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Drone Racing League is raising $50 million
The enterprise drone space has been heating up over the past couple years, but a startup in the entertainment drone…
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Creandum closes $300M fund for early-stage investments out of Europe
As one European VC raises a fund to double down on bigger growth rounds in Europe, another has closed a…
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Carrefour sale shifts the balance of power in China’s new retail battle
Hot on the heels of Amazon’s decision to shutter its local marketplace, Carrefour — another global commerce giant — is…
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Nowports raises $5.3 million to become Latin America’s digital shipping answer to Flexport
Nowports, a developer of software and services to track freight shipments from ports to destinations across Latin America, has aims…
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African fintech dominates Catalyst Fund’s 2019 startup cohort
African fintech has taken center stage for the Catalyst Fund, a JP Morgan Chase and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation-backed…
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Ethiopia’s bid to become an African startup hub hinges on connectivity
Ethiopia is flexing its ambitions to become Africa’s next startup hub. The country of 105 million with the continent’s seventh…
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GirlGaze Network looks to connect brands with female creatives
It started with a hashtag. Amande de Cadenet, photographer, author, and TV host, was spending time with her sister, a…
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SaaS data protection provider Druva nabs $130M, now at a $1B+ valuation, acquiring CloudLanes
As businesses continue to move more of their computing and data to the cloud, one of the startups that has…
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MAX.ng raises $7M round backed by Yamaha and pilots EVs in Nigeria
Nigerian motorcycle transit startup MAX.ng has raised a $7 million funding round led by Novastar Ventures, with participation of Japanese…
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Optimizely raises $50M Series D round for its experimentation platform
Optimizely, a platform that offers tools for A/B testing and personalization on the web and in mobile apps, today announced…
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