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French startup Kamino Retail raises €1.25m pre-seed round to accelerate growth
Published: 29-09-2023 | 12:27:00 | By: Pie Kamau
Kamino Retail announced a pre-seed funding of €1.25m from business angels.


Swedish tech lender Ark Kapital appoints Annika Falkengren to the Board
Published: 29-09-2023 | 11:41:00 | By: Pie Kamau
The Swedish Ark Kapital has appointed Annika Falkengren to its Board of Directors.


Lumi secures seed funding to revolutionize disposable packaging industry with LumiCup
Published: 29-09-2023 | 11:10:00 | By: Pie Kamau
Lumi announced the closing of its seed funding round.


Biotech startup Deka Biosciences closes $20m to advance product pipeline
Published: 29-09-2023 | 10:49:00 | By: Pie Kamau
Maryland-based biotech company Deka Biosciences, has closed $20m financing.


Israeli AIOps startup Senser launches with $9.5m to disrupt legacy observability technology
Published: 29-09-2023 | 09:47:00 | By: Pie Kamau
Senser has emerged from stealth with $9.5m in seed funding.


South African payments startup Revio raises $5.2 seed round to grow coverage across Africa
Published: 28-09-2023 | 15:55:00 | By: Pie Kamau
Revio has announced a seed investment round of $5.2m.


Healthtech SaaS startup Doceree raises $35m to accelerate growth
Published: 28-09-2023 | 15:35:00 | By: Pie Kamau
Doceree, the global network of physician-only platforms for programmatic messaging, announced a $35m Series B round.


UnitX raises $5m to elevate manufacturing quality with AI-powered defect detection
Published: 28-09-2023 | 15:20:00 | By: Pie Kamau
UnitX has announced a $5m investment from SE Ventures.


LinkedIn names renewable power producer BrightNight as top U.S. startup
Published: 28-09-2023 | 14:57:00 | By: Pie Kamau
BrightNight has been named as top U.S. startup by LinkedIn.


MassChallenge opens call for its 2024 fintech accelerator program
Published: 28-09-2023 | 14:38:00 | By: Pie Kamau
MassChallenge FinTech has opened applications for its sixth fintech accelerator program.


Paris-based startup Ondorse raises €3.8m to expand KYC solution in Europe
Published: 27-09-2023 | 13:49:00 | By: Pie Kamau
Ondorse, a business KYC solution, has raised  €3.8m seed round.


Data from 400+ startups indicates massive SVB and FRB fallout on startup banking sector
Published: 27-09-2023 | 11:56:00 | By: Pie Kamau
Kruze Consulting has analyzed banking data from 400+ startups.


AI testing startup Kolena secures $15m Series A investment to accelerate growth
Published: 27-09-2023 | 11:42:00 | By: Pie Kamau
Kolena has secured $15 million in a Series A funding.


SUNeVision launches first startup programme to advance innovations in Hong Kong
Published: 27-09-2023 | 11:17:00 | By: Pie Kamau
SUNeVision has announced the launch of its first startup programme.


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.


AI-powered startup Giftpack closes $4.3m seed round to streamline corporate gifting
Published: 26-09-2023 | 13:00:00 | By: Pie Kamau
Giftpack AI announced the completion of its seed round led by Chang Hai Lin.


Swedish startup QA.tech raises $1m pre-seed round to revolutionize software testing
Published: 26-09-2023 | 12:26:00 | By: Pie Kamau
Swedish startup QA.tech has raised $1m in pre-seed funding round.


Unlocking the future of drug discovery with AI, BBC Research
Published: 26-09-2023 | 11:59:00 | By: Pie Kamau
BCC's newly released report unveils the extraordinary impact of AI on pharmaceutical and biotech sectors.


Techstars invests in ILUMA AI, the AI copilot for C-levels and team leads
Published: 26-09-2023 | 11:49:00 | By: Pie Kamau
Techstars, a pre-seed and early stage venture capital firm, has announced its investment in ILUMA AI.


Google for Startups Growth Academy: AI for Health unveils the 2023 cohort
Published: 26-09-2023 | 10:54:00 | By: Pie Kamau
The Google for Startups Growth Academy: AI for Health has unveiled its 2023 cohort.


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.


