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Oxfam Novib and Goodwell target East African startups with €20M Pepea fund

TechCrunch

The fund will invest in businesses in sustainable agriculture, energy, clean mobility, logistics, and waste management sectors, which produce basic goods and services that represent a huge proportion of household spending for lower-income communities. Pepea’s long-term plan is to improve the quality and affordability of these necessities.

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60 Top Women-led Venture Capital Firms

American Entrepreneurship

of all VC funds raised in 2022 to 17.2%—seen as part of a decade-long trend. Aspect Ventures : co-founded in 2014 by Theresia Gouw and Jennifer Fonstad, the early-stage venture firm uniquely focuses on bridging the funding gap between angels and the larger multi-stage VC platforms through collaboration and diversity.

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

TechCrunch

Enter Assent Compliance — a Canadian company focused on supply chain sustainability management. Interestingly, Assent was bootstrapped for the first five years of its life — from 2010 to 2015. ” Canada’s startup market booms alongside hot global VC investment. While half a billion dollars raised in the U.S.

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Does Atlantic Canada have a blueprint for rural revival in the post-pandemic era?

TechCrunch

Stephen Harper, the country’s prime minister from 2006 to 2015, famously quipped that the region suffered from “ a culture of defeatism.” Once lone rangers, Q1 Labs and Radian6 are now surrounded by thriving copycats in a self-sustaining ecosystem. Soon, the region’s hard-luck narrative stuck.

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TravelPerk adds $115M to equity and debt Series D, discloses unicorn valuation

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In total, it has raised $409 million since being founded back in 2015. VC firm General Catalyst, a new investor in the business, along with existing backer Kinnevik. “TravelPerk Events enables remote and hybrid teams to connect in real life,” runs its marketing spiel for the tool. “As

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Gophr, the U.K. last-mile delivery company, picks up £4M funding

TechCrunch

Noteworthy, Gophr’s co-founder and CEO, Seb Robert, tells me the 2015-founded company reached monthly net profitability around 3 years ago and was net profitable for the whole of last year. The company had previously raised £1 million in two rounds, including £500,000 from publicly-listed Auctus Alternative Investments.

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TechCrunch+ roundup: BNPL competition heats up, Bowery Farming TC-1, Silicon Valley dreams

TechCrunch

In a four-part series, he explores the origins and operations of Bowery Farming, a profitable startup that has raised almost $500 million since 2015 to create new tech and facilities that raise leafy greens sold in nearly 900 markets. Heavily VC-backed salad chain Sweetgreen heads toward public markets. Any advice? Eager Entrepreneur.

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