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| 16.09.2026 | Digital lender Fibe gets SEBI nod for Rs 750 crore IPO after profit more than doubles | Digital consumer lending platform Fibe has received final observations from SEBI on its proposed IPO, marking a key regulatory step in the public issue process.
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Social Worth Technologies, which operates the Fibe brand, received... |
| 19.06.2026 | GRIDSERVE Reports 45% YoY Growth, as UK’s Most-Used Charging Network Proves the Commercial Case for EV Infrastructure at Scale | GRIDSERVE, the UK’s most-used public EV charging network, today announced that its national network has achieved revenues of £64 million for the period ending 31 December 2025. This reflects 45% year-on-year growth as the business continued... |
| 18.06.2026 | Frost & Sullivan 2026 Technology Innovation Leadership Best Practices Recognition for Ohmium International | Ohmium International Inc., a leading manufacturer of cutting-edge, high-efficiency, and modular Proton Exchange Membrane (PEM) electrolyzers, has received the 2026 Global Technology Innovation Leadership Recognition for Best Practices in th... |
| 17.06.2026 | Ohmium and Hynfra Sign Master Cooperation Agreement to Advance Large-Scale Green Hydrogen Projects in the Middle East and Africa | Ohmium International Inc., a leading manufacturer of high-efficiency, modular Proton Exchange Membrane (PEM) electrolyzers, and Hynfra P.S.A., a prominent green hydrogen and green ammonia project developer, today announced the signing of a ... |
| 14.12.2025 | Fibe Secures $35M from IFC to Expand Financial Inclusion in India | Fibe, an Indian fintech platform, just secured $35 million in Series F funding. The investment comes from the International Finance Corporation (IFC), part of the World Bank Group. This funding fuels expansion. Fibe focuses on lending to mi... |
| 09.12.2025 | Fintech lender Fibe raises $35M from World Bank's IFC | Fibe has raised $35 million from the International Finance Corporation, a member of the World Bank Group, as part of its Series F funding round.
The capital will be used to strengthen the company’s balance sheet and support long-term portfo... |
| 09.12.2025 | TPG-backed fintech platform Fibe bags $35 mn cheque from IFC | Fibe co-founders Akshay Mehrotra and Ashish Goyal
Fintech platform Fibe has raised $35 million (Rs 314 crore) from the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the private-sector investment arm of the World Bank Group, in its Series F round... |
| 26.11.2025 | TPG Investing In Healthcademia To Advance Global Healthcare Education Expansion | TPG has made a significant minority investment in Healthcademia, joining majority shareholder G Square Capital as the company positions itself for its next phase of growth. The investment comes through The Rise Funds, TPG’s global impact in... |
| 20.11.2025 | TPG commits $1 bn to AI data centre joint venture with TCS | Credit: Reuters
Private equity firm TPG has committed to invest as much as $1 billion (Rs 8,820 crore) in an AI data centre joint venture with Tata Consultancy Services Ltd, India’s biggest software services exporter.
The commitment is part... |
| 11.11.2025 | Syre Announces Partnership with Nike to Scale Circular Polyester | Syre Announces Partnership with Nike to Scale Circular Polyester
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Stockholm, Sweden, November 11, 2025. Syre, the textile impact company hyperscaling textile-to-textile recycling, today announc... |
| 06.11.2025 | Beta Technologies Soars with Billion-Dollar IPO, Redefining Electric Aviation | Electric aircraft innovator Beta Technologies completed a massive IPO. It raised over $1 billion. The company sold 29.9 million shares. Pricing hit $34 per share. This valued the Vermont-based firm at approximately $7.4 billion. Its NYSE de... |
| 05.11.2025 | Beta Technologies Raises $1.02 Billion in IPO at a $7.4 Billion Valuation | Beta Technologies is an electric aerospace company developing a complete system for the future of aviation. The company is building the Alia A250, an electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft, and the Alia CX300, an electric convention... |
| 23.09.2025 | Tide: $120 Million At $1.5 Billion Valuation Raised From TPG Signals For Expansion And AI Innovation | Tide, a fast-growing business management platform based in the United Kingdom, has announced a significant investment from TPG, one of the world’s leading alternative asset management firms. This funding round, which includes both primary a... |
| 22.09.2025 | Tide Receives Strategic Investment | Tide, a London, UK-based provider of a management platform, received an investment from TPG.
