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Gotrade Raises $15.5 Million to Make Investing Fun, Fair and Simple in Southeast Asia, Launches in Indonesia
Gotrade is an investing platform that allows users to trade fractional shares of U.S. stocks and ETFs.
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- Finance, Technology
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- South Asia
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GoTo to Raise $1.1 Billion After Finalising IPO at Top End of Price Range
GoTo Group, Indonesia's biggest tech firm, said it plans to raise $1.1 billion in an initial public offering (IPO), pricing the deal in the top half of its indicative range and making it one of Asia's biggest IPOs so far this year.
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- Technology
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- South Asia
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Supporting Financial Health Startups: Four Lessons for Impact Investors, Foundations and Governments
Over the past few years, Village Capital has run Finance Forward, a global coalition to support early-stage entrepreneurs building tech-enabled solutions around financial health. Village Capital CEO Allie Burns shares highlights from a new report that analyzed data from the 1,000+ companies that applied to the program around the world. The report paints a picture of the global state of financial health startups, and offers lessons for impact investors, foundations and government leaders who hope to grow the ecosystem for financial health innovation.
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- Finance, Impact Assessment, Investing, Technology
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Fynehand to Invest Over USD $1 Million In AI Talent Marketplace, FlexC
FlexC announced that it has raised funds from Fynehand in Pre-Series Funding round. Fynehand will be investing over USD $ 1 million in the AI talent marketplace. Siddharth Raisurana from Fynehand has come on board.
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- Technology
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- Asia Pacific
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Developer Skills Company HackerRank Raises $60 Million in Funding
Developer skills company HackerRank has raised $60 million in a funding round led by Susquehanna Growth Equity.
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- Technology
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- Global
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- blockchain, innovation, partnerships
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How Behavioral Science Can Improve Digital Services: Exploring the Impact of an Innovative Accelerator Program on Social Enterprises in Latin America
Though behavioral science is a relatively new field of study in Latin America, it is increasingly being leveraged to address financial inclusion and other needs in the region – and it has particular relevance to social enterprises working in the digital space. Juan Pablo Marichi at New Ventures and Santiago Mesa at Acceso explore how New Ventures' SUMA accelerator program has applied the study of behavioral science to the issues of financial health and inclusion, and share some lessons that participants – including Acceso – have learned in the process.
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- Agriculture, Finance, Social Enterprise, Technology
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India’s Classplus Raises $70 Million to Help Teachers and Creators Expand Their Reach
A Noida-based startup that is helping teachers and creators operate, manage and sell courses to students has raised $70 million in a new financing round.
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- Education, Technology
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- Asia Pacific
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- edtech, global development, startups
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Press Release: Latitud Secures $11.5 Million in Seed Funding to Scale Next Generation of Tech Startups in Latin America
Latitud, the fastest growing tech entrepreneurship platform in Latin America, announced a $11.5 million seed round co-led by Andreessen Horowitz and NFX.
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- Technology
- Region
- Latin America
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- infrastructure, startups
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