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Indonesia’s Fresh Factory Secures $4.5 Million Seed Funding Led by East Ventures
Fresh Factory funding will accelerate bringing new innovation to the cold chain management industry in Indonesia.
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- Investing
- Region
- South Asia
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- impact investing, startups
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Latin America Venture Capital Firm Maya Raises $100 Million in Second Fund
Venture capital firm Maya has raised $100 million in its second fund to invest in early stage Latin American startups.
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- Investing
- Region
- Latin America
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Indonesia E-commerce Logistic Solutions Startup Biteship Secures Seed Funding Co-led by East Ventures and Beenext
Biteship, an Indonesia-based e-commerce logistic solution startup with a focus on empowering small-medium enterprises (SMEs), announced it has secured seed funding co-led by East Ventures and Beenext.
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- Technology
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- South Asia
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- e-commerce, startups
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Leading the Way to Greater Impact: Why Addressing the Lack of Lead Investors is Key to Building Stronger Startups in Emerging Markets
Raising capital is a critically important function for startups. But as Patricia Chin-Sweeney at Beyond Capital Ventures explains, there is typically a shortage of investors who are willing to lead an investment round – and until a lead is secured, the process of capital raising is in limbo. And unfortunately, many startup founders are unaware of this, wasting precious time speaking to funders who cannot lead the round. She explores the value that a lead investor role can provide to both startups and investors, and discusses the need for more lead investors in Africa and other emerging markets.
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- Investing
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Fintech Kissht Raises $80 Million to Enhance Product Offerings
Kissht launched a millennial-focused, fully digital credit and payments app called Ring.
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- Finance, Technology
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- Asia Pacific
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Zvolv to Invest $3 Million to Scale up Middle East & North Africa Operations
The investment will help the Pune-based startup, to strengthen its business operations as well as build on its partner ecosystem.
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- Investing
- Region
- Global
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- impact investing, scale, startups
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Indian Edtech PhysicsWallah Becomes Unicorn With $100 Million Series A Funding
An Indian edtech startup that has made deep inroads in smaller Indian cities and towns with its low-cost learning offerings is the latest to join the South Asian nation’s fast-growing unicorn club.
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- Education, Technology
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- Asia Pacific
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Nigerian Startup Klasha Gets an Additional $2.1 Million for Its Cross-Border Commerce Play
Lagos and San Francisco-based Klasha has received an additional $2.1 million to complete its $4.5 million seed round.
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- Finance
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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