The amount of the deal was not disclosed.
The company intends to use the funds to accelerate its international expansion, support rapid product dev... |
| 19.09.2025 | HALA completes historic Series B round, raises $157 M | HALA, Saudi Arabia’s leading fintech and provider of embedded financial services to micro, small and medium enterprises, has raised $157 million in a Series B investment round — officially one of the largest fintech Series B funding rounds ... |
| 18.09.2025 | HALA: $157 Million Raised To Expand Fintech Services For Small Businesses Across the Middle East | HALA Holding, a leading fintech company based in Saudi Arabia, has announced the completion of a $157 million Series B funding round. This marks one of the most significant Series B investments in the region’s fintech sector. The round was ... |
| 05.08.2025 | Digital Lender Fibe Fuels Expansion with Major Capital Influx | Fibe, a leading digital lender, secures significant capital. An IFC-led $35 million equity round and a Rs 225 crore NCD issue fuel its rapid expansion. The fintech powerhouse diversifies beyond consumption loans into education, health, and ... |
| 05.08.2025 | Digital lending startup Fibe eyes $35 million fundraise from IFC | Synopsis
It has sought the participation of its existing investors â Eight Road Ventures, Norwest Venture Partners, and TPG, which had invested through The Rise Fund. To date, Fibe has raised around $228 million.
ETtechAkshay Mehrotra and... |
| 21.07.2025 | Sir Richard Branson-backed Gridserve cuts jobs as it loses over £80m | Gridserve, the electric vehicle (EV) charging network whose investors include a fund backed by Sir Richard Branson, cut jobs as it lost more than £80m in 2024, it has been revealed.
The Swindon-headquartered business has reported a pre-tax ... |
| 05.06.2025 | Bono and TPG’s Jim Coulter bring impact to SuperReturn: “It’s not just investing in good—it’s good investing” | Today I attended SuperReturn International, the world's largest private equity and private capital conference, held annually in Berlin. Attendees included over 1,800+ Limited Partners (LPs) managing over $50 trillion in assets and over 2,70... |
| 13.01.2025 | India’s fintech funding dips to $1.9 billion in 2024, yet retains global standing | India’s fintech sector raised funding of $1.9 billion in 2024, a 33 per cent decline from the $2.8 billion secured in 2023 and a significant 66 per cent drop from the $5.6 billion raised in 2022.
Despite the decline, India remained the thir... |
| 18.10.2024 | Eruditus Secures $150 Million to Fuel Growth and Shift Focus to India | In a bold move, Eruditus has raised $150 million in its Series F funding round, led by TPG’s The Rise Fund. This funding marks a significant milestone for the Mumbai-based edtech unicorn, which has seen a rollercoaster of growth and challen... |
| 18.10.2024 | Eruditus raises $150M as it prepares to shift base to India
Recommended Stories For You | SoftBank-backed Eruditus has raised $150 million in a new funding round as the demand for upskilling remains robust, marking a rare growth area among online education platforms that have otherwise experienced a significant decline since the... |
| 18.10.2024 | TPG’s Rise Fund leads Series F funding in Eruditus at $3 bn valuation | Ashwin Damera, CEO, Eruditus
Edtech startup Eruditus has raised $150 million in a fresh funding round led by American private equity firm TPG’s impact investment platform The Rise Fund.
