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Basis secures $3.6m to bring AI to accounting firms
Published: 31-10-2023 | 10:18:00 | By: Pie Kamau






















Primer joins NVIDIA Inception program for cutting-edge AI startups
Published: 27-10-2023 | 10:12:00 | By: Pie Kamau


BeatMarket platform launches to empower long-term retail investors
Published: 26-10-2023 | 14:45:00 | By: Pie Kamau


The Batchery unveils its17th batch of innovative startups
Published: 26-10-2023 | 14:30:00 | By: Pie Kamau




RevRoad Capital raises $61m to scale early stage startups in Utah
Published: 25-10-2023 | 12:35:00 | By: Pie Kamau
RevRoad Capital announced a $61 million final close of its first fund.


Insurtech startup QuoteWell comes out of stealth, raises $15m Series A funding round
Published: 25-10-2023 | 12:00:00 | By: Pie Kamau
QuoteWell has announced the launch of its brokerage operations.


xtype secures $10.8m funding to amplify its impact in the ServiceNow market amidst soaring demand
Published: 25-10-2023 | 11:32:00 | By: Pie Kamau
xtype, the agile software delivery company, has secured $10.8m additional funding.


Quantum Systems secures €63.6m to bolster European resilience through aerial intelligence
Published: 25-10-2023 | 10:39:00 | By: Pie Kamau
Quantum Systems has announced the completion of €63.6m Series B funding.


Dublin-based Kota raises €5m to enable employers to cover employees’ benefits
Published: 25-10-2023 | 10:15:00 | By: Pie Kamau
Kota, an all-in-one platform to automate insurance, has raised €5m seed round.


Circu Li-ion receives €8.5m seed funding to automate sustainable battery recycling
Published: 24-10-2023 | 10:30:00 | By: Pie Kamau
Circu Li-ion has announced the closing of a €8.5m seed financing round.


Former JP Morgan exec Jeremy Balkin launches innovative payment solution TodayPay
Published: 24-10-2023 | 09:50:00 | By: Pie Kamau
TodayPay has emerged from stealth mode to unveil payment technology solution.


Cecilian Partners secures growth funding from Dallas-based VC firm Perot Jain
Published: 19-10-2023 | 15:49:00 | By: Pie Kamau
Cecilian Partners has secured growth capital from Dallas-based VC firm Perot Jain.


Estonian startup Bisly raises €3.6m for energy-saving building automation in EU
Published: 19-10-2023 | 14:44:00 | By: Pie Kamau
Bisly has closed a €3.6 million round of fundraising.


RespirAI partners with Mayo Clinic to develop AI respiratory platform
Published: 19-10-2023 | 13:38:00 | By: Pie Kamau
RespirAI Medical has entered into a collaboration with Mayo Clinic for developing a wearable AI-based home monitoring platform for respiratory diseases.


Mudrex launches Saber.Money to offer onramp and offramp services in India
Published: 19-10-2023 | 13:09:00 | By: Pie Kamau
Mudrex announced the launch of Saber.Money to offer services to B2B clients.


Roofing technology startup Roofr raises $23.5m to build end-to-end roofing software
Published: 19-10-2023 | 11:36:00 | By: Pie Kamau
Roofr, a roofing technology startup, has raised $23.5m in funding.


Paris-based startup Hivebrite secures $37m to expand global community engagement platform
Published: 18-10-2023 | 13:20:00 | By: Pie Kamau
Hivebrite has raised a $37m Series B funding round.


Stockholm-based climate fintech Cloover secures €7m for renewable energy solutions
Published: 18-10-2023 | 13:03:00 | By: Pie Kamau
Cloover has closed an oversubscribed €7 million pre-seed investment round.


Cerebrum Tech secures $1.8m investment to accelerate growth of Generative AI
Published: 18-10-2023 | 12:43:00 | By: Pie Kamau
Cerebrum Tech has secured an investment of $1.8m, valuing the company at $15m.


Cohere taps NetSuite to scale business processes, meet global AI demand
Published: 18-10-2023 | 12:23:00 | By: Pie Kamau
Cohere has selected NetSuite to support its mission to empower enterprises.


Open wealth platform Flanks secures $8m to disrupt the wealth management sector
Published: 18-10-2023 | 11:52:00 | By: Pie Kamau
Flanks, an API for automated wealth services, has secured $8m Series A round.


Reality Defender secures $15m Series A funding to detect text, video and image deepfakes
Published: 17-10-2023 | 16:55:00 | By: Pie Kamau
Reality Defender announced it has raised $15 million in Series A funding.


