TechCrunch

MAY 4, 2022

His experience from this activity, coupled with working as a technical adviser to the vice president’s office in Nigeria a couple of months back, led him to launch Norebase , a trade tech startup that has raised $1 million in a pre-seed round. The service, which is only available for incorporating businesses in Nigeria, the U.S.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 25, 2021

In a year marred by the coronavirus pandemic, it seems that early-stage startups on the African continent are continuing to see some notable growth, both in terms of their business and from investors looking to back them. . But as a sign of how the market is firming up, that changed last year and now the firm invests $25,000 for 7% equity.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

According to Dario Giuliani , the firm’s director, the research organisation avoided using geography to define an African startup due to factors contributing to business identities like taxation, customers, IP, and management team. Mauritius-headquartered companies received $110 million while African startups headquartered in the U.K.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Mauritius and U.K.-based The one-year-old firm is looking to invest large checks in companies “that have proven business models, strong revenue traction and large addressable markets,” it said in a statement. Frebault adds that Juven may also consider non-tech companies that can solve such problems.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 10, 2025

It was a busy week for Colossal Biosciences: On Tuesday, it introduced the world to the first-ever woolly mice ; by Wednesday, those mice were going viral; and on Saturday, they were the topic of a bit on Saturday Night Lives Weekend Update.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Qotto , a solar kits provider with operations in Burkina Faso and Benin, has raised $8 million in a Series A equity-debt round led by the IBL group, a billion-dollar conglomerate headquartered in Mauritius with business interests in a number of sectors including energy, financial services, logistics, distribution, and engineering.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

But a s the company continued to grow, it became apparent that the product had use cases for small businesses. In fact, at the time, more than half of its users in East Africa reported using the platform for business reasons, according to Okoudjou. MFS has made a series of acquisitions and investments this past year.

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