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Deep tech venture team on the hunt for cutting-edge technology transfer deals, with partner research institutions & universities, to create commercially viable products & startups, that solve  planet’s most urgent problems

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Feelsgood Social Impact Investment Fund is designed to invest in Croatian and Slovenian ventures that have typical PE / VC commercial business models, but in addition deliver measurable social impact (profit, purpose, planet, people)

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Building on 140 years of Kamen Sirač history… The group is expanding its portfolio both across construction materials and regionally

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Support program forJordan’s SMEs & startups, to improve their productivity, competitiveness, create employment, foster innovation and promote economic growth

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An innovative medical record keeping app that enables medical data to be stored safely & be always available to the patient who collects, owns & shares it with healthcare professionals & industry stakeholders

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Jordan’s Startup Economy Study [May 2019]:

Assessing the economic contribution and potential of tech and tech-enabled startups

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With R&D at the core of its growth strategy &  deep tech identity, the company is committed to developing new indoor / outdoor air-cleaning technologies / solutions that meet & anticipate market demands, reducing greenhouse gas emissions and other air pollutants

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The future of vending industry through an all-in-one innovative multifunctional kiosk platform, combining advanced advertising / payment / printing together with over 20 services to only 5 square feet of retail space, in an ATM-type dominated industry that has not changed in the last 50 years

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An innovative one-of-a-kind niche IP-based proptech / legtech solution, combining AI, land registry law logics & innovative financing into a platform that offers an inexorable process of shortening the processes & delivering value from the sale of ‘locked’ land in complex property environments

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A leading independent discounts platform in Croatia & Serbia augmenting its business model to become a leading obstructor to the regional marketplace leaders, making it potentially a highly attractive M&A candidate

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Recognised as innovative disruptors in the spirits market with its award-winning craft ultra-premium gin, are taking the craft offering up a notch while still leaving the personal hand-touch & attention for every bottle

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Brownfield project finance of jumbo tissue paper production in Belisce, Croatia’s hart of the paper & pulp industry, yet as the first such factory it is to replace current imports of over 100k tons

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altVenture

altVENTURE, as in alternative venture because investments have to provide achievement above & beyond financial RETURN, and that is adventure in form of RISK, IMPACT & FUN

Emerging Market Venture Capital Advisory is the essential part of the 2EMMA platform offering advisory to:

⊕ emerging companies (startups)

⊕ emerging tech (deep / early tech)

⊕ emerging managers (first time funds)

We also seek opportunities where we can be valuable (add) merchant bankers to early / growth market stories whereby underwriting the capital expansion with sweat advisory services…

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Bleak Assessments of Hong Kong’s National Security Law, Five Years On

June 30 marked the fifth anniversary of Beijing’s imposition of a heavy-handed national security law (NSL) on Hong Kong, which has altered the sociopolitical landscape of the city by undermining its democratic institutions, weakening civil society, and severely curtailing a wide range of freedoms. In [...]

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Chinese authorities have arrested dozens of writers of Boys’ Love (BL), or danmei, a genre of online homoerotic fiction featuring male protagonists, and typically created by and for women. This latest crackdown appears driven by a variety of factors, such as the patriarchal government’s efforts [...]

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Whispers in the womb: How cells “hear” to shape the human body

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Breakthrough battery lets physicists reverse entanglement—and rewrite quantum law

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Tiny quantum drumhead sends sound with 1-in-a-million loss—poised to rewrite tech

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How a lost gene gave the sea spider its bizarre, leggy body

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A Palestinian official says key sticking points at the indirect negotiations in Qatar include how aid will be distributed. [...]

Son of couple held in Iran: 'They aren't spies, they're Mum and Dad'
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Joe Bennett says he has not heard from his parents in six months after their arrest on spying charges. [...]

Israeli defence minister plans to move Gaza's population to camp in Rafah
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Israel Katz tells Israeli media the so-called "humanitarian city" in Rafah will eventually house 2.1 million Palestinians. [...]

Hamas used sexual violence as part of 'genocidal strategy', Israeli experts say
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Two crew killed in attack on cargo ship in Red Sea
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The Liberian-flagged Eternity C, carrying 22 crew, is reported to be adrift and listing. [...]

Trump upbeat on Gaza ceasefire talks despite lack of breakthrough
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The US president said talk were going "very well", but a Palestinian source tells the BBC they have not made headway. [...]

Released Hamas hostage says Trump can bring home those still captive in Gaza
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Keith Siegel urged the US president to pressure both Israel and Hamas to agree a new ceasefire and hostage release deal. [...]

US to remove Syria's HTS from list of foreign terror groups
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The Islamist group led a rebel offensive that toppled Syria's Assad regime in December. [...]

Israel Is Sowing Chaos to Secure Displacement in Gaza
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Trump Ups the Ante on Trade Threats
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How China Got Its Name
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In Rio, BRICS Tries to Play it Safe
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What the Dollar’s Decline Reveals About America
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USAID Cuts Could Transform U.S. Ties to Pacific Islands
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The News Cycle Is No Excuse for Ignoring Gaza
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It’s Official: America Can’t Be Trusted
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Nigeria: MSF Deploys Emergency Teams As Measles Kills 24 Children in Zamfara

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Kenya: Shoot Protesters in the Leg, Not to Kill, Says Ruto

[Capital FM] The comments appear to walk back more severe orders issued earlier by his Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen. Last week, Murkomen told police officers to use deadly force against protesters who approach them. [...]

Kenya: Where's the Compassion, Mr. President? Ruto Silent on Saba Saba Killings

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Africa: BRICS Summit 2025 - Will Slow and Steady Actually Win the Race?

[ISS] A back-to-basics approach may be needed to reverse the bloc's flagging momentum. [...]

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