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RxAll grabs $3.15M to scale its drug checking and counterfeiting tech across Africa

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More modern approaches are being adopted these days, which is the case of RxAll , a startup using deep technology to provide quality medication to patients. In 2006, Alonge was a victim of fake pharmaceuticals and almost died after taking medicine that contained lethal levels of diazepam. Today, the U.S.

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Does Atlantic Canada have a blueprint for rural revival in the post-pandemic era?

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Can Bitcoin find its practical use case as a currency in Latin America? Stephen Harper, the country’s prime minister from 2006 to 2015, famously quipped that the region suffered from “ a culture of defeatism.” With every VC investment, the region’s network of startups builds the social capital that can enable the next round of funding.

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Making sense of Klarna

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By enabling customers that shopped online to be mailed an invoice with 30 days to pay, online shopping could be made easier and safer for consumers, which in turn helped increase sales for retailers. Between 2006 and 2008, Klarna continued to grow as more people started shopping online.

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Making sense of Klarna

TechCrunch

By enabling customers that shopped online to be mailed an invoice with 30 days to pay, online shopping could be made easier and safer for consumers, which in turn helped increase sales for retailers. Between 2006 and 2008, Klarna continued to grow as more people started shopping online.

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Contenting is Hard

This is going to be BIG.

Six Apart, the makers of Typepad and Vox (a different Vox), which were meant for indie and small bloggers, raised $12mm from August Capital in 2006. Each new social media platform enables users to do slightly different things, with the various features, limitations, etc. One company seemed to be a bet on everyone blogging.