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Financepeer Bags $31 Million in Funding From QED, Aavishkaar Capital
The company had raised $3 million in 2020 from MS Fincap, Danube, Aar Em Ventures, Angelbay Holdings, JITO Angel Network, and HEM Angels.
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- Asia Pacific
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African Development Bank Earmarks €10 Million Equity Investment to Drive Africa Tech Startups
The investment will help Cathay-AfricInvest Innovation Fund meet its target of securing €110m to invest in over 20 early-stage ventures across sub-Saharan Africa.
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- Finance, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Ualá Founder Raises US $30 Million for Latin American Venture Capital Fund
Founder of Argentine fintech Ualá, Pierpaolo Barbieri, launches venture capital firm with US$30 million from a roster of investors.
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- Latin America
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- fintech, startups, venture capital
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Analysis: Do African Startups Really Benefit From the Foreign Capital Craze?
Although foreign funds are increasingly pouring into the continent, especially into start-ups, the real benefit to local economies is far from certain. One solution is to encourage the emergence of African-owned companies.
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- Uncategorized
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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How the Founder of $12 Billion Startup Goodleap Is Revolutionizing Nonprofit Funding
Solar power entrepreneur Hayes Barnard discovered an innovative revenue model for charities, which fuels his nonprofit GivePower.
- Region
- Global
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- nonprofits, renewable energy, solar, startups
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India’s First Biomaterial Startup Phool.co Raises $8 Million in Series a Funding
The Kanpur-based startup plans to use the capital to scale operations, and explore the untapped domestic and global growth opportunities.
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- WASH
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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Supporting Financial Health Startups: Four Lessons for Impact Investors, Foundations and Governments
Over the past few years, Village Capital has run Finance Forward, a global coalition to support early-stage entrepreneurs building tech-enabled solutions around financial health. Village Capital CEO Allie Burns shares highlights from a new report that analyzed data from the 1,000+ companies that applied to the program around the world. The report paints a picture of the global state of financial health startups, and offers lessons for impact investors, foundations and government leaders who hope to grow the ecosystem for financial health innovation.
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- Finance, Impact Assessment, Investing, Technology
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India’s Classplus Raises $70 Million to Help Teachers and Creators Expand Their Reach
A Noida-based startup that is helping teachers and creators operate, manage and sell courses to students has raised $70 million in a new financing round.
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- Education, Technology
- Region
- Asia Pacific
- Tags
- edtech, global development, startups
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