Venture capital

SA entertainment startup secures $225 000 investment

Cape Town-based entertainment startup Hitchat has secured $225 000 in a Series A funding round from undisclosed international investor partners. HitChat secures investment The…

SA edtech receives R9.2-million towards new campus

WeThinkCode, a South African edtech startup, has secured a R9.2-million investment from E Squared Investments towards the implementation of a new campus in KwaZulu-Natal. SEO…

How has Covid-19 impacted South Africa’s venture capital space?

A little under a year ago, South Africa confirmed its first COVID-19 case. At the time, there was still hope that the country could…

US Venture capital fund searches for women entrepreneurs to invest in

Enygma Ventures has announced an open call for women entrepreneurs in Southern Africa as the US venture capital (VC) fund aims to invest in…

Cape Town-based fintech secures $4-million

South African fintech startup Stitch has secured $4-million in a seed round of funding co-led by firstminute capital and Raba along with several other…

African-focused VC launches new fund

HAVAÍC in partnership with Universum Wealth has secured funding to launch its newest fund, The HAVAÍC Universum Core African Fund. The HAVAÍC Universum Core…

ImaliPay raises undisclosed amount in pre-seed funding

Kenya-based fintech startup ImaliPay has secured an undisclosed amount of pre-seed funding led by TEN13, an Australian venture capital firm, and several other investors…

Local proptech startup secures funding from UK investment firm

Roundr, a Cape Town-based proptech startup has secured a disclosed amount of venture capital funding from i7V, a UK-based investment firm. The funding will…

Egypt-based food-tech startup secures six-figure seed funding

Egypt-based food-tech startup Ordera, a mobile application focusing on enhancing the pick-up and drive-thru experience in the food and beverage industry, has announced the…

Egypt startup receives first new brokerage license in the country in over a decade

Thndr, an Egypt-based startup has announced that it has received the first new brokerage license in the country in over a decade. Thndr recently…

SA female-owned startup receives R4.2-million investment

Job Crystal, a female-founded startup, has received R4.2-million in funding from Enygma Venture’s Shift Fund. Applications for the Shift Fund are still open and…

Cape Town-based tech startup secures $6-million funding

An award-winning AI manufacturing company and South African tech startup, DataProphet, has raised $6-million in funding. The innovative tech startup aims to utilise the…

SA-owned LightWare receives $1.5-million investment

LightWare LiDAR, a South African company supplying world-class microLiDAR sensor technology to leading global companies has secured an investment of $1.5-million (R25-million) from Sanari…

Lessons for entrepreneurs on how to survive and thrive during a pandemic

Ventureburn will be kicking off its first webinar series at the start of September 2020. Held in partnership with Kalon Venture Partners, a registered…

West African startup receives over $1-million in funding

Energy+, a Malian-owned startup has received more than $1-million in funding from a consortium of financing partners. The funding includes equity and fully funded…

Part two: All you need to know about Section 12J

Ventureburn will be kicking off its first webinar series at the start of September 2020. Held in partnership with Kalon Venture Partners, a registered…

Egyptian startup secures six-figure seed funding

Glamera, a Cairo-based health and beauty services startup, has received a six-figure amount in seed funding from Saudi Arabia’s Dual Gate Investment Holding. Glamera…

Local healthtech startup receives investment funding

Guidepost, a diabetes telemedicine startup has received a joint investment from AlphaCode, the fintech investment of Rand Merchant Investment Holdings, and local investment fund…

Local AI and data annotation startup receives funding from E4E

Enlabeler has received an investment deal from the New VC fund Entrepreneurs for Entrepreneurs (E4E) Africa (see this story). E4E selected the innovative AI…

Nigerian transport startup secures $300 000 investment

Plentywaka has secured $300 000 in investment funding and plans to launch in Nigeria’s capital. Plentywaka, the transport startup, has raised a $300,000 pre-seed…

Shift Fund reopens applications for funding

Enygma Ventures’ subfund Shift, has opened for the second round of funding for entrepreneurs and innovators in Africa who either have existing businesses or…

New early-stage Venture Capital Fund to back cohort companies launches

South African based business accelerator, Grindstone has launched a new Venture Capital Fund, Grindstone Ventures, dedicated to providing early-stage equity funding to its cohorts…

SweepSouth receives investment from Futuregrowth

SweepSouth, a South African company has received an undisclosed amount in a venture capital investment from Futuregrowth. Amrish Narrandes, Head of Unlisted Equity Transactions…

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