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Institutional Investors Launch ‘ESG Book’ To Standardize Sustainable Data
A group of major financial institutions launched an 'ESG book,' with the goal to make sustainability data more widely available and comparable.
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- Investing
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- Global
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Analysis: Private Asset Impact Funds Show Resilience in the Face Of The COVID-19 Pandemic, Forecast Double-digit Growth In 2021
With a record sample size of 175 impact funds, the 2021 edition of Tameo’s flagship research report brings refreshing transparency and a holistic understanding of key trends and benchmarks inherent to impact investing strategies through funds.
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- Coronavirus, Investing
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- Global
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Housing Finance Company Altum Credo Raises $12 Million in Funding in India
The housing finance company, Altum Credo, announced it has raised $12 million, in fresh equity funding led by growth fund Amicus Capital.
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- Asia Pacific
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- housing, impact investing
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Kidvento App Raises $1 Million In Pre Series A Funding in India
The funds for Kidvento App, a curriculum solutions app, will be utilized to strengthen content, delivery and to gain momentum.
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- Asia Pacific
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- edtech
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Swiggy To Invest $700 Million in Instant Grocery Delivery Service in India
Swiggy, India’s top food-delivery startup, will invest $700 million in its express grocery delivery service Instamart, significantly intensifying the competition for quick commerce in the world’s second largest market.
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- Investing
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- Asia Pacific
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Press Release: Bessemer Venture Partners Raises $220 Million to Back Founders in India
Bessemer Venture Partners announced the close of a dedicated $220 million fund in India to build on its long-standing success in the country and back the next generation of innovators in India.
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- Investing
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- Asia Pacific
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The Systemic Reasons Behind the SGB Investment Gap: Why Investors Need Systems Data in Emerging Markets
Despite over-performing returns, venture capital investment in emerging markets accounts for only about 10% of total VC capital invested, and a significant financing gap remains for small and growing businesses (SGBs) in these environments. Jason Eaves at Discovered Markets presents several multifaceted reasons for this gap, and presents an unexploited solution: using systems data to overcome the biases and lack of market visibility that limit both investors' and other organizations' ability to effectively support SGBs in these markets.
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- Investing, Technology
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Solutions to the Care Crisis: How Social Enterprises and Impact Investing Can Transform the Care Economy
The care economy – i.e., paid and unpaid care provided to children, the elderly, and those with illnesses or disabilities – is central to our society’s well-being and to the broader economy. But according to analysts at IDRC, E. T. Jackson and Associates Ltd., and the Soros Economic Development Fund, COVID-19 has worsened the challenges facing these primarily female workers. They explore some innovative market-based solutions to these issues, and discuss how impact investors and other stakeholders can better support care workers, particularly in the Global South.
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- Investing, Social Enterprise, Transportation
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