Genus AI secures over $6m seed extension round for Generative AI in e-Commerce
Published: 25-09-2023 | 15:01:00 | By: Pie Kamau
Genus AI, a generative AI platform, has secured over $6m in a seed round extension


Hexagon announces nine startups set to transform manufacturing sustainability and digital reality
Published: 25-09-2023 | 14:49:00 | By: Pie Kamau
Hexagon has announced the nine startups chosen for its third Sixth Sense cohort.


Unitus Ventures, Capria Ventures unite to create Global South VC powerhouse
Published: 25-09-2023 | 14:19:00 | By: Pie Kamau
Unitus Ventures announced it is joining forces with its US affiliate Capria Ventures.


[Column] Sandi de Souza: Why top-performing companies use AI to boost procurement
Published: 22-09-2023 | 14:57:00 | By: Pie Kamau
Leading organisations are augmenting their source-to-pay processes with AI


Flapmax announces 12 African startups selected for FAST Accelerator program
Published: 21-09-2023 | 13:42:00 | By: Pie Kamau
Flapmax announced the twelve companies selected for FAST Accelerator program.


Openvolt raises €1.5m to enable the next generation of energy applications
Published: 21-09-2023 | 13:25:00 | By: Pie Kamau
Openvolt has raised a pre-seed round of €1.5m led by Cavalry Ventures.


Kayna insurtech raises €1m to revolutionize small business insurance
Published: 21-09-2023 | 12:56:00 | By: Pie Kamau
Kayna insurtech has closed a €1m pre-seed funding round.


HealNow secures $5.5m seed funding to transform pharmacy payments experience
Published: 21-09-2023 | 12:26:00 | By: Pie Kamau
HealNow has announced a $5.5m seed round led by Bonfire Ventures.


AI will create more jobs than it replaces, report
Published: 21-09-2023 | 12:01:00 | By: Pie Kamau
Amid rapid digital transformation across the workforce, nearly two-thirds of business leaders believe AI will spur the creation of new jobs.


HiddenLayer raises $50m Series A funding to safeguard AI
Published: 20-09-2023 | 14:24:00 | By: Pie Kamau
HiddenLayer, the security provider for AI models and assets, has raised $50 million in Series A funding.


7Rivers launches in Milwaukee with Snowflake partnership
Published: 20-09-2023 | 14:12:00 | By: Pie Kamau
7Summits Founder Paul Stillmank and industry veterans have announced the launch of 7Rivers.


BitX Capital pioneers startup business loans with no money required
Published: 20-09-2023 | 13:47:00 | By: Pie Kamau
BitX Capital has introduced an innovative solution for budding entrepreneurs.


UAE-based digital assets startup Fuze raises $14m seed round
Published: 20-09-2023 | 13:34:00 | By: Pie Kamau
Fuze has unveiled a record-breaking seed round of $14 million.


Kenyan insurtech startup Turaco acquires Ghana’s MicroEnsure
Published: 20-09-2023 | 12:57:00 | By: Pie Kamau
Turaco, the Kenyan insurtech startup, has acquired MicroEnsure Ghana from MIC Global.


Plan A closes $27m to scale its business decarbonisation platform
Published: 19-09-2023 | 14:16:00 | By: Pie Kamau
Plan A has closed $27m funding round led by Lightspeed Venture Partners.


Indigo Ag accelerates sustainability programs for farmers with $250m fundraise
Published: 19-09-2023 | 13:50:00 | By: Pie Kamau
Indigo Ag has raised $250m to drive innovation and sustainability.


[Electric pickups] The next big EV opportunity, IDTechEx
Published: 19-09-2023 | 13:12:00 | By: Pie Kamau
Electrification in the US is at an earlier stage than other regions globally.


Generative AI startup Yurts raises $16m Series A funding to accelerate growth
Published: 19-09-2023 | 12:40:00 | By: Pie Kamau
Yurts announced a $16 million Series A to support its acceleration into the market.


Five Kenyan cleantech startups selected for JICA’s Project NINJA accelerator
Published: 19-09-2023 | 12:11:00 | By: Pie Kamau
Five Kenyan cleantech startups have been selected for the 3rd cohort of JICA.


Helsing raises €209m Series B to bolster defence AI capabilities for democracies
Published: 15-09-2023 | 14:10:00 | By: Pie Kamau
Defence AI company Helsing, announced it has raised €209m Series B funding.


Hyundai Mobis expands its discovery of Silicon Valley mobility startups in the US
Published: 15-09-2023 | 13:24:00 | By: Pie Kamau
Hyundai Mobis is expanding its investments in global startups.


