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AWS and Immutable partner to supercharge mass adoption of Web3 gaming globally
Published: 13-10-2023 | 14:14:00 | By: Pie Kamau
Immutable will work with AWS to accelerate the on-boarding of game studios to Web3.


Backbase partners with FrankieOne to provide digital onboarding solutions in Australia
Published: 27-09-2023 | 10:10:00 | By: Pie Kamau
Backbase announced its strategic partnership with FrankieOne.


Nigerian mobility startup Mecho Autotech raises $2.4m, ventures into wholesale spare parts distribution
Published: 15-09-2023 | 13:02:00 | By: Pie Kamau
Nigerian mobility startup Mecho Autotech, has closed $2.4m pre-Series A investment.


Cikisi raises €2.7m pre-Series A round to accelerate growth and extend its market
Published: 01-09-2023 | 11:44:00 | By: Pie Kamau
To fuel its growth over the next two years, Cikisi has raised €2.7 million this summer.


Mediafly raises $80m to extend revenue enablement to the enterprise
Published: 31-08-2023 | 10:15:00 | By: Pie Kamau
Mediafly announced $80 million investment led by BIP Ventures.


B2B marketplace startup Ghost raises $30m to help brands and retailers move surplus inventory
Published: 22-08-2023 | 13:12:00 | By: Pie Kamau
B2B marketplace startup Ghost has raised $30m Series B funding.


Marqo secures $5.2m to bring continuous-learning vector search to businesses
Published: 17-08-2023 | 14:03:00 | By: Pie Kamau
Marqo, the startup enabling AI-powered search, has closed $5.2m seed investment.


Frigade raises $3m seed round to build developer tool for product onboarding and adoption
Published: 26-07-2023 | 11:12:00 | By: Pie Kamau
Frigade announced it has raised $3m in seed round of funding


Customer success platform ZapScale secures $2.5m seed funding to accelerate growth
Published: 13-06-2023 | 09:44:00 | By: Pie Kamau
ZapScale announced it has successfully raised $2.5 million in seed funding.


Kenya's B2B e-Commerce startup Wasoko expands to Zambia
Published: 11-05-2023 | 14:10:00 | By: Pie Kamau
Wasoko has revealed plans to invest over $1 million in Zambia. The B2B retail and e-Commerce made this announcement while announcing its official entry into the Southern African country. 


Milan-based fintech startup Viceversa closes €10m Series A funding round to accelerate growth
Published: 10-05-2023 | 15:57:00 | By: Pie Kamau
Viceversa, the Milan-based fintech startup that introduced revenue-based financing to Italy to support the growth of digital companies, announced the closing of €10 million Series A financing round.


Australian bioplastics startup Kelpy partners with climatetech startup SOS Carbon to fight global economic disaster
Published: 26-04-2023 | 18:01:43 | By: Bob Koigi
The mass of seaweed is the largest it’s ever been for this time of year, affecting tourism, infrastructure and local fishing industries throughout the Caribbean area, including the Dominican Republic, Mexico and Florida.


Generative AI startup Autobound raises $4m to make writing personalized sales emails easy
Published: 24-02-2023 | 13:41:00 | By: Pie Kamau
Emerging startup Autobound, is announcing $4 million in funding to automate the tedious workflow of writing personalized sales emails.


Amsterdam-based mobility startup Transferz raises €6.5m for its sustainable and reliable ground transportation solutions
Published: 15-02-2023 | 13:32:00 | By: Pie Kamau
Transferz, the Amsterdam-based B2B mobility platform in pre-booked ground transportation, announced a successful €6.5 million fundraising round led by a consortium of individual business angels.


Novel Capital, Pipeline Entrepreneurs partner to make non-dilutive capital more accessible to Midwest startups
Published: 14-02-2023 | 08:44:00 | By: Pie Kamau
Novel Capital, the fintech Growth Platform that helps B2B businesses accelerate their growth, announced a partnership with Pipeline Entrepreneurs to make non-dilutive capital more accessible to Midwest startups.


Spanish fintech startup Snab closes €1.1m investment round to grow its B2B payments platform
Published: 06-02-2023 | 14:56:00 | By: Pie Kamau
Snab, the Spanish payment platform that allows payments and transfers between companies in one click, has raised €1.1 million in its first funding round.