Eruditus’ existing investors Softbank, Leeds Illuminat... |
| 08.10.2024 | NOAA extends partnership with Climavision for five years | Company’s growing radar network to enhance NSSL models and forecasts
LOUISVILLE, Ky.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–October 8, 2024–
In the three years since its founding, weather tech pioneer Climavision has advanced the state of the art in weather obser... |
| 17.09.2024 | NOAA Renews Mesonet Contract with Climavision for Radar Coverage | New agreement extends NWS access to supplemental radar network
LOUISVILLE, Ky.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–September 17, 2024–
The National Weather Service (NWS) of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has renewed its contract wit... |
| 15.09.2024 | Funding the Future: The Landscape of Venture Capital in African Startups | In recent years, Africa has become an emerging hotspot for venture capital (VC) investment, driven by a combination of rapid technological innovation, a growing middle class, and increasing internet penetration. African startups are address... |
| 04.09.2024 | CLEAResult Raises Majority Investment From Kohlberg & Company | CLEAResult, which is North America’s largest energy efficiency, energy transition and energy sustainability services provider, announced a majority investment by funds managed by Kohlberg & Company, a leading U.S. middle market private ... |
| 26.06.2024 | Foodsmart partners with TPG's Rise Fund to bring the sustained health impact of foodcare to people of all incomes, nationwide | SAN FRANCISCO, June 26, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The Rise Fund, the multi-sector strategy of TPG's global impact investing platform, today announced it has signed definitive documentation to lead an investment of over $200 million in Foodsmart,... |
| 26.06.2024 | Foodsmart Lands $200M to Fight Food Insecurity with Telenutrition | What You Should Know:
– The Rise Fund, the multi-sector strategy of TPG’s global impact investing platform, today announced it has signed definitive documentation to lead an investment of over $200 million in Foodsmart, the leading telenutr... |
| 30.05.2024 | H&M-backed Syre plans to make textile-to-textile recycling a ‘hyperscale’ reality ‘in only a few years’ time’ | Stockholm, Sweden-based Syre recently announced a $100 million Series A raise, the bulk of which will go towards making textile-to-textile recycling a reality “at hyperscale,” starting with polyester.
H&M Group and impact investor Varga... |
| 14.03.2024 | Gaming gadgets market is on the rise, projected to reach a valuation of $166.96 billion in 2031 ; Lenovo, Gigabyte, Razer, Corsair, Origin, Sony, Microsoft, Nintendo, Steam, Sega, and Atari. | Gaming gadgets market is on the rise, projected to reach a valuation of $166.96 billion in 2031 ; Lenovo, Gigabyte, Razer, Corsair, Origin, Sony, Microsoft, Nintendo, Steam, Sega, and Atari.
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| 11.03.2024 | Meet Syre, a new Swedish venture launched by Vargas and H&M Group to decarbonise textile industry; secures “substantial investment” | Read this article in:
Vargas Holding and H&M Group have announced the launch of their initiative, Syre, to revolutionise the textile industry by recycling polyester on a massive scale.
Syre plans to establish global production plants fo... |
| 06.03.2024 | New impact venture Syre launches with a mission to decarbonize textile industry | New impact venture Syre launches with a mission to decarbonize textile industry
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STOCKHOLM – March 6, 2024. Initiated by Vargas and H&M Group, Syre today launches to decarbonize and dewaste... |
| 28.02.2024 | With the rise of artificial intelligence, the American chipmaker Nvidia has reached a market value of $2 trillion | Riding on an unquenchable demand for its processors, which made the tech firm the pioneer of the generative artificial intelligence boom, Nvidia reached a $2 trillion market capitalization.
As the demand for AI processors continues to soar,... |
| 01.08.2023 | These Are The Most Active And Spendiest Cleantech Investors | 35 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
Venture investing can be a cliquish business. Sure, there are plenty of generalist firms. But when you look at the most active investors in a single industry, specialist funds often lead.
