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Tiger Global backs fintech CreditBook in first Pakistan investment

TechCrunch

Two years ago, a group of entrepreneurs in Pakistan began surveying the market to understand why financial services weren’t reaching the majority of merchants in the world’s fifth most populous nation. On Friday, Tiger Global said it is backing their startup, CreditBook , to help address those challenges.

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rali_cap gets backing from global VCs and launches $30M fintech fund for emerging markets

TechCrunch

Rali_cap was first a collective before a fund, Hayden Simmons , the general partner who launched the firm in 2020, told TechCrunch in an interview. Kassiri, who had a brief stint at Berlin-based VC firm Target Global before joining rali_cap earlier this year, had worked closely with Simmons during the duo’s time at Lateral Capital.

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Interview with Roshaneh Zafar, Kashf Foundation, part of Global X Social Entrepreneurs Video Series

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There is a terrific video series over at Social Edge called the "X Interview" where you can watch and listen to social entrepreneurs tell their stories. The videos are short, most less than 3-7 minutes, are simple -- a significant event that had a major impact on their life and how they see the world in 2017.

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Venture capital funding may have slowed, but VC firms have no problems raising new funds

TechCrunch

With a large population, Pakistan is geographically smaller, well-connected with fewer provinces, has lower regulatory barriers and doesn’t have strong incumbents,” Khurshid, who is originally from Pakistan, said via email. As the global venture capital market slows, is the US dodging the downturn?

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Tazah gets pre-seed funding to make Pakistan’s agriculture sector more bountiful

TechCrunch

The founders of Tazah Technologies , a B2B agriculture marketplace in Pakistan, met while serving leadership roles at Uber subsidiary Careem. The startup, which launched two months ago in Lahore, announced today it has raised a $2 million pre-seed round led by Global Founders Capital and Zayn Capital.

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Freelancing is the new normal: oDesk and the future of the workforce marketplace

The Next Web

For us, the opportunity is not about taking market share from other players, it’s really about expanding the awareness of online work and hiring these virtual global teams as an alternative to traditional way of recruiting or building a company,” he said. Entrepreneur Insider Analysis and Opinion Profiles and Interviews'

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SWVL plans to lay off 32% of its team two months after going public

TechCrunch

This downsizing from the Dubai-based startup adds to the long list of global cross-stage layoffs in what has been a rough month for tech employees. SWVL is present in 13 markets globally: the UAE, Egypt, Kenya, Germany, Spain, Italy, Switzerland, Turkey, Japan, Argentina, Saudi Arabia, Jordan and Pakistan.

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