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Edtech Firm Masai School Raises Nearly $5 Million in Funding Led by India Quotient and On Mauritius
Pre-Series B2 funding for the edtech firm Masai School totaled $4.77 million which was co-led by India Quotient and On Mauritius.
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- Education, Technology
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- Asia Pacific
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IndusInd Bank to Loan $150 Million From DFC to Support Women Entrepreneurs in India
The private sector lender will use the proceeds to lend to women borrowers in rural communities of Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh, and Bihar.
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CreditAccess Grameen Raises $35 Million ESG Loan From US International Development Finance Corp in India
The direct loan, CreditAccess said, is one of the first of its kind for DFC to a non-banking financial company microfinance institution (NBFC-MFI) in India.
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- Finance
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DFC and Others Back India’s Soothe Healthcare in Bridge Round
Soothe Healthcare plans to use the funds to expand its distribution channels and deepen its reach to women across tier II and III markets.
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- Health Care, Investing
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- Asia Pacific
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- impact investing
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Press Release: WEMADE Made a Strategic Investment in Shardeum, an Indian Blockchain Project
The company aims to seek synergistic effect through working with Shardeum for WEMIX3.0, its blockchain mainnet.
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- Technology
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Corporates Can Bring Value to the Sanitation Ecosystem by Partnering With SMEs in India
As the sanitation economy is expected to grow significantly in India, the ecosystem requires more support, participation, and investments from corporations.
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- WASH
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- Asia Pacific
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- corporations, global development, MSMEs, NGOs, sanitation, SDGs
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Indian Edtech Giant Byju’s Raises $250 Million in Fresh Funding Manish Singh
Byju’s prepares students pursuing undergraduate and graduate-level courses, and in recent years it has also expanded its catalog to serve all school-going students.
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- Education, Technology
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China Moves to Standardize Fragmented ESG Reporting Landscape
China has offered guidance for companies as they strive to craft ESG initiatives that will assess risk for investors while leaning heavily toward government priorities.
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- Impact Assessment, Investing
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- Asia Pacific
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- ESG, governance, impact measurement
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