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		<title>TransferWise raises $58M in Andreessen Horowitz-led Series C</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2015 11:02:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[London-based online currency transfer outfit TransferWise has raised a $58 million Series C round that was led by Andreessen Horowitz. This follows a $25 million Series B round just seven months&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Will Change.org’s new funding compromise its mission?</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Petition website Change.org has raised a $25 million Series C round in a rather unusual way. Instead of finding institutional investment firms, Change.org's new funding comes from socially conscious individuals (and&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Drone company 3D Robotics lands an investment from Richard Branson</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Sep 2014 23:11:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[3D Robotics, a company which develops drones for both commercial and consumer use, announced that Richard Branson has invested in the company. ]]></description>
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		<title>Branson and Thiel join in $25M Series B round for forex upstart TransferWise</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jun 2014 06:38:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Meyer]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We've covered TransferWise quite a few times – along with one or two rivals such as CurrencyFair, the London-based financial technology startup offers a genuinely disruptive foreign exchange service that significantly&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Indiegogo adds a few celebrity investors to its $40M round</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2014 14:00:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Indiegogo, the crowdfunding marketplace popular with hardware projects, has added some celebrity investors including Sir. Richard Branson, the founder of Virgin Group, to its $40 million round announced in January. Other&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Former Netflix CFO joins mobile payments startup Clinkle</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Oct 2013 11:00:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Clinkle claims it will invigorate the lackluster mobile payments market, though it still won't tell us how. Former Netflix finance honcho Barry McCarthy, however, is confident enough in Clinkle's plan to&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Clinkle becomes a tech celebrity magnet, landing Richard Branson as an investor</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Sep 2013 11:30:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Though we may know little about mysterious mobile payments startup Clinkle, investors given a peek into its inner workings are seeing a lot to like. Sir Richard Branson has joined an&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Why does LinkedIn want to be a media company? It&#8217;s all about the data</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Why does LinkedIn care if you get your news there or anywhere else? The company knows the more news there is on LinkedIn, the more likely you are to visit, and&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Morgan Freeman, Richard Branson take to YouTube to oppose the war on drugs</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some of the most prominent critics of the war on drugs are taking to YouTube to promote a new documentary called Breaking the Taboo that will be released for free on&#8230;]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[Education startup Codecademy -- which promises to help anyone learn to program with its game-like online courses -- is stepping up to the international market with a $10 million round of&#8230;]]></description>
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