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LSE’s 100X Impact Announces a New Cohort of Future ‘Social Unicorns’
LSE will provide over £2.4 million in unrestricted catalytic funding to the cohort, alongside access to 100x’s accelerator programme and world-class expertise to help scale their impact.
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- Health Care, Social Enterprise
- Region
- Global
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Africa’s First Cell & Gene Therapy Startup Altera Biosciences Raises R29 Million
This milestone positions Altera at the forefront of biotech innovation in Africa.
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- Health Care, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Yali Capital Raises $104 Million in Debut Deep-Tech Fund in India
Overall, Yali Capital is bullish on six sectors within deep tech: chip design, aerospace and surveillance, robotics, genomics, artificial intelligence, and smart manufacturing.
- Categories
- Technology
- Region
- Asia Pacific
- Tags
- data, startups, venture capital
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Foxmont Secures $30 Million First Close for Fund III, Anchored by Dutch DFI
With Fund 3, Foxmont welcomes two new institutional investors with the first close.
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- Finance
- Region
- South Asia
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HAVAÍC Reaches $25 Million Second Close for African Tech Fund
The fund, targeting a final close of $50 million, focuses on early-stage, post-revenue technology startups born in Africa with global potential.
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- Investing, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Press Release: Valante Capital Launches Ascend Fund II With $115 Million First Close and Three Strategic Investments
IDC Network's Private Equity arm advances its regional consolidation strategy with anchor platforms in food and distribution across Latin America and the U.S.
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- Investing
- Region
- Global
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Singapore VC Granite Asia Leads $60 Million Funding Round for AI ‘Data Foundry’ Centific to Fuel Global Expansion
Granite Asia was one of two foreign VCs, alongside Taiwan’s AppWorks, selected to take part in a new Malaysian initiative to invest in local startups and encourage global companies to redomicile in the Southeast Asian country.
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- Investing
- Region
- South Asia
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Itaú Launches R$500 Million CVC Fund by Absorbing Kinea Ventures
The current downturn in venture capital funding, following the 2021 boom, has created a favorable environment for CVC funds that still have capital to deploy.
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- Finance
- Region
- Latin America
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