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Today’s episode of Africa’s Weekly Funding Review is exciting. As always, we recorded some fundraising and acquisition announcements this week in the African tech & startup ecosystem. If you missed it, here are the highlights: Funding News Cassava Technologies, Africa’s first integrated tech company of continental scale, announced that it secured a $50 […]
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Today’s episode of Africa’s Weekly Funding Review is exciting. As always, we recorded some fundraising and acquisition announcements this week in the African tech & startup ecosystem.
If you missed it, here are the highlights:
Cassava Technologies, Africa’s first integrated tech company of continental scale, announced that it secured a $50 million investment from C5 Capital (C5).
Bloom, a Sudanese fintech that provides high-yield savings accounts and adjacent digital banking services to improve the lives of East African consumers, raised a $6.5 million seed round. Investors participating in the round include Visa, Y Combinator, Global Founders Capital (GFC), Goodwater Capital, VentureSouq, Arash Ferdowsi, Nicolas Kopp, former U.S. CEO of N26; footballers Blaise Matuidi and Kieran Gibbs; and early employees at Revolut and Tide.
Bizao, an Ivorian fintech developing a payments hub for local and international companies in Africa, raised €8 million in a Series A funding round led by AfricInvest Group, with the participation of Adelie and Seedstars Africa Ventures.
Stllr Network, an Egypt-based startup that offers instant access to stellar marketing experts and teams, closed a six-figure investment from 500 Global and angel investors through Women Spark and Falak Angels.
Five African startups were selected to participate in the YC Summer 2022 Batch. The startups include;
That’s all for this week! Kindly share this with your friends.
Have a fantastic weekend!