Bangladeshi B2B commerce platform ShopUp secures $30m debt financing to fuel expansion, strengthen supply chain operations
Published: 03-02-2023 | 11:40:00 | By: Pie Kamau
ShopUp, a full-stack B2B commerce platform in Bangladesh, announced it has secured $30 million in debt financing, to drive expansion efforts and strengthen the company's supply chain operations.


Nordics-focused LP firm Monterro announces final close of small-cap fund at €150m hard cap
Published: 27-01-2023 | 12:06:00 | By: Pie Kamau
Monterro, the Nordic B2B software investor, announced the final close of Monterro G1 at its €150m hard cap, including a 24% GP commitment.


Belgian SMEs management software Odoo opens local office in Australia
Published: 26-01-2023 | 09:21:00 | By: Pie Kamau
Belgian company Odoo, an all-in-one integrated business solution for Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), announced it is setting up shop in Australia. 


Casted launches new program to democratize access to podcasting
Published: 19-12-2022 | 09:14:00 | By: Pie Kamau
Casted, the first and only podcast and video marketing platform made for B2B marketers, has launched Casted for Startups.


Italian biodiversity startup 3Bee raises €5m to scale the protection of pollinators in Europe
Published: 16-12-2022 | 13:29:00 | By: Pie Kamau
Italian-based scale-up 3Bee (a world with bees), which operates both in the B2C and B2B protection of ecosystems and pollinators area has raised €5 million series A funding round.


Senegalese startup Kwely launches made in Africa online store
Published: 16-12-2022 | 12:38:00 | By: Pie Kamau
Kwely, a Senegalese-based startup has launched a B2B e-marketplace to provide African producers and manufacturers with a global window to sell their products at scale.


Canadian B2B automotive trading startup TRADE X opens new trading facilities in Kenya
Published: 02-12-2022 | 11:56:00 | By: Pie Kamau
TRADE X, a B2B cross-border automotive trading platform based in Ontario, Canada, announced it has opened a new Kenyan trading corridor, which includes both a shared bonded warehouse in Mombasa and an office in Nairobi.


Swedish automotive manufacturer Scania launches Scania Growth Capital II at €182.8m
Published: 01-12-2022 | 11:32:00 | By: Pie Kamau
Sweden-based automotive company Scania, announced it is launching a new €182.8 million investment vehicle, Scania Growth Capital II, following the success of its first venture capital fund, Scania Growth Capital I.


New Adevinta Ventures report reveals that B2B Marketplaces outperform other tech segments in VC funding
Published: 25-11-2022 | 09:19:00 | By: Pie Kamau
Adevinta Ventures, the early-stage investment arm of Adevinta, an online classifieds specialist, is launching a new B2B marketplaces report.


Kenyan supply chain and logistics startup Leta secures $3m pre-seed funding to accelerate growth
Published: 23-11-2022 | 09:21:00 | By: Pie Kamau
Leta, the supply chain and logistics startup driving distribution optimization, announced the close of  $3 million Pre-Seed equity round.


Canadian B2B automotive trading startup TRADE X opens a trade route in Ghana
Published: 22-11-2022 | 11:11:00 | By: Pie Kamau
TRADE X, a B2B cross-border automotive trading platform with its headquarters in Ontario, Canada, announced it has opened a new trade route in Ghana, strengthening the company's presence in Africa.


Vienna-based startup Orderlion raises $4m funding to scale the global B2B food supply chain
Published: 03-11-2022 | 10:26:00 | By: Pie Kamau
Vienna-based startup Orderlion announced the successful closing of $4 million in preSeries A funding, including a mix of equity and debt financing, bringing the total amount of investments raised to $7.5 million since the company’s inception.


BDev Ventures invests in B2B adtech startup Nickelytics to accelerate growth
Published: 17-10-2022 | 13:46:00 | By: Pie Kamau
 BDev Ventures announced a partnership with Nickelytics, a Techstars ‘20-backed B2B adtech startup that allows brands to launch hyperlocal out-of-home advertising campaigns.


Crypto tax reporting app Binocs nets $4m funding round as it adds institutional investors to retail base
Published: 22-09-2022 | 13:02:00 | By: Pie Kamau
Crypto tax reporting app Binocs has announced a $4 million fundraise to cater to institutional crypto investors and enter geographies like the US, UK, Australia etc.


