Startup
Swiss bank’s new $250 million fintech fund eyes tokenization
A fintech fund managed by Lombard Odier Investment Managers, the asset management arm of the Swiss private bank, is investing in digital asset ...
Startup
Ex-Flipkart execs’ retail tech startup Arzooo nets $7.5m in series A round
Arzooo, an India-based business-to-business retail tech startup, announced that it has secured US$7.5 million in a series A funding round led by WRVI ...
Startup
InVideo bags $15 Mn in Series A round led by Sequoia India
Video production and editing platform InVideo has raised $15 million in its Series A funding round led by Sequoia Capital India. The round ...
Startup
Kenyan mobility startup Data Integrated raises funding from Toyota Tsusho
Kenyan startup Data Integrated, which provides matatu cooperatives with bus management and digital ticketing systems, has raised an undisclosed amount of funding from ...
Startup
Sym Raises $9M in Series A Funding
Sym, a Boston, MA- and San Francisco, CA-based security workflow platform for engineers, raised $9m in Series A funding. The round was led ...
Africa
1 in 17 West African startups that raised $1m+ in the past decade have shut down
According to Fortune, 90% of startups fail, But unlike more established ecosystems like the US, Africa’s startup ecosystem is riddled with a plethora ...
Startup
SA insurtech startup Click2Sure raises multi-million rand investment
Cape Town-based insurtech company Click2Sure has raised a multi-million rand investment from US-based VC firm SixThirty to help it further develop its product. ...
Startup
West African startup Gozem acquires Togolese food delivery service as it scales its “super app” offering
West African startup Gozem, which started out in the ride-hailing business but has been adding product lines as it transitions into a “super ...
Startup
Catalyst Fund, Mastercard Foundation, MEST launch $4.3m Inclusive Digital Commerce Accelerator in Ghana
Catalyst Fund has partnered the Mastercard Foundation and MEST to launch its Inclusive Digital Accelerator programme in Ghana, the first expansion of its ...
Startup
Digital banking platform, Fundall raises $150,000 in pre-seed funding
Fundall, one of its latest startups and direct challenger to “digital banks” like Kuda and Alat has announced a pre-seed investment of $150,000 ...