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Report: Shifting Investor Appetite Prolongs Fundraising for African Startups
African startups will have to become comfortable with longer fundraising timelines, a new report suggested, as more dealmakers flock to ventures at the seed stage in a changing investment landscape.
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- Investing
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- research, startups, venture capital
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Tapping the Potential of Catalytic Carbon Finance: Could This Collaborative Approach Unlock Scale in Africa’s Off-Grid Solar Sector?
Addressing Africa's growing demand for reliable, renewable energy is essential for the continent's sustainable economic development. But as Peter Simiyu at EcoSecurities explains, despite Africa's ample clean energy resources, just 2% of renewable energy investments have been channelled to the region in the past decade. He explores how an innovative approach to catalytic carbon finance could help provide the funding businesses need to kick-start off-grid power deployment, enabling Africa to lead the global shift toward clean energy.
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- Energy, Environment, Investing
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Charging Infrastructure Provider Bolt.Earth Nets $5 Million
The company plans to use the fresh capital for scaling up its business operations.
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- Investing, Technology, Transportation
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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South African Insurance-Technology Start-up Naked Raises R700-Million in Biggest Funding Round to Date
The funding round, which included existing investors such as Hollard and the International Finance Corporation, has drawn funding for the first time from BlueOrchard, a global impact investment firm.
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- Investing, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Record US $20 Billion Pulled From ESG Funds in US After Republican Party Attacks
It is the latest sign that environmental, social and governance (ESG) metrics are under siege in the world’s largest economy.
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- Environment, Investing
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- North America
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- data, decarbonization, ESG
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NatureMetrics Secures $25 Million Series B Funding to Accelerate Biodiversity Monitoring Technology Solution
Investment will enhance NatureMetrics' nature intelligence platform, AI capabilities and environmental DNA (eDNA) solution, set to underpin a new era of nature reporting.
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- Environment, Investing
- Region
- Global
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WDI Names Rajat Chabba Senior Director of Innovation, Partnerships
Our parent organization, the William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan (WDI), has named Rajat Chabba as Senior Director of Innovation and Partnerships, a new position for the Institute.
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- Agriculture, Education, Energy, Environment, Finance, Health Care, Investing, Social Enterprise, Technology, Transportation
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- Global
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KOIS Appoints Impact Comms Expert Impact & Influence as Its Partner
I&I is a specialist communications consultancy, founded to focus on impact investing, and will advise on both the positioning and the delivery of KOIS Advisory.
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- Education, Energy, Environment, Finance, Health Care, Investing
- Region
- Global
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