March 2, 2020
India’s Spinny raises $43.7M to expand its online platform for selling used cars
Spinny, an online platform for selling used cars, has secured $43.7 million from...
February 21, 2020
Afternoon News Roundup: JD.id becomes Indonesia’s 6th unicorn after funding from gojek
Finance JD.id to confirm unicorn status after closing funding from gojek...
February 19, 2020
India’s Swiggy raises $113M led by Prosus
Weeks after Zomato acquired Uber’s food delivery business in India, its...
January 31, 2020
How Bykea is winning Pakistan’s ride-hailing and delivery market
Increasingly, the streets of Karachi and Lahore are being flooded with men...
December 31, 2019
In the shadow of Amazon and Microsoft, Seattle startups are having a moment
Companies in Seattle raised a record $3.5B in VC funding this year.
December 30, 2019
2019 Africa Roundup: Jumia IPOs, China goes digital, Nigeria becomes fintech capital
2019 brought more global attention to Africa’s tech scene than perhaps any...
December 10, 2019
Jiji raises $21M for its Africa online classifieds business
Pan-African digital classifieds company Jiji has raised $21 million in Series C...
November 22, 2019
VTEX, an e-commerce platform used by Walmart, raises $140M led by SoftBank’s LatAm fund
E-commerce now accounts for 14% of all retail sales, and its growth has led to a...
November 11, 2019
OLX Group invests up to $400M in used car marketplace Frontier Car Group at $700M valuation
Frontier Car Group, the Berlin-based startup building used-car marketplaces...
November 7, 2019
Naspers CEO Bob van Dijk to talk about late-stage bets at Disrupt Berlin
South African internet company Naspers isn’t a particularly well-known...