| Date | Title | Description | Source |
| 18.04.2024 | SunCulture Shines Bright with $27.5M Series B Funding | SunCulture, a game-changer in solar-powered irrigation solutions for smallholder farmers, has secure... | parsers.vc... |
| 17.04.2024 | SunCulture Raises $27.5M in Oversubscribed Series B Funding | Share this:
Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new... | appsafrica... |
| 15.04.2024 | Kenya’s SunCulture raised $27.5 M in oversubscribed Series B... | Kenya’s SunCulture, which offers smallholder farmers agricultural technology and solar-powered irrig... | incubees.c... |
| 10.04.2024 | Eric Schmidt, Reed Hastings backing Africa solar start-up | Eric Schmidt. Image: Valeriano DiDomenico/World Economic Forum
Reed Hastings, the co-founder of Netf... | techcentra... |
| 04.04.2024 | Jobs for the Future’s new $50M fund looks to invest in under... | Two years ago, Jobs for the Future (JFF), a non-profit dedicated to helping low-wage workers attain ... | techcrunch... |
| 29.01.2024 | Opinion: Future Food Tech Funding Needs A Complete Overhaul | 12 Mins Read Funding future food innovations is crucial. As traditional VCs look elsewhere, it’s for... | greenqueen... |
| 12.05.2023 | BGF explains: What is patient capital? | Patient capital has a longer time horizon than traditional private equity and venture capital. This ... | bgf.co.uk/... |
| 09.12.2022 | Acumen: Over two decades of changing the way Africa and the ... | Twenty-one years ago, the idea befuddled donors and people in the nonprofit sector.
Jacqueline Novog... | techcabal.... |
| 19.08.2022 | Koolboks closes $2.5M seed round to scale solar refrigeratio... | Koolboks, the sustainable cooling company providing accessible cold storage solutions to businesses ... | venturesaf... |
| 21.10.2021 | How companies can partner with social enterprises in their v... | (Green Biz) – We have a hard road ahead to achieve the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals ... | esgnews.co... |
| 16.09.2021 | Acumen’s new ag fund ushers commercial capital to farmers’ f... | Editor’s note: AFN’s coverage of the emerging African agrifoodtech sector is supported by Dutch deve... | agfunderne... |
| 26.06.2021 | Ed Partners Africa raises USD 1.9 million to improve quality... | Kenyan startup Ed Partners Africa, a non-banking financial institution serving affordable private sc... | incubees.c... |
| 18.05.2021 | Acumen’s patient capital is providing investment alternative... | From a fresh and relatable perspective, the Ask an Investor series focuses on investors in Africa — ... | techcabal.... |
| 10.02.2021 | Level closes $1.5M to provide financial services to gig work... | This morning Level, a Seattle-based startup that offers credit to gig-economy workers, announced tha... | techcrunch... |
| 14.10.2020 | West African solar startup secures $5-million in funding | Easy Solar, a West African renewable energy startup has secured $5-million in a round of funding.
T... | venturebur... |
| 14.10.2020 | West African solar startup secures $5-million in funding | Easy Solar, a West African renewable energy startup has secured $5-million in a round of funding.
Th... | venturebur... |
| 17.09.2020 | Emergency Fund Helps Social Entrepreneurs Hack Systemic Ineq... | As the COVID-19 pandemic devastates marginalized communities, public and private sector leaders, inc... | forbes.com... |
| 13.09.2020 | Startup Distributes $150,000 In Emergency Grants From Acumen... | The EarnUp teamEarnUp | forbes.com... |
| 04.11.2019 | Impact modeling for the financial world | The social impact space has come a long way since its founding.
