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Pakistan edtech startup Maqsad gets $2.1M pre-seed to make education more accessible

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Taha Ahmed and Rooshan Aziz left their jobs in strategy consulting and investment banking in London earlier this year in order to found a mobile-only education platform startup, Maqsad , in Pakistan, with a goal “to make education more accessible to 100 million Pakistani students.” “We believe everyone has a purpose.

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Subak, which incubates data-for-climate not-for-profits, announces six startups in 2022 cohort

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based incubator focused on nonprofit startups that are addressing climate-related challenges through open-source data initiatives has announced the six startups which will be put through its 2022 program. The incubator was founded by Baroness Bryony Worthington, who was the lead author of the U.K.’s

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Deepgram lands new cash to grow its enterprise voice-recognition business

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billion by 2030, according to one (optimistic?) On the hunt for new business, Deepgram recently launched the Deepgram Startup Program, which offers $10 million in free speech-recognition credits on Deepgram’s platform to startups in education and corporate. “Deepgram’s business continues to grow rapidly.

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What if all startup accelerators promote circularity?

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What if all startup incubators and accelerators integrated design principles that foster circularity? Circularity-focused incubation and acceleration programs already exist, but there are two problems: There aren’t enough of them to transform the private sector as a whole. of the global economy is circular.

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The New economy starts with Impact-Driven Entrepreneurs

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We at Impact Hub advocate for better policies and funding, we make education and financial and non-financial resources accessible to impact ventures around the world. His involvement gave him access to funding and valuable business education. The Kitchen at 44 . NDN Collective.

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Larissa de Moura: Working Towards a World Without Borders

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INMI , a social startup dedicated to supporting young students in finding the best educational programs around the world, was born out of that journey. Inspired by the 2030 Agenda, INMI is an award-winning platform that connects the migrant community with a network of professionals and resources in an all-in-one support ecosystem.

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Mobilising the Full Potential of the Social Economy in Europe

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Built on the results of the 2011 Social Business Initiative and the 2016 Start-up and Scale-up Initiative , and preceded by extensive dialogue with stakeholders and civil society, the Action Plan proposes 38 concrete measures to be implemented in a nine-years horizon, between 2021-2030. What’s next?