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Bank of America Commits to Investing in Overlooked Ventures Early Stage Startup Fund
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Bank of America Commits to Investing in Overlooked Ventures Early Stage Startup Fund

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Overlooked Ventures, a Columbus, Ohio-based firm, announced an initial investment by Bank of America to help advance capital investments in businesses established by historically ignored entrepreneurs. The bank’s support is part of its commitment to invest $350 million in minority-focused funds to support minority entrepreneurs. Latest Fintech Insights : Simpl Makes Buy......
Leal, a Colombian-Based Consumer and Fintech Startup, Secures a $10M Series A Led by Rakuten Capital and IDC Ventures
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Leal, a Colombian-Based Consumer and Fintech Startup, Secures a $10M Series A Led by Rakuten Capital and IDC Ventures

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Rakuten, a global leader in internet services headquartered in Japan, invests in Leal and the future of Latin American fintech.  Colombian-based consumer and fintech company Leal has raised a $10 million Series A round co-led by global internet services leader Rakuten Group – through its investment arm Rakuten Capital – and IDC Ventures global fintech......
LeapFrog Investments Appoints Dominic Barton, Former McKinsey Global Managing Partner, as Chairman
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LeapFrog Investments Appoints Dominic Barton, Former McKinsey Global Managing Partner, as Chairman

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New non-executive chairman joins impact investing pioneer as industry sees influx of global talent and institutional capital Dominic will support further scale-up of LeapFrog following $500m commitment from Temasek in 2021, the largest ever commitment to a dedicated impact investor. LeapFrog plans to launch new funds and strengthen commitment to......
Winklevoss Twins and Global Decacorn Invest in US$29M Series a of Singapore-Based Fintech Volopay as It Prepares APAC and MENA Expansion
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Winklevoss Twins and Global Decacorn Invest in US$29M Series a of Singapore-Based Fintech Volopay as It Prepares APAC Expansion

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The enterprise FinOps platform has taken on a strategic investment from global blue-chip investors to drive continued expansion and technology innovation Volopay, a Y Combinator-backed Singapore-based corporate cards, and payable management startup has successfully raised US$29 million in its Series A round through a mix of equity and debt. The......
GridPoint Closes $75M Strategic Investment From Goldman Sachs Asset Management and Shell Ventures
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GridPoint Closes $75M Strategic Investment From Goldman Sachs Asset Management and Shell Ventures

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New investment will accelerate deployment of GridPoint’s advanced technology solutions for commercial building decarbonization, sustainability and resiliency -GridPoint, a leader in building energy management and optimization technology that decarbonizes commercial buildings and drives grid modernization, announced it has closed a $75 million strategic capital raise led by the Sustainable Investing......
Cornami Announces Strategic Investment from Applied Ventures
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Cornami Announces Strategic Investment from Applied Ventures

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Real-Time Privacy-Preserving Computing on Encrypted Datasets Is Critical for Today’s Digital Economy Cornami, Inc. – Cornami (named for a “tsunami of cores”) announced that Applied Ventures, LLC has made a strategic investment in the company’s over-subscribed Series C financing led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2. As the venture capital arm of......
Global Blue Invests in Twig, a Disruptive New Start-up in the Fast-growing Payment Tech Ecosystem
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Global Blue Invests in Twig, a Disruptive New Start-up in the Fast-growing Payment Tech Ecosystem

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Twig helps consumers convert their assets, including pre-owned fashion and electronics, into currency which they can spend at their chosen merchants The solution can be easily integrated into merchants’ e-commerce platforms and enables them to answer a growing demand for circular solutions from Gen Z consumers With sustainability becoming a growing......
US Government And Google Train Egyptian Women, Youth, And Entrepreneurs In Digital Skills
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US Government And Google Train Egyptian Women, Youth, And Entrepreneurs In Digital Skills

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This USAID-Google Collaboration Builds on a Long History of US Government Investment in Egypt’s Leading Professional Networks On February 26, at the opening session of the 7th annual Women for Success conference held in Cairo, Alamein, and Alexandria, the US Government, through the U.S. Agency for International Development and in......
Fidelity Accused Of "Lackadaisical" Vetting Of Investors Wanting To Trade In Complex, Risky Investments
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Fidelity Accused Of “Lackadaisical” Vetting Of Investors Wanting To Trade In Complex, Risky Investments

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William Galvin, head of the Massachusetts Securities Division, has filed an administrative complaint against Fidelity Brokerage Services. The firm has been accused of not making a good enough attempt to vet investors’ applications before allowing them to engage in options and margin trading. This led to financial losses for investors.......
Deloitte Invests $750M In Converge By Deloitte To Accelerate Transformation Of Consumer, Financial Services and Health Care Industries
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Deloitte Invests $750M In Converge By Deloitte To Accelerate Transformation Of Consumer, Financial Services and Health Care Industries

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Building on the global success of ConvergeHEALTH, Converge by Deloitte will drive ethical and responsible transformation of industry through new Converge software platforms, ecosystem partnerships, and expanded hiring of data science, engineering and domain experts Deloitte announced Converge by Deloitte, an expansion of its ConvergeHEALTH business into the consumer and......
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