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London-Based Lightrock Looks to Fuel Latin American Growth With New $300 Million Fund
London private equity firm Lightrock unveiled a fresh $300m Latin America fund today as it looks to spur growth in ‘purpose-driven’ entrepreneurs across the region.
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- Entrepreneurship, Investing
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- Latin America
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What Elon Musk Gets Right and Wrong About ESG
Musk is right that ESG needs an overhaul—but not, as he said, because it only measures “how compliant your business is with the leftist agenda.”
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- Investing
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- Global
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60 Start-Ups Across Africa To Get $4 Million Google Fund
Tech giant, Google is committing $4million to 60 eligible start-ups across Africa as applications open for the second cohort of the ‘Google for Start-up Black Founders Fund for Africa’.
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- Investing
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Jungle Ventures Renews Southeast Asia, India Bets With $600 Million Fund
Singapore-based Jungle Ventures has raised $600 million in a new fund backed by new and existing investors including Temasek.
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- Investing
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- Global
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Analysis: Will Unicorn Minters Tiger Global, SoftBank Now Focus On Early-Stage Startups in India
New York hedge fund, Tiger Global reported its first seed stage investment in India by participating in a 2.6 million seed round of Shopflo, an e-commerce enablement platform.
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- Investing, Technology
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- Asia Pacific
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Macquarie-Led Group Gains $610 Million Stake in Bersama Digital Infrastructure
A consortium led by Macquarie Asset Management has announced a US$610 million investment to acquire a minority stake in Bersama Digital Infrastructure Asia Pte. Ltd.
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- Investing, Technology
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- South Asia
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Press Release: Africa Finance Corporation Launches US$2 Billion Facility to Support Economic Recovery & Resilience in Africa
In response to economic challenges created by the global pandemic and the Russia-Ukraine conflict, Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) is launching a US$2 billion facility to support recovery and resilience in Africa.
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- Investing
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Habi Lands $200 Million In Funding and Reaches Unicorn Status
Habi the data-driven residential real estate platform, announced it has raised $200 million in equity in its Series C funding round, becoming the first Property Technology (“PropTech”) unicorn in Spanish-speaking Latin America.
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- Investing
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- Latin America
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- funding, housing, impact investing, tech, technology
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