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Affero Lab Participações S.A., through its subsidiaries, provides corporate learning and employee training solutions for customers in Brazil and internationally. The company’s products include PLUG.IT, a platform to manage the learning process for larger and disperse group; customized learning solutions and educational logistics; and leadership, first-time manager, and trainee and intern programs. It also offers sales training and consulting services. The company was founded in 2010 and is based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil with additional offices in São Paulo and Juiz de Fora Brazil; and Dublin, Ireland.

Liquid Telecom is an independent data, voice, and IP provider that commits to build a digital future. Liquid Telecom has built Africa’s largest single fibre network, currently stretching over 18,000km across Uganda, Kenya, Rwanda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, DRC, Lesotho and South Africa. The award-winning Pan-African fibre network covers Africa’s fastest growing economies, where no fixed network has existed before.

AST provides off-grid solar power to the telecom and banking sectors. Off-grid power is electricity generated from renewable energy sources without accessing the main grid. The firm offers alternative power sources to telecom operators and banks which often rely on diesel-based power generation for infrastructure such as telecom towers and ATMs.

BigBasket is an online food and grocery store that delivers personal and household needs right to customers' doorstep. The company believes in being smart, quick, and efficient making life as leisurely as possible. Customers can browse through the vast range of products at bigbasket.com, order, and get them to be delivered at the customers' own convenient time slot. The company handpicks each and every product, putting it through a safety packaging process, and delivering to customers' home.

Twiga is a mobile-based supply platform for Africa’s retail outlets, kiosks, and market stalls. The company is using a mobile-based, cashless, business-to-business (B2B) supply platform to access distribution into the millions of small and medium-sized vendors in African urban markets. Founded in 2013, Twiga is based in Nairobi, Kenya.

Coursera is an online education company that serves over 20 million registered learners by partnering with 140 of the world’s best universities and education institutions. On Coursera, anyone, anywhere can access over 1,000 online courses and Specializations in dozens of fields in order to achieve meaningful career, educational, and personal enrichment goals throughout their lives. The company was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Mountain View, California.

Loggi is connecting Brazil, using technology to reinvent logistics with a fast, cost-efficient and reliable network across e-commerce, wholesale food delivery and courier services. Loggi is unlocking the growth of the on-demand economy, supporting new commerce for Brazil’s large, young, urban population. The company was founded in 2013 and is based in São Paulo, Brazil.

ZOLA Electric provides off-grid solar solutions for African markets. The company engages in leasing or selling solar home kits to individual households in Tanzania, Rwanda, Ghana, and the Ivory Coast. It offers solar systems to homes and businesses in rural communities through solar as a service model. ZOLA Electric was formerly known as Off-Grid Electric Tanzania Limited and changed its name to ZOLA Electric in July 2018. The company was founded in 2012 and is based in Arusha, Tanzania with an additional office in San Francisco, California.

Konfio provides digital banking and software tools designed to boost small and mid-size enterprise's growth and productivity. It offers working capital loans, a corporate credit card, a loyalty program, and business productivity software tools. The company was founded in 2013 by David Arana and Francisco Padilla and is headquartered in Mexico City.

Microvast Power Systems (Huzhou) Co., Ltd. design, development, and manufacturing of ultra-fast charging, long-life battery power systems with superior safety for electric vehicles. It offers sales lithium-ion battery materials, battery cells, and systems for hybrid-electric vehicles. The company was founded in 2006 and is based in Huzhou, China with additional offices in the united states, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. Microvast Power Systems (Huzhou) Co., Ltd. operates as a subsidiary of Microvast, Inc.

Liftit is a B2B logistics company that connects providers of cargo transportation services with companies or people who need this service. It is a marketplace that connects shippers who need to deliver home goods, electronics, construction materials, and anything that fits into a truck with independent truck drivers who can fulfill those needs. The company's platform is intended to use technological innovation to connect, optimize, measure analyze, and solve problems in the logistics industry. Founded in 2017, Liftit is headquartered in Bogotá, Colombia.

