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Funding, Venture Capital

Paris-based Breega is the latest European VC to close an Africa-focused fund

Ngozi Chukwu

20th June 2024
Events, News, Startups/Tech/Business, Venture Capital

African innovation thriving despite scarce representation at London Tech Week

Kelechi Njoku

13th June 2024
East Africa, Kenya, News, Startups/Tech/Business, Venture Capital

Copia Global seeks fresh funding after this week’s layoffs

Adonijah Ndege

7th June 2024
Venture Capital

Techstars Maelle Gavet steps down as CEO; David Cohen returns to lead the company

Towobola Bambgose

23rd May 2024
startups

Top African Tech Industries Attracting Venture Capital Funding

Guest Author

10th May 2024
Funding, Investments, News, Venture Capital

TLcom Capital closes $154 million fund for early-stage African startups

Frank Eleanya

21st April 2024
Ask An Investor, Venture Capital, Weekend Features

Partech, its $300 million fund, backing bold founders, and being intentional about exits

Ngozi Chukwu

20th April 2024
Funding, startups, Venture Capital

Kenyan EV startup Roam secures $24m to scale production

Frank Eleanya

14th February 2024
Newsletters, The Next Wave, Venture Capital

Next Wave: Trading second-hand shares in African startups does not make money anymore. That’s good?

Abraham Augustine

22nd January 2024
Venture Capital

Exclusive: How Timbuktoo, the UNDP-backed $1bn innovation fund will work

Abraham Augustine

18th January 2024
Venture Capital

Venture Capital in Africa: Investment trends and forecasts

Guest Author

20th December 2023
Venture Capital

EchoVC has a $2.5m fund and it’s not for fintech startups

Abraham Augustine

28th November 2023
Newsletters, The Next Wave, Venture Capital

Next Wave: Venture capital is undergoing a reset but no one is changing

Abraham Augustine

27th November 2023
Business, Venture Capital

An inside look at how interest rates are pressuring VCs and stifling innovation

Guest Author

22nd November 2023
Newsletters, The Next Wave, Venture Capital

Next Wave: The obsession over unicorns or camels is weird

Abraham Augustine

20th November 2023
Venture Capital

Norrsken22 raises $205 million to back high-growth companies in Africa

Abraham Augustine

3rd November 2023
The Next Wave, Venture Capital

Next Wave: Rewriting the venture capital “theory-of-everything”

Abraham Augustine

23rd October 2023
Newsletters, The Next Wave, Venture Capital

Next Wave: Do VCs still believe in VCing?

Abraham Augustine

16th October 2023
Newsletters, The Next Wave, Venture Capital

Next Wave: Africa’s investors have their work cut out for them

Abraham Augustine

25th September 2023
startups

A team of tech enthusiasts are betting on entrepreneurs from northern Nigeria

Hannatu Asheolge

8th September 2023
Venture Capital

Black Ostrich Ventures announces $20m pre-seed and seed stage fund for African startups

Ganiu Oloruntade

30th August 2023
ecosystem, Venture Capital

Venture studios are South Africa’s recipe for building startups in an uncertain economy

Abraham Augustine

12th August 2023
Venture Capital

Safaricom shareholders approve two startup investment subsidiaries

Kenn Abuya

28th July 2023
Venture Capital

Safaricom to strengthen spark venture with new venture capital arms

Kenn Abuya

14th July 2023
Funding, startups, The BackEnd

The story behind M-KOPA’s $250million debt and equity raise

Joseph Olaoluwa

17th May 2023
Venture Capital

Venturing forward: the prospects and challenges of VC funding in South Africa

Ephraim Modise

14th April 2023
startups, Venture Capital

Factor[e] Ventures launches Africa-focused venture studio

Muktar Oladunmade

22nd March 2023
Venture Capital

African venture capital firms with funds in SVB weigh maintaining the relationship

Abraham Augustine

16th March 2023
Newsletters, The Next Wave, Venture Capital

Next Wave: When everyone is in fundraising mode

Abraham Augustine

6th March 2023
Venture Capital

Understanding key concepts in private equity

Damilola Makinde

18th February 2023
Newsletters, The Next Wave, Venture Capital

Next Wave: A modest proposal

Abraham Augustine

6th February 2023
startups, Venture Capital

2022: Venture capital in Africa

Abraham Augustine

25th December 2022
Funding, startups, Venture Capital

Ventures Platform closes its pan-African fund at $46 million

Muktar Oladunmade

15th December 2022
startups, Venture Capital

What startup founders should know about board selection

Guest Author

12th December 2022
startups, Venture Capital

Madica Ventures wants to bridge the financial gap in Africa’s technology ecosystem

Muktar Oladunmade

12th December 2022
Investment, Newsletters, startups, The Next Wave, Venture Capital

Next Wave: Africa sobering

Abraham Augustine

5th December 2022
Appointments, Venture Capital

Ventures Platform appoints Damilola Teidi as Head of Platform and Networks

Ngozi Chukwu

30th November 2022
ecosystem, Newsletters, The Next Wave, Venture Capital

The Next Wave: In search for exits

Abraham Augustine

28th November 2022
Funding, startups, Venture Capital

Revio raises $1.1 million to “radically reduce failed payments and churn”

Abraham Augustine

25th November 2022
startups, Venture Capital

Stable Foods raises $600,000 to help Kenyan farmers increase output

Muktar Oladunmade

17th November 2022