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Unfinished Business
Winston Churchill said it best when he concluded, "democracy is the worst form of government ....except all those other forms that have been tried from time to time."
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66th World Health Assembly: 5 takeaways
The 66th World Health Assembly concluded with a number of resolutions and action plans adopted and approved in the more than week-long conference.
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Accion’s Venture Lab Closes Initial Investments in Financial Inclusion Start-Ups
Accion announced the first five investments by Venture Lab, its $10 million seed capital initiative, which invests in start-up companies that help expand global financial inclusion. A pioneer and leader in bringing financial services to the underserved, Accion launched Venture Lab in April, 2012.
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NIC to launch Rs 5,000 cr VC fund for innovation: Pitroda
The fund will support enterprises which drive change at the bottom of the economic pyramid
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- Entrepreneurship, Investing
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- South Asia
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Lok Capital buys minority stake in social enterprise Drishti
Firm will use funds to service underserved geographies of Karnataka
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- Entrepreneurship, Health Care, Investing
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- South Asia
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Unitus Seed Fund lands $8 Million for BoP Startups from Leading Early-stage Investors
Investment includes backing of Vinod Khosla, Mohandas Pai, Mike Murray and others
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What Is eBay’s Omidyar Doing on Delhi’s MedTech Row?
Pierre Omidyar is best known as the founder of the online auction company e-Bay, which he grew from an “odd little Web site” to one of Web commerce’s biggest and longest-lasting success stories.
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- Entrepreneurship, Impact Assessment, Investing
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Patnis purchase stake in Grameen Capital India
Grameen Capital India (GCI) has announced that Amit Patni and Arihant Patni have acquired a stake in the company from original investor IFMR Trust. The Patni's after exiting their software services exports company to iGate in a $1.2 billion deal have started Nirvana Venture Advisors, a venture capital fund with focus on the internet space in India.
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