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>> i thought this was america, jillian. they are terrifying. i -- david, i dont know if youve seen -- gosh, what is it? the vince vaughn christmas movie? theres like a thousand santas that go running down the street. maybe they could just borrow a few. >> concierge and does. its the new thing but have santa come to your house. hey, good for santas, now they get to have a higher wage. they are more in demand. capitalism at its best. >> the movie is fred claus. you should watch it if you havent. i...

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Welcome to Startups Weekly, a fresh human-first take on this week’s startup news and trends. To get this in your inbox, subscribe here. Indiegogo, an early startup that capitalized on the crowdfunding movement, will begin more closely screening crowdfunding campaigns on its platform, it announced this week. The Verge says that the company created an […]

During its Communities Summit 2021 live-streamed event, Facebook revealed plans to roll out subgroups to its larger Groups platform. With this feature, Groups

Chipper Cash, a pan-African cross-border payments company, has closed $150 million in a Series C extension round led by cryptocurrency

Chipper Cash, an African cross-border payments company, has raised $150 million in a Series C extension round led by Sam Bankman-Fried’s cryptocurrency exchange platform FTX. The investment comes barely six months after Chipper Cash closed its first Series C round of $100 million, led by SVB Capital, the corporate venture capital arm of SVB Financial […]

Chipper Cash extended its series C and raised $150 million at a valuation little over $2 billion—making the company the latest African unicorn

A new monetization stream could be coming to TikTok. The micro-video platform is testing an always-on Tipping tool with select creators, Techcrunch reports, adding to the existingability to tip users during TikTok live streams. Creators can apply to be a part of the test in account settings -- if they have at least 100,000 followers, and their accounts are in good standing. Once approved, a Tip button will appear in users’ profiles, through which they can receive payments from fans directly....

Twitter is rolling out the ability for all iOS users globally to Super Follow select creators. The option was previously only available to users in the U.S. and Canada. Super Follows allow users to subscribe to accounts they like for a monthly subscription fee in exchange for exclusive content. It’s Super Following time –– everyone […]