Montreal startup Urbanoid files patent for AI solution based on location intelligence
Published: 15-09-2023 | 13:13:00 | By: Pie Kamau
Urbanoid has developed an innovative technology for marketers to target ads.


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.


Touring Capital launches to invest in next-gen early growth stage SaaS startups
Published: 15-09-2023 | 12:43:00 | By: Pie Kamau
Venture Capital Veterans announced the launch of Touring Capital.


Anita Rehman joins deep tech venture firm Celesta Capital as Partner
Published: 14-09-2023 | 12:17:15 | By: Pie Kamau
Celesta Capital has appointed Anita Rehman as Partner.


Ugandan Agritech startup Emata raises $2.4m seed funding
Published: 14-09-2023 | 11:55:00 | By: Pie Kamau
Ugandan agritech startup Emata has raised $2.4 million in seed funding.


Plug and Play, Visa launch Inclusive Fintech Accelerator to advance diverse founders in fintech
Published: 14-09-2023 | 11:32:00 | By: Pie Kamau
Plug and Play and Visa have launched Inclusive Fintech Accelerator program.


Creative tech startup Artlist launches 100K Fund to support video creators
Published: 14-09-2023 | 11:11:00 | By: Pie Kamau
Artlist has launched a 100K Fund, a unique one-time grant offered to creators.


Aussie startup Refilled launches to save single-use plastic bottles sold from vending machines
Published: 14-09-2023 | 10:49:00 | By: Pie Kamau
Refilled, a climate tech startup, has been launched.


Pink Shark PR launches Startup Press Accelerator program
Published: 13-09-2023 | 16:03:58 | By: Pie Kamau
Pink Shark PR has launched first of its kind Startup Press Accelerator program.


Treefera secures $2.2m to revolutionize carbon offsetting through AI-driven transparency
Published: 13-09-2023 | 15:45:00 | By: Pie Kamau
Treefera announced the successful closure of a $2.2 million pre-seed funding round.


Mythic Protocol raises $6.5m to build the world first collaborative entertainment
Published: 13-09-2023 | 15:30:00 | By: Pie Kamau
Mythic Protocol has closed an oversubscribed $6.5 million seed round.


London-based Q-Bot secures €4m to drive expansion in Europe and the U.S.
Published: 13-09-2023 | 14:49:00 | By: Pie Kamau
London-based Q-Bot has raised €4 million to insulate people’s homes with robotics and AI.


Big name VCs back startup to solve multi-billion dollar banking problem
Published: 13-09-2023 | 13:41:08 | By: Pie Kamau
Fintech startup N5 has secured the backing of a number of high profile investors.


London-based Binalyze secures $19m Series A funding for enhanced cybersecurity
Published: 12-09-2023 | 12:36:00 | By: Pie Kamau
Binalyze has raised $19m Series A round of funding.


Catalyst Fund marks its first close to back climate tech startups in Africa
Published: 12-09-2023 | 12:14:00 | By: Pie Kamau
The Catalyst Fund has reached the first close of its targeted $40m fund.


South Korean edtech startup Mathpresso secures $8m to accelerate growth
Published: 12-09-2023 | 11:41:00 | By: Pie Kamau
Mathpresso has raised $8m from Korea's telecom giant, KT.


Indian healthtech startup Bonatra launches Wearable Smart Rings for wellness
Published: 12-09-2023 | 11:13:00 | By: Pie Kamau
Healthtech startup Bonatra has launched Wearable Smart Rings.


YC-backed Hadrius raises $2m seed round to power SEC compliance using AI
Published: 12-09-2023 | 11:01:00 | By: Pie Kamau
Hadrius has secured $2m in seed funding to automate SEC compliance.


UK-based Open Cosmos raises $50m to grow its sustainable space tech and satellite data
Published: 11-09-2023 | 12:03:00 | By: Pie Kamau
Open Cosmos has raised $50m in Series B funding.


Investor-founder disconnect poses major threat to African tech funding
Published: 11-09-2023 | 11:39:00 | By: Pie Kamau
African tech investors will not invest follow-on funding in a startup failing to provide regular reporting updates.


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.


Start WellTech opens global call for market-ready mental health and wellness startups
Published: 11-09-2023 | 10:53:00 | By: Pie Kamau
Start WellTech has opened a call for market-ready mental health and wellness startups.


