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LSV Capital to Invest $100 Million in Indian Startups, Onboards Satish Rath as Partner
Life Science Vision Capital, the UK-based early-stage healthcare and investment firm, recently said it will invest over $100 million in Indian startups over the next 10 years.
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- Health Care, Investing
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- Asia Pacific
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Pakistani Entrepreneur Uses E-Health to Change Rural Lives
Young trailblazer Muhammad Sarim Raza is using technology to deliver healthcare services to medically underserved communities in Pakistan.
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- Coronavirus, Health Care, Technology
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- Asia Pacific
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Analysis: Microcredit Lenders in Bangladesh Hit Hard by COVID-19
Suffering from low demand for loans and the inability of many borrowers to pay instalments, the microcredit sector has been hit hard by Covid-19.
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- Coronavirus
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- Asia Pacific
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UK Financial Platform Tide Commits $134 Million Investment and More Than 1,000 Jobs in India
Tide that it is entering India as its first international market early next year, and it plans to create 1,000 jobs.
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- Finance
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- Asia Pacific
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Flipkart Valued at $37.6 Billion in New $3.6 Billion Fundraise
Flipkart said it has raised $3.6 billion at a post-money valuation of $37.6 billion in what is widely believed to be the pre-IPO round for the Indian e-commerce conglomerate.
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- Investing, Technology
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- Asia Pacific
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Analysis: Rural India Sinks Deeper into Debt as COVID-19 Wipes Out Work
The coronavirus and a lockdown aimed at stopping it last year saw millions of people thrown out of jobs in cities and towns and forced back to their villages, and ever higher levels of debt.
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- Coronavirus
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- Asia Pacific
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- employment
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Drip Capital Partners SBM Bank India on Trade Finance
Drip Capital, a fintech provider of cross-border trade finance, has partnered SBM Bank India to offer trade financing solutions customized for small and medium-sized exporters in India.
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- Finance, Technology
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- Asia Pacific
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Press Release: Miller Center & Chevron Launch Climate Resilience Accelerator in Asia Pacific
Social entrepreneurship leaders focused on solutions addressing vulnerable populations chosen for a climate resilience accelerator designed to help them scale.
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- Energy, Technology
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- Asia Pacific
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- climate change