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Smarter Health Gets USD $3.8 Million To Reduce Healthcare Costs in Southeast Asia
Smarter Health’s AI-based tech enables secure data exchanges (with patient consent) between healthcare providers, insurers and patients.
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- Health Care, Technology
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- South Asia
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All On and Katapult Invest $1.4 Million in NXT Grid’s Mini-Grids in Nigeria
Impact investors All On and Katapult Climate are investing $1.4 million in NXT Grid. In Nigeria, the company installs and operates small-scale solar power plants for productive use, powered by artificial intelligence.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Cybersecurity Startup CloudSEK Bags $7 Million in Funding Led by MassMutual Ventures
The startup will use the fresh capital to scale its team of 100 engineers to evolve and refine its machine-learning capabilities as well as in increasing the marketing muscle outside of the country.
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- Technology
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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Bangalore-Based Agritech Robotics Startup TartanSense Raises $5 Million in Series A Funding
TartanSense builds small agricultural robots equipped with AI-assisted computer vision to help small farms reduce their expenditures and improve their incomes.
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- Agriculture, Technology
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- Asia Pacific
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Indonesian Farmers Go Digital
Indonesian farmers will be able to harness the power of data to improve their farming practices under a deal signed by the national government and Microsoft.
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- Agriculture, Technology
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- South Asia
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Ag and Foodtech Startup Demetria Emerges From Stealth to Spearhead the Transformation of the Coffee Industry
Demetria, the first AI-powered taste and quality intelligence SaaS startup for the coffee supply chain, announced today it has emerged from stealth after closing a $3 million seed funding round led by LatAm-Israeli investor Celeritas and a group of private investors including Mercantil Colpatria, the investment branch of Grupo Colpatria, a leading player in the Colombian financial sector.
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- Agriculture, Technology
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- Latin America
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Analysis: Could AI Ease Food Security Fears?
Dr Liangxiu Han discusses how we might harness big data and machine learning/AI to boost global food security in these uncertain times of climate change.
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- Agriculture, Technology
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Press Release: Atlas AI Launches Aperture™ – Unlocking Unparalleled Insight to Target Investment and Drive Impact in Emerging Markets
Atlas AI today announced the launch of Aperture™, a market and economic intelligence platform unlocking unparalleled insight into demographic, economic and infrastructure conditions across the emerging markets.
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- Investing
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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