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Nigerian Fintech Startup Pivo Raises Funding from Microtraction
Nigerian startup Pivo, a credit-focused financial services company for SME players in the supply chain, has raised an undisclosed amount of funding from early-stage VC firm Microtraction.
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- Finance
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Lal10: This Startup Is Building the Alibaba of Indian Crafts Industry
Lal10 is a fast-growing wholesale cross-border sales platform for creative products from India to the world.
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- Uncategorized
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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Ajim Capital Launches $10 Million Fund to Invest in African Startups
Ajim Capital, a venture capitalist firm based in the US has launched a $10 million fund to invest in African tech startups allowing entrepreneurs to focus on growing their businesses.
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- Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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India’s LEAD School Becomes Unicorn With Fresh $100 Million in Funding
LEAD School, a nine-year-old startup, is addressing this disconnect by leveraging an infrastructure that already has a wide reach in the nation: schools.
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- Asia Pacific
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YC-backed Namibian Startup JABU Gets $3.2 Million for Its B2B E-commerce and Retail Play
As a last-mile distribution e-commerce company, JABU joins a list of startups across the continent that help small retailers order and stock their products and, at the same time, provide data-driven services to suppliers and manufacturers.
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- Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- e-commerce, startups
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AI Startup Fractal Becomes Unicorn With $360 Million Investment From TPG
Fractal has raised $360 million from TPG in a new financing round and entered the unicorn club as the Mumbai and New York-based AI startup,
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- Technology
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- Asia Pacific
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Smarter Health Gets USD $3.8 Million To Reduce Healthcare Costs in Southeast Asia
Smarter Health’s AI-based tech enables secure data exchanges (with patient consent) between healthcare providers, insurers and patients.
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- Health Care, Technology
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- South Asia
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African Development Bank Group Approves €10,5 Million To Boost Innovation in Sub-Saharan Africa
The board of directors of the African Development Bank Group have approved an equity investment pool of €10,5 million to drive technological innovation across sub-Saharan Africa.
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- Investing
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- impact investing, startups
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