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Fintech startup Check raises $35 million, led by Stripe
Check, a startup building software tools for digitizing business payrolls, emerged from two years in stealth mode early this week with the announcement ...
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African startup funding headed to more destinations, but “big four” still collects lion’s share
African Startups saw more secured funding in a record-breaking combined US$701 million raised across the continent in 2020, but the “big four” of ...
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SaaS startup studio eFounders launches a fintech startup studio
eFounders is expanding its focus by creating a second startup studio called Logic Founders. This time, Logic Founders is going to focus on ...
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Digital Tax- Kenyan Government Mulls Exempting Startups from the 1.5% Levy
The Kenyan government plans to exempt startups in Kenya from the 1.5% digital tax following an outcry from local entrepreneurs. KBC reports that the ...
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Lithuanian fintech startup kevin. gets €1.5 million to expand throughout Europe
Kevin, a fintech startup based in Lithuania, has launched an API tool that cuts out credit cards as the middlemen in mobile payments. ...
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Visa joins Caixabank, Global Payments and Worldline startup programme
Visa has joined Zone2boost, an investment startup programme created by CaixaBank, Global Payments and Worldline. Visa joins the international innovation initiative following its ...
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SA tech startup Aerobotics raises $17-million
SA aerial-data analytics startup Aerobotics has received a whopping $17-million in an oversubscribed Series B round led by tech giant, Naspers with participation ...
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Cybersecurity startup SpiderSilk raises $2.25M to help prevent data breaches
Dubai-based cybersecurity startup SpiderSilk has raised $2.25 million in a pre-Series A round, led by venture firms Global Ventures and STV. In the ...
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Malaysian fintech startup CapBay bags $20m in series A round led by KK Fund
Capbay, a Malaysian multibank supply chain finance company and peer-to-peer (P2P) financing platform, announced that it has secured US$20 million in a series ...
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Kenyan insurtech startup Pula raises $6M Series A to de risk smallholder farmers across Africa
Pula, a Kenyan insurtech startup that specialises in digital and agricultural insurance to de risk millions of smallholder farmers across Africa, has closed ...
