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CBC Group Raises $500 Million for Record-Breaking Healthcare Fund
Healthcare plays a pivotal role in this growth, contributing to 20% of direct lending deals in 2024 as per Prospect Capital's analysis of PitchBook data.
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- Finance, Health Care
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- Asia Pacific
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Global AgXelerate Launched to Link Indian Agri-Innovators With International Markets
The platform by AgVaya and BioSTL, supported by ICRIER and FSII, links global startups, investors, and incubators to advance regenerative agriculture solutions.
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- Agriculture, Technology
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- Asia Pacific
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The Bank of Industry and Bumpa to Empower 200 Youth-led MSMEs
"The collaboration, implemented under the youth and skills thematic area of the bank, aims to address the critical challenge of market access for young entrepreneurs . . . "
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- Finance, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Humanity AI Commits $500 Million to Build a People-Centered Future for AI
"As AI becomes more ubiquitous across every area of society and in people’s daily lives, it is prompting people to ask fundamental questions about their role and value in an AI-driven future."
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- Technology
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- Global
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Global Investors Are Pouring More Money into Climate Tech
Clean energy companies, EV makers and other green firms attracted $56 billion in the first nine months of 2025 — more than in all of 2024.
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- Energy
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- Global
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Report: Reimagining the Future of Entrepreneurship Support in East Africa
A new report from WDI, "Reimagining the Future of ESOs in East Africa," integrates insights from accelerators, incubators, investors, ESO donors and intermediaries in the East African entrepreneurship ecosystem.
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- Education, Energy, Environment, Health Care, Investing, Social Enterprise, Technology, Transportation
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- Global
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DigsConnect Founder Alexandria Procter Launches $1.4 Million Vehicle to Back African Startups
The new vehicle, named Pharos of Alexandria Ventures, is now accepting applications for a series of exclusive pitch sessions to be held in Cape Town this November.
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- Investing, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Climate Fund Managers Raises Over US $1 Billion for Climate Infrastructure Fund
Created in 2019 alongside the European Commission and the Dutch Fund for Climate and Development, the Climate Investor Two (CI2) fund is designed to close the widening gap in global adaptation finance.
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- Investing
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- Global
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