AI solutions provider Meeranda joins NVIDIA Inception
Published: 17-10-2023 | 16:24:00 | By: Pie Kamau
Meeranda, an AI solutions provider, announced it has joined the NVIDIA Inception.


HeartX Accelerator announces five startups selected for the 2023 program
Published: 17-10-2023 | 14:25:00 | By: Pie Kamau
HeartX has selected five startups that will participate in the 2023 accelerator program.


Edinburgh-based Par Equity launches £100m fund to scale high-growth tech companies
Published: 17-10-2023 | 13:50:00 | By: Pie Kamau
Par Equity has announced the launch of its new venture fund.


German insurtech Getsafe acquires French startup Luko to expand its European presence
Published: 17-10-2023 | 13:09:09 | By: Pie Kamau
Getsafe has entered into an agreement to acquire French insurtech Luko.


EIF and Swedish fintech Invoier boost European SMEs with €58m financing
Published: 16-10-2023 | 14:59:00 | By: Pie Kamau
EIF and Invoier have partnered to provide SMEs with better access to funding.


Trind invests in Spanish startup Webel to expand services marketplace
Published: 16-10-2023 | 14:31:00 | By: Pie Kamau
Webel, the app that brings any service to your doorstep, has raised €2.1m.


Kuramo Capital to invest $150m in women-led startups in Africa
Published: 16-10-2023 | 13:59:00 | By: Pie Kamau
Kuramo Capital Management has announced plans to invest $150m in female-led enterprises.


South African logistics startup Tripplo raises $1.8m funding to scale its operations
Published: 16-10-2023 | 13:35:00 | By: Pie Kamau
Tripplo has closed its seed funding extension round with $1.8m equity investment.


KindWorks.AI raises $1.5m funding to revolutionize workplace culture using proven power of Kindness
Published: 16-10-2023 | 13:12:00 | By: Pie Kamau
KindWorks.AI has closed an oversubscribed pre-seed round over $1.5m.


Mobility startup Treepz launches insurance program for car rentals in Africa
Published: 13-10-2023 | 15:32:01 | By: Pie Kamau
Treepz is introducing an insurance program for car rentals in Africa.


Finnish energy tech startup Capalo AI raises €500K to accelerate growth
Published: 13-10-2023 | 14:32:00 | By: Pie Kamau
Capalo AI has raised €500K funding to further develop its virtual power plant.


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.


Film tech startup KINO Studios secures $2m to reshape the entertainment economics
Published: 13-10-2023 | 13:57:00 | By: Pie Kamau
KINO announced $2m oversubscribed pre-seed funding round.


Bedrock Energy raises $8.5m to decarbonize commercial real estate with geothermal energy
Published: 13-10-2023 | 13:41:00 | By: Pie Kamau
Bedrock Energy has announced $8.5 million in seed capital.


Sony launches Sony Innovation Fund Africa
Published: 12-10-2023 | 11:50:00 | By: Pie Kamau
Sony has launched ''Sony Innovation Fund: Africa" to support the growth of the entertainment businesses in Africa.


Intento secures $8m Series A funding to enhance multilingual GenAI capabilities
Published: 12-10-2023 | 11:39:00 | By: Pie Kamau
Intento announced a $8 million Series A funding round led by Somersault Ventures.


Aclid closes $3.3m seed funding to advance biosecurity and compliance
Published: 12-10-2023 | 11:27:00 | By: Pie Kamau
Aclid announced the closing of an oversubscribed seed financing of $3.3 million.


Swiss healthtech startup CARE appoints Kay Oswald as CEO for U.S. market expansion
Published: 12-10-2023 | 11:17:00 | By: Pie Kamau
CARE has appointed Kay Oswald as the new CEO.


NVCA updates industry standard model legal documents to empower venture community
Published: 12-10-2023 | 11:03:00 | By: Pie Kamau
NVCA has announced significant updates to five of its premier model legal documents.


Workfully raises €1.2m seed round to build the most trusted recruiting experience
Published: 11-10-2023 | 12:31:00 | By: Pie Kamau
Workfully has raised €1.2m seed round to fuel its product growth and expand its team.


French insurtech startup Orus raises €11m funding to expand its services in Europe
Published: 11-10-2023 | 11:43:00 | By: Pie Kamau
French insurtech startup Orus has raised €11 million in Series A funding.


