June 18, 2018
Breaking down France’s new $76M Africa startup fund
Weeks after French President Emmanuel Macron unveiled a $76 million African...
June 11, 2018
Africa Roundup: African startup investments turn to fintech this winter season
Forty-seven and a half million dollars is a big commitment to African technology...
May 1, 2018
Frontier Car Group raises another $58M for its used-car marketplace for emerging economies
We’ve seen a large wave of used-car sales startups launch across developed...
February 6, 2018
Africa Roundup: Partech Ventures launches $70M fund, TPG Growth acquires TRACE, Rensource raises $3.5M
Last month we characterized 2017 as the year Sub-Saharan Africa’s...
September 26, 2017
Lenskart invests US$1M in 3D face modelling startup Ditto
Ditto enables customers to create a video of their face from...
June 16, 2017
Mobike raises over US$600M to ramp up AI tech, IoT network and global expansion
Mobike’s long-time backer, Tencent, led the round. Other investors include...
April 27, 2017
Everfi raises $190 million to teach life skills and touchy subjects online
Everfi Inc. has raised $190 million in Series D funding to teach students...