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South Africa Fintech Startup Omnisient Raises $7.5 Million Series A Funding for Global Expansion
South African “privacy-by-design” startup Omnisient has raised US$7.5 million in Series A funding to support its expansion across Africa and beyond.
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- Finance, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Puntored Raises $2 Million From Stellar Development Foundation
Puntored will use the funds to expand its technological capabilities and enable cross-border transactions across Latin America through the Stellar blockchain network.
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- Finance, Technology
- Region
- Latin America
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Ampersand Raises $2 Million to Accelerate East African Expansion
This funding round underscores a growing investor appetite for renewable energy and e-mobility in Africa.
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- Investing, Transportation
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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HR Startup WorkPay Secures $5 Million Series A Funding to Scale Across Africa
The HR startup provides a comprehensive cloud-based solution for managing human resources and payroll, targeting small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) in Africa.
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- Investing, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- business development, innovation, MSMEs, scale, startups
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Zepto Raises $340 Million in Funding
Zepto specalizes in ultra-fast delivery with a promise to get orders to customers within 10 minutes.
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- Asia Pacific
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Oyo Valuation Crashes Over 75% in New Funding
The startup operates a chain of budget hotels in many countries.
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- Investing
- Region
- Global
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- startups, venture capital
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HealthCRED Raises USD 1.2 Million in Seed Funding in India
HealthCRED provides comprehensive, and adaptable financing solutions tailored for the healthcare sector.
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- Health Care, Technology
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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Egypt’s Cartona Raises $8.1 Million Even as Investors Pull back From B2B E-commerce in Africa
A common criticism had been that asset-light models would find it difficult to retain customers and compete against asset-heavy B2B e-commerce platforms.
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- Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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