TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

To understand how much growth has occurred, African startups raised a meagre $400 million in 2015 compared to the $2 billion that came into the continent in 2019, according to Africa-focused fund Partech Africa. Did African startups raise $496M, $1B or $2B in 2019? Fintech startups raised 24.9%

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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.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 25, 2021

In a review of the year published last week, the firm noted that 21 companies in its portfolio have raised more than $33 million in funding. This represents nearly four-fold growth over a year ago when its portfolio raised $6 million (and just $3 million in 2018). Though, just eight of those companies got investments.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 15, 2021

They include Algeria, Botswana, Egypt, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Senegal, Seychelles and South Africa. Like when its partnership with Worldpay FIS coincided with its Series B funding, this announcement is also coming on the back of a raise.

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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

MARCH 10, 2021

This is the second fund for the nine-year-old Mauritius-headquartered investment firm. “We raised from some angel investors, high net worth individuals, so when we the official fund launched, we rolled these select companies into the fund,” Alliy said. Europe, and Latin America.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Mauritius and U.K.-based South African fintech startup Jumo raises second $50M+ VC round. Such methods allow for making multiple investments without raising multiple funds. based investment company Juven went live today with plans to fund growth-stage technology and consumer companies in Africa. ” .

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