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Mastercard Lighthouse Massiv and UNDP Announce Partnership and Strengthen Their Commitment on Impact Measurement and Management for Startups
Mastercard Lighthouse MASSIV and UNDP contribute to amplifying the private sector’s role in creating a significant positive impact on people and ensuring we leave a better planet for future generations.
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- Impact Assessment
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- Global
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Facebook Parent Meta Launches Startup Accelerator With India’s It Ministry in Metaverse Push Manish Singh
Meta Platforms is looking at India’s burgeoning startup ecosystem as it bolsters its bet on the metaverse.
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- Finance, Technology
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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Colombian Fintech Start-Up Plurall Bags $20 Million Debt Funding
Plurall, a Latin American fintech start-up aiming to provide financial services for entrepreneurs, has raised $20 million in debt financing.
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- Finance, Technology
- Region
- Latin America
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- financial inclusion, fintech, MSMEs, startups
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Endure Capital Completes First Close of $50 Million Fund to Invest in Africa Start-Ups
Endure Capital has completed the first close of its new $50 million fund that will be used to invest in companies in the pan-Africa region.
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- Uncategorized
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- startups
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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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Analysis: These Four Countries Are Leading Africa’s Start-Up Scene — Here’s Why
The seventh edition of Disrupt Africa’s African Tech Startups Funding Report revealed that start-ups in the big four raised a combined $1.9 billion in 2021.
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- Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- startups
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Agritech Startup Loopworm Raises $3.4 Million in Seed Funding Led by Omnivore, Waterbridge
Loopworm plans to use the seed funding for talent acquisition, research and development (R&D) including building laboratories, and to launch its first factory in North Bengaluru for scaling up production.
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- Agriculture
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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IProcure: Kenyan Agritech Startup Secures $10.2 Million Series B Funding
IProcure is enabling the lowering of food costs and lessening the climate impact of agriculture by ensuring smallholder farmers can plant their crops on time and achieve higher crop yields while using less land.
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- Agriculture, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- startups
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