NantEnergy, Inc. manufactures energy storage solutions. The company offers air breathing zinc rechargeable cell and systems, SmartStorage micro-grid solar systems, and NantEnergy stationary energy storage systems. It offers its products in various applications, such as off-grid electrification, solar (PV) powered microgrid, and telecommunications, as well as wireless telecom providers. NantEnergy, Inc. was formerly known as Fluidic Energy and changed its name to NantEnergy, Inc. The company was founded in 2006 and is based in Scottsdale, Arizona with locations in Sonoma County, California.

On Revelo, knowledge workers seeking to take the next step in their career can create free professional profiles. Their machine learning-based platform curates a network of above-average professionals, that are matched to the most innovative companies in the market. Currently, Revelo focuses on high-demand careers such as finance, software development, design, online marketing and management consulting.

BYJU’S is a valuable ed-tech company at USD 10.5 billion and the creator of India’s most loved school learning app which offers highly adaptive, engaging, and effective learning programs for students in classes 1 -12 and competitive exams like JEE, NEET, CAT, and IAS. BYJU'S launched its flagship product, BYJU’S - The Learning App, for classes 4-12 in 2015. Today, the app has over 42 million registered students. With an average time of 71 minutes being spent by a student on the app every day from 1700+ cities, the app is creating a whole new way of learning through visual lessons. The Disney. BYJU'S Early Learn App was launched in June 2019, a special offering from BYJU'S for students in classes 1-3 featuring Disney’s timeliness characters. In early 2019, BYJU'S also acquired Osmo, a Palo Alto-based maker of educational games to transform the whole offline to an online learning experience.

Organica Water is a global provider of innovative solutions for the treatment and recycling of wastewater. Over the past two decades Organica has developed a truly unique approach, enabling customers all over the world to build and operate space and energy efficient biological wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) that blend harmoniously into urban and residential population centers, ultimately lowering infrastructure costs and facilitating reuse and recycling of treated wastewater. Established in 1998, Organica began as a traditional wastewater design-build company focused exclusively on the Hungarian market. During the first nine years of its life the company built over 75 municipal, commercial, and industrial WWTPs using a variety of different technologies, while continually investing into R&D to futher develop its own IFAS-type solution for biological wastewater treatment. In 2007 Organica sold it's design-build business to focus exclusively on the commercialization of its own biological wastewater treatment solution on a global basis. Today, Organica is an international company operating on three different continents, and the world leader in Fixed-Bed Biofilm Activated Sludge (FBAS) technology,with more than 25 operating references all over the world, and nearly a dozen additional Organica-powered WWTPs currently under construction.

Organica Water is a global provider of innovative solutions for the treatment and recycling of wastewater. Over the past two decades Organica has developed a truly unique approach, enabling customers all over the world to build and operate space and energy efficient biological wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) that blend harmoniously into urban and residential population centers, ultimately lowering infrastructure costs and facilitating reuse and recycling of treated wastewater. Established in 1998, Organica began as a traditional wastewater design-build company focused exclusively on the Hungarian market. During the first nine years of its life the company built over 75 municipal, commercial, and industrial WWTPs using a variety of different technologies, while continually investing into R&D to futher develop its own IFAS-type solution for biological wastewater treatment. In 2007 Organica sold it's design-build business to focus exclusively on the commercialization of its own biological wastewater treatment solution on a global basis. Today, Organica is an international company operating on three different continents, and the world leader in Fixed-Bed Biofilm Activated Sludge (FBAS) technology,with more than 25 operating references all over the world, and nearly a dozen additional Organica-powered WWTPs currently under construction.

Moni operates a microloans platform that enables users to receive a cash advance online. Alejandro Estrada and Juan Pablo Bruzzo founded it in September 2013, with its headquarters in Buenos Aires in Argentina.

Ecolibrium Energy Private Limited provides SmartSense, a Software-as-a-Service big data energy analytics platform. The company’s platform enables commercial and industrial users to take crucial operational decisions to optimize productivity; real time monitoring of asset efficiency and helps carry out predictive maintenance; energy and plant managers to centrally monitor and optimize energy consumption across multiple locations; bringing energy data, including electricity, water, gas, temperature, pressure, production, etc.; and integrating with existing data sources, such as SCADA, EMS, or ERP systems. Its platform also enables utilities with advanced analytics on energy consumption and billing of these consumers; to take decisions on customer billing, grievances, and outages; and with distribution health monitoring analytics, such as Smart Transformer analytics for electricity networks. Ecolibrium Energy Private Limited was incorporated in 2008 and is based in Ahmedabad, India.