This is ce... |
| 08.05.2023 | The Rise of Smart Cities: Market to Surge at 25.2% CAGR, Valued at USD 6,061.00 Billion by 2030 | Allied Market
The report segments the global smart cities market on the basis of analysis component, functional area, industry vertical, and region
PORTLAND, OR , UNITED STATES, UNITED STATES, May 8, 2023 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Increase in a... |
| 18.04.2023 | With Data Fragmentation On The Rise, Clean Room Optable Secures $20M Series A | - |
| 30.08.2022 | EarlySalary Raises Series D Funding of $110 Million led by TPG’s The Rise Fund & Norwest Venture Partners | PUNE, India -- August 30, 2022 -- India’s largest consumer lending fintech, EarlySalary, has closed its series D funding round of $110 million led by TPG’s The Rise Fund and Norwest Venture Partners. Existing investor Piramal Capital & ... |
| 11.08.2022 | Decarbonising transport through EV infrastructure in the UK and beyond, Gridserve rakes in £200+ million | Buckinghamshire-based Gridserve has raised £200+ million in initial funding from Infracapital, the infrastructure equity investment arm of M&G Plc. The fresh juice is aimed at accelerating the expansion of the company's network of EV ch... |
| 16.06.2022 | The Week in Agrifoodtech: Little Leaf Farms bags $300m, Wonder lands $340m to cook meals curbside | Mega-rounds this week went to controlled environment agriculture (CEA) company Little Leaf Farms and food delivery concept Wonder. Magic Spoon, best known for its “high-protein, low carb” cereal, finally landed in retail (and raised more fu... |
| 15.06.2022 | Little Leaf Farms Raises $300 Million in Capital with Financing from TPG’s The Rise Fund and Bank of America | DEVENS, Mass. & SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. – June 15, 2022 – Little Leaf Farms, the country’s #1 brand of packaged lettuce sustainably grown through controlled environment agriculture (CEA), has raised $300 million in new capital, with equit... |
| 09.02.2022 | Data Snapshot: Alt-protein is now in China’s 5-year plan. Here’s how much funding it raised in 2020 | Data Snapshot is a regular AFN feature in which we analyze agrifoodtech market investment data provided by our parent company, AgFunder. Click here for more research from AgFunder and sign up to our newsletters to receive alerts about new r... |
| 15.12.2021 | TPG Rise Leads $170M Investment in UBQ Materials, Clean-Tech Company Converting Landfill Waste Into Recyclable Plastic Substitute | TEL AVIV, Israel and SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 15, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- UBQ Materials, developer of the leading climate-positive thermoplastic material on the market, today announced a $170 million funding round, led by TPG Rise, TPG's global imp... |
| 30.11.2021 | Partech announces second growth fund of €650 million to power the rise of the next European digital leaders | Paris and San Francisco-based Partech has just sealed Partech Growth II at €650 million with a mission to power a new era of European digital leaders.
Despite being a mostly remote fundraise due to the ongoing pandemic, the fund has actuall... |
| 22.11.2021 | From Cybersecurity To Climate Tech: The Startup Sectors That Will Get Billions From Biden’s Infrastructure Plan | 84 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
The recently signed $1.2 trillion U.S. infrastructure bill—though pared almost in half from President Biden’s original vision—still sets aside hundreds of billions of dollars for government investme... |
| 22.11.2021 | From Cybersecurity To Climate Tech: The Startup Sectors That Will Get Billions From Biden’s Infrastructure Plan | 45 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
The recently signed $1.2 trillion U.S. infrastructure bill—though pared almost in half from President Biden’s original vision—still sets aside hundreds of billions of dollars for government investme... |
| 09.11.2021 | Francisco Partners Portfolio Company Renaissance Announces Significant Growth Investment from Blackstone | Existing Investor Francisco Partners Remains Major Shareholder;
Investment Supports Global Education Technology Leader’s Mission of Accelerating Student Growth and Learning
NEW YORK, SAN FRANCISCO, WISCONSIN RAPIDS, Wis. – Renaissance® (“... |
| 02.11.2021 | The Rise of the Metaverse: NFT-Focused Investment Firm Sfermion Raises $100 Million | - |
| 04.08.2021 | The Rise Fund Leads $200M Series D Investment In Human Interest To Accelerate Growth And Societal Impact | San Francisco—August 4, 2021—Top-rated [1] SMB 401(k) provider Human Interest today announced that it has raised a $200M Series D round led by The Rise Fund, TPG's global impact investing platform, and joined by SoftBank Vision Fund 2*. The... |
| 02.08.2021 | Silk Road Fund Participates in TPG Rise Climate Fund as Anchor Investor | ããOn July 27, 2021, Silk Road Fund (âSRFâ) participated as an anchor investor into TPG Rise Climate Fund (TPG Rise Climate, L.P., the âFundâ), which has announced its first close of $5.4 billion. The Fund, targeting to reach $7 ... |
| 30.06.2021 | Fourth Partner Energy Raises US$125mn in Latest Round of Equity Funding from NorFund and The Rise Fund | Norfund, the Norwegian Investment Fund for developing countries, to infuse $100 Mn and existing shareholder The Rise Fund to invest an additional $25 Mn in the current round; Funds to be utilized towards business expansion across Indian and... |
| 30.06.2021 | Fourth Partner Energy raises $125 milliоn from Norfund and Rise Fund | Advertisment
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| 28.06.2021 | Starfunding: 10 European startups funded by celebrities | Bono. Ashton Kutcher. Leonardo di Caprio. Madonna. Snoop Dog. What do they have in common aside from being mega-celebrities and Hollywood A-listers? These celebrities are also investors in startups, and not only that, but they also invested... |
| 02.06.2021 | The Rise Fund Announces $100 Million Strategic Investment in Climavision | San Francisco, CA; Fort Worth, TX; Louisville, KY – June 2, 2021 – The Rise Fund, TPG’s global impact investing platform, today announced a $100 million strategic investment in Climavision, a pioneering weather services and intelligence pla... |
| 02.06.2021 | The Rise Fund : Announces $100 Million Strategic Investment in Climavision | The Rise Fund, TPG’s global impact investing platform, today announced a $100 million strategic investment in Climavision, a pioneering weather services and intelligence platform powered by a private network of high-resolution radars, GPS-R... |
| 29.03.2021 | Brief: Plant-based house of brands Livekindly Collective nets $335m funding | The Livekindly Collective — “a collection of heritage and start-up brands” marketing plant-based food products — has raised $335 million in a funding round led by TPG Capital‘s The Rise Fund.
