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Nigerian data and intelligence company Stears raises $3.3M, backed by Mac VC and Serena Ventures

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Serena Ventures, Omidyar Group’s Luminate Fund, Melo 7 Tech Partners and Cascador (Empowering Economic Growth Foundation) participated. This is compared to the 80% revenue growth between FY 2021 and FY 2020. a data company focused on Africa. Five years on, this startup, Stears , is announcing a $3.3

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Empowering Entrepreneurs From Underserved Communities with GoDaddy

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In 2020 it expanded to Germany through Impact Hub Munich and the target audience for each location changed. . 2020-2021 New Roots participants in Impact Hub Munich. Despite the differences, the data collected before and after the program shows that great and tangible results were achieved in both locations.

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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. They’re first starting with the high-complication, hand-cranked, most common neurosurgery: bedside craniotomy. Jaia Robotics Inc. Jaia Robotics Inc.

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