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| 07.05.2024 | Horizon Capital планирует освоить $350 млн инвестиций в Украине в течение 2 лет, идет поиск проектов | Как известно, в начале 2024 года фонд Horizon Capital Growth Fund IV (HCGF IV) от инвесткомпании Horizon Capital привлек $350 млн для финансирования частных компаний в Украине, увеличив общую сумму активов под управлением до $1,6 млрд.
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| 19.04.2024 | Ecozen Bags $30 Mn Funding To Offer Solar Solutions To Marginal Farmers | SUMMARY
While the equity was led by existing investor Nuveen, with participation from others, the debt was offered by InCred Credit Fund and DFC
The startup said in a statement that the funding will be deployed towards product development a... |
| 15.04.2024 | Weekly economic index: Mobility startups take the lead in funding, Niger and China’s oil deal, and CBN’s interest rate on treasury bills | Here are three big stories from Africa’s business and policy landscape you (probably) didn’t miss but should keep in mind this week: Mobility Takes the Lead in Africa’s Slow Funding Year.
Mobility startups received the most funding in Q1 20... |
| 05.04.2024 | Adenia Partners Closes Oversubscribed Fund at $470M | Adenia Partners, a private equity firm focused on African growth, has successfully closed its fifth fund, Adenia Capital V, at $470 million. The fund attracted commitments from global investors, with 60% coming from existing backers like DE... |
| 03.04.2024 | Adenia Closes Fifth Flagship Fund, at $470M | Adenia, a Beau Plan, Mauritius-based private equity firm focused on growth opportunities in Africa, closed its fifth fund, Adenia Capital V, at $470M.
AC(V) received commitments from new and existing investors globally. More than half (60%)... |
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| 10.01.2024 | Inside the One Acre Fund’s plans to safeguard Africa’s smallholder farmers facing climate disaster | Cyclone Freddy’s destruction in Malawi last year was a stark reminder that Africa’s smallholder farmers are a vulnerable lot.
The tropical cyclone’s impacts were devastating for farmers in a country that ranks among the poorest in the world... |
| 11.10.2023 | US DFC unveils $600mn investment boost for Indian industries | ECONOMY & POLICY US DFC unveils $600mn investment boost for Indian industries
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The US Development Finance Corporation (DFC) has revealed its comprehensive investment plan for India.
In a strategic move to enhance clea... |
| 14.09.2023 | Wavemaker Impact secures $15m in ongoing raise for maiden fund | GreentechInvestmentsNews
Miguel Cordon · 14 Sep 2023 · 2 min readWavemaker Impact secures $15m in ongoing raise for maiden fund
(From left) Wavemaker Impact founding members Quentin Vaquette, Doug Parker, Marie Cheong, Paul Santos, and Stev... |
| 22.08.2023 | Finnfund and DFC commit US$15 million in equity and loan financing to Kentegra Biotechnology to boost the expansion of pyrethrin production in Kenya | Finnfund and DFC commit US$15 million in equity and loan financing to Kentegra Biotechnology to boost the expansion of pyrethrin production in Kenya
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Kentegra Biotechnology was founded in 2017 ... |
| 15.08.2023 | Dublin's TechMet closes $200M to secure the supply of the key metals for renewable energy | TechMet, the start-up which is building projects to secure the supply of the key metals for EVs, energy storage and renewable energy has raised a $200 million equity round. The Dublin-based firm is on track to exceed a billion-dollar valuat... |
| 11.05.2023 | Il mercato del Venture Capital ad aprile 2023 | Come è andato il mercato del Venture Capital ad aprile 2023? Facciamo insieme una carrellata delle startup, delle scaleup e dei round più interessanti. Purtroppo, i dati del primo trimestre 2023 confermano i trend negativi in Europa per gli... |
| 04.04.2023 | Global payments firm TerraPay raises $100 million to expand further across the LATAM and MENA regions | London-based TerraPay has closed its Series B equity financing round, raising in excess of $100 million in equity and debt financing, funding its proposed expansion further into LATAM and MENA regions.
