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Viewpoint: The Emerging Market Grind: How ‘Doing More With Less’ Leads To More Resilient, Scalable Startups
Sebastián Vidal discusses why startups that want to become profitable and enduring, fast, should consider starting up in emerging markets.
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- Investing
- Region
- Global
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South Africa’s Khula Closes $1.3 Million Seed To Scale Its Software-for-Agriculture Platform
Inadequate financing, education and input distribution persist, but startups such as Khula are providing innovative solutions to these problems.
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- Agriculture, Education, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- startups
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Egyptian Social E-Commerce Startup Taager Closes $6.4 Million Seed Round
Egyptian social e-commerce startup Taager has raised a US$6.4 million seed funding round to help it scale its platform and expand across the Middle East.
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- Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- e-commerce, scale, startups
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DFS Lab and the Stellar Development Foundation Launch a Blockchain Bootcamp for African Startups, Offering Prizes up to 20,000 USDC for Most Promising Solutions
DFS Lab in collaboration with the Stellar Development Foundation (SDF) has launched a call for applicants for a Blockchain Bootcamp, designed to give early to mid-stage startups in Africa an opportunity to build on Stellar, an open-source blockchain network for financial services and products.
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- Finance, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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India’s GlobalBees Raises $150 Million to Build Thrasio-like House of Brands
GlobalBees acquires and partners with digitally native brands across categories such as beauty, personal care, home and kitchen, food and nutrition, with a revenue rate of $1 million to $20 million.
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- Technology
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- Asia Pacific
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Kenyan Influencer Marketing Startup, AIfluence Nets $1 Million in Seed Funding for Regional Expansion
With this funding, the startup plans to expand to the rest of Africa, the Middle East, and Asia by the end of 2021.
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- Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Press Release: IFC Invests In Carao Ventures’ New Fund to Support Startups in Latin America
IFC is supporting the development of the early-stage startup ecosystem in small and medium countries in Latin America with an investment in Carao Ventures, the first venture capital firm in Central America.
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- Technology
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- Latin America
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LSV Capital to Invest $100 Million in Indian Startups, Onboards Satish Rath as Partner
Life Science Vision Capital, the UK-based early-stage healthcare and investment firm, recently said it will invest over $100 million in Indian startups over the next 10 years.
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- Health Care, Investing
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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