Rabo Corporate Investments — the VC arm of Rabob... |
| 19.03.2021 | Kuda secures $25m, XTC for Africa, Airtel Money’s $2.65bn valuation | Share this article:
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| 18.03.2021 | - | London and Lagos -- Airtel Africa, a leading provider of telecommunications and mobile money services, with a presence in 14 countries across Africa, today announces the signing of an agreement under which The Rise Fund, the global impact i... |
| 04.02.2021 | How Innovative App MARO Is Helping Parents Have Those Difficult Conversations With Their Kids | maro - navigate tough growing-up conversations around mental & reproductive health, empathy & ... [+] diversityBeforeWeBegin |
| 01.02.2021 | Varsity Tutors to Go Public at $1.7B Valuation Through SPAC Acquisition | Being nerdy pays off, and soon there will be another education technology company on the public market.
Nerdy, the parent company of Varsity Tutors, an online tutoring platform, will be acquired by TPG Pace Tech Opportunities, a special pur... |
| 24.12.2020 | TPG’s Rise Fund leads $210m Series D round in Chinese edtech firm Meishubao | Meishubao Education, a Tencent-backed Chinese online art education platform, announced on Thursday the completion of a Series D round of financing at $210 million led by US-based private equity (PE) firm TPG’s global impact investing platfo... |
| 24.12.2020 | The Rise Fund leads US$210 Million Series D investment in Meishubao Education | Beijing, China; San Francisco, CA; Fort Worth, TX -- Meishubao Education, China’s leading talent-based education platform, today announced the completion of its Series D financing of US$210 million. The investment was led by TPG’s global im... |
| 27.10.2020 | Impossible Foods enters Asia’s supermarkets to take on Beyond Meat, regional upstarts | Impossible Foods is making its products available to home cooks in Asia for the first time, with the debut of its Impossible Beef range in select supermarkets in the region.
The plant-based beef alternative can now be purchased off the shel... |
| 01.10.2020 | The rise of the reused machines: Germany’s E-Farm raises $5.3m Series A | The ‘circular economy’ trend has reached industries as seemingly far apart as food and fashion.
Could agricultural equipment be next?
The global market for farm machinery exceeded $100 billion in 2019, according to the German Mechanical Eng... |
| 22.09.2020 | Hong Kong ‘plant-based platform’ Green Monday raises $70m | Hong Kong’s Green Monday has raised $70 million in a funding round co-led by The Rise Fund — a unit of US private equity giant TPG Capital — and Swire Pacific, an arm of Hong Kong trading house Swire.
Other investors taking part in the roun... |
| 03.12.2019 | Credit platform Migo closes $20m Series-B round ahead of Brazilian expansion | US-based fintech startup Migo (formerly known as Mines.io) has closed a $20-million Series-B round led by Brazil-focused venture capital (VC) firm Valor Capital Group.
Migo’s platform enables companies to offer credit to their customers, au... |
| 03.12.2019 | Credit platform Migo closes $20m Series-B round ahead of Brazilian expansion | US-based fintech startup Migo (formerly known as Mines.io) has closed a $20-million Series-B round led by Brazil-focused venture capital (VC) firm Valor Capital Group.
