TechCrunch

MAY 5, 2022

Rali_cap , an early-stage venture capital firm focused on emerging markets fintech, has launched a $30 million fund. Last month, the firm, formerly known as Rally Cap Ventures, reached its first close of $20 million (its initial target) before increasing the fund size, signaling a strong LP appetite. About 40% are based in the U.S.,

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 3, 2021

Some of its clients are in Bangladesh, Malaysia, Singapore and Dubai. “We The startup, which said it expects to surpass $1 billion in sales by the end of this calendar year, plans to deploy the fresh fund to expand to new markets and also expand into new categories. It’s also looking to acquire younger firms, the startup said.

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TechCrunch

JULY 25, 2022

Now it’s set a goal of investing in 100 more startups with the launch of its second emerging market seed-stage fund, called Seedstars International Ventures II (SIV), with a first close of $20 million. One difference between SIV II and the first fund is that it can writer bigger checks. We align ourselves with a lot of the ESGs.”.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 13, 2021

The company announced today it has raised more than $1 million in seed funding, which it claims is one of the largest seed rounds ever for a Vietnamese health tech startup. to increase access to quality healthcare in Bangladesh. Docosan’s founders demonstrated strong experience and dedication to the healthcare issues in the region.

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TechCrunch

JULY 28, 2021

In Bangladesh, students often rely on after school learning centers for study help or test preparation, but many of the best ones are concentrated in major cities. million seed round co-led by returning investor LearnStart (the seed fund of edtech investment firm Learn Capital) and Anchorless Bangladesh. .

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 3, 2022

The company plans to use the new funding to launch a pan-African payment platform next year and grow its VoIP market share. The app has active users in more than 170 countries, including South Africa, Zimbabwe and Bangladesh. “We seed funding. The company said its internet calling app has connected 2.3

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

Amazon has doubled profits through COVID19 but they have still not paid suppliers in Bangladesh for finished orders cancelled during the pandemic. ?Garment We’re asking people to add their name to those common demands and to donate to the strike funds for Amazon workers,” Schneider says. “So,

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TechCrunch

MARCH 8, 2021

This is Equity Monday, our weekly kickoff that tracks the latest private market news, talks about the coming week, digs into some recent funding rounds and mulls over a larger theme or narrative from the private markets. million to bring better healthcare to Bangladesh. Bay Area startups did not leave.

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TechNode

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

We provide small funds for female entrepreneurs in our country who do not have access to credit. bKash has played a significant role in promoting financial inclusion in Bangladesh, especially among the unbanked population. Underserved communities often face unique challenges when accessing and harnessing digital technologies.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

Twinco Capital , a Madrid and Amsterdam-based startup making it easier to access supply chain finance, has raised €3 million in funding. Leading the round is Spanish VC fund Mundi Ventures, with participation from previous backer Finch Capital and several unnamed angels. We believe there is a strong network effect”.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 29, 2010

Conversation One Just as I finished my breakfast, I looked across the way and saw Larry Brilliant, the new head of the Skoll Urgent Threats Fund. They have expanded from Dhaka to at least ten cities, and are now wrestling with the right way to expand outside of Bangladesh.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 30, 2010

Next, I went to the Social Entrepreneurs Corner (a space set aside for the SEs) and ended up talking in detail with Iftekhar of Waste Concern from Bangladesh about the idea they floated in the bar a couple days ago for software to help cities reduce their carbon footprint.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Accel, Avataar Ventures and Norwest Venture Partners joined existing investor Premji Invest in the funding round, which included buying out stakes held by Emerald Media and Mayfield Fund. The latest round gives Amagi total funding raised to date of $150 million, Baskar Subramanian, co-founder and CEO of Amagi, told TechCrunch.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

million in seed funding at a valuation of $50 million. This suite of services is essential in the primary markets in which Nomod is aiming to build a significant merchant base, like Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Bangladesh. For Bangladesh, card POS hardware is pretty expensive for small and medium merchants.

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TechCrunch

MAY 31, 2022

Meanwhile, the startup is also looking to expand its international calling operations across Africa after closing a $4 million seed funding round, led by HAVAÍC. South Africa, Zimbabwe and Bangladesh are some of the markets where the calling app is widely used.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Chaldal Wants To Become The Amazon Fresh Of Bangladesh’s Capital. “When we started, Instacart was still the dominant model, but we took a different stand and said we want to deliver from our own warehouses because that leads to better inventory management,” co-founder and chief executive officer Waseem Alim told TechCrunch.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 9, 2020

The round was led by Evolvence India Fund, Sistema Asia Fund and Foundamental, while existing investors Accel, Tiger Global and Nexus also participated. Some of its clients are in Bangladesh, Malaysia, Singapore and Dubai. Mumbai-headquartered Infra.Market said on Thursday it has raised $20 million in a Series B financing round.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 20, 2021

