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Japanese VC Incubate Fund Asia Announces First Close Of $50 Million Fund To Back India & Southeast Asia Startups
The VC firm will look to deploy the funds in 20 pre-seed and seed stage startups across India and Southeast Asia.
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- Investing
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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Press Release: DFC Invests More Than $1 Billion in Global Food Security, Announces Intent to Double its Investments
With millions of people on the brink of famine, DFC remains committed to expanding access to food today and helping to protect against future food crises.
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- Agriculture, Investing
- Region
- Global
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Grow Asia Launches US $1 Billion Impact Fund
Public-private blended financing model targets Southeast Asian SME agri-businesses.
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- Agriculture, Environment, Investing, Technology
- Region
- South Asia
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Nigeria Secures $500 Million Investment to Propel Digital Economy Growth
The minister emphasized the government’s strategy to keep the funding local, ensuring genuine Nigerian businesses benefit.
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- Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Paymentology and Mastercard Join Forces to Foster Financial Inclusion in Northern Central America
Mastercard has committed to bringing 5 million people and 1 million micro, small and medium enterprises (SMEs) into the digital economy.
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- Finance, Technology
- Region
- Latin America
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Press Release: Globant Announces $1 Billion USD Investment in Latin America to Strengthen Its Presence in the Region, Focusing on AI and Other Emerging Technologies
As part of the five-year investment plan, the company will open an Emerging Technologies Innovation Center in Brazil.
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- Technology
- Region
- Latin America
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Knife Capital Closes $50 Million Fund to Invest in Growth-Stage South Africa Startups
The Knife Fund III comes at a time when growth-stage capital has been hard to come by for South African startups.
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- Investing, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- innovation, startups
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Report: Nigerian Health-Techs Lead $160 Million Funding Surge in West Africa
There is a growing focus on optimising local health supply chains and improving health outcomes across Africa.
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- Health Care, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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