Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
DECEMBER 3, 2004
This is based on a talk I gave in Sri Lanka last year at the University of Peradeniya, but with a heavier technology component given the engineering audience. I covered our Human Rights program, including the Martus Project and the Human Rights Data Analysis Group (which joined Benetech last year).
TechCrunch
OCTOBER 11, 2022
Tiger Global co-led the pre-Series A round of $5.2 The startup also does not want to limit itself to India, as it has started working in a pilot phase with clients in global markets and has its initial customers in the U.S., Sri Lanka and Malaysia. Now they secured some much-needed fuel to expand.
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TechCrunch
NOVEMBER 12, 2020
Also participating is Anthos Capital, Global Brain, Clocktower Technology Ventures, Moneta VC, Mitsui Fudosan and Firestartr. Nigel Verdon, co-founder and CEO of Railsbank, tells me the injection of capital will be used to continue expanding the fintech’s global footprint and for further product development.
Have Fun - Do Good
OCTOBER 4, 2011
When I signed up to participate in the Girl Effect Blogging Campaign, I wasn't sure how I would contribute, but when I connected with Carinne Brody at an International Museum of Women event a couple weeks ago, I knew she would be a wonderful person to talk with us about the connection between girls' education and global health.
TechCrunch
DECEMBER 20, 2021
Cross-border remittances — when people living and working abroad send money back home to friends and family — continues to be a huge part of how those living in developing countries, off the global financial grid, can be helped. on 2020, as parts of the global economy started to claw back growth after a tough 2020 due to Covid-19.
TechCrunch
SEPTEMBER 2, 2021
is the latest startup to grab some venture capital dollars as the travel industry gets back on its feet amid the global pandemic. It was starting to branch out to international sales in 2020 when the global pandemic hit. It happened that it was the same time that he was vacationing in Sri Lanka where he was one of very few tourists.
TechCrunch
OCTOBER 12, 2022
The startup’s largest user base is in Nigeria, and it also has a major presences in India, Ghana and Vietnam, and growing user bases in Brazil, the Philippines and Sri Lanka. They include crypto exchange Luno in Africa, multi-asset exchange Pluang (another Accel investment) in Southeast Asia and global crypto savings app Nexo.
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