The round was led by IFC and supported... |
| 04.04.2023 | UK-based TerraPay secures €91.7M to expand its payments infrastructure | London-based TerraPay, a global payments infrastructure company, announced on Tuesday that it has secured $100M (approximately €91.74M) in a Series B equity and debt round of funding.
The company claims to have been successful, and it is no... |
| 04.04.2023 | DFC invests $25M in Novastar’s Africa People + Planet Fund | The U.S International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) has made equity investment to the tune of $25 million in a new fund by Pan-African venture capital firm Novastar Ventures, to back founders building agriculture and climate solutio... |
| 15.11.2022 | 51 Renewable Energy Projects of 2.6k MW Capacity Completed This Year | A total of 51 renewable energy projects of 2634 megawatt capacity have been completed and are supplying electricity to the national grid. Several other initiatives are also being taken for the fast-track development of renewable energy proj... |
| 24.10.2022 | US Finances Pakistan Government For Production of Renewable Energy Sources | Khurram Dastgir, Federal Minister for Power, met with a delegation of the International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) today and the delegation was headed by DFC Chief Climate Officer Jake Levine while Deputy Chief of Staff Policy Na... |
| 08.05.2022 | Building scientific talent in the Global South can help prevent future public health crises | There’s a clamor around the world to return to the pre-pandemic “normal.” In reality, though, a reset to the fall of 2019 is out of the question. Leaders at all levels, all around the globe, must apply the painful lessons learned these past... |
| 26.04.2022 | DFIs pledge to enhance collaboration in support of infrastructure development | The leaders of more than 15 Development Finance Institutions (DFIs), including British International Investment, gathered on 25 April to affirm their commitment to transparent and sustainable private sector investment in priority sectors es... |
| 26.04.2022 | DFIs pledge to enhance collaboration in support of infrastructure development | The leaders of more than 15 Development Finance Institutions (DFIs), including British International Investment, gathered on 25 April to affirm their commitment to transparent and sustainable private sector investment in priority sectors es... |
| 17.03.2022 | The Week in Agrifoodtech: Licious nets $150m, Bear Robotics raises $81m | Licious, an India e-commerce marketplace for meat, scored $150 million in Series F-plus investment this week, while California’s Bear Robotics bagged $81 million for its robot restaurant servers. Over in agtech, Local Bounti snapped up a ri... |
| 16.03.2022 | Q&A: How AgDevCo will use $90m from CDC, others to boost Africa’s mid-size agribusinesses | Directing commercial funding to Africa’s fragmented agricultural sector is complex. For development finance institutions (DFIs), venture capitalists, and private equity firms alike, getting the right matrix has proven challenging.
But AgDev... |
| 03.03.2022 | Covid-19 manufacturing roundup: 9 partners to help Biovac's manufacturing expansion; After production pledges, Covid-19 test demand has plummeted | A consortium of nine partners will support Biovac’s expansion of its South African manufacturing plant capacity in an effort to boost production of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine.
Biovac will raise about $150 million to boost local ca... |
| 02.02.2022 | Copia Global’s $50m round proves investor interest in Africa’s oft-ignored rural consumer | Copia Global, a Kenyan B2C e-commerce company, has secured $50 million in Series C funding in a round led by Goodwell Investments.
The round included previous investors LGT Lightrock, DEG Equity and Perivoli Innovations as well as Zebu Inve... |
| 20.01.2022 | Climate Tech Investing in Emerging Markets (Part One) | This post is written in collaboration with CrossBoundary, an investment firm unlocking capital for sustainable growth in underserved global markets.
I recently joined the USV team and as many investors and founders, I have been a long-time... |
| 20.01.2022 | With $60m in fresh funding, Arya is eyeing a $20bn slice of India’s grain market | Indian post-harvest services startup Arya has closed $60 million in Series C funding.
Asia Impact SA, Lightrock, and Quona Capital co-led equity portion of the round, worth $46 million.
