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CapShift – An Impact Investment Platform Has Secured $5 Million in Funding
CapShift announces series a raise of $5 million to scale its charitable impact investing platform.
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- Investing, Social Enterprise
- Region
- Global
- Tags
- ESG, impact investing, philanthropy
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AgNext Technologies lands $21 million Led by Alpha Wave Incubation
AgNext Technologies has raised $21 million in its Series A round, led by Alpha Wave Incubation (AWI), in the largest Series A funding received by an Indian agri-tech startup so far.
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- Technology
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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- startups
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Analysis: The 6 Ps of Empowering Youth Social Entrepreneurs
Youth social entrepreneurs are becoming pillars of resilience in the COVID recovery period.
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- Coronavirus
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- youth
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African Development Bank’s Youth Entrepreneurship and Innovation Multi-Donor Trust Fund Provides More Than $7.3 Million for Youth Jobs and Skills
Launched in November 2017, the Fund promotes the creation of sustainable jobs for young Africans by equipping youth and women-led startups, as well as micro, small and medium enterprises with the skills, financial support and enabling environments to run bankable businesses.
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- Uncategorized
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- innovation
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BlackRock’s Former Sustainable Investing Chief Now Thinks ESG Is a ‘Dangerous Placebo’
A former BlackRock executive has outlined why he now thinks that sustainable investing is a “dangerous placebo that harms the public interest,” after previously evangelizing the trend for the world’s largest asset management firm.
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- Investing
- Region
- Global
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- ESG, impact investing
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Pandemic Threatens Asia-Pacific’s Progress on Global Development Goals, Says Asia Development Bank
"As the socioeconomic impacts of responses to the virus continue to unfold, people already struggling to make ends meet are at risk of tipping over into a life of poverty," the Manila-based lender said.
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- Coronavirus, Health Care
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- Asia Pacific
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- global development, SDGs
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Analysis: Digitizing Africa’s Small and Midsize Businesses
To ensure Micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) don’t get left behind and to accelerate digitization on the continent, startups, corporations, and policymakers should encourage digital solutions for consumers and business owners.
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- Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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India’s Eruditus Valued at $3.2 Billion in $650 Million Fundraise
The universities and Eruditus work to develop courses that are aimed at offering higher education to students.
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- Education
- Region
- Global
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- edtech, global development, startups
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