The fourth iteration of the Migration Challenge, which seeks businesses reinventing standard migration processes, has been launched by Seedstars and the International Organization of Employers (IOE). For the fourth time, the program is looking for international tech startups, especially those close to Europe – Northern Africa, the Middle East, and Central and Eastern Europe –…
Seedstars Youth Wellbeing Ventures, a $20 million investment mandate aimed at early-stage entrepreneurs in Africa with a focus on enhancing the wellbeing of people under the age of 30 in low- and middle-income countries, has been created by Seedstars Capital and the Swiss philanthropic foundation Fondation Botnar. The evergreen fund will support pre-seed to Series…
With this second emerging market seed stage fund, Seedstars, a seed-stage venture fund devoted to emerging and frontier markets, will build on its success in supporting over 90 emerging market venture ecosystems and invest in 100 pre-seed and seed-stage companies throughout Asia, Africa, the Middle East, and Latin America over the course of the next…
APPLY: $24,000 for grab at Seedstars Digital Democracy Hackathon The hackathon is for socially committed innovators, writes Joan Aimuengheuwa Leveraging technology and entrepreneurship to further its mission of impacting the lives of people in emerging markets, Swiss-based group, Seedstars, has launched the application for its hackathon. Themed “Digital Democracy Challenge”, the programme seeks innovative, low-cost, and viable…