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Dental Care Startup Smiles.ai Raises $23 Million in Series A investment
Healthcare startup Smiles.ai has raised $23 million in Series A funding led by Alpha Wave Incubation (AWI). The round also saw participation from existing investors Sequoia Capital India and Chiratae Ventures.
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- Health Care
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- Asia Pacific
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- innovation, startups
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Press Release: Essmart and One Acre Fund Partner to Expand Farmer Services
After successfully piloting farmer services in Bihar, India, we’re now partnering with Essmart, a last-mile distribution company, to increase access to agricultural products for rural farmers in Northern India.
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- Agriculture
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- Asia Pacific
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- distribution, scale
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HDFC Capital Announces Initial Close at $1.88 Billion for Its Affordable Housing Fund
HDFC Capital, a wholly-owned subsidiary of HDFC Ltd and acting as an investment manager, has successfully achieved the initial close of its third fund focused on affordable housing.
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- Investing
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- Asia Pacific
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- housing, impact investing
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Investment Platform, Threedots, Raises USD $4 Million Led by Kalaari Capital
With the composition of millennials and GenZ increasing in the active investors' community, tech platforms in the vertical are attracting capital investments from varied group of investors.
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- Investing, Technology
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- Asia Pacific
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India and IRENA Sign Renewables Agreement
India’s Ministry of New and Renewable Energy has signed a strategic partnership agreement with IRENA, signaling its intent to further strengthen its collaboration with IRENA in the field of renewable energy.
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- Energy
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- Asia Pacific
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Malaysian Edtech Startup Banks $1 Million in Seed Money
Malaysia-based GuruLab, a platform that provides tutors with learning analytics tools, has raised US$1 million in a seed round joined by Wright Partners.
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- Technology
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- Asia Pacific
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- edtech
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India’s Richest Man Is Pouring More Than $80 Billion Into Green Energy
Reliance Industries announced that it would allocate a whopping $80.6 billion to renewable power projects in the western Indian state of Gujarat, where it hopes to help generate a million new jobs.
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- Energy
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- Asia Pacific
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Analysis: What a Waste: Reviving India’s Sanitation Systems
The stages from emptying to safe reuse or disposal now deserve attention, resources and awareness.
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- WASH
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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- sanitation, waste, water