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(Innovation/Technology) Next Billion Users head Caesar Sengupta is leaving Google (TechCrunch)

Manish Singh Caesar Sengupta, the long-time head of Google’s Next Billion Users initiative, is leaving the company next month, he said Monday. https://techcrunch.com/2021/03/21/next-billion-users-head-caesar-sengupta-is-leaving-google/

(Innovation/Technology) Indonesian savings and investment app Pluang gets $20M in pre-Series B funding (TechCrunch)

Catherine Shu Indonesia-based fintech Pluang announced today it has raised $20 million in a pre-Series B round led by Openspace Ventures, with participation from Go Ventures and...

(Innovation/Technology) Singapore-based M Capital Management closes $30.85M debut fund to invest in Southeast Asian startups (TechCrunch)

Catherine Shu M Capital Management, a Singapore-based venture capital firm, announced today it has closed its debut fund, M Venture Partners (MVP), totaling $30.85 million USD. It...

(Innovation/Technology) Aldea Ventures creates ‘hybrid’ European €100M fund to invest both in Micro VCs, plus follow-on (TechCrunch)

Mike Butcher The historical trajectory of venture capital has been to move to earlier and earlier finding rounds in order to capture the greatest potential...

(Innovation/Technology) Sivo, a young “Stripe for debt” led by a veteran operator, seems to have investors clamoring (TechCrunch)

Connie Loizos Kate Hiscox is having a moment. Her company, Sivo, founded eight months ago, has already raised $5 million from investors at a post-money valuation...

(Innovation/Technology) The debate about cryptocurrency and energy consumption (TechCrunch)

Leigh Cuen Energy consumption has become the latest flashpoint for cryptocurrency. Critics decry it as an energy hog while proponents hail it for being less...

(Egypt/Sudan/Ethiopia) Ethiopia’s Dam over the Nile Risks War with Egypt (JCPA)

Col. (ret.) Dr. Jacques Neriah For more than ten years, Egypt, Sudan, and Ethiopia have been holding periodic negotiations aimed at reaching a water arrangement...

(Israel/Iran) Israel’s Daily Battle to Block Iranian Aggression (BESA Center)

Yaakov Lappin Iran’s hegemony scheme for the Middle East not only includes surrounding Israel with missile bases and heavily armed proxies, but also equipping territories...

(USA/China) China comes alone while US brings ‘fast multilateralism’ to Anchorage (The Strategist)

Michael Shoebridge Last week’s meetings in Alaska constituted phase two in high-level US–China contact under the Biden administration. https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/china-comes-alone-while-us-brings-fast-multilateralism-to-anchorage/

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