Alphabit backs Sun Exchange’s crypto-enabled solar finance model

“This alternative finance mechanism will help cities, businesses and potentially private homes to meet their basic needs, knocking off several Global Goals targets at once,” UNDP’s Dumitru Vasilescu said.

responsAbility backs Indian organic food company Suminter

Suminter works with 50,000 farmers across Africa and Asia to source its products, which are then sold in 20 countries.

Japanese investor ARUN backs Indian domestic service platform BookMyBai

ARUN sees the potential to boost job stability and income of domestic workers, particularly women, who otherwise depend on informal “maid bureaus” to get hired.

Brazil’s Mundo Verde acquires natural products e-commerce platform Natue

The companies share a similar mission of expanding the reach of conscious and healthy food, nutrition and beauty products.

Centaur Analytics secures $3 million to cut food waste using sensors

ImpactAlpha, October 10 – California-based Centaur’s funding round was led by seed-stage tech investor Athens, Greece-based Marathon Venture Capital, which specializes in early-stage investments for IoT companies. Centaur uses data science and sensors to track and monitor the conditions in which crops are stored post-harvest. The company’s goal is to improve global food quality and reduce

Google venture arm GV backs Lambda School’s $14 million round

The school made a name for itself with a $20,000 curriculum that teaches coding and software engineering education to students of all backgrounds, and requires them to pay nothing upfront

Financial Solutions Lab zeros in on U.S. workers’ financial health

Financial Solutions Lab is targeting financial health of American workers for its fifth fintech solutions challenge