Venture capital

Global Innovation Fund backs Kenyan cold chain operator

The Global Innovation Fund has invested in Keep It Cool.

12 hrs ago

Egypt: 4DX Ventures leads Palm's seven-figure pre-Seed round

Palm, an Egyptian fintech startup offering incentivised goal-based saving, has closed its pre-seed funding round.

Jul 15

Cerebrium raises $8.5m led by Gradient

Cerebrium, the serverless AI infrastructure platform, announced an $8.5 million seed round.

Jul 11

Future Africa, Launch Africa Ventures, others back trade finance platform

Liquify has raised $1.5 million in a seed funding round.

Jul 8

Knife Capital announces two South African deals

Knife Capital, through its KNF II fund, has made new Series A investments into two South African startups: Sticitt and Optique.

Jul 3

Egypt: Fleet management platform raises $5.2m funding

Egypt-based Octane has raised $5.2 million in a funding round led by Shorooq, Algebra Ventures and SC Holding.

Jul 3

Suzuki's corporate venture capital arm in Kenya deal

Suzuki Global Ventures has made an investment in Peach Cars.

Jul 3

Egypt: Co-living platform raises pre-seed round

Roomz.rent, a co-living platform in Cairo, has raised a pre-seed round led by Qora71.

Jun 27

Peak XV Partners, Y Combinator, P1 Ventures in Ethiopian tech deal

Better Auth, an Ethiopian authentication platform, has raised a $5 million seed round.

Jun 26

Accion leads investment in Nigeria's PaidHR

Nigeria-based startup PaidHR has announced the close of a $1.8 million seed round.

Jun 23

South Africa: E3 Capital, Equator VC, and Factor E back Open Access Energy

Open Access Energy has closed a $1.8 million seed funding round.

Jun 17

AfricInvest backs South African agtech platform Nile.ag

AfricInvest has led a $11.2 million funding round for South Africa-based Nile.ag.

Jun 12

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