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Mobiz, a start-up that dynamically integrates hyper-personalization into mobile marketing, announces a raise of $4 million in its pre-series A funding round, with lead investments from HAVAÍC and Futuregrowth Asset Management, and participation from Launch Africa, Allan Gray E-Squared Ventures, CapaciTech, and Endeavor's Harvest Fund.The newly raised capital will allow South African-founded Mobiz to bring its self-service product to the U.S. In its home market, the company won leading brands, including Experian, Hisense, MultiChoice, and New Balance, helping them implement high-impact, personalized, mobile marketing programs at scale. The U.S. market for SMS is projected to reach $12.5 billion dollars by 2025, according to Grandview Research, and is expected to register a CAGR of 20.3% from 2019 to 2025. This projected growth of SMS marketing combined with data-led personalization puts the Mobiz product in a prime position to supercharge mobile marketing for businesses of all sizes...

Bothnia Consulting Group is proud to announce the addition of the distinguished and prominent humanitarian figure and attorney, Richard Walden, to its Board of Directors. Walden is one the most trusted voices and brands for disaster aid relief, international development, and global public health legislation.Richard has served as Co-Founder and CEO of Operation USA for 43 years - an international disaster relief and development agency helping global communities overcome the effects of disasters, disease, violence and endemic poverty. Since inception, OpUSA has deployed more than $450 million across 100 countries. The organization partners with groups such as the United Nations, NASA, and International Rescue Committee. Strategic partnerships include Honeywell, Milton Giving Fund, Sony Music Group, and Stryker. Celebrity affiliates include Julie Andrews, Barbara Streisand, Sharon Stone, Rosario Dawson, Bill Maher, George Hamilton and Jackson Browne."The addition of Richard will acce...

It's a bird, it's a plane, it's Motivosity's most revolutionary innovation yet ... Please make way for the ThanksMatters Card. Motivosity, a software for employee recognition and engagement, has always been uncompromising in its mission to help make people happier at work, and this development shows its commitment to do just that.Let's go on a quick tour of this new tool in the MV arsenal; combining the ease of Motivosity's dollar-for-dollar feature and the accessibility of Visa, the ThanksMatters card transfers peer-to-peer recognition into the literal pockets of users. From local to international employees, the ThanksMatters card is the perfect solution. With the implementation of Motivosity's software, users in North America will receive a digital and physical ThanksMatters card. No activation is required so, as soon as they sign up, the user's Motivosity spending money balance is ready and available to be spent wherever Visa is accepted. Users outsid...

This Christmas season, Washington, DC audiences have a unique opportunity to experience an original theatrical event and musical production at the Museum of the Bible.  The Ringing Nativity is a fresh telling of the classic nativity story accompanied entirely by English handbells.  This never-before-seen production gives audiences a look inside the world of Bezalel, a first century Israelite and craftsman who waits expectantly for the promised Messiah.  One night, Bezalel and his small family are visited by a wealth traveler from the East who has followed a star to find a new king.  A nationally auditioned ensemble of elite handbell musicians joins the drama cast on stage to provide the glorious artistry of handbell ringing as the soundtrack for The Heavens are Ringing -- the original play written for the world premiere of the Ringing Nativity.  The World Stage Theater at the Museum of the Bible in Washington, DC is a 400-seat, state-of-the-art immersive th...