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You've Got One More Day To Apply For The Savannah Fund Accelerator
The Savannah Fund is an African seed investment fund that aims to “bridge the early stage/angel and venture capital investment gap” in the region. A big part of that strategy is the fund’s startup...
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Africa-Focused Savannah Fund Graduates Its First Batch of Startups
Even though its startup scene is still nascent, Sub-Saharan Africa continues to grow pools of capital and entrepreneurial know-how in hubs like Nairobi, Kenya. Today, the Nairobi-based Savannah Fund,...
View ArticleYou’ve Got One More Day To Apply For The Savannah Fund Accelerator
The Savannah Fund is an African seed investment fund that aims to “bridge the early stage/angel and venture capital investment gap” in the region. A big part of that strategy is the fund’s startup...
View ArticleAfrica-Focused Savannah Fund Graduates Its First Batch of Startups
Even though its startup scene is still nascent, Sub-Saharan Africa continues to grow pools of capital and entrepreneurial know-how in hubs like Nairobi, Kenya. Today, the Nairobi-based Savannah Fund,...
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South Africa’s FlexClub raises $1.2M, partners with Uber Mexico
FlexClub, a South African startup that matches investors and drivers to cars for ride-hailing services, closed a $1.2 million seed round led by CRE Venture Capital. The company will use the financing...
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Savannah Fund launches $25M fund to invest in African startups at seed and...
Savannah Fund, a pan-African venture capital firm, today announced a $25 million fund as it looks to back more early-stage startups on the continent. Since launching in 2012, Savannah Fund — led by...
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South Africa’s Root gets $3M, plans to expand low-code insurance platform to...
Insurance lags behind other financial services in the adoption of digital technologies. Granted, a few unicorns have popped up from the modern digital insurance space such as Tractable and Lemonade;...
View ArticleWale Ayeni, head of VC investments for IFC in Africa, Middle East and Central...
Wale Ayeni, the regional head of venture capital investments for the IFC in Africa, has left the International Finance Corporation (IFC), TechCrunch learned on Wednesday. Ayeni, who also led the firm’s...
View ArticleTofino Capital reaches first close of $10M fund to back startups in frontier...
Tofino Capital, a venture capital firm targeting early-stage startups in emerging markets, has launched its $10 million fund. It is announcing the first close of this fund at $5 million and hopes to...
View ArticleYou’ve Got One More Day To Apply For The Savannah Fund Accelerator
The Savannah Fund is an African seed investment fund that aims to "bridge the early stage/angel and venture capital investment gap" in the region. A big part of that strategy is the fund's startup...
View ArticleAfrica-Focused Savannah Fund Graduates Its First Batch of Startups
Even though its startup scene is still nascent, Sub-Saharan Africa continues to grow pools of capital and entrepreneurial know-how in hubs like Nairobi, Kenya. Today, the Nairobi-based Savannah Fund,...
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