A further $14 million in the form of debt came from US... |
| 04.10.2021 | China’s New Climate Pledge: Is Geopolitical Competition Good for the Climate? | For the second year in a row, Chinese leader Xi Jinping has issued a surprisingly ambitious new pledge to help tackle climate change. In September 2020, during the annual meeting of the U.N. General Assembly, Xi stunned most observers by co... |
| 30.06.2021 | IFC, Proparco, DEG and DFC Support South African COVID-19 Vaccine Maker, Aspen | Johannesburg, South Africa, June 30, 2021-To support the development of vaccines for African countries, IFC, the French Development institution Proparco, DEG - the German development finance institution, and the U.S. International Developme... |
| 14.06.2021 | G7 Development Finance Institutions and multilateral partners to invest over $80 billion into African businesses over the next five years | The G7 DFIs, the IFC, the private sector arm of the African Development Bank, EBRD and the European Investment Bank today announced that they were committed to investing $80 billion in the private sector over the next five years to support ... |
| 14.06.2021 | G7 Development Finance Institutions and multilateral partners to invest over $80 billion into African businesses over the next five years | The G7 DFIs, the IFC, the private sector arm of the African Development Bank, EBRD and the European Investment Bank today announced that they were committed to investing $80 billion in the private sector over the next five years to support ... |
| 14.06.2021 | G7 Development Finance Institutions and multilateral partners to invest over $80 billion into African businesses over the next five years | The G7 DFIs, the IFC, the private sector arm of the African Development Bank, EBRD and the European Investment Bank today announced that they were committed to investing $80 billion in the private sector over the next five years to support ... |
| 06.05.2021 | International Collaboration of development finance organisations agree new steps to increase the resilience of economies threatened by the climate emergency | The Group of G7 Development Finance Institutions working together under the DFIs+ Adaptation and Resilience Collaborative has put forward a practical plan to the G7 on actions to accelerate investments in adaptation and resilience. |
| 06.05.2021 | International Collaboration of development finance organisations agree new steps to increase the resilience of economies threatened by the climate emergency | The Group of G7 Development Finance Institutions working together under the DFIs+ Adaptation and Resilience Collaborative has put forward a practical plan to the G7 on actions to accelerate investments in adaptation and resilience. |
| 06.05.2021 | International Collaboration of development finance organisations agree new steps to increase the resilience of economies threatened by the climate emergency | The Group of G7 Development Finance Institutions working together under the DFIs+ Adaptation and Resilience Collaborative has put forward a practical plan to the G7 on actions to accelerate investments in adaptation and resilience. |
| 25.04.2021 | ‘Strategic Competition’: U.S. Looks To Kazakhstan To Expand Ties | People walk past the abandoned, Chinese-funded LRT project in the city of Nursultan, Kazakhstan in ... [+] August 2020. The project is part of China's One Belt, One Road initiative aimed at recreating trade along the former Silk Road. The C... |
| 17.03.2021 | Missio Invest Secures $20 Million Anchor Investment from U.S. International Development Finance Corporation | |
| 17.03.2021 | Missio Invest Secures $20 Million Anchor Investment from U.S. International Development Finance Corporation | NEW YORK, March 17, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Missio Invest, an impact investor that provides loans and technical assistance to social enterprises operated by the Catholic Church in Africa, today announced that it has secured a $20 million loan ... |
| 20.01.2021 | The Trump administration countered Chinese investment in African tech. Will Biden? | The new US president will begin dismantling his predecessor’s legacy from Day 1, but may need one holdover to influence Africa.
In January 2020, Nigerian healthcare startup LifeBank became the first company to receive investment under a new... |
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| 04.12.2020 | 10 Actions Climate Envoy John Kerry Can Take To Win The Climate War | 24 Nov: Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry speaks after being introduced by ... [+] President-elect Joe Biden in Wilmington, Delaware. AGetty Images |
| 01.12.2020 | Biden Expected To Continue Trump Support For U.S. Nuclear Energy Exports | Vice President Joe Biden (C) shakes hands with Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko at a bilateral ... [+] meeting during the 2016 Nuclear Security Summit in Washington, DC, March 31, 2016. / AFP / Jim Watson (Photo credit should read JIM WAT... |
| 24.11.2020 | SA takes another step towards new nuclear power | The National Energy Regulator of South Africa has invited comment on government’s plans to add 2,500MW in nuclear power to SA's electricity mix.
