Acumen’s Latin America fund backs Peruvian skills startup Crehana

Two-thirds of Latin America’s young people don’t advance into higher education. Crehana is trying to combat high youth unemployment rates by making professional and technical skills more affordable and accessible.

Shortlist closes $2 million for recruitment tools for Indian and African talent

The firm's Series A round was backed by Blue Haven Ventures, Zephyr Acorn, Compass Venture Capital and Potencia Ventures.

Blueprint Local: Texas fund is a blueprint for investors betting on their hometowns – and the businesses bringing them back

The idea is simple but execution has been hard: helping local investors invest in local entrepreneurs to revive local communities, all across the U.S. Ross Baird, the founder of Village Capital, has formed Blueprint Local to assemble the pieces for such local entrepreneurial revivals.

Andela rakes in $100 million to staff out Africa’s technical talent

The Series D funding round was led by Al Gore’s venture capital firm Generation Investment Management. Existing investors Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, GV, Spark Capital, and CRE Venture Capital also backed the round.

FinLab selects five startups targeting financial wellbeing in the U.S. workplace

Among the cohort is San Francisco-based HoneyBee, a startup that helps people access their paycheck a week early to build credit and manage unplanned expenses, and Onward, a short-term emergency savings platform that helps workers build financial literacy.

Pay-as-you-earn coding school Lambda raises $30 million for international expansion

Lambda is among a growing number of institutions testing the so-called “income share agreement” model to close education opportunity and employment gaps.

African Leadership University secures $30 million to train Africa’s future leaders

A $30 million Series B funding round led by Danish billionaire Anders Holch Povlsen will support the institution’s goal of teaching three million African students by 2035 by funding expansion of its leadership and technical skills training centers.