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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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Healthtech Startup 4baseCare Raises $6 Million for Cancer Care Solutions
The company plans to use the capital to enhance product offerings and scale operations across India, as well as other countries in Asia and the Middle East.
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- Health Care
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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Report: 24 Health Supply Chain Innovators Emerge as Market Leaders Across Africa
The report finds, amid difficult macro- economic realities and dwindling investment in African technology ecosystems, a select number of African health innovators are emerging as leaders.
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- Health Care, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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India’s Rapido Becomes a Unicorn With Fresh $120 Million Funding
Rapido’s growing prominence in India’s mobility sector has emerged as a formidable challenger to the long-standing duopoly of Uber and Ola.
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- Technology, Transportation
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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- gig economy, startups
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Report: Baby Steps Being Taken Towards Greater Gender Diversity in African Startup Ecosystem, Says New Report
The report contains both quantitative and qualitative data – quantifying female founders and VCs in the ecosystem, as well as their access to funding and opportunities, and polling them directly about their experiences within the ecosystem.
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- Investing
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- gender equality, research, startups
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Nigerian AI Startup, Intron Health, Raises $1.6 Million to Boost AI Transcription for Healthcare
Intron Health is a Nigerian AI startup specialising in speech-to-text transcription tools for healthcare workers.
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- Health Care, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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