AWS Senior Principal Mike Spertus joins Generative AR startup Enklu as CTO
Published: 11-09-2023 | 10:40:00 | By: Pie Kamau
Enklu has announced the appointment of Mike Spertus as the new CTO.


Agetech startup Blooming Health raises $4.2m to power healthy aging-in-place
Published: 07-09-2023 | 16:09:00 | By: Pie Kamau
Blooming Health announced the close of an oversubscribed $4.2m seed round


[Column] Vignesh Subramanian: Harnessing Generative AI in the enterprise
Published: 07-09-2023 | 15:52:00 | By: Pie Kamau
AI has certainly been hitting the headlines in 2023.


We Venture Capital launches to invest in early-stage diagnostics startups
Published: 07-09-2023 | 15:25:00 | By: Pie Kamau
We Venture Capital, the venture capital operation of Werfen, announced its launch.


Taurean Surgical secures funding to democratize robotic surgery in emerging markets
Published: 07-09-2023 | 15:11:00 | By: Pie Kamau
Taurean Surgical has announced a significant pre-seed funding round.


Irish Tech Challenge 2023 for tech startups launches in South Africa
Published: 07-09-2023 | 14:48:00 | By: Pie Kamau
The Embassy of Ireland in South Africa has opened applications for the Irish Tech Challenge 2023.


Swedish startup Novatron Fusion secures €5m seed funding to propel fusion energy innovation
Published: 06-09-2023 | 10:44:00 | By: Pie Kamau
Novatron Fusion announced the successful closure of its seed round, raising €5m.


Dutch-based EIT InnoEnergy secures over €140m to accelerate growth of its portfolio companies
Published: 06-09-2023 | 10:30:00 | By: Pie Kamau
EIT InnoEnergy has successfully completed its private placement round of over €140m.


ReOrbit completes oversubscribed $7.4m seed funding to enable real-time dataflow in space
Published: 06-09-2023 | 10:04:00 | By: Pie Kamau
ReOrbit has completed an oversubscribed Seed funding round for $7.4 million


Explainable-AI startup ZAC achieves precise 3D descriptions of objects for US Air Force
Published: 06-09-2023 | 09:49:00 | By: Pie Kamau
ZAC has achieved precise 3D descriptions and measurements for US Air Force.


Japanese startup Josys raises $93m Series B funding to revolutionize global IT operations
Published: 06-09-2023 | 09:33:00 | By: Pie Kamau
Josys announced a successful Series B funding round of $93 million.


[Column] Marcel Bruyns: AI is getting smarter and critical infrastructure is set to benefit
Published: 05-09-2023 | 16:00:00 | By: Pie Kamau
AI has emerged as a defining trend in today's business arena.


Harmonya raises $20m Series A to transform CPG and retail with AI-powered product data
Published: 05-09-2023 | 15:51:00 | By: Pie Kamau
Harmonya announced a $20m Series A, bringing total funding to $25 million.


[Column] Dong Won Lee: Tech innovations should enrich the total customer experience
Published: 05-09-2023 | 15:20:00 | By: Pie Kamau
New technologies are now ingrained in our lives.


Rockset raises $44m in funding to power search, analytics, and AI applications
Published: 05-09-2023 | 14:51:00 | By: Pie Kamau
Rockset has raised $44 million bringing total capital raised to $105 million.


Nevia Bio completes $3m seed round to build a platform for early detection of women-related diseases
Published: 04-09-2023 | 15:40:00 | By: Pie Kamau
Nevia Bio has completed $3.1m seed round.


Miri announces first-of-its kind AI health and wellness platform
Published: 04-09-2023 | 15:08:00 | By: Pie Kamau
Miri, the first-of- its-kind AI health and wellness  platform, has announced its public beta launch.


Kids footwear brand jbrds closes $500k seed round, establishes $5m valuation
Published: 04-09-2023 | 14:56:00 | By: Pie Kamau
jbrds has subscribed a modest seed round of $500k, establishing a $5,000,000 valuation.


Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Venture Capital joins Israeli startup nT-Tao's Series A funding round
Published: 04-09-2023 | 14:00:00 | By: Pie Kamau
Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Venture Capital has joined nT-Tao's Series A funding round.


French startup Teale secures €10m to become the European leader in mental health
Published: 01-09-2023 | 12:38:00 | By: Pie Kamau
Parisian Digital mental health platform Teale, has raised €10m second round of funding.


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.


