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Brazil’s Positive Ventures Closes On $10 Million Fund for Impact Investing
Positive Ventures, a Sao Paulo-based venture firm, has secured $10 million for its latest fund.
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- Investing
- Region
- Latin America
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Kenyan E-Health Startup TIBU Raises Seed Funding Round to Help It Scale
Kenyan e-health startup TIBU, a digital platform that decentralises primary outpatient care to bring it directly to patients, has raised a seed funding round to help it scale its operations.
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- Health Care, Investing
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- impact investing, scale, startups
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Founders Factory Africa Partners With Small Foundation to Invest In 18 Agritech Startups
Johannesburg-based investment company Founders Factory Africa (FFA) today announced a partnership with Small Foundation that will see it select 18 agritech startups for an acceleration and incubation program.
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- Agriculture, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Tribal Credit, Which Provides Credit Cards to Startups in Emerging Markets, Raises $34.3 Million
The B2B payments space has seen an explosion in demand, and investor interest, in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic as businesses try to figure out how to pay each other digitally. The challenges become even more complex when dealing with cross-border payments.
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- Finance
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Fintech Startup, Okra, Raises $3.5 Million Seed to Deepen Operations in the Nigerian Market
Nigerian API fintech startup, Okra, has raised a $3.5 seed investment barely one year after its $1 million pre-seed round.
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- Finance, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Amazon Announces $250 Million Venture Fund for Indian Startups
Amazon on Thursday announced a $250 million venture fund to invest in Indian startups and entrepreneurs focusing on digitization of small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) in the key overseas market.
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- Uncategorized
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- Asia Pacific
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- e-commerce, MSMEs, startups
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Nigerian Fintech Appzone Raises $10 Million for Expansion and Proprietary Technology
Africa’s fintech space has gained proper attention over the past few years in investments but it is not news that startups still battle with offering high-quality products.
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- Finance, Investing, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Press Release: Singapore-Based Neobanking Startup StashFin Raises $40 Million in Series B Extension Equity Financing Round
Singapore-based neo-banking startup Morus Technologies Pte Ltd 'StashFin' has announced the successful completion of Series B Extension equity financing of USD 40 million from a clutch of global investors.
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- Finance, Investing, Technology
- Region
- South Asia
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- fintech, impact investing, startups
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