In one development of that theme, today, Taptap Send — one of the startups building tools to manage these money transfers — is announcing $65 million in growth funding as it continues its mission to enable remittances specifically to the most overlooked countries.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Based in Singapore, the startup just exited stealth mode with $2 million in pre-seed funding. The startup’s new funding was used during stealth mode to hire 30 people in six countries. Klikit wants to save Southeast Asian food businesses from “ tablet hell ” by aggregating order information from all apps into one platform.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Existing investors, including Foundamental, Accel Partners, Nexus Venture Partners, Evolvence India Fund and Sistema Asia Fund also participated in the round, which valued the Indian startup at $1 billion. Some of its clients are in Bangladesh, Malaysia, Singapore and Dubai. “We

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TechCrunch

MAY 17, 2022

Bangladesh, one of the largest exporters of ready-made garments, saw export earnings plunge from $34.13 He claims that over 200 brands and 150 factories are currently using the platform, concentrated mostly in India, Bangladesh, China, the U.S., The pandemic has majorly affected the global supply chain, with 60% of U.S.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 20, 2014

The activities funded range from media platforms (55%) to journalism, news, and information (28%), to media applications and tools (6%), and more. The Knight Foundation pushes experimentation [by funding] the tools and techniques.” According to the 2013 Foundation Center report , U.S. million in 2009 to $687.6 Sherry questioned.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

Finnfund’s financing is coming in the form of a convertible note — meaning it could convert into equity in a potential future funding round. When KaiOS announced funding in 2019, it said that some 100 million devices using its OS had been shipped. But things haven’t played out as expected.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 19, 2022

This enables many more consumers and small businesses to send funds to markets in Africa, Asia and Latin America, where digital wallets are often the default payment method. Based in Singapore and San Francisco, Thunes is backed by investors including Insight Partners, GGV and Checkout.com, and has raised $130 million in funding to date.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 21, 2021

It also plans to expand its offerings to other Asian countries such as Bangladesh, Indonesia, and Vietnam in the future. Makkar said the startup will eventually broaden its offerings by integrating logistics, payments, and financing services to its platform.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 19, 2023

This will include everything from funding rounds to trends to an analysis of a particular space to hot takes on a particular company or phenomenon. 401(k) provider Human Interest , which recently increased total funding to $500 million, including an investment from BlackRock, has 23 open roles, including in engineering, product and revenue.

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Candid

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

The Rohingya crisis continued unabated, increasing the number of refugees, asylum seekers, and internally displaced people in Bangladesh and surrounding countries. Foundations and public charities funded $352 million for disasters and humanitarian crises. . As with previous years, this report sheds light on pervasive funding gaps.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 2, 2007

However, the fellowship does give me much more flexibility: I don't have to justify spending Benetech's funds for something that isn't directly connected to our current projects. For example, I'm planning on going to India and Bangladesh next month for the first time, and to Uganda and Sudan next year.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 22, 2007

The victims of Cyclone Sidr in the southwestern region of Bangladesh have immediate needs for relief items, including food and non-food items, emergency shelter, basic health care, clean water and more. I thought I'd highlight a few charitable organizations that are working to end hunger and some opportunities for donations.

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Whole Whale

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

ICA Fund Good Jobs. There are two fundamental things we love about ICA Fund Good Job’s annual report : The table of contents and the graphics. Moreover, the image is focused on an individual which allows the reader to empathize with the child and imagine her succeeding — and the key stats about the DREAM community suggest she will!

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Global Giving

FEBRUARY 7, 2018

For example, when you put money in a bank account, you’re relying on the bank (a central actor) to keep track of your funds correctly. If instead you store some funds in a blockchain that supports financial transactions, there is no one person or organization in charge of ensuring everything happens correctly.

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Global Giving

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

And the government of Bangladesh announced plans for a nationwide mobile payments system by early 2018.This The company seeks to accelerate aid funding distribution and provide transparency in how funds are spent using blockchain. BitPesa, Banqu, and UCash are scaling similar concepts in Kenya, Indonesia, and India.

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 4, 2006

On October 13th Muhammad Yunus won the Nobel Peace Prize for his work with the Grameen Bank, which provides credit to the rural poor of Bangladesh. As Jacqueline Norris of the Acumen Fund blog writes in, "A Place for Profits in Microfinance?" Microfinance and microcredit are all the rage among do-gooders right now.

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TechCrunch

MAY 27, 2022

That’s because textiles usually get their hues from toxic chemicals, and the resulting wastewater — laden with dyes, acids and formaldehyde — destroys rivers, such as those surrounding Dhaka , the capital city of Bangladesh.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 7, 2022

Funds that participated in the latest round included 4Di Capital, Octerra Capital, VestedWorld, Voltron Capital, Logos Ventures and several other angel investors, bringing the total capital raised by the Lagos-based startup to $2.5 Bfree , a Nigerian credit management fintech, has embarked on global expansion after raising $1.7

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 14, 2014

The International Fund for Agricultural Development uses Twitter talk about smallholder farmers and rural development issues, topics often overlooked by mainstream media. WHO And here’s a picture of a very happy lad, Mithu, in Bangladesh, proud of his improved pit latrine. UN Refugee Agency (@Refugees) January 13, 2014.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 23, 2013

charity: water even has an entire section of their site dedicated to stories from the field, where people who work for or collaborate with the nonprofit tell stories about the experiences they’ve had bringing clean water to people in Rwanda, Uganda, Bangladesh and more. Learn more here.

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