Asia
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Asia | February 25, 2021
Lendable backs Amartha to finance Indonesia’s women-led businesses
ImpactAlpha, February 25 – Jakarta-based lending platform Amartha supports unbanked women micro-entrepreneurs in Indonesia’s rural areas. It secured $10 million in credit from Nairobi-based …
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Asia | February 10, 2021
Maya secures $2.2 million for mobile health consultations in Bangladesh
ImpactAlpha, February 10 – Dhaka-based health messaging app Maya relies on artificial intelligence, healthcare professionals and physicians to connect users to health and mental …
Asia | February 4, 2021
Temasek’s ABC World Asia backs Vietnamese oral health provider Kim Dental
ImpactAlpha, February 4 — Singapore-based private equity impact fund ABC World Asia, launched by Temasek in 2019, led a $24 million financing round …
Asia | February 4, 2021
Frontier Nutrition snags $6 million to bring fortified snacks to Bangladesh
ImpactAlpha, February 5 — New Haven, Conn.-based Frontier Nutrition sells low-cost, nutritious snacks, including lentil butter, chocolate, powdered drinks and biscuits in over …
Asia | February 4, 2021
Indonesia’s Green Butcher raises $2 million for plant-based meat
ImpactAlpha, February 4 — Green Butcher has a partnership with Starbucks Indonesia to roll out vegan-friendly beef across the country. Singapore-based Teja Ventures …
Asia | January 7, 2021
Investors back small business inventory financing in Pakistan and Egypt
ImpactAlpha, January 4 – Emerging market tech startups that are supporting the digitization of micro and small businesses are helping lead the COVID recovery. …
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Asia | January 4, 2021
The Rise Fund leads $210 million round for Chinese edtech venture Meishubao
ImpactAlpha, January 4 – Beijing-based Meishubao offers artificial intelligence-based online arts classes for young students. Like many other edtech ventures, the company’s growth …
Asia | December 23, 2020
Northern Arc Capital scores debt financing to serve India’s underbanked
ImpactAlpha, December 23 — Northern Arc Capital, an East India-based non-banking finance company that provides access to debt for underbanked individual borrowers and …
Asia | December 10, 2020
IIX raises $27.7 million for third Women’s Livelihood Bond
ImpactAlpha, December 10 – If “three’s a trend,” the publicly traded bonds designed to support women’s livelihoods from Singapore-based Impact Investment Exchange, or …
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Asia | December 3, 2020
Habitat for Humanity aims to accelerate affordable housing startups in emerging markets
ImpactAlpha, December 3 — Habitat for Humanity’s will host two ShelterTech programs to help 20 companies in Southeast Asia and Latin America advance …
2030 Finance | November 24, 2020
Strengthening impact investing in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia with collaboration, local solutions and scale
For the first time in two decades, global extreme poverty is expected to rise. According to The World Bank, the COVID-19 pandemic will …
Africa | November 18, 2020
CDC adds $100 million to boost trade finance for the COVID recovery
ImpactAlpha, November 18 – To help restart cross-border commerce in emerging markets, U.K. development finance institution CDC Group is committing $100 million to …
Agrifood Tech | September 23, 2020
Beneficial Returns backs alt-leather manufacturer Ananas Anam with impact-linked loan
ImpactAlpha, September 23 – Ananas Anam, a woman-led enterprise in the Philippines, buys pineapple leaf waste from farmers and converts it into a …
Agrifood Tech | September 23, 2020
Green Monday raises $70 million to ramp up alt-protein in Asia
ImpactAlpha, September 23 – Hong Kong-based Green Monday is making multiple bets on Asia’s shift to a plant-based diet. The holding company owns …
Africa | September 22, 2020
Greenlight Planet raises $90 million to bring off-grid solar to new energy users
ImpactAlpha, September 22 – Africa and Asia’s off-grid solar sector has been on an upmarket march in recent years, shifting away from individual households …