Partech closes its second Africa fund at $300M+ to invest from seed to Series C | TechCrunch
Partech has closed its second Africa fund, Partech Africa II, at €280 million ($300 million+), just one year after reaching
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Arnergy, which provides solar power systems to homes and businesses in Nigeria, raises $3M | TechCrunch
Arnergy, a Nigerian cleantech startup that deals in distributed renewable energy products and solutions, has raised $3 million in new
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Roam raises $24M to scale electric vehicle production in Kenya | TechCrunch
Roam, an EV startup based in Kenya, has raised $24 million in a Series A round, including up to $10
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AI-powered Estonian QA startup Klaus acquired by Zendesk | TechCrunch
Klaus – an Estonian-born startup which emerged in 2019 to aid customer services agents – has been acquired by global customer
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African product, global market: Expensya employees cashed out $10M from 2023 acquisition | TechCrunch
What’s more rewarding for an angel investor than paper returns in a startup? An acquisition that turns those paper returns
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Kenya’s Ilara Health gets $4.2M backing to expand clinic-support services | TechCrunch
Ilara Health, a Kenya-based health-tech enabling private clinics to access diagnostic devices and pharmaceutical products, has secured $4.2 million debt-equity
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Africa-focused funds find their feet amid a downturn | TechCrunch
In the midst of a funding downtime last year, and with conditions getting tougher for fund managers raising capital as
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Techstars-backed Nigerian edtech Klas raises $1M for global scaling of online teaching platform | TechCrunch
Nigerian online teaching platform Klas has raised $1 million in pre-seed funding led by Ingressive Capital, with participation from Techstars,
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Despite glimmers of profit, most African neobanks remain in the red | TechCrunch
It was only just over a year ago that McKinsey described Africa’s financial technology landscape as a “hotbed for investment.” Fast
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DXwand raises $4M to scale its conversational AI platform serving enterprises in MENA | TechCrunch
DXwand, a Cairo- and Dubai-based startup that leverages conversational AI to help businesses in the Middle East automate customer service
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