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Nigerian payments startup Flutterwave achieves “unicorn” status after $170m funding round
Nigerian payments startup Flutterwave has closed a US$170 million Series C funding round, the largest amount ever secured by an African tech startup ...
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Fintech start-up Payoneer partners with Mastercard ahead of $3 billion public offering
Digital payments company Payoneer is partnering with Mastercard to offer small businesses a digital payments card. The Payoneer Digital Purchasing Mastercard will allow the company’s customers to ...
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Nigerian cleantech startup, Havenhill, raises $4.6m
Nigerian cleantech startup, Havenhill Synergy Limited, has raised $4.6m from Chapel Hill Denham Nigeria Infrastructure Debt Fund (NDIF) to aid the construction of ...
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DataGrail snares $30M Series B to help deal with privacy regulations
DataGrail, a startup that helps customers understand where their data lives in order to help comply with a growing body of privacy regulations, ...
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Cloud cybersecurity startup Lumu raises a $7.5 million Series A
Miami-based cybersecurity startup Lumu has announced the closing of its $7.5 million Series A. The round was co-led by SoftBank Group Corp.’s SB ...
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Via buys mapping startup Remix for $100 million
Remix, the startup that developed mapping software used by cities for transportation planning and street design, was born out of a hackathon during ...
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Savannah Fund launches $25M fund to invest in African startups at seed and Series A
Savannah Fund, a pan-African venture capital firm has announced a $25 million fund as it looks to back more early-stage startups on the ...
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Dropbox to acquire secure document sharing startup DocSend for $165M
Dropbox has announced that it plans to acquire DocSend for $165 million. The company helps customers share and track documents by sending a secure link instead ...
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Entertainment payroll startup Wrapbook raises $27M round led by A16Z
Wrapbook, a startup that simplifies the payroll process for TV, film and commercial productions, has raised $27 million in Series A funding from ...
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Vendr raises huge $60M Series A as its SaaS-purchasing service scales
Vendr has announced a $60 million Series A round, a huge funding event led by Tiger Global, with participation from Y Combinator, Sound Ventures, Craft ...
