seed funding

PressOne Africa closes $600k pre-seed round

Sponsored by PressOne Africa PressOne Africa, a startup building a business phone system for entrepreneurs, has raised $600K in a pre-seed round led by…

Morocco based logistics startup Freterium raises $4M

Morocco-based transport management software startup, Freterium, has raised $4M in its latest funding round which closed in December. The seed round was led by…

Egypt proptech startup, Nawy, raises $5M in seed funding

Egyptian proptech startup, Nawy, has concluded its seed funding round securing $5 million in investment led by the Sawiris family office. Nawy is an…

Vendease raises $3.2m to transform Africa’s restaurant supply chain

Nigerian-based AgriFood-tech start-up Vendease delivered approximately 100 000 tons of food to restaurants in September 2021, hitting a $12.9 million transaction volume. The recently…

Augmental Technologies courts investors for Tracto mental health app

Healthtech startup Augmental Technologies is engaging with investors to accelerate the development of Tracto, its app for neurodiverse children. The South African startup’s app…

Wellness app Strove raises R4 million in seed funding

Employee wellness app Strove has raised R4 million in seed funding in a round led by venture capital firm, Launch Africa. The round comes…

Kenyan micro-insurtech startup secures $2-million

Turaco, a Kenya-based micro-insurtech startup has secured $2-million in series seed equity investment from Novastar Ventures, Mercy Corps Ventures, Musha Ventures, GAN Ventures, Zephyr…

Here are eight facts you should know about venture capital in South Africa

The value of venture capital (VC) investments rose by a whopping 134% to R872-million in 2016 over 2015, while ICT makes up 17% of…

innovateAFRICA: a $1-million fund for enterprising newsrooms in Africa

Whether you accept it or not, journalism is changing fast in the modern age. Traditional media and even digitally focused newsrooms are facing a…

Gyft founder Vinny Lingham scores $2.75m for identity protection startup

South African serial entrepreneur Vinny Lingham has just revealed that his latest startup, called Civic, has raised US$2.75-million in seed funding. Based in Palto…

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