Startup Women

Mercy Corps Ventures Partners GreenHouse Capital For Female Focused Investment Readiness Bootcamp

Mercy Corps Ventures (MCV) in partnership with GreenHouse Capital has launched a 3-day virtual investment readiness program for early-stage female-founded

Funding Investment

Big Cabal Raises $2.3m Seed Funding Led by MaC Venture Capital

Big Cabal Media [BCM], a Nigerian media firm, has closed a $2.3 million seed round led by MaC Venture Capital,

Venture Capital

Luno Unveils Venture Capital Arm Luno Expeditions

Luno, a cryptocurrency exchange, has launched its venture capital arm tagged Luno Expeditions to support innovative fintech and crypto/web3 founders

Edtech

How an Edtech Startup Ran out of Money & Shut Down

Lido Learning, an Indian edtech startup, made $1.5M last year. This year, all of a sudden, it was completely shut

Ecommerce Funding Investment Startup

Sokowatch Secures $125M Series B Round, Rebrands to Wasoko

Sokowatch, the African e-commerce company leveraging innovative technology to transform the informal retail supply chain, has closed a $125 million

Google
News

Meet 15 Startups Joining Google for Startups Accelerator Africa Class 7

The participants joining Google for Startups Accelerator Africa Class 7 have been announced. The selected startups are developing solutions in

Startup Wise Guys
Accelerator Funding

Startup Wise Guys Makes First Closing on Africa-dedicated Fund, Announces Picks for First Batch of New African Accelerator

Startup Wise Guys, Europe’s most experienced startup accelerator and one of its most active investment funds, has completed the first

Loans

Nigeria’s Govt Finally Clamping Down on Illegal Online Loan Sharks

After months or few years of free reign, illegal loan sharks now being pursued by the Nigerian government. This has

Shatablee
Funding Investment Startup Venture Capital

Egyptian Digital Interior Startup, Shatablee Secures $1.2m Funding

Shatablee, an Egyptian digital interior design & build platform, has raised a $1.2 million funding round to scale operations. Founded

Funding Investment Venture Capital

Nigeria’s YEP! Secures $1.5m in Pre-Seed Funding

Yep!, a Nigerian fintech startup, has raised $1.5 million in a pre-seed funding round led by Greenhouse Capital. Alongside the