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Aspire Raises $158 Million Series B To Build a Full-Stack “Financial Operating System” for Southeast Asian Businesses
Aspire also operates in Indonesia and Vietnam and is laying the groundwork, including regulatory, to expand into other Southeast Asian markets,
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- Finance, Technology
- Region
- South Asia
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Zola Electric Closes $90 Million Funding Round To Scale Technology and Enter New Markets
Zola Electric, one such provider, is announcing today that it has closed $90 million in new funding to enter new markets and drive distributed renewable energy.
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- Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Mexico’s Kavak Drives Away With $700 Million in New Funding, Doubling Its Valuation to $8.7 Billion
Kavak, a Mexico City-based startup that operates a pre-owned car marketplace in Latin America, announced it has raised a massive Series E round that more than doubles the company’s valuation.
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- Finance, Technology, Transportation
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- Latin America
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Alibaba-Backed eWTP Fund Enters Indonesia by Joining Insurtech Startup Fuse’s Series B Round
eWTP, an Alibaba-backed fund based in China, aims to tap startup opportunities in emerging markets.
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- Technology
- Region
- South Asia
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Malaysia-Based Socar Raises US $55 Million in Series B Funding Round From New Investors EastBridge Partners, Sime Darby
SOCAR plans to use the funding to support continuous tech enhancements, the introduction of clean mobility initiatives, and further development of its P2P car-sharing marketplace TREVO.
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- Investing, Technology, Transportation
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- South Asia
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Press Release: DFC Approves More Than $1.4 Billion in New Investments for COVID-19 Response, Global Health, Gender Equity, Technology, and Renewable Energy
The U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) Board of Directors has approved nine investments totaling $925 million this quarter.
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- Coronavirus, Health Care, Technology
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- Global
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Dopay Raises $18 Million Series A Round
Dopay, the innovative B2B2C payments platform serving 1.7bn unbanked workers in emerging markets, has closed a US$ 18 million Series A funding round.
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- Finance, Technology
- Region
- Global
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Visa, Nasscom Foundation to Train Women Micro-Entrepreneurs in India
Visa and NASSCOM Foundation will work with over 650 women micro-entrepreneurs and train them to go online, rebuild and expand their businesses in India.
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- Technology
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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- MSMEs, women entrepreneurs
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