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Kenyan insurtech startup Pula raises $6M Series A to derisk smallholder farmers across Africa

TechCrunch

The raise comes after Pula closed $1 million in seed investment from Rocher Participations with support from Accion Venture Lab, Omidyar Network and several angel investors in 2018. . .” “With our latest funding, now is the time to break into new ground. Co-CEOs with agricultural backgrounds. million farmers.

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mPharma raises $35million in round participated by Tinder co-founder’s JAM fund, Bharti executive

TechCrunch

The startup has now set out to activate more mutti pharmacies to widen its reach and to build out its tech-infrastructure as it readies itself for the next phase of growth after raising $35 million in Series D round. mPharma is also present in Gabon where it has a contract with the government to build a drug supply chain infrastructure.

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Cleantech Qotto embarks on growth plan backed by $8M funding

TechCrunch

Qotto , a solar kits provider with operations in Burkina Faso and Benin, has raised $8 million in a Series A equity-debt round led by the IBL group, a billion-dollar conglomerate headquartered in Mauritius with business interests in a number of sectors including energy, financial services, logistics, distribution, and engineering.

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Swoop Aero’s drones hit a million items delivered as the company raises for expansion

TechCrunch

Australian drone logistics company Swoop Aero is celebrating new milestones and funding as it plans its expansion to more markets. “If you’re the minister of a country, whether it’s Austrialia or Malawi, you say ‘we want to be able to do 300 high-priority deliveries a month.’ where regulations are tight.

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Sun King raises $260M to widen clean energy access in Africa, Asia

TechCrunch

One of the largest solar companies in Africa and Asia, Sun King , has raised $260 million in series D funding to deliver off-grid energy technologies to more people across the two continents. Part of the funding will be used to expand the business’ presence. Sun King has previously raised $170 million in equity and debt funding.

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8 startups that leveraged products for social good, and where they’re headed in 2014

The Next Web

1) The e-commerce site where products fund projects. Launching – and funding – several crowd commerce campaigns. Launching – and funding – several crowd commerce campaigns. Similar to a Kickstarter model, these campaigns use products to fund projects. As of May 2013, w4tw was over-funded by $16,285 from a cool $25K.

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CEO’s Update: Fall 2014

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

More and more of my time is spent around both raising money and raising awareness of how much more could be done with technology to increase social impact. We competed against other participating organizations, racing against the clock to raise funds and secure matching funding from the Skoll Foundation.