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African Development Bank to Unlock $10 Billion for African Farmers With New $500 Million Facility
"The facility, designed to close the financing gap for smallholder farmers, will deploy innovative financial instruments. . . "
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- Agriculture, Finance
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- fintech, lending, scale, smallholder farmers
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Khula Secures $6.8 Million Series A Funding to Expand Its Agri-Tech Platform
As Khula builds on its progress, the funding will support further expansion, bringing more farmers and agribusinesses into its ecosystem while strengthening the digital infrastructure that connects them.
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- Agriculture, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Press Release: Agros Closes Series A Funding Round of US$4.25 Million to Scale Solar-Powered Irrigation in Southeast Asia
This investment, which follows Agros's pre-Series A round of US$2.7 million raised less than 2 years ago, underscores the company's rapid growth and commitment to transforming agriculture in Southeast Asia.
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- Agriculture, Energy, Investing
- Region
- South Asia
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Eurazeo Reaches €300 Million First Close With Its Planetary Boundaries Fund
The fund has already made its first investment, taking a majority stake in Bioline AgroSciences, which produces and markets macrobials, a range of microorganisms used in the control of insect pests in a variety of crops.
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- Agriculture, Energy, Environment
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- Global
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- agtech, climate change, MSMEs
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BII Announces $75 Million Facility With HBL to Enhance Food Security and Farmers’ Climate Resilience in Pakistan
Funding from the facility will be directed towards the agriculture sector, which contributes 24 per cent to Pakistan’s GDP and employs 37 per cent of its workforce, including being the largest employer of women.
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- Agriculture, Environment
- Region
- North Africa & Near East
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MapMyCrop, Varaha, and Connektra.io Secure Fresh Funding to Drive Innovation
The following startups have announced their latest funding rounds, securing investments to drive innovation and expansion.
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- Agriculture
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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Regenerative Brand GoodSam Foods Raises $9 Million to Build Up Its ‘Direct Trade’ Model With Farmers
The GoodSAM “direct trade” model removes middlemen, connects smallholder farmers to markets, and strives to bring them better wages.
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- Agriculture
- Region
- Global
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BII, Swedfund and Norfund Invest $85 Million in AgDevCo to Support Agribusinesses in Africa
The funding aims at support high-impact agribusinesses to increase productivity and improve food security in rural areas.
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- Agriculture, Investing
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa