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Financepeer Bags $31 Million in Funding From QED, Aavishkaar Capital
The company had raised $3 million in 2020 from MS Fincap, Danube, Aar Em Ventures, Angelbay Holdings, JITO Angel Network, and HEM Angels.
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- Asia Pacific
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Press Release: Fintech Kinara Capital Secures USD $50 Million in Equity, Led by Nuveen
Fresh Equity Round comes from Nuveen’s Global Impact Fund and Triple Jump’s ASN Microkredietfonds
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- Finance, Technology
- Region
- Asia Pacific
- Tags
- financial inclusion, fintech, MSMEs
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Ualá Founder Raises US $30 Million for Latin American Venture Capital Fund
Founder of Argentine fintech Ualá, Pierpaolo Barbieri, launches venture capital firm with US$30 million from a roster of investors.
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- Latin America
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- fintech, startups, venture capital
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JULO Raises US$80M from Credit Saison to Further Expand in Indonesia
JULO is one of the earliest in Indonesia to offer virtual credit card services. It raised funding from the likes of Skystar Capital, Saratoga Investama.
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- Finance
- Region
- South Asia
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Press Release: Voyager Innovations Raises US $210 Million to Expand the Financial Services Ecosystem of PayMaya and Maya Bank
Voyager Innovations is the leading technology company in the Philippines behind the end-to-end money platform PayMaya and neobank Maya Bank.
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- Telecommunications
- Region
- South Asia
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Gotrade Raises $15.5 Million to Make Investing Fun, Fair and Simple in Southeast Asia, Launches in Indonesia
Gotrade is an investing platform that allows users to trade fractional shares of U.S. stocks and ETFs.
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- Finance, Technology
- Region
- South Asia
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Fintech Services Contribute to Increase in Financial Literacy in India
With nearly 2000 fintech startups in the country, one would imagine India’s financial literacy to be high. Yet, statistics show that despite a population of over 1.3 billion people, about 76% of the adult population still lacks basic financial concepts.
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- Finance
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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Supporting Financial Health Startups: Four Lessons for Impact Investors, Foundations and Governments
Over the past few years, Village Capital has run Finance Forward, a global coalition to support early-stage entrepreneurs building tech-enabled solutions around financial health. Village Capital CEO Allie Burns shares highlights from a new report that analyzed data from the 1,000+ companies that applied to the program around the world. The report paints a picture of the global state of financial health startups, and offers lessons for impact investors, foundations and government leaders who hope to grow the ecosystem for financial health innovation.
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- Finance, Impact Assessment, Investing, Technology
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