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Carrot Credit
Carrot Credit is a fintech company.
SeedMay 2025NG
Shekel Mobility
Mobility fintech startup providing a finance and operational platform for auto dealers.
DebtNov 2023NG
Stears
Stears provides subscription-based data and insight on Africa to global businesses.
SeedFeb 2023NG
Spleet
Rental management solutions provider redefining tenant-landlord dynamics in African real estate.
AMP Global Technologies
Blockchain-based video entertainment platform.
SeedMay 2022
IdentityPass
Building compliance and security infrastructure for Africa.
SeedMay 2022NG
May is turning out to be a strong month for startup companies operating in North Africa. Following significant funding rounds involving Nawy, Konnect and MNT Halan last week, Egyptian startups Thndr, Sylndr, and El Gameya dominated the headlines this week, raising substantial capital to further bolster their operations. Elsewhere, MaxAB-Wasoko has begun taking giant steps, […]
AU-Startups·5/24/2025
Last week saw a flurry of financing activities in Africa, with eight companies securing funds from multiple investors. Pineapple had the largest Insurtech funding round in Africa, as it raised $21.5 Million. Welltec also secured $5.4 Million, Pricepally got a seed funding of $1.3 Million while Shekel Mobility raised $7.2 Million in a mix of […]
AU Startups·11/20/2023
West Africa has a long history of producing the majority of Africa’s tech unicorns, currently accounting for six of the seven total. Andela is the lone outlier among them, with a disproportionate number of them being fintech startups. However, startups from other industries are gaining traction. We’ve compiled a list of early-stage startups in the […]
AU Startups·2/15/2023
This week, Egyptian startups led the funding rounds for the third week in a row, with 5 raises out of a total of 9. A total of $37.9 million was raised in disclosed rounds, with fintech Telda leading the pack with a whopping $20 million in seed funding. Let’s dive into the details. Funding […]
AU Startups·10/14/2022
Egyptian startups dominated the funding rounds this week, raising $1.96M in 2 disclosed deals. Other activity from Egypt includes an undisclosed deal, a VC firm completing a $100M close of its fund and a startup expanding into Europe. Startups from South Africa, Nigeria, Morocco, Uganda, and Kenya also featured in this week’s issue of AU-Startup’s […]
AU Startups·10/7/2022
In this week’s episode of Africa’s Weekly Startup Review, we recorded more updates on the African startup ecosystem. If you missed it, here are the highlights: Fundraising JABU, a Namibian B2B e-commerce startup that powers the supply chain, last-mile & payments of retail stores in Africa, raised a $15m Series A funding round led […]
AU Startups·5/28/2022
African startups are still raising money despite the global market speculations. If you missed the funding announcements this week, here are the highlights: Interswitch raised $110 million funding Interswitch, a Nigerian integrated digital payments and commerce company designed to make payments an easy and enjoyable experience, raised $110 million from LeapFrog Investments and Tana […]
AU Startups·5/15/2022
100 Ventures
100 Ventures is an Egyptian venture capital firm that participated in a seed round for Glamera, an Egypt-born SaaS startup providing B2B services to beauty and lifestyle service providers and a B2C marketplace for consumers to find and book sessions with such providers. The funding will be used to continue developing and launching new services, as well as expanding into additional GCC markets.
1984 Ventures
1984 Ventures invests in early-stage startups, as evidenced by their participation in pre-seed and seed rounds. They co-invested in Sylndr's $12M pre-seed round. The firm appears to be sector-agnostic, with investments spanning e-commerce, automotive marketplaces, and other industries within the African tech ecosystem.
212
212 invests in companies like Flow48, a fintech company that leverages AI-powered data analytics and risk assessment to provide alternative financing solutions for SMEs across emerging markets. Through its platform, the company offers revenue-based financing and embedded finance solutions, allowing businesses to access capital without diluting ownership.
212Founders programme
212Founders is an accelerator program that invests in early-stage startups. They provide resources and mentorship to help startups grow and scale their businesses. They invested in Crealo, a copyright management solution for cultural and creative institutions.
