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Luxembourg Ministry of Finance Appoints Schroders and BlueOrchard to Accelerate Climate Action With a Landmark Partnership
The goal is to contribute to the transition to carbon-neutral and resilient economies while achieving sustainable growth in emerging markets.
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- Global
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SentinelOne Plans to Invest $50 Million in India, Launches Operations Centre in Bengaluru
The company today launched its 'Operations Centre' in the city to help organizations in the broader region address the growing threat of cyberattacks.
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- Investing, Technology
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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Press Release: DFC Approves $1.4 Billion for Projects that Advance Development Impact Across Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe, and Latin America and the Caribbean
34 transactions approved this quarter utilize DFC’s tools including equity and funds investments to address U.S. priorities and global development challenges
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- Investing
- Region
- Global
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Sequoia Raises $2.85 Billion to Keep Financing Entrepreneurs in India, Southeast Asia
Sequoia has raised $2.85 billion to finance entrepreneurs in India and Southeast Asia.
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- Investing
- Region
- Global
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- impact investing
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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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Sustainable Investing to Surge to $125 Billion in India by 2026: Benori Knowledge Report
The factors encouraging sustainable investment ventures in the country are consumer demand for socially responsible brand behaviour, government policies and the massive growth of cleantech and green initiatives.
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- Investing
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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- ESG, impact investing
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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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Press Release: Vice President Harris Announces More Than $1.9 Billion in New Private Sector Commitments as Part of Call to Action for Northern Central America
The Vice President, U.S. Department of State, and the Partnership for Central America (PCA), come together to announce private sector commitments now total more than $3.2 billion
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- Investing, Telecommunications
- Region
- Latin America
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