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How the Founder of $12 Billion Startup Goodleap Is Revolutionizing Nonprofit Funding
Solar power entrepreneur Hayes Barnard discovered an innovative revenue model for charities, which fuels his nonprofit GivePower.
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- Global
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- nonprofits, renewable energy, solar, startups
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India’s First Biomaterial Startup Phool.co Raises $8 Million in Series a Funding
The Kanpur-based startup plans to use the capital to scale operations, and explore the untapped domestic and global growth opportunities.
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- WASH
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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Supporting Financial Health Startups: Four Lessons for Impact Investors, Foundations and Governments
Over the past few years, Village Capital has run Finance Forward, a global coalition to support early-stage entrepreneurs building tech-enabled solutions around financial health. Village Capital CEO Allie Burns shares highlights from a new report that analyzed data from the 1,000+ companies that applied to the program around the world. The report paints a picture of the global state of financial health startups, and offers lessons for impact investors, foundations and government leaders who hope to grow the ecosystem for financial health innovation.
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- Finance, Impact Assessment, Investing, Technology
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India’s Classplus Raises $70 Million to Help Teachers and Creators Expand Their Reach
A Noida-based startup that is helping teachers and creators operate, manage and sell courses to students has raised $70 million in a new financing round.
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- Education, Technology
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- Asia Pacific
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- edtech, global development, startups
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Cameroonian E-health Startup Waspito Raises $2.7 Million Seed Funding Round
Cameroonian e-health startup Waspito has raised a US$2.7m seed funding round to grow its user base in its home market and expand to Ivory Coast.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Press Release: Latitud Secures $11.5 Million in Seed Funding to Scale Next Generation of Tech Startups in Latin America
Latitud, the fastest growing tech entrepreneurship platform in Latin America, announced a $11.5 million seed round co-led by Andreessen Horowitz and NFX.
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- Technology
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- Latin America
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- infrastructure, startups
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Chennai-Based Fintech Vivriti Capital Raises $55 Million to Build Global Asset Management Platform
Chennai-based fintech startup Vivriti Capital has raised $55 Mn (nearly INR 400 Cr) in its Series C funding from Lightrock India and Creation Investments.
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- Finance
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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- financial inclusion, scale, startups
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Cypher Capital Launches $100 Million Blockchain Fund, With an Aim to Invest 40% Of It in Crypto Startups in India
Cypher Capital, a private venture capital firm, announced the launch of a $100 million blockchain fund, and it aims to invest 40% of it in Indian cryptocurrency and blockchain startups.
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- Finance, Technology
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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