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60 African Startups Receive $4 Million Equity-Free Funding From Google
Google has announced that 60 African startups have been selected for the second cohort of its Google for Startups Black Founders Fund.
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- Investing
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Designing an Impact Measurement Strategy: What’s Your North Star?
As impact investing evolves, there are a growing number of impact measurement solutions available to investors and the ecosystem at large. But as Shruti Goel at Upaya Social Ventures and Sachi Shenoy at Calidris explain, the deluge of impact measurement data, frameworks and methods can be confusing. They share some key lessons Upaya has learned in its 11 years of supporting impactful entrepreneurs, and explore how investors can develop a robust measurement strategy that helps them understand the breadth and depth of their impact.
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- Impact Assessment, Investing, Social Enterprise
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Viewpoint: Red State Republicans’ War on ESG Will Have Losses on Both Sides
GOP lawmakers in some of the most conservative US states are trying to ban banks and asset managers that consider ESG criteria from their pension funds and municipal markets, but the move might backfire.
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- Investing
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- North America
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- ESG, impact investing
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Viewpoint: ESG Critics Could be Leaving Money on the Table – And Missing an Opportunity to Make a Real Impact
Investors who ignore the risk of harmful products and disparage ESG as a concept are likely to miss out on its potential to combine environmental, societal and economic benefits.
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- Investing
- Region
- Global
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- ESG, impact investing
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Awign Raises $15 Million in Series B Led by Bertelsmann India, Amicus Capital
Awign plans to deploy the fresh funds to enhance its technological capabilities, expand digital services into global markets, and bolster supply and demand acquisitions.
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- Technology
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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- impact investing
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Why Are Impact Investors Ignoring African Healthcare?
The need to support the private sector – which largely consists of thousands of small-scale clinics and pharmacies – cannot be overlooked.
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- Health Care, Investing
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- impact investing, SDGs
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Fuse Capital Looks to Raise $50 Million to Invest in Latin America Web3 Startups
Brazilian-based Fuse Capital has started raising Fuse Capital Fund II, whose central thesis will be investing in the next generation of web3 startups in Latin America.
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- Investing, Technology
- Region
- Latin America
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From Impact Investing to ‘Impact-First’ Investing: Seven Ways Investors Can Take a Holistic Lifecycle Approach to Impact
Impact investing is playing a growing role in addressing many complex societal problems. But as Varad Pande and Twinkle Malhan at Omidyar Network India point out, one of the critiques of the sector is that its approach to impact is not holistic – i.e., many investors' focus on impact stops after a fund's strategy has been set and its deals have been vetted. To address this issue, they propose a more holistic approach to creating impact across the lifecycle of each investment – from sourcing higher-impact deals, to supporting investees' efforts to sustain and increase their impact.
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- Impact Assessment, Investing
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