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Conservation | January 14, 2021
Coral Vita secures $2 million to help corals adapt to climate change
ImpactAlpha, January 14 – Healthy coral reefs foster biodiversity and provide food, income and protection for more than 500 million people. But pollution and …
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Africa | January 14, 2021
Daystar Power raises $38 million to expand commercial solar power in West Africa
ImpactAlpha, January 14 – Mauritius-based Daystar Power installs and manages commercial and industrial solar installations in Nigeria, Ghana, Togo, Senegal and Cote d’Ivoire. The …
Climate and Clean Tech | January 14, 2021
Sustainability is the new new thing at the Consumer Electronics Show
ImpactAlpha, Jan. 14 – Last January, some 170,000 attendees and 4,400 exhibitors flocked to Las Vegas for the annual Consumer Electronics Show. The …
Clean Energy | January 13, 2021
Electric fleet company Proterra to go public through merger with ArcLight SPAC
ImpactAlpha, Jan. 13 – Burlingame, Calif. electric bus maker Proterra announced a merger with ArcLight Clean Transition Corp., a publicly traded special purpose acquisition …
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Agrifood Tech | January 11, 2021
Indian agtech venture CropIn raises $20 million
ImpactAlpha, January 11 – Bangalore-based CropIn helps farmers analyze crop yields and risks with satellites, sensors and weather data. The 10-year-old company says it …
Climate and Clean Tech | January 11, 2021
SilviaTerra raises $4.4 million to build a carbon marketplace from forestlands
ImpactAlpha, January 11 — San Francisco-based SilviaTerra started in 2010 to build a detailed forestland map of the U.S. to promote better forest …
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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Climate and Clean Tech | January 6, 2021
Boston Metal raises $50 million to produce emission-free steel
ImpactAlpha, January 6 – Boston Metal is set on greening fossil-fuel heavy metal production. Steel production, heavily reliant on coal, is responsible for 8% …
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Civic Tech | January 5, 2021
How Georgia’s civic mobilization is rallying local efforts to close the racial wealth gap
ImpactAlpha, Jan. 5 – The impact of the massive voter education effort in Georgia may last well beyond today’s runoff election for two seats …
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Dealflow | January 5, 2021
AMP Robotics scores $55 million for waste management robots
ImpactAlpha, January 5 – AMP Robotics designs artificial intelligence-based robotics that automate waste sorting and divert recyclable waste from landfills. The Colorado-based company’s Series …
Africa | January 5, 2021
Kenyan digital ‘neo bank’ Umba secures $2 million
ImpactAlpha, January 5 – Financial inclusion efforts in Africa have been dominated by mobile money payment and transfer services and alternative credit apps. Now, …
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Africa | January 4, 2021
PremierCredit raises funding for micro-entrepreneurs in Zimbabwe and Zambia
ImpactAlpha, January 4 – PremierCredit offers Zambia and Zimbabwe’s micro businesses loans and asset financing for basic business tools like smartphones, solar lighting …
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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 …
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Agrifood Tech | January 4, 2021
Indian agrifood tech startups raise rounds to get ready for 2021
ImpactAlpha, January 4 – Three early-stage Indian startups covering the spectrum of emerging agrifood technologies closed out funding rounds ahead of 2021. Gramophone, …
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Dealflow | December 23, 2020
Liberis secures £70 million in debt to finance small businesses in the U.K.
ImpactAlpha, December 23 — Like small businesses around the world, small businesses in the U.K. are struggling to survive the impact of COVID. …