Global investments in healthcare startups set a new record in 2020, as investors flocked to this sector due to the pandemic. According to data presented by StockApps,...
Kwik Delivery, a Lagos-based last-mile delivery startup has raised $1.7 million in its pre-Series A financing round. The funding was as equity from institutional and high...
Nigerian communications-as-a-Service (CaaS) startup, Termii has today closed a $1.4 million seed round. Iyinoluwa Aboyeji’s early-stage VC firm, Future Africa and Japanese VC, Kepple Africa Venture led the round. Acuity...
Railsbank, a leading global Banking as a Service (BaaS) platform, has launched in Australia via a partnership with the country’s first neobank, Volt. The partnership enables...
Nikhil Goel, the acting President of Gokada, following the demise of Fahim in July 2020 has been appointed as the company’s new CEO. Gokada disclosed on...
Nigeria’s Plentywaka Gets Backing From Techstars, Plans Expansion to Canada Plentywaka, a Nigerian bus-booking platform, today announced that it has been accepted into the Techstars Toronto...
Japan’s government said on Wednesday it would investigate messaging app Line, owned by SoftBank Corp’s Z Holdings Corp, after Japanese media reports that it let Chinese...
SoftBank Group Corp on Thursday racked up a roughly $33 billion gain on paper through the public market debut of South Korea’s largest e-commerce company, Coupang...
Porsche has further increased its investment into Rimac Automobili, expanding its stake in the business to 24% with an additional 70M EUR. Porsche bought a 10%...
M36, a new digital platform designed to deliver a wide range of investment products directly to individuals, has launched in Nigeria. Through an innovative, user-friendly app, M36 offers...