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Why India Leads in Digital Payments

Andreessen Horowitz

The groundwork was Aadhaar (“foundation” in Hindi), a nationwide database established by the government in 2009 to enable digital identity verification. This helped with fraud and enabled smooth KYC compliance. UPI has since become the world’s fifth largest payment network by volume, and a model for the rest of the globe.

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20 Years of Investing in Startups

Paul G. Silva

provides aquatic data collection services and aquatic drones that work in pods of 1- 20 to collect data at unprecedented scale at orders of magnitude less cost. Ignitepost IgnitePOST is a service that enables sales & marketing teams to boost conversion rates by 15X. Jaia Robotics Inc. Jaia Robotics Inc.

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Seraphim Capital’s space tech accelerator releases details of its newest Space Camp cohort

TechCrunch

’s Seraphim Capital , the country’s only space tech accelerator, has released details of its newest cohort as part of its Space Camp programme, timed with the end of World Space Week last week. Description: “Helix Technologies – enables precision GPS antennas, providing 10cm level accuracy. Helix Technologies.

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Reveal raises $50M to espouse the benefits of partner ecosystems

TechCrunch

The capital brings the startup’s total raised to about $54 million. But Bouchez argues that Reveal goes a step further by involving sales and marketing teams in the process for lead generation, sales enablement, and ecosystem expansion. “Users [can] discover new relevant partners across the Reveal network.”

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CrowdForce raises $3.6M to increase access to cash for underserved communities in Nigeria

TechCrunch

This branchless banking model extends financial services to the last mile via a network of agents. Aruwa Capital Management led the equity-and-debt round, with participation from HAVAÍC and AAIC. Aruwa Capital Management led the equity-and-debt round, with participation from HAVAÍC and AAIC. million pre-Series A investment.

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Canada’s Assent Compliance lands $350M from Vista Equity for supply chain data management

TechCrunch

Doubling down on that niche has allowed it to build what it claims is “the industry’s largest network of supplier intelligence.” Assent’s compliance platform provides centralized access to supply chain data for use by teams across a given company. ” Canada’s startup market booms alongside hot global VC investment.

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Formstack raises $425M for a no-code platform that helps businesses automate their customer and internal workflows

TechCrunch

Silversmith Capital Partners and returning investor PSG are leading the round: PSG, along with Greater Sum Ventures, led a leveraged buyout of the company in 2018. “Now we are not only focused on data collection, but document generation.” Today, it no longer exists. “The