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IFC invests in e-Commerce platform ANKA to support Africa’s creative Artisans
Published: 25-09-2023 | 17:29:00 | By: Pie Kamau
IFC has invested $3.4m equity investment in African e-Commerce platform ANKA.
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Fine art tech startup TRLab raises $5m to accelerate growth
Published: 11-09-2023 | 11:11:00 | By: Pie Kamau
Fine art-focused tech startup TRLab, has raised $5m in seed round funding.
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[Interview] Ayodeji Ayorinde, Co-founder, Artisankonect, Nigeria
Published: 27-03-2023 | 13:45:00 | By: Pie Kamau
Artisankonect is a Nigerian startup that helps outsource user requests to skilled persons. Startup Weekly chats with Ayodeji Ayorinde, one of the Founders.
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Hologram startup Proto secures investment from Christie’s Ventures to accelerate growth
Published: 21-12-2022 | 07:57:00 | By: Pie Kamau
Proto, the original hologram device and platform, announced that Christie's Ventures has invested in the company, solidifying the bonds of their successful collaborations.
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Hong Kong and Singapore lead green fintech development among the five economies in the APEC region, study
Published: 31-10-2022 | 10:42:00 | By: Pie Kamau
GoImpact, together with The CUHK Business School, released the findings from their working paper, Exploring the Green Fintech Ecosystem in Asia: Insights from Five Economies in APEC.
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Baukunst raises $100m fund to lead pre-seed investments in companies at the frontiers of technology and design
Published: 26-10-2022 | 10:22:00 | By: Pie Kamau
Baukunst, the collective of creative technologists advancing the art of building companies at the frontiers of technology and design, announced it has raised a $100 million Fund I.
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Golden Gate Ventures announces new hires to bolster startup golden triangle growth
Published: 01-08-2022 | 09:54:47 | By: Pie Kamau
Golden Gate Ventures, a venture capital fund in Southeast Asia (SEA) founded by Silicon Valley natives, announced the expansion of its Vietnam and Indonesia teams.
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Indonesian startup Mapan secures $15m Series A funding to enhance financial access and inclusion
Published: 29-06-2022 | 11:26:00 | By: Pie Kamau
Mapan, an Indonesia-based leading startup focused on eliminating barriers to financial access for the masses in the country, announced it has closed a successful Series A round of $15 million.
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Indonesian social commerce startup Super completes $70m oversubscribed Series C round
Published: 02-06-2022 | 16:29:00 | By: Pie Kamau
Super, an Indonesian social commerce platform serving tier-2 and tier-3 cities and Indonesian rural areas, announced it completed a $70 million oversubscribed Series C round led by NEA with additional investment from Insignia Ventures Partners.
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Indonesia's East Ventures signs to UN PRI to create responsible and sustainable investment
Published: 15-03-2022 | 11:42:00 | By: Pie Kamau
East Ventures, a pioneering sector-agnostic venture capital firm in Indonesia, has officially become a UN Principles for Responsible Investment (UN PRI) signatory as part of its commitment to creating responsible and sustainable investment.
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Online platforms lift the fortunes of Kenyan artists
Published: 21-01-2022 | 14:00:00 | By: Bob Koigi
Kenyan artists have not been left behind and are embracing digital platforms with impressive results.
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Danvas announces launch with $7 million seed funding round
Published: 15-12-2021 | 08:05:00 | By: Bob Koigi
Danvas, a startup that will bring NFTs and digital art into the real world through a specialized, museum quality display, has announced its brand launch as well as the close of a $7 million seed round.
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Indonesia's Hypefast emerges from stealth mode as the largest house of e-Commerce native brands in Southeast Asia
Published: 17-11-2021 | 12:01:14 | By: Pie Kamau
Hypefast, Southeast Asia's (SEA) largest house of e-Commerce native brands, announced it has grown its portfolio to more than 25 brands and has been achieving full profitability.
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New York-based Art+Tech accelerator receives funding to invest in art-fueled startups
Published: 28-09-2021 | 15:45:00 | By: Pie Kamau
New York-based Art+Tech accelerator Fuelarts returns after raising $500K from philanthropic funders. Launched in late 2019 by former Christie's COO Roxanna Zarnegar and serial entrepreneur Denis Belkevich, Fuelarts was forced to scale back its operations due to the pandemic.
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Photo and video editing app Prequel launches venture studio program to nurture early stage tech startups
Published: 07-07-2021 | 12:40:04 | By: Pie Kamau
Prequel, the creative photo and video editing app, announced the launch of Prequel Venture Studio (PVS), a program that will nurture early stage tech startups in the fields of AI, computer vision, and AR-based visual art.
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AI startup Oxia Palus enables first hidden masterpiece on canvas, long lost behind a Pablo Picasso
Published: 08-04-2021 | 16:23:00 | By: Pie Kamau
Oxia Palus, a new-age company dedicated to using artificial intelligence to resurrect the world's most important lost artwork, announced it has recreated on canvas, the first masterpiece of another era, one lost for nearly 120 years.
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Async Art startup secures over $2m in seed funding
Published: 19-02-2021 | 12:20:00 | By: Pie Kamau
Async Art a Silicon Valley-based art platform revolutionizing the digital art NFT space, announced it secured its primary seed funding.
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Indonesian blockchain startup Tokoin introduces DeFi Program for investors and MSMEs enterprises
Published: 20-10-2020 | 09:36:00 | By: Pie Kamau
Tokoin, an Indonesian startup using blockchain technology to reduce the barriers that small and medium scale enterprises face while trying to access credit, has introduced BISS DeFi Program to benefit both investors and partner enterprises.
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