Migo’s platform enables companies to offer credit to their customers, a... |
| 01.05.2019 | Future Food: How Whole Foods’ Walter Robb Thinks About Food Tech and The Future of Grocery | There’s perhaps no deal more representative of the changes taking place in the food system, and the meeting of technology and food, than Amazon’s acquisition of Whole Foods in 2017. A surprise move to many but one that solved particular cha... |
| 13.03.2019 | What’s at the Core of the University Admissions Scandal | “The Rise Fund is committed to achieving social and environmental impact alongside competitive financial returns.”
Yes, the founder of the Rise Fund may have inadvertently achieved a mission goal yesterday: Bill McGlashan was among the very... |
| 11.01.2019 | More private equity firms to participate in later stage million-dollar VC deals | This year, we are likely to see more private equity firms participate in later stage million-dollar VC deals, so believes the African Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (Avca) director and head of research Enitan Obasanjo-Adeley... |
| 11.01.2019 | More private equity firms to participate in later stage million-dollar VC deals | This year, we are likely to see more private equity firms participate in later stage million-dollar VC deals, so believes the African Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (Avca) director and head of research Enitan Obasanjo-Adeley... |
| 30.10.2018 | Power Moves: remodelmate makes multiple key hires, Breakout Capital Finance names CFO | Power Moves is a column where we chart the comings and goings of talent across the region. Got a new hire, new gig or promotion? Email dc@technical.ly and let us know.
This month, remodelmate announced the hiring of residential real estate ... |
| 03.10.2018 | Africa Roundup: Paga goes global and 4 startups raise $99M in VC | Jake Bright Contributor
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| 14.08.2018 | Fintech platform Mines raises $13m in Series-A round led by The Rise Fund | US-based fintech Mines — which was founded by a Nigerian team — has raised $13-million in a Series-A round led by US impact investor The Rise Fund.
The startup announced the funding in a statement last week. The investment will finance tale... |
| 14.08.2018 | Fintech platform Mines raises $13m in Series-A round led by The Rise Fund | US-based fintech Mines — which was founded by a Nigerian team — has raised $13-million in a Series-A round led by US impact investor The Rise Fund.
The startup announced the funding in a statement last week. The investment will finance tal... |
| 10.08.2018 | Offering a white-labeled lending service in emerging markets, Mines raises $13 million | Jake Bright Contributor
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| 31.07.2018 | DreamBox, an Edtech Startup with High-Profile Backers, Snags $130M | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
[Updated 5:35 p.m. See below.] DreamBox Learning, an edtech company that makes programs that help kids learn math, has agreed to take a $130 million investment from a fund man... |
| 31.07.2018 | K-8 Math Program DreamBox Raises $130 Million From The Rise Fund, Adds Arne Duncan to Board | “I’ve been spoiled by the likes of Reed Hastings and John Doerr,” acknowledges Jessie Woolley-Wilson, CEO of DreamBox Learning. Those “patient investors,” she says, helped keep the company running when its digital math product was still loo... |
| 31.07.2018 | DreamBox Learning raises $130M, adds former U.S. Education Secretary to board | DreamBox Learning CEO Jessie Woolley-Wilson. (DreamBox Learning Photo)
DreamBox Learning, the Bellevue, Wash., maker of an adaptive K-8 math education platform, announced Tuesday that it has raised a whopping $130 million.
The funding comes... |
| 15.06.2018 | The Rise Fund Invests $70 Million in Fourth Partner Energy, a Leading Provider of Distributed Solar Solutions | Mumbai, India, June 15, 2018 – Today, Fourth Partner Energy announced a $70 million investment from The Rise Fund, a global impact investment fund managed by TPG Growth. Founded in 2010 by Vivek Subramanian, Saif Dhorajiwala, and Vikas Salu... |
| 14.05.2018 | In First Major Commitment in Africa, The Rise Fund Leads $47.5 Million Series C for Cellulant, Leading African Digital Payments Provider | Marking its debut on the continent, The Rise Fund, a global impact investing fund managed by TPG Growth, invests in digital payments provider that is transforming financial technology services across sub-Saharan Africa |
| 14.05.2018 | EverFi signs new lease in DC: report | Edtech company EverFi will have a new HQ in D.C.
