2010 film ‘The Social Network’ wonders which company it is about.” Daniel Liss. Contributor. Share on Twitter.

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Melbourne-based Blinq wants to make paper business cards obsolete

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Business cards feel almost as outdated as Victorian calling cards, but they are still a networking staple. The app generates a QR code that shows your professional info, including social media links, as soon as someone scans it, even if they don’t have the app installed. Melbourne-based Blinq wants to do away with them altogether.

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