Currently, Koeberg is only supplying 1,940MW.
A number of parties are interesting in building t... |
| 28.10.2020 | FreshToHome banks $121m in India’s ‘largest ever Series C funding for consumer tech’ | Indian e-grocer FreshToHome has raised $121 million in a Series C round led by UAE sovereign fund, the Investment Corporation of Dubai. The startup said the deal is the biggest fundraise at this stage for an Indian consumer tech company to ... |
| 22.10.2020 | The US nuclear company with an eye on SA just got a R23 billion boost, courtesy of Donald Trump | News analysis
SA's Koeberg nuclear power plant. (Photo: Jay Caboz)
American nuclear energy company NuScale has been citing Cape Town as an example of an ideal customer for its still-theoretical generators.
It has now received in-principle f... |
| 16.09.2020 | Kodak admits to poor handling of CEO stock grants prior to announcing its $765 million government loan | Kodak admitted to poor handling of a stocks grant process for its chief executive prior to disclosing a surprise $765 million government loan.
The camera company released a legal review that showed Kodak was not thoroughly briefed by legal ... |
| 15.09.2020 | Trump’s DFC investment play in African private funds and startups so far | Share this article:
On January 2, 2020, the Trump administration launched a new agency: the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC).
Acting as the US’ development bank, the agency was set to deepen the US’ foreign policy an... |
| 07.08.2020 | Trump Administration Pivots To Nuclear Energy, Finds Lever Against China, Russia | Expanding U.S. commercial nuclear power abroad could become the Trump administration’s strongest lever against Chinese hegemony and Russian expansion in the global market. |
| 29.07.2020 | Kodak surges 1,900% in 2 days after securing a $765 million government loan to make drug ingredients | Advertisement
Kodak shares surged as much as 1,900% in two days after the camera company was awarded a $765 million government loan to make drug ingredients in response to the coronavirus pandemic.
The group said it planned to launch a phar... |
| 29.07.2020 | Kodak Secures $765 Million Government Loan to Produce Drugs | July 29, 2020 2 min read This story originally appeared on PCMag
There is a lot more demand these days for medication than photographic film, so Eastman Kodak has decided to get into drugs, and the Trump administration is supporting its ini... |
| 28.07.2020 | Kodak launching new pharmaceuticals arm with $765M federal loan | More On: Kodak
New York AG seeks insider-trading evidence from Kodak Kodak says New York AG has threatened to sue over alleged insider trading Kodak stock skyrockets after probe clears federal loan deal Hedge fund stake sends shares in Koda... |
| 07.04.2020 | Leveraging Africa’s Technology Boom to Protect U.S. Interests | African leaders, organizations and individuals are increasingly investing in Africa’s expanding technology sector, presenting U.S. policymakers with a unique opportunity to reframe the U.S. approach to Africa and support an endeavor that ha... |
| 16.02.2020 | The Disruption of Development Finance | Editor’s Note: The Trump administration is skeptical of spending on foreign aid and development, a sentiment shared by many Americans. Not surprisingly, many new actors are filling the void. Most are undemocratic and favor development polic... |
| - | FreshToHome Raises Mega Series C Round To Expand In India, Solidify Middle East Presence | Bengaluru-based fresh fish and meat supply chain and ecommerce startup FreshToHome has raised $121 Mn in a Series C funding round led by Investment Corporation of Dubai (ICD), the principal investment arm of the government of Dubai; alterna... |
| - | Фонд Gazelle Finance надає допомогу українським ІТ бізнесам, які рятуються від війни у Східній Європі | Фонд Gazelle Finance надає допомогу українським ІТ бізнесам, які рятуються від війни у Східній Європі
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| - | Biden bids to reverse US-Africa decline | David Thomas
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In 1986, as the apartheid regime in South Africa resisted international pressure, an ambitious Democratic senator from Delaware launched into a passionate rebuke of US governm... |
