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Rapper Nas joins Google in $20 Million Investment for African Gaming Company
The Grammy Award winning hip-hop star has now joined Google in Investing in Carry1st, an African mobile game publisher.
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- Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Kenyan E-Commerce Company Copia Global Raises $50 Million to Ramp up African Expansion
Kenyan B2C e-commerce company Copia Global has raised $50 million in a Series C equity round led by Goodwell Investments.
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- Finance, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Investment Platform, Threedots, Raises USD $4 Million Led by Kalaari Capital
With the composition of millennials and GenZ increasing in the active investors' community, tech platforms in the vertical are attracting capital investments from varied group of investors.
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- Investing, Technology
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- Asia Pacific
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Malaysian Edtech Startup Banks $1 Million in Seed Money
Malaysia-based GuruLab, a platform that provides tutors with learning analytics tools, has raised US$1 million in a seed round joined by Wright Partners.
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- Technology
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- Asia Pacific
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Nigeria Lost $26 Billion to Twitter Ban, Businesses Say
As a result of the Twitter ban, local Nigerian businesses lost out both on online revenues and on potential sales to mass audiences.
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- Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Fairplay Closes $35 Million in Equity, Debt to Provide Revenue-Based Financing to Entrepreneurs in Latin America
Mexican revenue-based investment startup Fairplay secured $35 million in Series A funding to invest in the online marketing campaigns of direct-to-consumer e-commerce brands and marketplace sellers in Latin America.
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- Finance, Technology
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Bolt Raises €628 Million, Its Largest Funding Ever, to Boost Growth
The company says it will use part of the funding to accelerate the expansion of its new and existing mobility and delivery products across Eastern African markets.
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- Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Accel India Leads $55 Million Round in Investing Super App Pluang
The latest funding round will enable Pluang to invest in growth in Southeast Asia and further expand its engineering and product team run out of India’s NCR.
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- Technology
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- Asia Pacific
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