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Growth Finance: The VC Cousin to Microfinance

By seamo ⋅ April 7, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

April 7, 2009 (Times UK)There was a time when it was thought you could not lend money to the poor in developing countries. It was money, however well-meaning, poured down the drain. Yet microfinance proved that you can.
It has long been thought, also, that venture capitalists will not invest readily in enterprises in developing countries. [...]

Bjork lends her name to Icelandic investment fund

By Ryan Calkins ⋅ January 30, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Dec 18, 2008 — Icelandic star Bjork and financial services firm Audur Capital have launched a venture capital fund named after the singer which is focused on feminine values and the environment, they said Thursday. Audur Capital, which numbers 15 women among its 17 employees, says its aim is “incorporating feminine values into the world [...]

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