Shakti Ventures dives into femtech sector to elevate women's health
Published: 11-10-2023 | 11:19:00 | By: Pie Kamau
Shakti Ventures is on a mission to invest in revolutionary startups within the femtech industry.


Nebraska startup Dwellr raises $500K pre-seed round to transform the search for senior care
Published: 11-10-2023 | 10:59:00 | By: Pie Kamau
Dwellr has secured $500K in funding led by Move Venture Capital and Invest Nebraska.


Plug and Play announces final batch of startups selected for Silicon Valley programs
Published: 11-10-2023 | 10:48:00 | By: Pie Kamau
Plug and Play has announced the final batch of startups for its Silicon Valley programs.


[Column] Christopher Saul: Kenya’s AI revolution can happen with the IT you already have
Published: 10-10-2023 | 12:33:00 | By: Pie Kamau
AI is set to become the most prolific and impactful technology trend in the world.


Harpie launches Wallet Monitoring tool for crypto investors
Published: 10-10-2023 | 12:18:00 | By: Pie Kamau
Harpie has launched a Wallet Monitoring tool that provides real-time threat detection for crypto wallets.


E-commerce tech platform MarketLeap secures €2.6m to expand brands’ global reach and revenue
Published: 10-10-2023 | 12:03:00 | By: Pie Kamau
MarketLeap has secured €1.5m funding.


Relocalize raises $2.5m seed round to decarbonize food & beverage manufacturing
Published: 10-10-2023 | 11:41:00 | By: Pie Kamau
Relocalize has raised $2.5m in the initial closing of $3.5m seed round.


Vyzer secures $6.3m seed funding to transform wealth management with AI
Published: 10-10-2023 | 11:25:00 | By: Pie Kamau
Vyzer, a digital wealth management platform, has raised a seed round of $6.3m.


Lottie raises £16.35m to confront the social care crisis, elevate the standard of later living
Published: 09-10-2023 | 11:52:00 | By: Pie Kamau
London-based Lottie has raised £16.35m Series A funding round.


Vistry unveils conversational AI platform LumoChat for food commerce
Published: 09-10-2023 | 11:06:00 | By: Pie Kamau
Vistry has announced the launch of its Conversational AI platform, LumoChat.


Fintech startup CrossFund raises additional $1.5m in funding at $47m valuation
Published: 09-10-2023 | 10:40:00 | By: Pie Kamau
Singapore-based fintech startup CrossFund, has raised its fourth funding round.


Gebrüder Weiss provides zero-emission deliveries to end customers in Budapest
Published: 09-10-2023 | 10:24:00 | By: Pie Kamau
Gebrüder Weiss has started to provide zero-emission deliveries to end customers.


Aampe secures $7.5m to accelerate AI-driven customer engagement
Published: 09-10-2023 | 10:03:00 | By: Pie Kamau
Aampe the AI-native user engagement platform, announced a $7.5m pre-series A funding round.


Israeli precision irrigation management startup Treetoscope closes $7m seed round to fuel growth
Published: 06-10-2023 | 12:35:00 | By: Pie Kamau
Treetoscope has closed $7m seed round.


Plug and Play Alberta announces 73 startups for Fall cohort accelerator programs
Published: 06-10-2023 | 12:11:00 | By: Pie Kamau
Plug and Play Alberta has announced 73 startups for the Fall cohort.


Romanian AI startup Creatopy raises $10m to scale its creative automation platform
Published: 06-10-2023 | 11:54:00 | By: Pie Kamau
Creatopy, the AI-driven creative automation platform, has raised $10m Series A funding.


French SaaS firm scnd raises €4m to disrupt the sales of services
Published: 06-10-2023 | 11:29:00 | By: Pie Kamau
scnd, the trailblazing French SaaS solution, announced a €4m funding round backed by 42Cap and Partech.


Startup Wise Guys and EBRD launch Growth Ukraine programme
Published: 06-10-2023 | 10:46:00 | By: Pie Kamau
Startup Wise Guys announced the launch of Growth Ukraine programme.


BFA Global, FSD Africa and IUCN launch Africa Blue Wave to support tech startups
Published: 05-10-2023 | 13:16:00 | By: Pie Kamau
BFA Global, FSD Africa, and IUCN have launched the Africa Blue Wave.


Mews acquires hospitality startup Nomi to accelerate AI guest experiences
Published: 05-10-2023 | 12:50:00 | By: Pie Kamau
Mews has announced its acquisition of Nomi, a Nashville-based hospitality startup.


