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AWS launches new $30M accelerator program aimed at minority founders

TechCrunch

Amazon Web Services (AWS) today launched a new program, AWS Impact Accelerator , that will give up to $30 million to early-stage startups led by Black, Latino, LGBTQIA+ and women founders. Since 2015, Black and Latinx founders — who have fewer funding routes available to them to begin with — have raised just 2.4%

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Kenyan insurtech startup Pula raises $6M Series A to derisk smallholder farmers across Africa

TechCrunch

Founded by Rose Goslinga and Thomas Njeru in 2015, Pula delivers agricultural insurance and digital products to help smallholder farmers navigate climate risks, improve their farming practices and bolster their incomes over time. . She met Njeru who was the lead actuary at UAP Insurance, a partner to the Kilimo Salama program, at the time.

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Hong Kong and New York-based Easyship joins Shopify Plus’ tech partner program

TechCrunch

Easyship , a logistics startup that allows e-commerce sellers to add multiple carriers to their stores, announced it has joined the Shopify Plus Technology Partner Program. Easyship is headquartered in Hong Kong and New York.

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How to incubate a winning innovation program

CIO

This is why innovation programs have become so critical to sustaining the success of enterprises. This iterative transformation started in 2015 when Domino’s redefined ordering pizza delivery via Twitter. It takes incubating a winning innovation program, and that starts with knowing the customer and shifting the organization’s values.

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Vietnam-based CoderSchool gets $2.6M pre-Series A to scale online course platform

TechCrunch

CoderSchool will use the funding to accelerate its online teaching platform growth and technology infrastructure expansion for the company’s technical education programs that guarantee employment upon graduation. “Coding is the future.

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Oxfam Novib and Goodwell target East African startups with €20M Pepea fund

TechCrunch

Development organization Oxfam runs an SME incubation program in the three markets, while Goodwell’s funds are active in both Uganda and Kenya. On the other hand, Oxfam Novib, launched its first investment fund in 1996, and has since 2015, provided SMEs with access to finance through its Impact SME Development (iSME) program.

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Changes to Intuit Program Restrictions

TechSoup

When the program first launched, we sent you physical discs to access the software. Then, in 2015, we launched the QuickBooks Online product offer, which meant multiple users within a nonprofit could access their accounting software online, simultaneously, for an annual fee.