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Subak, which incubates data-for-climate not-for-profits, announces six startups in 2022 cohort

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based incubator focused on nonprofit startups that are addressing climate-related challenges through open-source data initiatives has announced the six startups which will be put through its 2022 program. The incubator was founded by Baroness Bryony Worthington, who was the lead author of the U.K.’s

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Pakistan edtech startup Maqsad gets $2.1M pre-seed to make education more accessible

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The education market size in Pakistan is estimated at $12 billion and is projected to increase to $30 billion by 2030, according to Aziz. Indonesian edtech CoLearn gets $10M Series A led by Alpha Wave Incubation and GSV Ventures. India’s UpGrad enters unicorn club with $185 million fundraise.

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Magdrive secures seed funding for new propulsion system which could take us to the stars

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The satellite industry is worth $5 billion in 2020, and is predicted to grow to $30 billion by 2030, due to the rise in mega-constellations. Magdrive is at the European Space Agency Business Incubation Centre in Harwell, Oxford.

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Spain’s ten-year plan to put startups in the economic driving seat

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Spain is preparing to push forward with pro-startup legislation, having recently unveiled a big and bold transformation plan with the headline goal, by 2030, of turning the country into ‘Spain Entrepreneurial Nation’, as the slightly clumsy English translation has it. So that’s our job.” France and Germany. .

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Kenya’s fintech Kwara lands $4 Million in seed round from Breega, SoftBank to build neobank for credit unions

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The startup’s goal is to serve 1 billion people by 2030. Other investors include Rabacap, Launch Africa, Norrsken Impact Accelerator, Future Africa, Samurai Incubate, DOB Equity and fintech angels. It hopes to triple the number of credit unions using its software to 150 by the end of 2022.

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Deepgram lands new cash to grow its enterprise voice-recognition business

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billion by 2030, according to one (optimistic?) Firms participating don’t need to pay any sort of fee and can use the funds in conjunction with existing grant, seed, incubator and accelerator benefits. “Deepgram’s business continues to grow rapidly.

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Founders Factory Africa partners with Small Foundation to invest in 18 agritech startups

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Johannesburg-based investment company Founders Factory Africa (FFA) today announced a partnership with Small Foundation that will see it select 18 agritech startups for an acceleration and incubation program. Small Foundation is a Dublin-based philanthropic organization that focuses on the rural and agriculture sector in sub-Saharan Africa.

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