The new fund will focus on investing in 20-25 tech startups in Africa, India, Southeast Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East. The Global South Fund II aims to generate positive social and environmental impact in sectors such as healthcare, education, financial inclusion, and agriculture.
The fund’s investors include a mix of development finance institutions, family offices, and institutional investors from around the world.
Key among the investors in the fund includes Gates Ventures, the investment vehicle of tech mogul, Bill Gates. Other institutional investors include Crystal Springs Foundation, Inc., OIP Investment Trust, Sall Family Foundation, and Brakeman Family Trust, as well as two founders of Pioneer Square Labs. The Global South Fund II builds on the success of Capria’s first fund.
Gebeya, a leading Pan-African talent cloud technology company, has joined forces with NVIDIA, a global powerhouse in graphics and AI technology, to establish a network of 50,000 NVIDIA-certified developers in Africa.
Visa has selected 23 African startups for the inaugural cohort of its Visa Africa Fintech Accelerator.
Ghanaian electric vehicle (EV) startup Wahu Mobility and financial service provider Letshego have partnered to make EV ownership more affordable and accessible in Africa.
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