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Finding Free Money for Your Social Impact Startup
Fortunately, there are a wide range of organizations that specifically want to support you, not just the VC community.
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IIM-B takes Goldman Sachs ‘10,000 Women in India’ initiative to Mumbai
MUMBAI: Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIMB) and Goldman Sachs has expanded the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Women initiative training for women entrepreneurs to Mumbai for its next cohort. “The expansion to Mumbai was a logical choice, given that it is the financial and commercial capital of India,” the premier management institute said in an official statement. IIM Bangalore and Goldman Sachs 10,000 Women have also received the second highest number of applications from Maharashtra, second only to Bengaluru, accounting for 15% of the applications received in the first three cohorts of the program, signaling a need for holistic training for women entrepreneurs in the region, the statement from the institute said.
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These Are the Best Places in the World to be a Woman Entrepreneur
The United States has emerged as the best place globally to be a woman entrepreneur, according to a new report from Mastercard.
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Press Release: Bamboo Capital Partners Backs Amartha, a P2P Lending Platform for Micro-Entrepreneurs in Indonesia
Founded in 2010 by Indonesian entrepreneur Andi Taufan Garuda Putra, Amartha started as a microfinance institution before pivoting into Fintech P2P lending in 2016. Amartha’s mission is to connect aspiring unbanked micro-entrepreneurs in rural areas experiencing difficulties finding working capital with online lenders interested in making profitable, impactful investments.
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Press Release: More Than 250M Women Worldwide Are Entrepreneurs, According to the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor Women’s Report from Babson College and Smith College
Approximately 252 million women around the world are entrepreneurs and another 153 million women are operating established businesses, according to the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor 2018/2019 Report on Women's Entrepreneurship.
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A New Program Aims to End Africa’s Financial Gender Gap
Singer Angélique Kidjo is promoting Affirmative Finance Action for Women in Africa, a program that seeks to boost financing for female entrepreneurs. “Why do banks give more loans to men versus women? That’s the question I have,” she said.
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Press Release: VisionFund International Raises AUD20M Through Its First Bond in Australia to Help Fund Global Financial Inclusion Initiatives
Offered in Australia to eligible institutional and high net worth investors, the bond is known as a ‘Kangaroo bond’ as it is issued in Australia in Australian dollars by a non-Australian entity. The five-year bond is unsecured and unsubordinated and offers a fixed rate of five per cent per annum, paid semi-annually.
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These Villages in Thailand Are Part of the Global Economy. Go to Ikea to Find Out.
At a time when international corporations look to project images of social responsibility, projects like Doi Tung are picking up clients seeking more than the usual matchup of quality and price. That is one reason major companies — including Ikea, Japan Airlines and the Japanese retailer Muji — are buying Doi Tung products and produce.
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