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Press Release: Lightrock Closed USD $900 Million Global Growth Fund, Investing In People, Planet and Productivity in Europe, India and Latin America
Lightrock, a global impact private equity firm closed its Lightrock Growth Fund I with investments from LGT and its private clients.
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- Investing, Technology, Transportation
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- Global
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Research that Embraces the Messiness of Real Life: How an Innovative, Tech-Enabled Survey Method is Revealing the True Feelings of the Bottom Billion
Of any population in the world, the poor are the least likely to feel free to speak their minds, which makes it difficult to use surveys to understand and meet their unique needs. Daryl Collins, and Carolina de Miranda and Laura Morínigo of Fundación Capital, explore how tech-enabled research methods can provide a solution to this dilemma. They share how a unique, WhatsApp-based survey approach has helped Fundación Capital understand the nuanced meaning behind the responses of women who participated in a gender norms-focused messaging campaign in Paraguay.
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- Impact Assessment, Technology
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Analysis: How Decentralized Finance Will Transform Business Financial Services – Especially for SMEs
Uptake of DeFi in transaction banking could open up new capital opportunities for larger companies and increase liquidity for SMEs.
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- Finance, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Emerging Markets: Infrastructure in a Post-COVID World
Despite the contraction of the global economy due to COVID-19, the “global logistics market has reached $5.2 trillion in 2020.
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- Coronavirus, Health Care, Technology
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- Global
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- e-commerce
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Kenyan Influencer Marketing Startup, AIfluence Nets $1 Million in Seed Funding for Regional Expansion
With this funding, the startup plans to expand to the rest of Africa, the Middle East, and Asia by the end of 2021.
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- Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Bridging the Gap: SAP and UNDP Foster Digital Skills and Social Entrepreneurship in Rural Karnataka
In an initiative to empower women and youth, SAP Labs India and the United Nations Development Programme India have collaborated with the Government of Karnataka to facilitate increased access to career guidance, employment, and entrepreneurship
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- Education, Technology
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- Asia Pacific
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- employment
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Press Release: IFC Invests In Carao Ventures’ New Fund to Support Startups in Latin America
IFC is supporting the development of the early-stage startup ecosystem in small and medium countries in Latin America with an investment in Carao Ventures, the first venture capital firm in Central America.
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- Technology
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- Latin America
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Making This Year Better Than the Last: A Recent Survey Assesses the Pandemic’s Impacts on Micro and Small Businesses
Micro and small businesses dealt with massive challenges during the initial months of the COVID-19 pandemic, and even those that adapted and survived still face major struggles. Juan Carlos Thomas at TechnoServe shares the results of a recent study on COVID-19's impact on these enterprises, and explores how his organization has been supporting them – including through a crisis toolkit that helps them weather the pandemic's challenges, and through digital tools focused on business training and access to finance.
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- Coronavirus, Technology, Transportation
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