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New financial instrument to make Brazilian cities more energy efficient
A new financial instrument will allow Brazil to increase its investment in urban infrastructure and make the country more energy efficient. The Financial Instruments for Brazil Energy Efficient Cities – FinBRAZEEC will catalyze resources from the private sector and climate funds to create new markets in the areas of efficient street lighting and industrial energy efficiency.
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- Energy
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- Latin America
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Press release: Monsanto’s Venture Capital Arm Makes First Direct Investment in Brazil
Start-up company that created a platform to digitize the grain buying and selling chain, Grão Direto, receives investments worth R$ 2.3 million from three companies
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- Agriculture, Investing
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- Latin America
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Press release: IFC and Itaú Unibanco partner to improve financial education for women entrepreneurs in Brazil
IFC and Itaú will work to design and implement an eLearning video course directed to women entrepreneurs - owners or shareholders of businesses of all types and in any stage of maturity- in partnership with EduK, one of the largest online learning platforms in Latin America. The content of the course will include methodologies to evaluate the profitability of businesses as well as classes on growth strategies and techniques, and financial management.
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- Entrepreneurship
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- Latin America
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Can The World’s Underbanked Leapfrog On To A New Blockchain Financial System?
Moeda is a new startup that allows investors to use the blockchain to support cooperatives in rural Brazil–in a different way than is possible in the current system.
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- Inclusive Fintech
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- Latin America
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Brazil: The New Home of Do-Gooder Business
Thanks to its success in connecting companies with the producers of fairly sourced raw materials from the country’s far reaches, Rio-based MateriaBrasil has become an anchor of Brazil’s growing B Corporation movement — one of the world’s largest outside the U.S. — which pledges to put society and the planet ahead of strictly making money. Brazil has 103 certified B Corps, more than 10 times the number since certification became possible in the country in 2013.
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- Entrepreneurship
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- Latin America
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Amid Brazil’s persistent economic crisis, fintech startup GuiaBolso raises $39 million
That GuiaBolso has emerged as a bright spot in the otherwise grim horizon of Brazil’s economic outlook speaks to a broader divergence between the country’s digital economy, which continues to grow, and its offline industries, which have been stumbling since 2015.
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- Inclusive Fintech
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- Latin America
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