Venture capital

SC Ventures and Sony Innovation Fund back Yellow Card

Yellow Card, a stablecoin infrastructure provider, today announced the closing of a $40 million funding round.

Aug 6

AlphaCode Venture Partners leads $22m Moment Series A round

Moment provides payment infrastructure for businesses across African markets.

Aug 4

Launch Africa Ventures makes seed investment in Zazu

South Africa-based Zazu provides business banking services for African entrepreneurs and SMEs.

Jul 22

Botswana Tech Fund 1 reaches first close

The multi-stage venture capital fund investing in technology companies across Southern Africa, has reached a $6.7 million first close.

Jul 21

Knife Capital invests in AI customer service platform Cue

Cue provides customer service software for more than 500 companies across the UK and South Africa.

Jul 15

Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority seeks manager for $50m startup fund

The fund will target pre-seed to pre-Series A startups operating in agriculture, healthcare, education, energy, and waste and water management.

Jul 14

Circle Ventures invests in Flutterwave

The investment supports Flutterwave’s effort to embed USDC settlement directly into the payment flows businesses already use today.

Jul 7

Ripple invests in Flutterwave’s Series E

The investment will support the integration of Ripple’s USD-denominated stablecoin RLUSD.

Jun 21

Mercy Corps Ventures invests in Logidoo

Logidoo’s platform helps businesses plan, manage, and track shipments across key trade corridors.

Jun 18

Launch Africa Ventures makes cash distribution to LPs

The distribution follows 11 completed portfolio exits.

Jun 16

Breega, Attijariwafa Ventures and Saviu Ventures back Agenz

Agenz, a Moroccan proptech company specialising in real estate data and transaction digitalisation, has announced a $5 million funding round.

Jun 12

Janngo Capital leads investment round for CreditChek

CreditChek is a Nigeria-based credit infrastructure company.

Jun 9

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