Tag: funding

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Eridan reinvents a piece of mobile infrastructure and calls up $46M in funding

Eridan reinvents a piece of mobile infrastructure and c...

Most of the time no one has to think about how the mobile networks we all rely o...

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Brazilian fintech infrastructure company Dock closes on $110M in funding, now valued at over $1.5B

Brazilian fintech infrastructure company Dock closes on...

If there’s one area that has thus far felt insulated from the global venture dow...

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Identitypass, an identity verification API for Africa, raises $2.8M seed funding

Identitypass, an identity verification API for Africa, ...

Mobile penetration in Africa is growing impressively at about 46% as more people...

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reMarkable, maker of a focus-friendly e-paper tablet, says it closed funding at a $1B+ valuation after selling 1M devices

reMarkable, maker of a focus-friendly e-paper tablet, s...

Hardware, as the saying goes, is hard; but there remains an opportunity for star...

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Fundid injects first funding into providing capital, credit for small businesses

Fundid injects first funding into providing capital, cr...

Fundid has a three-pronged approach to simplifying access to capital for small b...

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Fundid’s injects first funding into providing capital, credit for small businesses

Fundid’s injects first funding into providing capital, ...

Fundid has a three-pronged approach to simplifying access to capital for small b...

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Pangea to unlock diaspora remittances as funding source for African startups

Pangea to unlock diaspora remittances as funding source...

Norway’s Pangea Trust, through its equity crowdfunding platform Connect, is unlo...

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Food Rocket blasts off after securing funding, grocery delivery deal with Circle K parent

Food Rocket blasts off after securing funding, grocery ...

CEO says it's not just about delivering groceries, but creating new customer hab...

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Ghanaian agtech Farmerline to use new funding to strengthen its infrastructure, help farmers create wealth

Ghanaian agtech Farmerline to use new funding to streng...

A McKinsey and Co. study suggests that while sub-Saharan Africa has the potentia...

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CellMEAT, a South Korean lab-grown shrimp producer, bags $8.1M Series A funding  

CellMEAT, a South Korean lab-grown shrimp producer, bag...

As consumers’ interest in the environment and nutrition rises, food-tech compani...

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Playbook, where ‘Pinterest meets Dropbox’ for designers, closes on $18M in funding

Playbook, where ‘Pinterest meets Dropbox’ for designers...

Playbook, a startup which describes itself as a “creative file manager for desig...

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Indian crypto exchange CoinDCX tops $2 billion valuation in new $135 million funding

Indian crypto exchange CoinDCX tops $2 billion valuatio...

CoinDCX has doubled its valuation to $2.15 billion (post-money) in eight months ...

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Indian crypto exchange CoinDCX tops $2.1 billion valuation in new $135 million funding

Indian crypto exchange CoinDCX tops $2.1 billion valuat...

CoinDCX has raised $135 million in a new oversubscribed round at a valuation of ...

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Swiggy and Zomato, food delivery rivals in India, back UrbanPiper in $24 million funding

Swiggy and Zomato, food delivery rivals in India, back ...

UrbanPiper, a restaurant management platform that processes 18% of all online fo...

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European startups elude global VC funding slowdown in Q1 2022

European startups elude global VC funding slowdown in Q...

VC funding into Europe was up in the first quarter of 2022, CB Insights and Crun...

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No signs of a slowdown in Africa’s tech funding, data show

No signs of a slowdown in Africa’s tech funding, data show

African startups had a solid Q1 2022 in terms of VC investment, both in dollars ...