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India’s Edtech Unicorn UpGrad Raises $225 Million in Funding, Doubles Valuation
An education technology unicorn built by a cable TV-era entrepreneur almost doubled its valuation after raising $225 million in fresh funding.
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- Education, Technology
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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- edtech, venture capital
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Indonesian Exchange Pintu Raises $113 Million to Meet Country’s Crypto Boom
Indonesian cryptocurrency exchange Pintu has raised $113 million in a Series B funding round with investments from venture capital firms.
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- Technology
- Region
- South Asia
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How Two Africans Overcame Bias To Build A Startup Worth Billions
A pair of twentysomethings from Uganda and Ghana thought there was a fortune to be made bringing transnational financial services to Africa's 1.2 billion people.
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- Finance
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Geniemode Raises $28 Million in Series B From Tiger Global, Info Edge Ventures
With this capital, the Gurugram-headquartered B2B cross-border tech platform is planning to penetrate deeper in key international markets. It also plans to strengthen its supplier base across India and SEA.
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- Technology
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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Tofino Capital Closes First Round of $10 Million Fund to Back Startups in Africa
The VC will invest between $50,000 and $500,000 in early-stage companies, particularly pre-seed and seed stages.
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- Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- startups, venture capital
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Ualá Founder Raises US $30 Million for Latin American Venture Capital Fund
Founder of Argentine fintech Ualá, Pierpaolo Barbieri, launches venture capital firm with US$30 million from a roster of investors.
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- Latin America
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- fintech, startups, venture capital
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Softbank Shifts Latin America Plan With New Early-Stage Spinout, Upload Ventures
SoftBank Latin America Fund announced that it is spinning out its early-stage Latin American investment arm into a new autonomous entity, dubbed Upload Ventures.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Press Release: Voyager Innovations Raises US $210 Million to Expand the Financial Services Ecosystem of PayMaya and Maya Bank
Voyager Innovations is the leading technology company in the Philippines behind the end-to-end money platform PayMaya and neobank Maya Bank.
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- Telecommunications
- Region
- South Asia