Canadian e-Commerce inventory platform Centro launches with $2m pre-seed funding round
Published: 05-10-2023 | 12:16:00 | By: Pie Kamau
e-Commerce inventory platform Centro, announced a $2m in pre-seed funding.


Cordis acquires medical device startup MedAlliance at $1.1 billion
Published: 05-10-2023 | 11:52:00 | By: Pie Kamau
Cordis has completed the acquisition of MedAlliance, a Swiss medical device startup.


Swedish fintech Brite Payments raises $60m to accelerate instant bank payments across Europe
Published: 04-10-2023 | 15:34:00 | By: Pie Kamau
Brite Payments has announced a $60m funding round.


Japanese semiconductor firm EdgeCortix closes $20m to accelerate AI capabilities
Published: 04-10-2023 | 15:11:00 | By: Pie Kamau
EdgeCortix announced the closing of a $20m funding round.


At One Ventures launches $375m climate tech fund
Published: 04-10-2023 | 14:26:00 | By: Pie Kamau
At One Ventures announced the close of a $375m second fund.


Insurtech startup Allium secures $750k funding to revolutionize insurance data analytics
Published: 04-10-2023 | 13:39:00 | By: Pie Kamau
Allium Data announced the close of $750k pre-seed funding round.


Epson opens call for third Innovation Challenge for startups and developers
Published: 04-10-2023 | 12:48:00 | By: Pie Kamau
Epson is expanding its third Innovation Challenge for developers and startups.


Copenhagen-based platform Marts secures €1.75m to launch the OS for IT management
Published: 03-10-2023 | 13:19:00 | By: Pie Kamau
Copenhagen-based IT management platform Marts, has secured €1.75m funding.


Stanley Capital Partners announces first resource efficiency investment with Roboyo
Published: 03-10-2023 | 12:48:00 | By: Pie Kamau
Stanley Capital Partners has announced a strategic investment in Roboyo.


London-based startup Unitary raises $15m for AI-driven content moderation
Published: 03-10-2023 | 11:56:00 | By: Pie Kamau
Unitary has raised $15m in a Series A round to scale its AI video classification technology.


Providence unveils its fourth incubated technology Praia Health
Published: 03-10-2023 | 11:37:00 | By: Pie Kamau
Providence announced that Praia Health is the next incubated technology.


Magnitude Digital launches grant program to offer growth marketing services to startups
Published: 03-10-2023 | 11:13:00 | By: Pie Kamau
Magnitude Digital is launching the Magnitude Digital Startup Grant.


Applied Ventures selects seven deeptech startups to transform disruptive possibilities into reality
Published: 02-10-2023 | 14:53:00 | By: Pie Kamau
Applied Ventures selected seven deeptech startups during its fourth cohort program.


Cardata raises $100m capital to accelerate growth in product innovation
Published: 02-10-2023 | 14:26:00 | By: Pie Kamau
Cardata has announced a new round of growth investment.


MeetingPackage raises $4.6m to boost European growth, forge into the North American market
Published: 02-10-2023 | 13:11:00 | By: Pie Kamau
MeetingPackage has secured a $4.6m Series A round.


CENTA platform crosses 1m, becomes world's largest community of teachers
Published: 02-10-2023 | 12:47:00 | By: Pie Kamau
Centre for Teacher Accreditation recently launched its enhanced native app, CENTA.


Prompt AI raises $5m seed funding to revolutionize computer vision
Published: 02-10-2023 | 12:11:00 | By: Pie Kamau
Prompt AI, a startup harnessing the power of large language models to democratize access to computer vision, raised $5m seed funding.


Nigeria's Treepz among startups selected for 2023 VC4A Venture Showcase Africa
Published: 24-08-2023 | 15:35:00 | By: Pie Kamau
Treepz hes been selected to participate in VC4A Venture Showcase Africa. 


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.


Bristol tech startup Deazy appoints Laura Wall as Head of Marketing
Published: 20-07-2023 | 14:35:00 | By: Pie Kamau
Developer marketplace platform Deazy has appointed Laura Wall as Head of Marketing.


Kenyan fashion e-Commerce startup ShopZetu raises pre-seed funding to fuel growth of its marketplace
Published: 29-06-2023 | 14:25:00 | By: Pie Kamau
Kenyan fashion e-Commerce startup ShopZetu has raised $1m pre-seed funding.


Foodtech startup PartnerSlate raises $4m from to accelerate growth
Published: 14-06-2023 | 15:33:00 | By: Pie Kamau
PartnerSlate has raised $4 million round led by Supply Change Capital.