Crehana is an online training platform for creative and digital professionals in Latam and Spain. With more than 500 courses from Design to Coding, they redefining education through affordable and project-based learning. The platform also offers online courses in Design, Illustration, Photography, and Audiovisuals. Their mission is to make everyone's professional dream possible through online education. Crehana was founded on April 7, 2015, and is based in Lima, Peru.

Azure Power Global Limited, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the development, construction, ownership, operation, maintenance, and management of solar power plants in India. It generates solar energy based on long-term contracts with Indian government energy distribution companies, as well as other non-governmental energy distribution companies and commercial customers. As of March 31, 2020, the company operated 43 utility scale projects and various commercial rooftop projects with a combined rated capacity of 1,808 MW. Azure Power Global Limited was founded in 2008 and is based in New Delhi, India.

Liftit is a B2B logistics company that connects providers of cargo transportation services with companies or people who need this service. It is a marketplace that connects shippers who need to deliver home goods, electronics, construction materials, and anything that fits into a truck with independent truck drivers who can fulfill those needs. The company's platform is intended to use technological innovation to connect, optimize, measure analyze, and solve problems in the logistics industry. Founded in 2017, Liftit is headquartered in Bogotá, Colombia.

Ioxus is the only company that develops, manufactures and commercializes innovative ultracapacitor technologies entirely in the United States. The company provides cost-effective, green energy solutions for the military, transportation and alternative energy markets. The Ioxus family of ultracapacitors is uniquely optimized for high performance with low resistance, ideal for delivering high power bursts for acceleration, energy recapture, peak load shaving and high power applications. Ioxus was established by its affiliate company, Custom Electronics, Inc., which has supplied commercial and military clients with high reliability capacitors and integrated electronic assemblies since 1964. Ioxus is headquartered in Oneonta, N.Y.

Lamoda is the leading online retailer in Russia and CIS, offering more than 1,000,000 products and 900 international brands. With Lamoda Express, it operates its own express delivery network supporting next day delivery to currently more than twenty-five cities throughout Russia and Kazakhstan. Positioned as a leader in customer experience, Lamoda offers free shipping and a try-on service, as well as 365 day period for returns free of charge. Lamoda was launched in 2011 by its four founders Dominik Picker, Florian Jansen, Burkhard Binder and Niels Tonsen.

Guiyang Huochebang Technology Co Ltd develops an online logistics platform to connect cargo shippers and truck drivers in china. It offers online and mobile O2O logistics platform that helps shippers and drivers to publish shipping requirements and complete transactions. The company was founded in 2008 and is based in Guiyang, China. Guiyang Huochebang Technology Co Ltd is a former subsidiary of Jiangsu Man Yun Software Technology Co., Ltd.

The Eye-Q hospital chain is committed to providing best quality eye care at affordable cost across India. We are an ISO 9001-2000 registered organization operating under the leadership of our Founder and CMD- Dr. Ajay Sharma- one of the most renowned eye surgeons in India, aided by a team of specialists with rich experience in their respective specialties from top hospitals across the country.

The Eye-Q hospital chain is committed to providing best quality eye care at affordable cost across India. We are an ISO 9001-2000 registered organization operating under the leadership of our Founder and CMD- Dr. Ajay Sharma- one of the most renowned eye surgeons in India, aided by a team of specialists with rich experience in their respective specialties from top hospitals across the country.

Ayla Networks empowers leading manufacturers by simplifying the inherent complexity of the Internet of Things (IoT), enabling them to turn their products into smart connected systems and transform their businesses to compete in the game-changing world of connectivity. Delivered as a cloud platform-as-a-service (PaaS), Ayla’s Agile IoT platform provides the flexibility and modularity to enable rapid changes to practically any type of device, cloud or app environment. Ayla Networks was named a 2015 Cool Vendor in the Internet of Things by Gartner, Inc. Ayla’s investors include Cisco, the International Finance Corporation, SAIF Partners, Crosslink Capital, Voyager Capital, Linear Venture and SJF Ventures. For more information, visit www.aylanetworks.com. Ayla Networks was founded in 2010 and is based in Santa Clara, California.

