{"id":17676,"date":"2024-06-25T18:34:08","date_gmt":"2024-06-25T18:34:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/?p=17676"},"modified":"2024-06-25T18:34:08","modified_gmt":"2024-06-25T18:34:08","slug":"sturgeon-capital-fund-empowering-tech-innovation-in-central-asia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/sturgeon-capital-fund-empowering-tech-innovation-in-central-asia\/","title":{"rendered":"Sturgeon Capital Fund: Empowering Tech Innovation in Central Asia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The International Finance Corporation (IFC) is investing USD 5 million in Sturgeon Capital&#8217;s new venture fund, which targets fintech, agritech, healthtech and edtech startups in Central Asia. The fund aims to help entrepreneurs scale their businesses, improve operational efficiencies and create jobs. Despite the region&#8217;s potential to generate USD 300 million in annual digital revenue by 2030, startups often struggle to raise capital. The funding is being provided as part of IFC&#8217;s <em>Startup Catalyst Program<\/em>, which has supported over 2,800 entrepreneurs in 24 countries since 2016.<\/p>\n<div class=\"rpbt_shortcode\">\n\n<div id='rpbt-related-gallery-1' class='gallery related-gallery related-galleryid-17676 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item' role='group' aria-label='Low uptake of email authentication by financial institutions'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/low-uptake-of-email-authentication-by-financial-institutions\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/low-uptake-of-email-authentication-by-financial-institutions-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"rpbt-related-gallery-1-11226\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='rpbt-related-gallery-1-11226'>\n\t\t\t\tLow uptake of email authentication by financial institutions\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item' role='group' aria-label='8 tips on how to protect bank and client data'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/8-tips-on-how-to-protect-bank-and-client-data\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/8-tips-on-how-to-protect-bank-and-client-data-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"rpbt-related-gallery-1-7580\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='rpbt-related-gallery-1-7580'>\n\t\t\t\t8 tips on how to protect bank and client data\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item' role='group' aria-label='Top 10 Banking Trends to Watch in 2021'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/top-10-banking-trends-to-watch-in-2021\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/a9a074d3-9440-4338-a978-a492818b15261-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"rpbt-related-gallery-1-15779\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='rpbt-related-gallery-1-15779'>\n\t\t\t\tTop 10 Banking Trends to Watch in 2021\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The International Finance Corporation (IFC) is investing USD 5 million in Sturgeon Capital&#8217;s new venture fund, which targets fintech, agritech, healthtech and edtech startups in Central Asia. The fund aims to help entrepreneurs scale their businesses, improve operational efficiencies and create jobs. Despite the region&#8217;s potential to generate USD 300 million in annual digital revenue &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,16],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17676"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17676"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17676\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17677,"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17676\/revisions\/17677"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17676"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17676"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17676"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}