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Vietnamese Livestreaming-Focused Edtech Firm Bags $1.5 Million Funding
The Vietnamese startup Marathon offers live online tutoring sessions on its platform that connect teachers with students virtually.
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- Education, Technology
- Region
- South Asia
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Filling the Water Access Funding Gap: Three Lessons to Maximize the Impact of Innovative Finance
More than two billion people still live without access to safe drinking water, but global funding to meet their water needs is severely lacking. As Lauren Cuscuna of Safe Water Network explains, innovative financing mechanisms can help fill the gap – but blended finance transactions in the water sector are lower than in other industries. She shares three key lessons Safe Water Network has learned while implementing innovative financing approaches to meet the long-term needs of the local water enterprises it works with in Ghana and India.
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- Finance, Technology, WASH
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Indonesian E-Grocer Pasarnow to Expand to New Cities With a US $3.3 Million Funding Led by East Ventures
Pasarnow aims to streamline Indonesia's complicated fresh products supply chain and deliver quality food products to customers through its multi-channel platform
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- Entrepreneurship
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- South Asia
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Nigeria Based Agricorp Raises $17.5 Million Pre-Series A Funding to Enhance Global Food Systems
Agricorp supports smallholder farmers with inputs and training on good agronomic practices, and with this funding they
will build more processes that enhance global food systems.- Categories
- Agriculture
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Press Release: TriLinc Global Sustainable Income Fund II Secures Funding of $18 Million in Partnership With BlueOrchard Impact Investment Managers
TriLinc Global Sustainable Income Fund II announced a new funding of $18 million in partnership with BlueOrchard Finance Ltd to provide financing to middle market companies operating in Emerging Markets around the world.
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- Investing
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- Global
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FV Bank Raises $8 Million Series A Funding
Headquartered in Puerto Rico, FV Bank will utilize the funding to launch a digital asset custody solution, a debit card along with international expansion.
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- Finance, Technology
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- Latin America
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Press Release: The ABC Fund Supports Bolivian Microfinance Institution CIDRE IFD With Multi-Million-Dollar Investment
The Agri-Business Capital Fund (‘ABC Fund’) has announced that it is investing USD 4.7 million in Centro de Investigación y Desarrollo Regional (‘CIDRE IFD’), a microfinance institution providing financial support to smallholder farmers in Bolivia.
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- Agriculture, Finance, Investing
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- Latin America
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$5 Billion Smart Village and Learning Project in Ghana
TPT Global Tech (TPTW) has entered into a strategic technology agreement with Skybridge West Africa (SWA) to partake in the development of 20 smart villages in Ghana, West Africa.
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- Education, Energy, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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