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A Meeting of Unreasonable Minds

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Driven by his desire to inspire progress, Suhail started planning the FALAK Unreasonable Thinking Summit (UTS) in 2016. All of the costs of the event were covered by our sponsors, the main ones being TAMKEEN (The Bahrain Labour Fund) and the Bahrain Economic Development Board. Obviously, EO had an impact on me as well,” he says.

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New Jersey announces $10M seed fund aimed at Black and Latinx founders

TechCrunch

The Black and Latinx Seed Fund will be administered by the New Economic Development Authority (NJEDA). NJEDA CEO Tim Sullivan said based on research conducted by the state, that New Jersey is the first state in the nation to develop this type of fund. I think two of the centerpieces of Gov.

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Google’s third bet from its Africa Investment Fund is in logistics company Lori Systems

TechCrunch

Lori, in a statement, said it has helped thousands of shippers and carriers move over $10 billion worth of cargo across the continent since launching in 2016. “ Lori Systems is a great example of how technology can be scalable across Africa, and how, in turn, this can drive meaningful economic development.”.

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SoftBank sinks $200M into Andela, propels company into unicorn territory

TechCrunch

It also changes the economic development in the countries where they live.”. Meanwhile, in addition to expanding into 80 countries, Andela has thousands of developers using its platform and saw the number of applicants increase five times in the past six months.

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Free money for your impact tech startup

David Teten VC

Their foci include addressing environmental sustainability, racial and gender equity, economic development concerns, etc. Catalyst Fund ( Managed b y BFA , founded in 2016 with support of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and JPMorgan Chase & Co ). Blue Ridge Labs @ Robin Hood. Higher Ground Labs. Y Combinator.

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