Southeast Asia’s online budget hotel booking chain RedDoorz has raised pre-Series B funding of $11 million. The fundraise comes in as an additional investment from earlier investors Asia Investment Fund of Susquehanna International Group, International Finance Corporation (private investment arm of World Bank Group), InnoVen Capital, Jungle Ventures, as well as new investors DeepSky Capital,…
OPIC’s budget comes from Congress, but the money it makes goes back to the U.S. Treasury. The U.S. government plans to spend hundreds of millions of dollars in venture capital funds overseas as part of an expanded federal program to do good around the world through what’s known as “impact investing.” The program, unveiled Wednesday…
Megan Miller wants to know: Why aren’t you eating bugs yet? That’s because Megan is the co-founder and CEO of Bitty Foods, an innovative artisanal snack brand that makes delicious cookies and snack chips from their signature cricket-based protein flour. Megan, a digital-strategist-turned-food-pioneer, knows this might sound a little insane. Despite the fact that insects…