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Revolution Ventures Invests in Oula, the Maternity Care Startup Combining the Best of Obstetrics…

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Revolution Ventures Invests in Oula, the Maternity Care Startup Combining the Best of Obstetrics and Midwifery Oula will use the $28M Series B to open additional clinics and launch new services. With plans to open new clinics in 2025, the company is poised to become the largest U.S. employer of midwives.

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EV startup Zypp Electric nabs $25M to hit 30 Indian cities by 2025

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Zypp Electric, an Indian startup that offers an EV-as-a-service platform catering to e-commerce companies and gig workers, has received a $25 million investment led by Taiwan’s battery-swapping giant Gogoro. The Gurugram-based startup aims to electrify last-mile deliveries in the South Asian nation.

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Best Buy investing millions in Brown Venture Group, a firm exclusively backing BIPOC founders

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Minnesota-based Brown Venture Group is a three-year-old venture capital firm that has pledged to exclusively back Black, Latino and Indigenous technology startups in “emerging technologies.” billion with BIPOC and diverse businesses by 2025. billion with BIPOC and diverse businesses by 2025.

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GetVantage offers revenue-based financing to India’s founders

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The Mumbai-based startup announced today that it has raised $36 million in equity and debt led by Varanium Nexgen Fintech Fund, DMI Sparkle Fund, along with returning investors Chiratae Ventures and Dream Incubator Japan. For founders without the right network, it’s hard to find investors.

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Black Founders Matter presses VCs to pledge commitment to diversity

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Today, at the helm of the Black Founders Matter venture fund, Michel has kept that mentality. The fund announced today the formation of the 25 by 25 Pledge , which encourages venture capitalists to commit to investing a quarter of their funds into BIPOC women founders by the year 2025. I just see it as the start.”

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Kenyan startup Wowzi secures $3.2 million from 4DX Ventures, Andela co-founder to expand across Africa

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Kenyan startup Wowzi has secured new funding to expand the reach of its platform, which turns social media users into brand influencers, to West and Southern Africa — as it taps the increasing usage of social sites across the continent driven by the proliferation of smartphones and a deepening internet penetration.

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Ample’s founder explains what it takes to scale EV battery swapping

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Since we last checked in with Ample’s co-founder and president John de Souza a year ago , the San Francisco-based startup has quietly grown, building new swapping stations and signing on additional fleet partners around the globe. Meanwhile, battery-swapping tech for cars has gained footing in China. Today there are 1,400.

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