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Press Release: Deetken Impact Launches Gender-Smart Alternative Finance Fund
The Fund will complement the strong track record of its first three debt impact funds by offering gender-smart, tailored financing instruments at scale.
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- Investing
- Region
- Latin America
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Analysis: Net Zero Emissions Is a Long-Term Climate Challenge in Latin America
Countries in Latin America have already committed to balancing their greenhouse gas emissions and removals, a key objective of the Paris Agreement, but there is a long road ahead.
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- Environment
- Region
- Latin America
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Press Release: DFC and USAID Provide $10 Million Loan Portfolio Guaranty for Conservation International Foundation’s Impact Investment Fund, Conservation International Ventures, Supporting Conservation in Mexico, Peru, and Colombia
With U.S. support, Conservation International and Conservation International Ventures intend to maximize environmental and social outcomes.
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- Investing
- Region
- Latin America
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Colombian Fintech Start-Up Plurall Bags $20 Million Debt Funding
Plurall, a Latin American fintech start-up aiming to provide financial services for entrepreneurs, has raised $20 million in debt financing.
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- Finance, Technology
- Region
- Latin America
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- financial inclusion, fintech, MSMEs, startups
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R2 Closes $15 Million Series A Round to Provide Frictionless Credit to Small Businesses
87% of credit demand by small businesses in Latin America is unmet, and R2’s goal is to change this reality through an embedded lending infrastructure.
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- Finance, Technology
- Region
- Latin America
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Fuse Capital Looks to Raise $50 Million to Invest in Latin America Web3 Startups
Brazilian-based Fuse Capital has started raising Fuse Capital Fund II, whose central thesis will be investing in the next generation of web3 startups in Latin America.
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- Investing, Technology
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- Latin America
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IFC Invests Another $35 Million Into Brazil’s Odata
International Finance Corporation (IFC) has invested a further $35 million into Brazilian data center firm OData.
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- Technology
- Region
- Latin America
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- accelerators, data, impact investing, scale
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Acceso Connects Farmers to Formal Markets for Increased Earnings and Food Security
With a business model based on keeping both profits and produce local, Acceso is aiming to reduce rural poverty by providing opportunities and stabilizing local food systems.
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- Agriculture, Social Enterprise
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- Latin America
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