Academics and practitioners alike ha... | technical.... |
| 03.09.2019 | PEG Africa raises $5m in debt funding from ElectriFI | Accra-based pay-as-you-go solar company PEG Africa has raised $5-million in funding in the form of d... | venturebur... |
| 03.09.2019 | PEG Africa raises $5m in debt funding from ElectriFI | Accra-based pay-as-you-go solar company PEG Africa has raised $5-million in funding in the form of d... | venturebur... |
| 19.07.2019 | Everything you need to know about West African startup lands... | Update: Are you a venture capitalist or an angel investor looking to invest in a company? Are you an... | venturebur... |
| 19.07.2019 | Everything you need to know about West African startup lands... | Update: Are you a venture capitalist or an angel investor looking to invest in a company? Are you an... | venturebur... |
| 25.03.2019 | Asset finance firm PEG Africa raises $25m for West Africa so... | Pay-as-you-go solar company PEG Africa has raised a $25-million Series-C round which it plans to use... | venturebur... |
| 25.03.2019 | Asset finance firm PEG Africa raises $25m for West Africa so... | Pay-as-you-go solar company PEG Africa has raised a $25-million Series-C round which it plans to use... | venturebur... |
| 25.03.2019 | Lessons Learned From the First Edtech Startup Competition in... | Even before the largest refugee crisis since WWII, governments across the Arab world have been strug... | edsurge.co... |
| 12.12.2018 | Out of $85 Billion in VC Funding Last Year, Only 2.2 Percent... | December 12, 2018 15+ min read
“You’ve clearly got what founders are made of, but I hope you're not ... | entreprene... |
| 24.09.2018 | Here’s what you need to know about Kenya’s tech startup ecos... | Are you a venture capitalist or an angel investor looking to invest in a company? Are you an entrepr... | venturebur... |
| 24.09.2018 | Here’s what you need to know about Kenya’s tech startup ecos... | Are you a venture capitalist or an angel investor looking to invest in a company? Are you an entrepr... | venturebur... |
| 08.06.2018 | Here’s what you need to know about Nigeria’s tech startup ec... | Are you a venture capitalist or an angel investor looking to invest in a company? Are you an entrepr... | venturebur... |
| 08.06.2018 | Here’s what you need to know about Nigeria’s tech startup ec... | Are you a venture capitalist or an angel investor looking to invest in a company? Are you an entrepr... | venturebur... |
| 13.02.2018 | Gaia Impact Fund closes an investment in Easy Solar in Sierr... | | gaia-impac... |
| 16.08.2017 | Acumen is searching for 20 emerging leaders from Pakistan | Acumen is looking for 20 Pakistanis for its Regional Fellowship program. The individuals have to be ... | techjuice.... |
| 23.09.2016 | GE Healthcare allocates $50M for startups focused on care in... | —
GE Healthcare has taken the wraps off a healthcare accelerator, five.eight, that will invest $50 m... | medcitynew... |
| 30.08.2016 | Private Equity Impact Fund KawiSafi Ventures Launches Operat... | KawiSafi Ventures, a $100m private equity impact fund, has launched operations with its first invest... | finsmes.co... |
| 08.08.2016 | Building Effective Edtech Business Models to Reach the Globa... | Battushig Myanganbayar grew up in Ulan Bator, Mongolia. As a senior in high school he persuaded his ... | edsurge.co... |
| 17.07.2016 | Chivas Regal’s “The Venture” rewards social entrepreneurs ar... | Bérénice Magistretti Contributor
Bérénice Magistretti is a Swiss freelance writer based in San Franc... | techcrunch... |
| 10.02.2016 | India: Biomass cooking stove maker Greenway raises $2.5m fro... | Premium
Global non-profit investment organisation Acumen, has partnered with Vikram Gandhi, founder ... | dealstreet... |
| 06.10.2015 | Nigeria’s person-to-person money transfer company Paga bags ... | The Nigerian person-to-person money transfer company, Paga, has secured US$13-million from renowned ... | venturebur... |
| 06.10.2015 | Nigeria’s person-to-person money transfer company Paga bags ... | The Nigerian person-to-person money transfer company, Paga, has secured US$13-million from renowned ... | venturebur... |
| 08.09.2015 | Daily funding roundup - September 8, 2015 | Smile Telecoms Holdings bagged $365M; BlaBlaCar secured $160M; SetPoint Medical raised $43M
YouthKiA... | vator.tv/n... |
| 04.08.2015 | Safaricom CEO Bob Collymore joins Advisory board of Acumen | The CEO of Safaricom, Bob Collymore has joined the advisory board of Acumen.
Acumen is a non-profit ... | techcabal.... |
| 29.07.2015 | $5 million invested in stove startup | A Dumbo-based startup received a shock of socially conscious capital, with BioLite announcing $5 mil... | technical.... |
| 13.12.2014 | Weekender: Startups, Opportunities, Readings, Events And Mor... | Weekender is a new weekly feature from Future Startup. We compile inspiring startups, opportunities,... | futurestar... |
| 02.05.2014 | Winners of Acumen & Plan9 Social Entrepreneurship Launch... | Plan 9, a government incubator for start-ups joined hands with Acumen for the first time to conduct ... | techjuice.... |
| 29.10.2013 | Your password management strategy stinks: Here’s why | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI an... | venturebea... |
| 29.10.2013 | Your password management strategy stinks: Here’s why | Vijay Pandurangan is the founder and CEO of Mitro.
We’ve used passwords since the beginning of compu... | venturebea... |
| - | GE Healthcare allocates $50M for startups focused on care in... | —
GE Healthcare has taken the wraps off a healthcare accelerator, five.eight, that will invest $50 m... | medcitynew... |
| - | Jacqueline Novogratz, Ousman Umar y Felix Finkbeiner entre l... | S2B Impact Forum llega a su 6ª edición como el evento de referencia en Economía de Impacto en España... | ship2b.org... |