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ShopUp, Bangladesh’s B2B commerce platform, secures $30m in debt financing

AsiaTechDaily

Register ShopUp , the largest full-stack B2B commerce platform in Bangladesh, announced that it secured $30 million in debt financing, another major milestone in the country’s startup ecosystem. Still, they face issues such as product unavailability, unreliable delivery, and lack of access to affordable financing.

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B2B Fintech Drives Market Disruption in Mexico

Andreessen Horowitz

The world of finance is undergoing a profound transformation, and Mexico is no exception. Embedded finance: Integrating solutions into mainstream services Embedded finance represents a paradigm shift in how businesses access financial services. The immense potential of embedded finance is becoming increasingly evident.

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MADCash Secures RM5 Million in Funding to Empower Women Entrepreneurs

AsiaTechDaily

The recently acquired capital infusion will be directed towards MADCash’s online platform, leveraging advanced AI technology for optimization, financing operational and marketing requirements, and facilitating the startup’s expansion endeavors across the Southeast Asian region, as detailed in the official press release.

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5 areas where VCs can play an outsized role in addressing climate change

TechCrunch

A close look at Singapore’s thriving startup ecosystem. Dr. Abrar Chaudhury is a climate finance research fellow at Oxford Said Business School researching on topics of global environmental change, climate finance, policy implementation, sustainable development, and corporate purpose. Abrar Chaudhury. Contributor.

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Paytm raises $1.1 billion from anchor investors in India’s blockbuster IPO

TechCrunch

Paytm has raised $1.104 billion in India’s largest-ever anchor round as part of its initial public offering, which is also shaping up to be the nation’s largest, as the poster child of the Indian startup ecosystem moves closer to listing in the public markets. to $28.85).

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S3 Ventures, Tacora close on new funds to boost Austin startups

TechCrunch

6 VCs talk the future of Austin’s exploding startup ecosystem. While building a company here between 1994 and 2003, I saw the Texas ecosystem firsthand and was excited about what it offered,” Smith told TechCrunch. “It We are here to help early-stage companies finance their assets,” she said.

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Tiger Global backs fintech CreditBook in first Pakistan investment

TechCrunch

CreditBook today offers a bookkeeping app to merchants, enabling them to digitize the handwritten ledger that they have traditionally used to keep track of daily accounts. The eponymous mobile app has amassed merchants in over 400 towns and cities, the startup said. It’s a massive opportunity.

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