Financial Inclusion | Jessica Pothering FinMaq raises $29 million in debt and equity to provide equipment financing to Colombia’s small businesses
LemFi co-founders Ridwan Olalere & Rian Cochran Dealflow | Lucy Ngige Remittance app LemFi lands $53 million to build financial services for African immigrants
Latin America | Jessica Pothering IMPAQTO Capital provides revenue-based financing for tuGerente in Bolivia
Credit: Banco Contactar Financial Inclusion | Jessica Pothering Accion invests in Banco Contactar to drive digital financial services to rural Colombia
Dealflow | Roodgally Senatus Tumoni lands $2.3 million to bank Central American migrants and their families back home
Smallholder Agriculture | Jessica Pothering ALIVE Ventures invests in Colombia’s AgriCapital to finance smallholder farmers
Inclusive Economy | Bob Summers Increasing women’s financial inclusion with top-to-bottom gender strategies
Dealflow | Lucy Ngige India’s Finova lands $135 million amid crackdown on usury by four non-banking financial institutions
Credit: Lami Financial Inclusion | Jessica Pothering To reach customers and build trust, inclusive fintech ventures cut in the middlemen and women
Latin America | Dennis Price Citi makes a $15 million social trade loan to boost small business lending in El Salvador
Dealflow | Lucy Ngige Suma lands $3.8 million and acquires Mooch to promote financial inclusion for US Latinos
Credit: Two Point O Capital Financial Inclusion | Jessica Pothering Two Point O raises $6.3 million to provide green loans to India’s small businesses
Sucharita Mukherjee, CEO of Kaleidofin. Financial Inclusion | Roodgally Senatus Kaleidofin clinches $13.8 million to expand banking access for India’s informal borrowers
Dealflow | Roodgally Senatus ClassBank snags pre-seed funding to bring financial literacy to students in underserved communities
Emerging and Growth Markets | Lucy Ngige Paymob lands $22 million to scale merchant payments across the MENA region
Financial Inclusion | Lucy Ngige HSBC provides Validus with $50 million in debt to fuel small business lending in Indonesia
Ramallah, West Bank, Palestine Financial Inclusion | Lucy Ngige Proparco joins $65 million consortium for small business lending in Palestine
Photo by Stori. Latin America | ImpactAlpha Mexican fintech startup Stori raises $212 million in debt and equity
Investing in Health | Lucy Ngige HealthCRED lands $1.2 million to finance India’s small and independent healthcare providers
A ReCircle plastic processing facility in Mumbai (Photo: ReCircle) Impact Investing | Amy Cortese SecondMuse adds ‘plastic credits’ to the global effort to combat pollution and waste
Emerging and Growth Markets | Lucy Ngige European development finance agencies put up $20 million to boost lending to small African enterprises
Latin America | Jessica Pothering Accion invests $10 million in Los Andes to digitalize micro-lending in Peru
Latin America | Lucy Ngige Mexico’s OCN lands $86 million in debt and equity to expand gig-worker car rentals in the US, Brazil
Financial Inclusion | Lucy Ngige Accion and Chile Ventures lead $2.1 million round for Moffin’s alt-credit ratings in Mexico
Tunis, Tunisia Emerging and Growth Markets | Lucy Ngige SPE Capital raises $140 million to invest in North Africa’s small and growing businesses
Emerging and Growth Markets | Jessica Pothering Uptick in climate-smart insurance for vulnerable farmers
Climate Finance | Jessica Pothering BII and Symbiotics initiate second ‘basket bond’ for green business lending
Financial Inclusion | Lucy Ngige Accion invests $17.5 million to boost Amartha’s microlending in Indonesia
Financial Inclusion | Jessica Pothering First Circle inks two deals for inclusive and secure digital finance in Africa
Financial Inclusion | Lucy Ngige Selcom’s stake in Access Microfinance could spur digital business lending in Tanzania
Latin America | Dennis Price Jeeves secures $75 million to expand cross-border payments in Latin America
Financial Inclusion | Lucy Ngige Trio of impact deals support India’s rural communities and entrepreneurs
Credit: Accion Financial Inclusion | Jessica Pothering Accion raises $152.5 million to upgrade emerging market financial institutions
Financial Inclusion | Lucy Ngige MAA General Assurance Philippines enlists backers to strengthen microinsurance
Financial Inclusion | Jessica Pothering Indian home lender Altum Credo’s $40 million round gives investors a partial exit
Climate Finance | Lucy Ngige Pula lands $20 million to offer livestock insurance to smallholder farmers
Financial Inclusion | Lucy Ngige Africa50 and Oikocredit lead $14 million round for Zeepay’s cross-border payments
Financial Inclusion | Lucy Ngige Gawa Capital and OikoCredit invest in Sindhuja Microcredit for rural lending in India
Dealflow | Jessica Pothering Uganda’s Credify raises early funding to address Africa’s trade finance gap
Climate Finance | Jessica Pothering How a $75 million ‘basket bond’ is catalyzing climate lending to small businesses in emerging markets
