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Indian Startups Appeal to Fewer New Investors in 2020
The number of such investors dropped to 24 so far this year from 71 last year, according to data by Venture Intelligence, a data aggregator firm for private sector.
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- Investing
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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- impact investing, startups
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YC-Backed Cashfree Raises $35.3 Million for Its Payments Platform
Cashfree, an Indian startup that offers a wide-range of payments services to businesses, has raised $35.3 million in a new financing round as the profitable firm looks to broaden its offering.
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- Finance, Investing, Technology
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- Asia Pacific
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Billionaire Bezos Backs Start-up in Maiden Africa Investment
Jeff Bezos agreed to back Africa-focused financial technology company, Chipper Cash, making it his first start-up investment on the continent.
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- Finance, Investing, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- fintech, impact investing, startups
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Bain Capital Raises $800 Million for Second Impact Investing Fund
The Boston-based firm raised a substantially larger impact fund despite headwinds that have slowed capital inflows to such strategies
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- Investing
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- ESG, impact investing
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Arisaig Seeks To Maximise Impact ‘Bang for Buck’ With New Next Generation Emerging Markets Fund
Arisaig Partners made a bold foray into impact investing in emerging markets by launching its new public equities fund, the Next Generation Fund, in early September.
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- Health Care, Investing
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Reversal of Fortune: Five Ways Biden’s Win Will Boost Impact Investing in Emerging Markets
In the aftermath of the U.S. election, there's been considerable discussion of how Biden’s victory will impact different industries. According to Josh Knauer at JumpScale, one particular sector that will benefit is impact investing. He explains how the work of impact investors had become more difficult during the Trump years, and why there's reason to believe that the incoming administration will give the sector’s efforts in emerging markets a significant boost.
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- Energy, Finance, Investing, Technology, Transportation
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Taking Control of the Value for Money Narrative: How Innovative Metrics Are Making Impact Part of the Financial Equation
The nonprofit VisionSpring—which provides affordable, high-quality eyeglasses to base of the pyramid customers—realized it needed a metric that could balance cost and impact, while keeping its target customers at the center of decision-making. Analysts at CASE and SoJo discuss the value of the “programmatic value for money metric” VisionSpring implemented, and explore how this type of metric can help organizations consider trade-offs between cost and impact.
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- Impact Assessment, Investing, Social Enterprise
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Acumen and Green Climate Fund Boost COVID-19 Relief in off-Grid Energy Access
With a $30 million investment for sub-saharan africa, Green Climate fund joins a coalition of investors and donors to protect the progress made in achieving universal energy access.
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- Coronavirus, Energy, Investing
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