According to the Washington Post, the company is planning a move to a 58,000 sq. ft. space in the West End neighborhood. Currently based in Georgetown, EverFi’s leaders opted to sign a 13-yea... |
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| 28.02.2018 | Aurora On The Rise: Robocar Startup Snags $90 Million, Adds Reid Hoffman, Mike Volpi To Board | The young autonomous tech startup has announced three automotive R&D projects since January 2018,... [+] and now has raised $90 million to scale up its operations. Aurora |
| 22.02.2018 | TPG Rise Fund’s Agriculture Lead Discusses First Investment in Indian Dairy | Joy Basu is the Agriculture and Food Lead for the $2 billion Rise Fund, the social impact fund from private equity giant TPG’s Growth platform.
The firm has made several agrifood tech investments through it’s growth equity fund TPG Growth a... |
| 23.01.2018 | The Rise Fund Adds Anand Mahindra to Founders Board | The Rise Fund, a global investment fund managed by TPG Growth that is committed to achieving measurable social and environmental outcomes alongside competitive financial returns, added Anand Mahindra to the Rise Founders Board.
As a member ... |
| 10.01.2018 | VCs loved mega-rounds in 2017, and DC was no exception | It was a year of big money, as venture capitalists participated in a record number of mega-rounds across the U.S. in 2017.
PwC and CB Insights consider a mega-rounds to be an investment in a company that tops $100 million. In all, the two e... |
| 04.10.2017 | TPG’s Rise Fund raises record $2 bn for impact investments | The Rise Fund, the impact investment fund managed by TPG Growth that has already backed two Indian companies, has raised a record $2 billion (Rs 13,071 crore).
The fund’s latest investment was in Mumbai-based school management services prov... |
| 19.07.2017 | Betterment has taken its first step into one of the hottest areas of investing | Betterment
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| 10.07.2017 | Term Sheet — Monday, July 10 | OPEN MIC
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| 11.05.2017 | Agtech Funding Sheet: Startups Raise Nearly $130m in 2 Weeks | Soylent, the meal replacement drink, has raised $50 million in Series B funding in a round led by GV (Google Ventures) and joined by another new investor, family office Tao Capital Partners. Existing investors Andreessen Horowitz and Lerer ... |
| 27.04.2017 | The Rise Fund Launches with First Investment and Education Team Hires | The Rise Fund, a Washington, D.C.-based fund committed to achieving measurable, positive social and environmental outcomes alongside competitive financial returns, has started its investment activity.
The first investment was made in Enerfi... |
| 27.04.2017 | DC edtech company EverFi has raised another (even more) gigantic round of funding | Georgetown-based edtech company EverFi announced on Wednesday that it has raised $190 million in new funding. This announcement comes approximately nine months after the company debuted a $40 million Series C.
A total of $150 million of the... |
| 26.04.2017 | EVERFI Raises $190M From The Rise Fund, TPG Growth and Existing Investors | Largest-Ever Education Investment from a Global Impact Fund
EVERFI, Inc., the leading provider of subscription-based digital learning to K-12 schools, universities, corporations, sports leagues, and non-profits announced they have raised $1... |
| 26.04.2017 | Everfi raises $190 million to teach life skills and touchy subjects online | EVERFI Inc. has raised $190 million in Series D funding to teach students online the life skills and touchy subject matter that they never learned in school. A sampling of courses offered by Everfi range from “Harassment Prevention Training... |
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| 04.12.2012 | With The Rise Of New Apps, Okta Raises $25M For Identity Management Platform | Okta has raised $25 million for its identity management platform. The Series C round was led by Sequoia Capital with all the company’s existing investors also participating. The raise brings Okta’s total investment to $52.5 million.
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| - | Decarbonising transport through EV infrastructure in the UK and beyond, Gridserve rakes in £200+ million | Buckinghamshire-based Gridserve has raised £200+ million in initial funding from Infracapital, the infrastructure equity investment arm of M&G Plc. The fresh juice is aimed at accelerating the expansion of the company's network of EV ch... |
| - | «Мы же не можем круглыми сутками размышлять о мире во всём мире»: как рок-звезда Боно из U2 стал венчурным инвестором Статьи редакции... | Музыкант пока что не накопил миллиард, как полагали многие издания, но стремится к этому. С 1990-х он инвестирует в коммерческую недвижимость, производство одежды, техкомпании вроде Facebook и Dropbox, проекты для помощи африканским странам... |