Travel experience marketplace GetYourGuide secures $194m to accelerate global expansion
Published: 01-06-2023 | 12:56:00 | By: Pie Kamau
GetYourGuide announced the closing of $194 million in equity and credit financing.


Dental marketplace Wellplaece launches with $5.5m seed round
Published: 31-05-2023 | 10:05:00 | By: Pie Kamau
Dental marketplace Wellplaece announced the company's Private Beta launch.


Volition raises $11m to scale the world's largest industrial parts marketplace
Published: 25-05-2023 | 13:35:00 | By: Pie Kamau
Volition has announced an $11 million seed round led by Newark Venture Partners.


Start-Up Nation Central collaborates with Microsoft to promote Israeli agri-food tech startups
Published: 16-05-2023 | 12:08:00 | By: Pie Kamau
Start-Up Nation Central has collaborated with Microsoft to promote Israeli agri-food tech startups in the international marketplace.


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.


Bristol-based tech startup Deazy appoints Freya Wordsworth as new Partnerships Manager
Published: 22-02-2023 | 13:15:00 | By: Pie Kamau
Developer marketplace platform Deazy, has appointed Freya Wordsworth as the new Partnerships Manager, as part of a growth push for 2023 that will see the Bristol-based tech firm build a partnership eco-system.


Bangkok-based healthcare marketplace HD raises $6m funding, launches HDcare service for elective surgeries
Published: 23-01-2023 | 14:15:00 | By: Pie Kamau
Bangkok-based healthcare marketplace HD, announced a $6 million funding to improve accessibility and affordability of healthcare services and elective surgeries in emerging Southeast Asia.


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.


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.


Berlin-based AI-powered startup Faircado raises €500K to transform E-commerce into Re-commerce
Published: 25-11-2022 | 08:23:00 | By: Pie Kamau
Faircado, a Berlin-based startup that provides the first AI-powered second-hand shopping assistance, announced it has raised €500,000 in a pre-seed round led by BackBone Ventures.


Ugandan agritech startup Inputi receives investment to boost inputs distribution
Published: 14-10-2022 | 12:41:00 | By: Pie Kamau
Ugandan agritech startup Inputi announced it received an investment funding to boost inputs distribution across the country.


Nigerian healthtech startup Lifestores raises $3m to expand its pharmaceutical marketplace
Published: 14-10-2022 | 12:27:00 | By: Pie Kamau
Nigerian healthtech startup Lifestores Healthcare has raised $3 million for expansion across the country in a pre-Series A funding round.


Austin, TX-based startup PetPair secures $1.2m pre-seed round to scale pet adoption marketplace
Published: 10-10-2022 | 13:17:00 | By: Pie Kamau
PetPair, an Austin, TX-based foster-powered pet adoption marketplace, announced it has closed a $1.1 million pre-seed round for a total of $1.2 million raised to date.


Fintech startup CoinFlip raises $1m initiative to support emerging Web 3.0 startups
Published: 27-07-2022 | 15:57:00 | By: Pie Kamau
CoinFlip, a fintech company powered by cryptocurrency, announced the launch of CoinFlip Ventures, a new initiative that will support Web 3.0 based startup companies.


Pan-African talent marketplace Gebeya announces new innovation to accelerate hiring freelance professionals
Published: 20-07-2022 | 10:45:00 | By: Pie Kamau
Gebeya, the Pan-African marketplace for freelance professional talent, announced a new innovation to accelerate a more stable, dynamic African tech talent infrastructure.


Online energy marketplace VECKTA closes $3.3m seed round to accelerate growth
Published: 12-07-2022 | 16:25:00 | By: Pie Kamau
VECKTA, the online energy marketplace that connects commercial and industrial energy users with capital, services, and equipment suppliers, announced it has closed a $3.3 million institutional seed round.


Automotive B2B marketplace APFusion raises $6.5m in series seed financing to expand its platform
Published: 11-07-2022 | 09:57:00 | By: Pie Kamau
APFusion, the automotive B2B marketplace and SaaS company focused on modernizing the auto salvage industry, secured $6.5 million in series seed financing bringing the company's total financing to $7 million.


Entertainment tech startup Virtuosica launches for select artists and U.S. audiences
Published: 04-07-2022 | 13:31:00 | By: Pie Kamau
Entertainment tech startup Virtuosica has launched the beta version of its first product, the Virtuosica virtual concert platform.