Liviri launches independent e-Grocer grant program
Published: 01-09-2023 | 11:14:00 | By: Pie Kamau
Liviri is launching its first-ever e-Grocer grant program – an initiative that will award resources to an independent grocer.


[Introducing Vouch Horizon] A new approach to insurance for scale-stage startups
Published: 01-09-2023 | 10:47:00 | By: Pie Kamau
Vouch, a pioneer in business insurance for VC-backed startups, unveils Vouch Horizon.


Startup Chai offers salary of $875K to compete with OpenAI for Generative AI talent
Published: 01-09-2023 | 10:32:00 | By: Pie Kamau
Chai Research is offering salaries exceeding $875K to compete with OpenAI.


Aethir closes $150m valuation, Pre-A funding round to scale decentralized cloud infrastructure
Published: 27-07-2023 | 12:45:00 | By: Pie Kamau
Singapore-based Aethir announced the completion of its Pre-A funding round.


Kassel-based deep tech startup Twinsity bags €2.5m from EIC
Published: 07-07-2023 | 15:22:00 | By: Pie Kamau
Twinsity, a deep tech startup, has secured €2.5-million funding from the EIC.


IP Fabric announces $25m Series B funding to accelerate adoption of network assurance
Published: 29-06-2023 | 13:35:00 | By: Pie Kamau
IP Fabric announced it has closed $25 million Series B funding round.


Decentralized identity startup Intuition raises $4m funding round
Published: 16-06-2023 | 13:56:00 | By: Pie Kamau
Decentralized infrastructure provider Intuition has raised $4 million in a seed round fundraise.


German AI-powered road infrastructure SaaS startup vialytics nabs $10m Series A funding to accelerate global expansion
Published: 20-01-2023 | 10:07:00 | By: Pie Kamau
European market AI-powered road infrastructure SaaS startup vialytics has secured a $10 million Series A investment led by venture capital investor Scania Growth Capital.


National Grid Partners invests $20m in startups to transform the grid
Published: 21-10-2022 | 09:19:00 | By: Pie Kamau
National Grid Partners (NGP) announced investments of $20 million across three startups to transform the way utilities and other enterprises manage vast physical infrastructure.


Israel Natural Gas Lines invests in monitoring infrastructure startup Prisma Photonics
Published: 03-08-2022 | 13:58:00 | By: Pie Kamau
Israel Natural Gas Lines (INGL), announced a strategic investment in Prisma Photonics, a startup that develops advanced system for monitoring critical infrastructure in real time.


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.


Nigerian fintech firm VeendHQ secures $330k pre-seed investment to expand operations, scale growth
Published: 21-06-2022 | 14:25:00 | By: Pie Kamau
Nigerian fintech firm VeendHQ announced it has secured $330k pre-seed fund, backed by Magic Fund, The Oak Capital, Future Africa, Berrywood Capital and other angel investors, to expand its operations and scale growth.


Tallinn-based NFTPort raises $26m Series A round to become the leading NFT infrastructure
Published: 15-06-2022 | 14:38:00 | By: Pie Kamau
Estonia's NFTPort announced the closing of a $26 million Series A funding round co-led by Taavet+Sten, the investment vehicle of Taavet Hinrikus and Sten Tamkivi, and Atomico.


Vietnam's blockchain gaming startup Ancient8 raises $6m to build infrastructure software for GameFi
Published: 09-06-2022 | 12:33:00 | By: Pie Kamau
Ancient8, a GameFi infrastructure developer and Vietnam's largest blockchain gaming guild and community, announced the completion of a $6 million private round of financing led by Makers Fund and C² Ventures.


London-based fintech Paddle acquires ProfitWell to automate payments infrastructure for SaaS companies
Published: 25-05-2022 | 14:50:00 | By: Pie Kamau
Paddle, the complete payments infrastructure for SaaS companies, announced it has acquired ProfitWell, the provider of subscription metrics and retention automation software.


TDK Ventures invests in XCOM Labs' vision for a high-speed wireless future
Published: 25-05-2022 | 14:36:00 | By: Pie Kamau
TDK Corporation announced that subsidiary TDK Ventures, has invested in wireless communications disruptor XCOM Labs to expedite the development of their 5G and wireless communications solutions.