Ayla Networks empowers leading manufacturers by simplifying the inherent complexity of the Internet of Things (IoT), enabling them to turn their products into smart connected systems and transform their businesses to compete in the game-changing world of connectivity. Delivered as a cloud platform-as-a-service (PaaS), Ayla’s Agile IoT platform provides the flexibility and modularity to enable rapid changes to practically any type of device, cloud or app environment. Ayla Networks was named a 2015 Cool Vendor in the Internet of Things by Gartner, Inc. Ayla’s investors include Cisco, the International Finance Corporation, SAIF Partners, Crosslink Capital, Voyager Capital, Linear Venture and SJF Ventures. For more information, visit www.aylanetworks.com. Ayla Networks was founded in 2010 and is based in Santa Clara, California.

Best Logistics (百世物流) is a Chinese comprehensive logistics supply chain service provider. The company provides comprehensive supply chain design and logistics services for domestic and foreign enterprises through its complete and systematic partner authentication management system, professional supply chain design solution, advanced information technologies, and comprehensive self-developed operation platform GeniMax system. Founded in 2007, Best Logistics combines internet, information technology, and traditional logisctics services to create a new subversive commercial model to integrate the large logistics industry in China. The company has established multilevel operation centers nationwide, with a distribution network that covers the whole country.

Fawry is a pioneering Electronic Payment Network, offering financial services to consumers and businesses through more than 65 thousand locations and a variety of channels. It offers a convenient and reliable way to pay bills and other services in multiple channels (online, using ATMs , mobile wallets and retail points) The company's network of retailers includes small groceries, pharmacies and stationaries, and post-offices, all equipped with point-of-sale machines – the same ones used for credit card payments.

RecargaPay Payments Ltda. operates a mobile prepaid top-up platform in Brazil and Latin America. It offers airtime and bill payments services for the mobile generation; and utility bill payments and financial services for the unbanked. RecargaPay Payments Ltda. was formerly known as FNBox Ventures Inc. The company was incorporated in 2009 and is based in Sao Paulo, Brazil with an additional office in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Planet Labs, Inc., a space and analytics company, provides information about the changing planet. The company operates a fleet of earth imaging satellites to frequently image the entire planet and provide open access to that information. Planet Labs Inc. was formerly known as Cosmogia, Inc. The company was incorporated in 2010 and is based in San Francisco, California.

Twiga is a mobile-based supply platform for Africa’s retail outlets, kiosks, and market stalls. The company is using a mobile-based, cashless, business-to-business (B2B) supply platform to access distribution into the millions of small and medium-sized vendors in African urban markets. Founded in 2013, Twiga is based in Nairobi, Kenya.

Loggi is connecting Brazil, using technology to reinvent logistics with a fast, cost-efficient and reliable network across e-commerce, wholesale food delivery and courier services. Loggi is unlocking the growth of the on-demand economy, supporting new commerce for Brazil’s large, young, urban population. The company was founded in 2013 and is based in São Paulo, Brazil.

Africa's Talking is a Kenya-based mobile solutions firm integrating reliable two-way SMS, voice, and USSD functionality across mobile providers in Africa. The firm offers bulk SMS, short codes, and premium SMS, USSD, MMS, and customized mobile messaging solutions for individuals, businesses, and developers. With the API developers, it can connect a short code, use an alphanumeric sender id, and send SMS messages across Kenya. Africa's Talking’s users need to register to access documentation. Africa's Talking was established in 2010 by Eston Kimani and Samuel Gikandi, two MIT graduates to explore applications that enhance the growth and use of information technology in and for Africa. It is based in Nairobi.

NephroPlus is a dialysis provider network. It provides quality dialysis services in different parts of India. NephroPlus has some unique offerings such as nocturnal dialysis, short daily dialysis and holiday dialysis that allow patients to lead normal lives. NephroPlus was co-founded by a dialysis patient who has been on dialysis for 16 years.