Birmingham-based startup Astound raises $1m seed round to improve university access to corporate-sponsored research funding
Published: 01-06-2022 | 09:56:00 | By: Pie Kamau
Astound, a Birmingham-based startup, secured $1 million in seed funding to develop the first marketplace to allow research institutions and universities to easily find corporate sponsors.


Construction tech startup Dibbs opens bidding app to disrupt the construction industry in Massachusetts
Published: 18-05-2022 | 12:49:00 | By: Pie Kamau
Construction technology startup Dibbs, announced the expansion of its iOS app to Massachusetts, to expand its marketplace in the area.


London-based Bundlr Network raises $5.2m seed round to build an easier, faster way to store data on web3
Published: 09-05-2022 | 10:16:00 | By: Pie Kamau
Bundlr Network, a decentralized platform that makes it fast and easy to store data on web3, has raised a $5.2 million seed round co-led by Framework Ventures.


African B2B marketplace Kwely nabs $1m seed round to accelerate growth
Published: 29-04-2022 | 13:52:00 | By: Pie Kamau
African B2B marketplace Kwely finalized a $1 million seed funding round with a $700,000 injection of fresh capital led by WIC Capital with participation from Loftyinc Capital, Afropreneur Angels, Haskè Ventures and other angel investors.


Twitch Co-founder raises $35m seed round for Fractal, a new marketplace for gaming NFTs
Published: 11-04-2022 | 11:39:00 | By: Pie Kamau
Fractal, a new marketplace for gaming NFTs founded by Justin Kan, the Co-founder of Twitch, announced a $35 million seed round led by Paradigm and Multicoin Capital with with participation from Andreessen Horowitz.


Nigerian mobility fintech startup Moove raises $105m series A2 round to scale growth
Published: 15-03-2022 | 09:33:00 | By: Pie Kamau
Mobility fintech, Moove, which provides revenue-based financing to mobility entrepreneurs across Africa, has raised $105 million in an oversubscribed Series A2 round consisting of equity and debt.


Retailtech startup Cortina raises $6m seed round to accelerate growth
Published: 28-02-2022 | 12:45:00 | By: Pie Kamau
Cortina, a revolutionary software solution that gives any retailer, from big box to mom-and-pop, the power to become a player in the fast-evolving marketplace revolution, announced it has closed $6 million in seed money.


Proptech startup PropBidder secures $1m seed funding round fuel its customer acquisition
Published: 24-02-2022 | 11:18:00 | By: Pie Kamau
PropBidder, a SaaS-enabled online bidding marketplace for buying and selling homes and condos, announced the closing of a $1 million seed funding round.


Cross-border fintech startup Dowsure raises $20m to fuel growth of e-Commerce sellers in China
Published: 22-02-2022 | 12:07:00 | By: Pie Kamau
Shenzhen-based fintech startup Dowsure Technologies, has attracted the attention of global strategic investors, fueling the growth of millions of e-Commerce sellers from China on marketplaces like Amazon, eBay, Shopee and more.


Billups acquires adtech startup Outchart to advance programmatic digital OOH aspirations
Published: 22-02-2022 | 11:50:00 | By: Pie Kamau
Billups, the largest privately held out-of-home (OOH) technology and managed services company in the U.S., has acquired the assets of Outchart, a full-stack software provider for the digital out-of-home marketplace.


German startup Cansativa closes $15m Series B to become the ‘Amazon’ of cannabis for Europe
Published: 17-02-2022 | 12:36:00 | By: Pie Kamau
Cansativa Group announced it has closed a $15 million Series B investment led by Casa Verde with participation by Argonautic Ventures and Munich-based family office Alluti.


Fraugster partners with Dutch-based fintech startup Payaut to provide fraud prevention services to e-Commerce marketplaces
Published: 14-02-2022 | 09:45:00 | By: Pie Kamau
Fraugster, a German-Israeli payment intelligence company, has partnered with marketplace payout specialist Payaut, an Amsterdam-based fintech startup, to provide fraud prevention services to marketplaces.


SaaS management startup NachoNacho raises $3m to upend the SaaS industry
Published: 02-02-2022 | 12:48:00 | By: Pie Kamau
NachoNacho, a single destination for businesses to manage, discover, and buy SaaS products, and for SaaS vendors to acquire net new paying customers, announced the close of $3 million seed round.


DutchFounders launches €62m seed fund to back founders building the next wave of marketplaces in Europe
Published: 20-01-2022 | 12:21:00 | By: Pie Kamau
DutchFounders has reached the final close for its second fund, making more than €62m ($70m) available for early-stage marketplaces and so-called marketplace enablers.