Israeli tech startup Run:ai completes proof of concept with NVIDIA
Published: 28-03-2022 | 15:54:00 | By: Pie Kamau
Run:ai, the company simplifying AI infrastructure orchestration and management, announced details of a completed proof of concept (POC) which enables multi-cloud GPU flexibility for companies using NVIDIA GPUs in the cloud.


Payroll infrastructure startup Check raises $75m Series C to accelerate growth
Published: 17-02-2022 | 11:43:00 | By: Pie Kamau
Check, the payroll infrastructure company that lets platforms embed payroll into their products, announced it has raised a $75 million Series C led by Stripe, with participation from existing investors Bedrock, Thrive and Index.


Canadian fintech startup Periculum launches in Nigeria to build credit assessment infrastructure for Africa
Published: 17-01-2022 | 14:28:28 | By: Pie Kamau
Canadian fintech startup and credit assessment company Periculum, has launched in Nigeria to tackle the challenge of domestic credit to the underserved markets.


Indian education infrastructure startup Teachmint raises $78m Series B round to accelerate growth
Published: 26-10-2021 | 07:48:00 | By: Pie Kamau
Teachmint, the education infrastructure startup and the creator of India's largest teaching platform, raised $78 million in Series B round led by Rocketship.vc and Vulcan Capital.


Payment facilitation startup Tilled raises $11m Series A to provide PayFac-as-a-Service infrastructure to software companies
Published: 26-05-2021 | 15:38:00 | By: Pie Kamau
PayFac-as-a-Service startup Tilled, announced the close of $11 million in Series A funding to empower software companies to monetize the payments flowing through their platforms.


Chinese AI robotics startup Mech-Mind completes Series C funding
Published: 24-05-2021 | 14:31:35 | By: Pie Kamau
Chinese AI industrial robotics startup, Mech-Mind Robotics (Mech-Mind), completed Series C funding led by tech giant Meituan, bringing Mech-Mind's total funding to over $100 million, making Mech-Mind one of the world's most funded AI+ industrial robotics startups.


Tech enabled startup investment firm Lieef closes seed round to accelerate growth
Published: 18-05-2021 | 13:38:00 | By: Pie Kamau
Lieef, a startup investment firm focused on sustainability, has officially closed its seed round. The proceeds will be used to scale the firm's operations and hire additional investment professionals.


DBSA launches second edition of the Youth Challenge in South Africa
Published: 05-05-2021 | 16:02:56 | By: Pie Kamau
The Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA), launched the second edition of the DBSA Youth Challenge, a competition aimed at harnessing innovative solutions from young people in South Africa to help address infrastructure challenges.


HawkEye 360 secures $55m Series C funding round to support expansion of satellite startup's infrastructure
Published: 13-04-2021 | 14:45:00 | By: Pie Kamau
HawkEye 360, the global commercial provider of space-based radio frequency (RF) data and analytics, announced it has secured $55 million in additional funding, bringing its total raised to over $155 million.


Tech startup CloudNatix raises $4.5m seed round to transform cloud and on-premise infrastructure operations
Published: 22-01-2021 | 15:16:00 | By: Pie Kamau
CloudNatix, a provider of efficient infrastructure across multiple clouds and on-premise environments, announced the closing of $4.5 million Seed round financing.


Canadian tech startup 3D CityScapes to revolutionize real estate, property development industries
Published: 13-01-2021 | 12:57:00 | By: Pie Kamau
Canadian tech startup 3D CityScapes announced a breakthrough in its cloud streaming technology that allows their interactive visualization app to be available anywhere, on any device with internet connection.


South Africa's MetroFibre Networx completes new capital raise from AIIM and STOA
Published: 18-11-2020 | 11:25:26 | By: Pie Kamau
African Infrastructure Investment Managers (AIIM), Africa’s infrastructure-focused private equity fund managers, has acquired a minority equity stake in MetroFibre Networx, a South African open access fibre network operator.


Bentley Systems commits $100m venture funding to accelerate infrastructure digital twins
Published: 13-11-2020 | 14:13:00 | By: Pie Kamau
Bentley Systems, the infrastructure engineering software company, announced the establishment of Bentley iTwin Ventures to invest in promising technology companies addressing the emerging opportunity for infrastructure digital twin solutions.


UK startup Planet Smart City expands further in Brazil with new smart city launch
Published: 03-06-2020 | 11:45:00 | By: Pie Kamau
Planet Smart City startup, the global leader in smart afordable housing, has expanded its presence in Brazil with the launch of its fourth smart project in the country- Smart City Aquiraz.