Portea Medical Private Limited provides home healthcare services. It provides doctors, nurses, and physiotherapists for home visits that offer services, such as physiotherapy, lab tests, medical equipment, nursing, doctor consultations, vaccination, trained attendants, new born baby and mother care, elder care, gestational diabetes management, and counselling. The company was incorporated in 2012 and is based in Bengaluru, India with additional offices in Mumbai, Indore, Kolkata, Mangaluru, Vijyawada, and Ahmedabad.

Coursera is an online education company that serves over 20 million registered learners by partnering with 140 of the world’s best universities and education institutions. On Coursera, anyone, anywhere can access over 1,000 online courses and Specializations in dozens of fields in order to achieve meaningful career, educational, and personal enrichment goals throughout their lives. The company was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Mountain View, California.

NephroPlus is a dialysis provider network. It provides quality dialysis services in different parts of India. NephroPlus has some unique offerings such as nocturnal dialysis, short daily dialysis and holiday dialysis that allow patients to lead normal lives. NephroPlus was co-founded by a dialysis patient who has been on dialysis for 16 years.

TradeDepot Inc. develops a SaaS platform for FMCG distribution in Africa. It enables predictive trade intelligence to leapfrog the competition, real-time access to distributors' stock levels, receive bulk orders online, and auto-generate sales promotions to boost sales. It helps to connects with distributors, wholesalers and retailers online, on one platform. The company was founded in 2016 and is based in Lagos, Nigeria with additional office in Wilmington, Delaware.

Mobisol GmbH develops and installs solar home systems that provide electricity to power LED lights, radios, mobile phones, and various household and consumer appliances. Its solutions also include home and productive use appliances. The company is based in Berlin, Germany with additional offices in Tanzania, Rwanda, and Kenya. As of October 31, 2019, Mobisol GmbH operates as a subsidiary of ENGIE SA.

Souq operates an e-commerce platform in the Middle East and North Africa region. It offers products in the categories of baby and toddler, mobiles and accessories, computers and tablets, clothing and shoes, watches and jewelry, perfumes and fragrances, and toys and gaming, as well as TVs, audio, and camera. Souq also operates as a marketplace for third party sellers. Ronaldo Mouchawar founded Souq in 2005. Souq has its headquarters in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates with commercial offices in Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and Kuwait and technical and development centers in Jordan and India. Souq operates as a subsidiary of Amazon as of May 12, 2017.

Aihuishou.com (爱回收网) is a bidding-based C2B platform for recycling and the sale of selling second-hand electronic items such as mobile phones, laptops, and more. At present, the recyclable mobile categories are more than 30, including Apple, HTC, Motorola, Samsung, and Sony Ericsson. It nearly covers all the popular mobiles in the market and works in the form of bidding purchase, avoiding the possibility of over-low price assessment of second-hand mobile phones and other second-hand electronic products. It facilitates the purchasing of second-hand electronic products of companies and individuals at the highest price, providing users with a one-stop disposal service of idle items, and making contributions to the environmental protection course.

Minsheng Education Group Company Limited provides education services in the People’s Republic of China. It offers formal undergraduate and junior college education services; education counselling services; secondary vocational education and technical training services; disease diagnosis and treatment services; university logistics management services; education and health care programs; and education management and services. The company also engages in the scientific and technological project development; real estate development; and provision of investment in education projects. Minsheng Education Group Company Limited was incorporated in 2005 and is headquartered in Beijing, the People’s Republic of China.

AST provides off-grid solar power to the telecom and banking sectors. Off-grid power is electricity generated from renewable energy sources without accessing the main grid. The firm offers alternative power sources to telecom operators and banks which often rely on diesel-based power generation for infrastructure such as telecom towers and ATMs.

Coursera is an online education company that serves over 20 million registered learners by partnering with 140 of the world’s best universities and education institutions. On Coursera, anyone, anywhere can access over 1,000 online courses and Specializations in dozens of fields in order to achieve meaningful career, educational, and personal enrichment goals throughout their lives. The company was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Mountain View, California.

