Search results for "venture fund"
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5.4KInnovationAndela Raises $40M To Connect Africa’s Engineering Talent Globally
Andela, the company that builds high-performing engineering teams with Africa’s most talented software developers, today announced that the company has secured $40M...
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The year serious money was invested in African tech
While difficult to put an exact figure on how much the African tech ecosystem is actually worth, the increased level of activity in...
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Mobile operators emerge as Africa’s latest VC investor
Venture capital (VC) funding is slowly but surely arriving in Africa for in greater quantities. High profile funding rounds in 2014 for...
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Nigeria: LeadPath Accelerator launches in Lagos
LeadPath Accelerator programme opened its doors for business in Lagos last Friday with the aim of investing $100,000 in a range of...
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Fez Delivery, a techstars-backed logistics startup announces Seed raise of $1 million
Fez Delivery, a leading logistics and delivery company, announced its $1 million seed round today. Ventures Platform led the funding round, with...
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653Africa Tech Summit14 start-ups announced to Pitch Live at Africa Tech Summit 2023
Africa Tech Summit has announced the final shortlist of ventures who will Pitch Live on stage to investors, corporate and media at...
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390Funding
Presenting the 2022 Partech Africa Report: Resilient African Tech Ecosystem Still Growing With $6.5 Billion Raised In 2022
Partech Africa, the VC fund dedicated to technology startups in Africa, has issued its annual report on Africa Tech Venture Capital. The report,...
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African tech leaders and investors connect at London Stock Exchange for the 6th Africa Tech Summit London
African tech leaders, corporates and investors will connect at the London Stock Exchange for the sixth edition of Africa Tech Summit London...
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684Innovation
Amazon Web Service opens Lagos, Nigeria offices
Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS), an Amazon.com, Inc. company, today announced the opening of its first office in Lagos, Nigeria. The new...
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630Digital Transformation
Furniture Firm Moko Raises $6.5 Million To Expand Business Line
Moko Home + Living, a Kenyan furniture company has raised $6.5 million to grow its business line. The Serie B debt-financing round...
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459Innovation
Nigerian data and intelligence company Stears raises $3.3M
Stears has announced a $3.3 million seed round with MaC Venture Capital as the lead investor. Participating companies included Serena Ventures, Luminate...
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525Digital Transformation
Vendease secures $30 million to enhance restaurant business ops
Vendease, a Y Combinator backed digital platform that allows restaurants in Africa to buy supplies, access financial services and power their business...
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585Funding
Kippa raises $8.5M SEED
Nigerian FinTech, Kippa, has raised $8.4M in a SEED round from Goodwater Capital, TEN13 VC, Rocketship VC, Saison Capital, Crestone VC, VentureSouq, Horizon Partners, and Vibe Capital. The startup, launched in...
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Disrupt to launch a research publication on Nigerian startup scene
Since launching its research arm in 2016, Disrupt Africa has built up a significant portfolio of publications, most notably the African Tech Startups Funding Report and Finnovating...
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522Egypt
Egyptian ad-tech startup ArabyAds raises $30m pre-Series B
ArabyAds, an AdTech company in the MENA region, announced that it has raised US$30 Million in Pre-Series B funding round from AfricInvest,...
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595FinTech
Ecobank Group Launches 2022 Edition of its Fintech Challenge with US$50,000 Prize Money up for Grabs
Pan-African banking group, Ecobank Group, has launched the fifth edition of the Ecobank Fintech Challenge and encourages African Fintech entrepreneurs to enter...
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iProcure, Kenyan agritech, raises $10.2m Series B
Kenya’s B2B agritech startup, iProcure, has raised $10.2 million in Series B funding to grow its presence in its current markets –...
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543Digital Transformation
Beacon Power Services, Closes $2.7M Seed Round To Improve Electricity Access For Cities Across Sub-Saharan Africa
Beacon Power Services (BPS), an energy tech company providing data and grid management solutions to help Africa’s power sector distribute electricity more...
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GoGetta to facilitate global investment into African businesses
Quality African businesses with growth prospects that seek funding can now raise capital via an innovative crowdfunding platform, GoGetta. Local and international angel and...
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Cartona, Egyptian B2B e-commerce platform, raises $12 million Series A round
Cartona, a B2B platform based in Egypt, has closed its $12 million Series A fundraise led by Silicon Badia – the venture...
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943Digital Transformation
Cassava Technologies secures $50m investment from C5 Capital
Cassava Technologies, Africa’s integrated tech company of continental scale, announced that it has secured a US$50 million investment from C5 Capital, a...
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Kenyan Startup, Duhqa, Closes $2 Million Seed round
Founded in 2021 Duhqa is a B2B retail tech platform that empowers informal African merchants to digitally source and pay for inventory,...
