Acara Energy Ltd

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Prospera USA | February 14, 2023

On February 13, 2023, Prospera, a non-profit economic development organization, announced receiving its first grant from a non-profit organization, The Rockefeller Foundation, to offer procurement-focused training and technical help to small, Hispanic-owned businesses in the Miami and Atlanta metro areas. Grant-funded educational programs will focus on a variety of procurement-related matters, including bidding processes and resources, minority certifications, and access to capi...

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Opportunity Fund | January 07, 2021

Opportunity Fund, the nation's leading nonprofit Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) to small businesses, today declared partnerships with Meriwest Credit Union, Self-Help Federal Credit Union, and UMe Credit Union, part of the nonprofit lenders' $1 Billion obligation to investing in minimized businesses nationwide in the following two years. These partnerships increase small business owners' access to transparent, reasonable credit — especially among businesses ...

PYMNTS.com | January 22, 2020

Qonto, a French startup Neobank that caters to B2B clients, has raised $115 million in a Series C funding round led by DST Global and Tencent, according to a report.Investors Valar and Alven also took part in the funding round, as well as TransferWise Co-founder Taavet Hinrikus and Adyen CFO Ingo Uytdehaage. The startup said this was the largest funding round ever for a French FinTech.Qonto focuses on a subset of small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) across Europe. The startup has said that ...

U.S. House of Representatives | May 21, 2020

Lawmakers in the U.S. House of Representatives plan to vote again next week on giving small businesses more time to utilize their coronavirus aid. With many businesses moving toward the end of their eight-week period, there are widespread calls to extend it...