Emerging Markets

India’s Zomato secures $60M cash injection to roll out exciting food services globally

Restaurant-discovery startup Zomato has raised a US$60-million round of funding from new investors Temasek Holdings, and existing investors Vy Capital. The capital injection will…

Is state VC funding becoming the name of the game?

The Indian government this week launched a much awaited venture capital (VC) fund. Dubbed the India Aspiration Fund, the 20 billion rupee fund (US$306-million)…

BitX, Zazoo deal enables people to spend Bitcoin via virtual cards

Bitcoin exchange startup BitX has signed an exclusive deal with Zazoo, enabling people to spend cryptocurrency online using virtual card system VCpay. Part of…

Duty free shopping startup named top dog at Seedstars Abidjan

Duty free shopping startup Airshop has been named the regional winner of Seedstars World in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire. The global competition for startups from emerging…

What can we learn from the successful Start-Up Chile accelerator?

Today is demo day for the top 20 startups from the 12th generation of one of the world’s most talked about business programmes — Start-Up…

BitX partners with Coda to offer Bitcoin transactions in Southeast Asia

Southeast Asian multichannel payment gateway Coda Payments has partnered with BitX to offer Bitcoin payments. Due to this collaboration, Coda is the first merchant…

Chivas Regal awards SA fire detection startup Lumkani $75k

South African fire detection startup, Lumkani has been awarded US$75 000 at Chivas Regal’s global The Venture competition. The Scottish whiskey brand awarded a total of…

NowFloats lets you create a business website with an app or SMS

NowFloats is an ambitious startup coming out of India — with offices in Hyderabad, Bangalore, Delhi — that wants to help SMEs across the…

Enabling Writers comp seeks innovative reading software for young kids

Investing in the youth of a country is investing in that country’s future. Educating and developing young minds can help nurture potential leaders and,…

How Nigeria’s economic boom could be down to improved payment systems

With Nigeria having recently eclipsed South Africa as the continent’s biggest economy, it is worth taking a look the nation’s progress from the perspective…

EFL uses psychometrics to give entrepreneurs access to bank loans

One of the greatest challenges for almost every entrepreneur worldwide is access to financing. There’s a very logical reason for why this is the…

Zomato gets social, lets you search for food based on your friends’ tastes

Restaurant discovery service, Zomato, recently announced the roll-out of its revamped web and mobile platforms, adding a social layer to the food directory. This…

Seedstars World 2014 startup competition kicks off in April

Seedstars World has recently announced that it’s gearing up to continue its global startup competition for emerging markets and fast-growing startup scenes in 2014….

Ghana’s Start Smart is a unique online bookkeeping service for entrepreneurs

A new Ghana-based startup wants to give small African businesses a leg up via an online portal that provides tools and resources for financial…

10 questions to ask before outsourcing work at your startup

Outsourcing is one of the earliest crucial decisions that startups have to make after inception. Often, the decision lies not in whether to outsource,…

Bootstrapping Journey: self-funding your startup in South Africa

“You’re only as good as your last game,” is a common saying in the world of sport. The same goes for business and sales,…

Lamudi urges further investment in emerging markets

African Internet Holding’s online real-estate startup Lamudi has responded to warnings of slow growth in emerging markets, saying that selected emerging markets remained promising locations for…

Lamudi is the largest real estate site in Uganda, credits emerging middle class

In October last year, Rocket Internet launched Lamudi, the real estate version of its “mudi” startup branches — Carmudi being its online vehicle shop…

Hellofood is now Rocket Internet’s fastest expanding venture

From Chile to Vietnam and Poland to Kenya, online food delivery marketplace Hellofood also known as Foodpanda has spread to a massive forty countries…

InVenture raises $1.2-million to help serve emerging markets’ underbanked

InVenture is a credit score for anyone with a mobile phone. In order to expand its phone-based personal finance software, InSight, which generates financial…

Azimo closes $10m Series A fundraising deal to fuel emerging market expansion

Azimo, the clever UK-based FinTech startup that enables international money transfers through novel ways, has closed a US$10-million Series A funding round led by…

LaunchPad connects students to startup internships in Asia

Ever wanted an internship in Asia? Students and graduates from around the world now have access to information on the best internships offered by…

Asia Leaders Summit: 9 Southeast Asian startups with impressive traction

At the inaugural Asia Leaders Summit in Singapore, nine fundraising startups from Southeast Asia took the stage to present to a roomful of tech…

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