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Estonian fintech startup Modularbank nabs €4 million to expand operations in the UK and Europe
Modularbank, the next-generation core banking platform today announced its €4 million round of late seed funding led by Karma Ventures and BlackFin Capital ...
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Nigerian lending startup Indicina raises 6-figure funding round for product development
Nigerian startup Indicina, which has developed a data-driven lending platform that digitises the credit value chain, has raised a six-figure US dollar funding ...
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Kenyan smart addressing startup OkHi launches in Nigeria with funding from Interswitch
Kenyan smart addressing startup OkHi has launched in Nigeria alongside strategic partner and new investor Interswitch Group, aiming to tackle a problem that ...
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21 out of the 51 West African startups that raised $1m in the past decade went through an accelerator
In 2006, some entrepreneurs and an investor came together in Colorado, USA, to launch an accelerator. This accelerator was to invest between $6,000 ...
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More investors join forces with Disrupt Africa to open-source annual funding report
Startup-focused news and research company Disrupt Africa has joined forces with more investor partners, Villgro Africa, Lateral Capital and Otundi Ventures – in ...
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Thumbtack acquires home management startup Setter
Thumbtack, a marketplace where you can hire local professionals for home improvement and other services, is announcing that it has acquired Setter. Founded ...
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4 startups win Microsoft’s first APAC Emerge X pitch battle
Microsoft has named the four startups that won its inaugural Microsoft Emerge X pitch competition in Asia Pacific. Part of the company’s “Highway ...
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Health tech venture firm OTV closes new $170 million fund and expands into Asia
OTV, (formerly known as Olive Tree Ventures), an Israeli venture capital firm that focuses on digital health tech, announced it has closed a ...
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Nigeria’s CcHub launches syndicate to invest in early-stage African startups
The Lagos-based Co-Creation Hub (CcHub) innovation centre has launched the CcHub Syndicate, an investment vehicle empowering investment firms and high net worth individuals ...
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Standard Chartered Bank Ghana Limited launches a ‘Women in Technology’ incubator programme
Bank collaborates with Ashesi University’s Ghana Climate Innovation Center to implement the incubator programme Standard Chartered Bank Ghana Limited has today announced the ...
