ECONOMY
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Finance
Accion Venture Lab launches $23M inclusive fintech startup fund
Accion Venture Lab—the seed-stage investment arm of non-profit Accion—has raised $23 million for a new inclusive fintech startup fund. The…
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Finance
Urbvan raises $9 million for its private shuttle service in Mexico
As cities in emerging markets grapple with increasingly traffic-clogged and dangerous streets, Urbvan, a startup providing private, high-end transportation shuttles…
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Trends
SoftBank reportedly plans to lend employees as much as $20 billion to invest in its VC fund
SoftBank has a plant to loan up to $20 billion to its employees, including CEO Masayoshi Son, for the purposes…
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Trends
New $47M fund, Fil Rouge Capital, is ready to boost Croatia’s growing startup scene
Croatia has not exactly been known for a huge startup scene in the past, and probably its most famous tech…
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STARTUPS
Peer-to-peer boat rental marketplace Boatsetter raises $10M as it looks to grow globally
Obviously, not everyone owns their boat, and boat ownership is far more unique than car ownership – which makes it…
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Trends
Why do 90 percent of start-ups fail?
Start up ventures are quite hard to start and once it gets to started, 90 percent of them does work…
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Trends
Klarna raises $460 million, looks to expand its payments presence in the US
Swedish payments provider Klarna has announced a new round of equity funding, adding $60 million at a post-money valuation of…
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