Tag: Investor

Wamda

Calo raises $39 milliion Series B extension to boost global growth

Press release: Calo, the Middle East’s largest foodtech startup, revolutionising personalised meal subscriptions, today announced it has raised $39 million (SAR 146.27 million) in a Series […]
July 29th, 2025
Techpoint Africa

Lydia in crisis as CEO, CTO exit while customers struggle to retrieve funds

Lidya co-founders: Tunde Kehinde and Ercin Eksin For nearly a year now, small businesses depending on Lydia’s debit mandate platform, Lydia Collect, have been unable to […]
July 28th, 2025
Wamda

Olivery secures seed investment from Ibtikar Fund, Flat6Labs

Press release: Ibtikar Fund and Flat6Labs Mashreq Seed Fund have announced a joint seed investment in Olivery, a fast-growing B2B SaaS company offering an end-to-end, low-code/no-code […]
July 28th, 2025
TechCabal

South Africans can now buy Apple, Alphabet shares as digital tokens on Luno

From early August, Luno, a cryptocurrency and digital investment platform, will allow its users in South Africa to invest in tokenised stocks and exchange-traded funds (ETFs), […]
July 24th, 2025
WeeTracker

Race for Lipa Later: Engage Capital Leads Three Bids for Struggling Fintech

Venture capital firm Engage Capital has submitted a USD 24.5 million bid to purchase ‘buy-now-pay-later’ firm Lipa Later. The VC is one of three investment firms […]
July 24th, 2025
Rest of World

Unleashing the AI jobs revolution in Africa

The conversation about artificial intelligence in Africa is currently dominated by a single, terrifying narrative: The U.S. and China control over 90% of the world’s AI […]
July 24th, 2025
Korea Tech Desk

Naver ‘Round Up League’: Connecting Korean Brands with VC Firms, Investors, and Accelerators to Reach Global Markets  

Korea’s leading tech giant Naver Corp. has launched an accelerator program that connects promising Korean brands with venture capital firms, professional investors, and accelerators, the ‘Round […]
July 24th, 2025
Wamda

MENA startup investment hits $2.1 billion in H1 2025, up 134% YoY

Startup funding in the Middle East and North Africa reached $2.1 billion during the first half of 2025, with 334 deals recorded across the region — […]
July 24th, 2025
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