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Finance
Fenergo raises $80M at an $800M valuation for compliance and other fintech services aimed at banks
Europe has emerged as a key region for hatching and scaling fintech companies, and today one of the bigger hopefuls…
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Venture Catalysts invests in Smart Helmet Maker Firm Altor
10 February 2020: Incubation platform Venture Catalysts has invested in Altor, a startup that builds IoT and AI-enabled smart helmets.…
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Company-builder Antler passes $75M raised after investment from Schroders and Ferd
Antler is a “company builder” that emerged a couple of years ago, running startup generator programs and investing from an…
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TLcom Capital closes $71M Africa fund with plans to back 12 startups
VC firm TLcom Capital has closed its Tide Africa Fund at $71 million with plans to make up to 12…
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Nigeria is becoming Africa’s unofficial tech capital
Africa has one of the world’s fastest growing tech markets and Nigeria is becoming its unofficial capital. While the West…
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Slack’s worth about 18x revenue, and there’s nothing wrong with that
One odd thing in 2019 has been Slack’s falling share price contrasted against the rising value of the Nasdaq composite,…
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Fintech’s next decade will look radically different
The birth and growth of financial technology developed mostly over the last ten years. So as we look ahead, what…
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Jiji raises $21M for its Africa online classifieds business
Pan-African digital classifieds company Jiji has raised $21 million in Series C and C-1 financing from six investors, led by…
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RaySecur, a mailroom security startup, raises $3M in seed funding
Raysecur says at least ten times a day someone sends a suspicious package containing powder, liquid, or some other kind…
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PayPal to acquire shopping and rewards platform Honey for $4B
PayPal announced today it has agreed to acquire Honey Science Corporation, the makers of a deal-finding browser add-on and mobile…
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