[Startup Interview] Tesh Mbaabu, CEO, MarketForce, Kenya
Published: 12-09-2022 | 16:47:00 | By: Pie Kamau
Tesh Mbaabu is a serial entrepreneur who lives to blend commerce and technology. He is the Co-founder and CEO of Kenyan-based B2B platform for retail distribution of consumer goods and digital financial services in Africa today, MarketForce.


Austrian SaaS startup Shopstory raises €2.2m in second round funding to back e-Commerce brands
Published: 12-09-2022 | 10:58:00 | By: Pie Kamau
Austrian startup Shopstory is raising a million-dollar investment from tecnet equity, Startup300 and business angels Patrick Pöschl (Co-Founder Scalable Capital) and Hansi Hansmann in its second round of financing.


Kenyan B2B e-Commerce startup Wasoko opens innovation hub in Zanzibar
Published: 01-09-2022 | 14:27:00 | By: Pie Kamau
Wasoko (formerly Sokowatch), an African B2B e-Commerce startup that leverages technology to transform the informal retail supply chain, announced the official launch of the “Wasoko Innovation Hub” in partnership with the Zanzibar government.


Nigerian B2B e-Commerce startup Omnibiz raises $15m for expansion
Published: 29-08-2022 | 13:35:00 | By: Pie Kamau
Nigerian B2B e-Commerce startup Omnibiz has raised $15 million pre-Series A round ($5 million equity and $10 million debt) led by Timon Capital, Ventures Platform, Lofty Inc, Chapel Hill Denham, Chandaria Capital and Musha Ventures.


Taiwanese martech startup Wavenet raises $3m series B round to expand in Japan and North America
Published: 12-08-2022 | 12:11:00 | By: Pie Kamau
Taiwanese marketing technology (martech) startup Wavenet, announced the raise of $3 million in series B round, to expand its operations to Japan and North America, and hire more international talents to join the team.


Israeli startup Frontegg raises $40m to solve user management for B2B SaaS
Published: 02-08-2022 | 13:44:00 | By: Pie Kamau
Frontegg, the user management platform for B2B apps, announced a $40 million in series B funding co-led by Stripes and global software investor Insight Partners.


Healthtech startup HealthBeats raises $3m seed funding to expand remote vitals monitoring in Australia and Singapore
Published: 09-05-2022 | 10:42:00 | By: Pie Kamau
HealthBeats, a Singapore-based healthtech startup with end-to-end remote vitals monitoring solution, announced the closing of $3 million Seed round led by healthcare investor Heritas Capital.


Ecosystem restoration startup Lord of the Trees raises $1.25m pre-seed round to upscale environmental protection
Published: 31-03-2022 | 11:53:00 | By: Pie Kamau
Lord of the Trees, a full ecosystem restoration company that uses precision drone planting technology to restore degraded landscapes, announced a $1.25 million pre-seed funding round.


Australian mining tech startup Plotlogic raises $18 million funding to bolster commercialization
Published: 23-03-2022 | 16:07:24 | By: Bob Koigi
The company plans to use the capital to invest in additional research and development, bolster commercialization, and support Plotlogic's proprietary OreSense® Technology.


Australian climate tech startup UPowr launches Helios to help companies decarbonise customer base, increase LTV
Published: 02-02-2022 | 12:27:00 | By: Pie Kamau
Australian climate tech company UPowr, launched its flagship climate software solution Helios in beta mode to select partners.


Subscription Management startup Chargebee opens new office and data center in Australia
Published: 08-12-2021 | 13:23:00 | By: Pie Kamau
Chargebee, the subscription management platform, announced it has opened a dedicated office and data center in Sydney, Australia to support SaaS and subscription businesses and ensure APP compliance.


US startup Impossible Foods expands into Australia and New Zealand
Published: 18-11-2021 | 19:29:09 | By: Bob Koigi
California-based Impossible Foods has arrived in Australia and New Zealand, marking the company’s third and fourth international market launches in 14 months.


Aussie legaltech startup goes global wiith COVID-19 diagnosis tool
Published: 26-05-2021 | 16:15:00 | By: Pie Kamau
Australian legaltech startup Rulestar is demonstrating how its software, built to automate complex legal documents, can improve COVID-19 decision-making.


