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Cocoon Capital Announces First Close of USD 50 Million Fund III to Accelerate Southeast Asia’s Enterprise and Deep Tech Startups
"The fund will continue to target pre-seed and seed-stage investments in B2B software and deep tech startups across Southeast Asia, while selectively exploring opportunities across broader Asia and Australia."
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- Environment, Health Care, Investing, Technology
- Region
- South Asia
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Co-Axis Secures S$1.25 Million in Catalytic Capital to Scale Climate and Health Solutions in Asia
Co-Axis, a digital impact marketplace connecting funders with impact opportunities advancing the UN SDGs, has secured S$1.25 million in catalytic capital.
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- Environment, Health Care
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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Raiven Capital Launches $100 Million Climatech Fund Anchored by Frog Lake First Nation Investing in Scalable Climatech
"Raiven's Climatech Fund serves as a platform to commercialize Indigenous-led innovation, blending traditional knowledge systems such as "two-eyed seeing" with frontier technologies to develop practical, market-driven solutions in digital infrastructure and clean energy innovation."
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- Environment, Investing
- Region
- Global
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Winner of Musk-Backed $50 Million Carbon Prize Plots Agri Revolution
"Mati Carbon hopes to scale-up ‘enhanced rock weathering’ to improving agricultural yields while removing carbon from the atmosphere."
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- Agriculture, Environment
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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New African Space Agency to Coordinate Continent’s Work
With the agency, the AU intends to establish a strong base for the continent to coordinate its approach to space activities in support of sustainable development, disaster management, climate change monitoring, and socio-economic growth.
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- Environment
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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ALTÉRRA, Brookfield Invest $100 Million in Indian Renewable Energy Platform Evren
ALTÉRRA was established in December 2023, with a $30 billion commitment from the UAE, and with a goal to mobilize $250 billion by 2030, aimed at driving private capital towards climate investments.
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- Energy, Technology
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How Prioritizing Profit Can Maximize Social Impact
"If your social enterprise can’t survive without grants, don’t kid yourself, you’re running a charity."
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- Social Enterprise
- Region
- Global
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Kenyan Tourism-Focused Venture Studio Purple Elephant Ventures Tops up Seed Round to $5 Million
"The goal is to lead Africa’s tourism industry towards a greener future, with PEV startups typically scalable, tech-first solutions that supercharge urgent efforts to make Africa’s tourism industry more resilient and more sustainable in the face of climate change. "
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- Investing, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
- Tags
- climate change, tourism