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Agro.Club Raises $1.5M Seed Funding – Investocracy News

Agro.Club, a U.S.-based startup transforming the way the agriculture industry buys and sells, has initiated plans to expand into Europe and has already launched operations in North America following the closure of a $1.5M seed round led by Speedinvest, with participation from Elevator Ventures, the corporate venture arm of Raiffeisen Bank International.

Following a successful launch in Russia, a $20B market, where almost 20% of farmers have signed up in the first 18 months and with millions of

Tatiana Fedorova: Agent GOODdler

It’s possible to be a change agent and make a difference in the world. That’s why I started GOODdler. I can’t imagine living my life and not to be concerned that so many people suffer in the world. When I hear stories of children in distress, families torn by conflicts, youth recruited to kill innocent people, and at the same time, see ignorance of many, I overcome with emotions. My response to this is to channel all the energy I have toward making this world a better place, no matter ho

Women's leadership & inspiration

Women’s Life and Work Balance: Between Magic and Physics

The focus of Moscow’s Women Leadership Forum was life and work balance. The word “life” comes first, and not accidentally: the forum’s topics were routes to happiness in women’s lives, such as harmony, values, and self-consciousness. In Shechtel’s beautiful gem, Smirnov House, over 200 women took part in creativity seminars and DiY sessions, and listened to beautiful speakers sharing their vision of women’s leadership. We’ve collected

How Do You See Your Success? On Women’s Leadership and Beyond

Not far from the golden shine of Jingan Temple, on March 31 a group of bright women shared their thoughts on women’s leadership and beyond. Arranged by Roberto&Co, this Women in Leadership Forum differed from events of this kind not just in format (combining speeches with panel discussions) but in the intense sincerity of each story. You may listen to a dialogue on major obstacles women face in terms of leadership – and what the ways out are. But beyond this traditional discourse, you have a cha

Grace Garey: Why All People Deserve Help, and What Is More Powerful Than Politics

Grace Garey: Why All People Deserve Help, and What Is More Powerful Than Politics
• Cofounder of Watsi.com, crowd-funding platform that enables anyone to fund life-changing healthcare for people around the world. First nonprofit funded by seed accelerator Y Combinator;
• Fan of technologies obsessed by the idea that connecting people will change the world.

Lack of opportunity, and what can be done about it
• When I was in college I lived in Ghana for six months assisting on research at a Liberi

Stay Empowered: How to Bring One Million Lights to the World

Stay Empowered: How to Bring One Million Lights to the World
• Founder of One Million Lights, noncommercial organization that distributed more than sixty thousand solar lights and helped more than four hundred thousand people without electricity get light to their homes
• I think it’s possible for anyone in any country to find a way out of poverty. The main ingredient for that is to create an environment of hope, to make people feel empowered and believe they can do something about their lives.

Raiffeisen Bank International: Russische Raffeisen-Tochter erwartet stabilen Gewinn

Trotz Coronakrise fürchtet die RBI-Tochter keinen Gewinneinbruch. Sie hält an ihrem Plan fest, für das vergangene Geschäftsjahr eine Dividende zu zahlen.

Moskau/ Wien Die Russland-Tochter der österreichischen Raiffeisen Bank International (RBI) fürchtet trotz der Coronakrise keinen Ergebniseinbruch im laufenden Jahr. Der Gewinn werde 2020 auf dem Niveau des Vorjahres von 37,6 Milliarden Rubel (rund 432 Millionen Euro) liegen, sagte Bankchef Sergei Monin der Nachrichtenagentur Reuters in einem a