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Educate, Empower, Support: EO Women Entrepreneurs Are Leading the Way

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Women still only get about 2% of venture capital investment money, and we want to see that change,” said Cindy Boyd, EO Houston. “By WEDO Canada’s mission is to educate, empower and support future women entrepreneurs by granting $1 million in scholarships to deserving female post-secondary students across Canada,” Milena said.

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India’s higher education startup Sunstone raises $35 million

TechCrunch

Sunstone, a higher education startup that collaborates with academic institutions to help upskill their students for employability, has raised $35 million in a new financing round as it looks to expand to more Indian cities. Sunstone founders said Friday WestBridge Capital led the startup’s Series C financing round.

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Strengthening financial education in Argentina with honesty and integrity

Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

2018 YLAI Fellow Gastón is the founder of eaInversores , an online platform based in Córdoba, Argentina, that provides low-cost investment assistance and financial literacy education. His organization, eaInversores, provides financial education through online courses and conferences.

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New Study by MPOWER Financing Shows the Value of Investing in Immigrants

Dream It

The report, “Empowering Global Citizens to Create Global Change,” focuses on the impact of MPOWER Financing’s core product, the world’s only fixed-rate, no-cosigner education loan for international and DACA students at top U.S. Enhance the financial independence and educational prospects of women from emerging markets.

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Ocho wants to rethink (and rebrand) personal finance for business owners

TechCrunch

Personal finance is hard – and that’s a tale as old, and difficult to disrupt, as time. And while Nagpal agrees that there’s no “north star” company that has shown how to tackle finance literacy at scale, he’s hoping that Ocho’s 10-person team may just have a not-so-boring wedge that changes that.

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Chinese online education app Zuoyebang raises $1.6 billion from investors including Alibaba

TechCrunch

Other participants included returning investors Tiger Global Management, SoftBank Vision Fund, Sequoia Capital China and FountainVest Partners. The latest financing brings Zuoyebang’s total raised so far to $2.93 Chinese online learning app Zuoyebang raises $750M.

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Nigeria’s Decagon raises millions to finance and train software engineers

TechCrunch

million seed round and a student loan financing facility of $25 million from Nigerian financial institution Sterling Bank. The dire need for tech talent in Nigeria has become more evident these days, where startups are raising venture capital at a ridiculous pace. Today, Decagon is announcing its $1.5 also took part.

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