Creator platform Fanbase attracts high-profile artists and creators, expands into three new territories
Published: 18-05-2021 | 13:58:00 | By: Pie Kamau
Fanbase, the subscription-based social platform that empowers creators to monetize their content and grow their fanbase, is on the verge of closing its seed round, already raising $3.1 million dollars on StartEngine.


Australian AI startup HIVERY partners with JR East Water Business to optimize vending machines in Japan
Published: 16-12-2020 | 15:52:24 | By: Pie Kamau
Retail AI pioneer, HIVERY and JR East Water Business, have agreed to rollout HIVERY Enhance, an AI-driven vending machine optimization solution, to 6,000 vending machines across East Japan Railway's train stations.


Smart video interview startup raises $5m to bring recruitment process into the video age
Published: 14-12-2020 | 16:28:00 | By: Pie Kamau
myInterview, a smart video interview platform prioritizing personality in the hiring process, announced a $5 million Seed round led by Aleph, with participation from previous investors Entrée Capital and SeedIL Ventures.


Cross-platform Mod and UGС service mod.io raises $4m led by Makers Fund and Sequoia's Surge
Published: 08-12-2020 | 14:12:00 | By: Pie Kamau
Makers Fund, a global venture capital fund specializing in interactive entertainment, announced a $4 million seed round for mod.io, a cross-platform UGC and modding service based in Melbourne, Australia.


Zip closes $100 million in debt funding from Victory Park Capital
Published: 04-11-2020 | 12:09:46 | By: Bob Koigi
Zip Co Limited, a player in the digital retail finance and payments industry,has announced it has closed a A$100 million debt funding agreement with Victory Park Capital, a global alternative investment firm.


Nufarm, German agritech startup CROP.ZONE partner for alternative weed control across European markets
Published: 22-10-2020 | 11:42:00 | By: Pie Kamau
Australian crop protection and specialty seed company Nufarm and the German agritech startup CROP.ZONE have partnered to launch Nufarm's and CROP.ZONE's hybrid herbicide solutions across major European markets.


Australian retail tech startup Tiliter raises $7.5m for cashierless AI shopping technology
Published: 21-10-2020 | 11:16:00 | By: Pie Kamau
Tiliter, artificial intelligence (AI) provider whose technology uses computer vision to recognise products without barcodes compled a $7.5 million capital raise led by Investec Emerging Companies (IEC).


Neuron Mobility secures $12 million funding to expand to Australia, UK and New Zealand
Published: 30-09-2020 | 15:49:00 | By: Bob Koigi
Singapore e-scooter startup Neuron Mobility has announced its latest round of funding of $12 million, led by top Australian venture capital firm, Square Peg, along with global venture capital firm GSR Ventures.


Australia startup Bolt Bikes rebrands to Zoomo, announces expansion to USA
Published: 27-08-2020 | 10:08:30 | By: Bob Koigi
Bolt Bikes Bolt Bikes, the mobility startup, has completed a Series A capital raise of $11 million to invest in expanding its operations in the United States and move into new categories globally.


Go Ignite partners seek 5G use cases in global call for startups
Published: 24-07-2020 | 12:39:00 | By: Pie Kamau
Following the success of its previous global calls for startups, Go Ignite, an alliance of four leading global telcos, has launched Go Ignite: 5G Open Call for Startups to engage startups or venture capital-backed companies.


Quantum technology startup Q-CTRL enters global partnership with Advanced Navigation
Published: 22-07-2020 | 10:40:33 | By: Bob Koigi
Q-CTRL, a startup that applies the principles of control engineering to accelerate the development of quantum technology, has partnered with Advanced Navigation, a leader in AI-based navigational hardware.


[Startup Interview] Sarah Bauling, Founder, Sarah Bauling, Australia
Published: 24-06-2020 | 12:07:00 | By: Bob Koigi
Sarah Bauling is an Australian startup that offers training on presentation skills, keynote deliveries, customer services and MC services.


Global payment processor Checkout.com acquires Australian startup Pin Payments
Published: 29-05-2020 | 17:10:00 | By: Bob Koigi
Checkout.com has acquired Australian startup, Pin Payments. The move represents the next chapter of Checkout.com’s momentum across APAC.