Netshoes (Cayman) Limited, through its subsidiaries, operates as a sports and lifestyle online retailer in Brazil. It offers various products, including athletic shoes, jerseys, apparels, accessories, and sporting equipment of international, local, and private brands, as well as fashion primarily under the Netshoes and Zattini brands. The company operates through its e-commerce Websites, such as netshoes.com, shoestock.com, zattini.com, and freelace.com. Netshoes (Cayman) Limited was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in São Paulo, Brazil. As of June 14, 2019, Netshoes (Cayman) Limited operates as a subsidiary of Magazine Luiza S.A.

NephroPlus is a dialysis provider network. It provides quality dialysis services in different parts of India. NephroPlus has some unique offerings such as nocturnal dialysis, short daily dialysis and holiday dialysis that allow patients to lead normal lives. NephroPlus was co-founded by a dialysis patient who has been on dialysis for 16 years.

Aihuishou.com (爱回收网) is a bidding-based C2B platform for recycling and the sale of selling second-hand electronic items such as mobile phones, laptops, and more. At present, the recyclable mobile categories are more than 30, including Apple, HTC, Motorola, Samsung, and Sony Ericsson. It nearly covers all the popular mobiles in the market and works in the form of bidding purchase, avoiding the possibility of over-low price assessment of second-hand mobile phones and other second-hand electronic products. It facilitates the purchasing of second-hand electronic products of companies and individuals at the highest price, providing users with a one-stop disposal service of idle items, and making contributions to the environmental protection course.

AST provides off-grid solar power to the telecom and banking sectors. Off-grid power is electricity generated from renewable energy sources without accessing the main grid. The firm offers alternative power sources to telecom operators and banks which often rely on diesel-based power generation for infrastructure such as telecom towers and ATMs.

Azure Power Global Limited, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the development, construction, ownership, operation, maintenance, and management of solar power plants in India. It generates solar energy based on long-term contracts with Indian government energy distribution companies, as well as other non-governmental energy distribution companies and commercial customers. As of March 31, 2020, the company operated 43 utility scale projects and various commercial rooftop projects with a combined rated capacity of 1,808 MW. Azure Power Global Limited was founded in 2008 and is based in New Delhi, India.

Evrotek is a holding company for a recently formed Ukrainian food retail chain operating under the trade name Fresh. Evrotek offers a wide range of products: food and non-food groups, own-produced goods and a full range of additional services.

Sunpreme is an early stage global photovoltaic (PV) solar start-up company engaged in the business of developing and commercializing its proprietary SmartSiliconâ„¢ based solar cells to satisfy growing global needs for abundant, low-cost, clean energy. They engage in all aspects of the business, including R&D, manufacturing, sales & marketing, with heavy focus on quality, environment and continuous improvement - all enabled with a world-class global team and a highly profitable business model.

Kaiima developed a pioneering, non-GMO, technology platform called EP™. EP™, coupled with advanced breeding programs, boosts the inherent productivity and resource usage efficiency of high-impact food and energy crops. The company collaborates with partners around the globe to develop new crop varieties, specifically suited for sustainable agriculture. Kaiima is also active in castor breeding, marketing and sales as well as high-quality vegetable variety development through its subsidiary, Top Seeds. Kaiima is headquartered in the Lower Galilee, Israel.

Lenskart Solutions Private Limited owns and operates an online shopping portal for men and women eyewear in India. It provides goggles, contact lenses, and sunglasses, as well as frames and sunglasses for kids. The company also owns and operates eyewear retail stores in India; and provides home eye check-up services in Mumbai, Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Pune, Delhi, Gurgaon, Noida, Faridabad, and Ghaziabad. Lenskart Solutions Private Limited was formerly known as Valyoo Technologies Private Limited and changed its name to Lenskart Solutions Private Limited in May 2015. The company was incorporated in 2008 and is based in New Delhi, India with retail stores in Delhi, Agartala, Nagpur, Ahmadabad, Mangalore, Kolhapur, Visakhapatnam, Hyderabad, Bengaluru, Sangli, Mumbai, Pune, Bhubaneshawar, Siliguri, Haridwar, Lucknow, Faridabad, Meerut, Erode, Ludhiana, Jamshedpur, Kolkata, Varanasi, Trivandrum, Kochi, Chennai, Tirupati, Raipur, Surat, Ranchi, Cuttack, Kannur, Dhanabad, Indore, and Madurai, India; and Goa.