Antler, a global startup generator and early-stage venture capital firm, opened East African offices in Ethiopia and Kenya as part of its global expansion.
Commencing...
Branch International, a San Francisco, CA-based finance app for Africa, raised $170m in Series C funding.
The round was led by Foundation Capital and...
Tulaa, a Nairobi, Kenya-based mobile commerce solution that connects agricultural-input suppliers, financial service providers, and commodity buyers to smallholder farmers, raised $627k in funding....
The Partech Africa Fund, the Africa-focused fund of global investment firm Partech, closed, at €125M.
Backed by more than 40 different investors including financial...
Copia, an ecommerce business that specializes in supplying products and services to currently underserved consumers in rural Kenya, received an investment from Goodwell Investments....
Twiga Foods, a Kenya-based start-up connecting smallholder farmers in rural areas to informal retail vendors in cities, raised $10m in funding.
The round was...
Kukua, a London, UK- and Naroibi, Kenya-based edtech startup, raised €2.2m in funding.
The round was led by EchoVC, with participation from firstminute capital,...
d.light, a global for-profit social enterprise, raised $50m in debt funding.
Backers included the European Investment Bank, responsAbility Investments, Social Investment Managers & Advisors...
Branch International, a San Francisco, CA-based mobile branchless bank for emerging markets, raised $70m in Series B debt and equity funding.
The round - which...
BitPesa, a blockchain payments platform for Africa and Europe, acquired TransferZero, an international, online money transfer platform.
The amount of the deal was not...
Greenlight Planet Inc., a provider of off-grid solar products and solar financing for underserved populations around the world, raised $60m in debt and equity...
