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Moonshots, Momentum, and Legislative Tailwinds Beyond Silicon Valley

Revolution

Roads, bridges, and transport will make or break a city’s ability to grow its startup ecosystem and talent pool. To make it easier to toggle between the three, there needs to be significant policy, financing, and physical transformation. Infrastructure touches everything. Cultivate a super team, not a superstar.

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LA-based SoLo Funds raises $10 million to offer an alternative to predatory payday lenders

TechCrunch

SoLo Funds wants to replace payday lenders with a community-based, market-driven model for individual lending, and now has $10 million to expand its business in the U.S. And they’re able to help individuals out who otherwise would not be able to pay for groceries, paying rent or taking care of their transportation expenses.”

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Goldman Sachs leads $202M investment in project44, doubling its valuation to $1.2B in a matter of months

TechCrunch

The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted a lot in the world, and supply chains are no exception. . But getting real-time access to information from transportation providers has remained somewhat elusive for shippers and logistics companies alike. . A number of applications that aim to solve workflow challenges across the supply chain exist.

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The motorcycle ride-hailing wars in Nigeria and Uganda is SafeBoda’s to lose

TechCrunch

The company, which first launched in Uganda, is disrupting the offline market of local motorcycles referred to as boda-bodas in Uganda and okadas in Nigeria. And despite its exciting features, pieces of equipment and safety measures employed, what stands out is how SafeBoda adapts to the boda boda community.

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Tunisian enterprise AI startup InstaDeep raises $100M from AI Capital, BioNTech, Google

TechCrunch

InstaDeep , a Tunis and London-based enterprise AI startup that creates decision-making systems for solving real-world problems, has raised $100 million in Series B financing led by Alpha Intelligence Capital and CDIB. A common theme with these partnerships is that all three organizations are investors in InstaDeep’s new financing round.

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How capital-as-a-service can help you get your first check in 2021

TechCrunch

in my alternative financing panel next week for TC Sessions: Justice. SAN FRANCISCO, CA – SEPTEMBER 07: Coinbase Co-founder and CEO Brian Armstrong speaks onstage during Day 3 of TechCrunch Disrupt SF 2018 at Moscone Center on September 7, 2018 in San Francisco, California. Contra wants to be a community for independent workers.

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Migrante steps on the gas of vehicle leasing for gig workers in Latin America

TechCrunch

Having reliable transportation is at the top of any gig worker’s list, but in Latin America, that’s not always easy to secure. As a result, they decided to ramp up Migrante into other underbanked communities, including Peru. They can provide financing at the point of sale,” Silva Lombardi added.