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Commercial real estate platform raises $12M Series A to fuel expansion into new markets
April 2022B2B marketplace raises $2.5M to solve stockouts, financing challenges for informal retailers across West and Central Africa
May 2022Leading circular economy sharing app raises €2.3M for continued expansion after growing revenue 200%+ in 2021
May 2022Capitalizarme acquires Chilean real estate marketplace GoPlaceIt
April 2022Remote Talent Marketplace Raises $13 Million Series A Led by Tiger Global
March 2022Islamic fintech raises $6.9M seed round for e-ticketing, branchless banking, micro-finance, and payments gateway solutions
March 2022Public sector procurement platform secures six-figure pre-seed funding
May 2022Startup delivering 80% cheaper decoration projects raises R$ 650k, plans international expansion
May 2022The impact fintech helping renters to build credit became a 'unicorn' with SoftBank Vision Fund 2-led $130M Series B
January 2022Leading Indonesian cross-border digital logistics and shipping platform announced a $4M funding round led by Intudo Ventures
February 2022The no-code app builder raised AUD $6.3M pre-Series A led by Sequoia India’s rapid scale-up program, Surge, and Australia’s Tidal
January 2022Costa Rican fintech exceeds pre-seed fundraising target by $280k for mobile payments network
April 2022Low-code pricing optimization RetailTech raised $655k pre-seed from angels investors and VC
March 2022Female-led digital receipt app closes £750,000 ahead of summer launch for mobile retail tech
March 2022$800,000 Pre-Seed Funding Raise to Expand Artist-Centered Music Therapy Platform
March 2022Low-code RetailTech raised $655,000 pre-seed from business angels and VC
March 2022The centralized pickup point provider for receiving packages and deliveries from all couriers announced a €1M pre-seed round led by Xpress Ventures
February 2022The cross-border supply chain financing platform for mid-market companies raised $2M in pre-Series A funding from B&Y Venture Partners, Loyal VC and other investors
February 2022The platform to improve employee onboarding and engagement announced a €1M seed funding round led by Eleven Ventures
February 2022The Curitiba-based provider of automated creation, production and delivery of customized products for companies received non-dilutive capital from Google Black Founders Fund in first cohort of Brazilian startups
February 2022Raised $20M Series B for award-winning end-to-end investment platform for local real estate entrepreneurs
November 2021The now Buffalo, New York-based provider of software solutions for childcare facilities announced a $6M investment round led by Cultivation Capital
February 2022Edtech acquired by Vivadí, in bet on the consolidation of Brazilian soft skills market
November 2021Majority stake acquired by iCandy Interactive, part of global gaming ‘power house’ strategy
January 2022The video-first dating app raised a £1.25M seed funding round
January 2022Finalized $5M investment round to advance in-space transportation services
January 2022The Nigerian logistics platform raised funding from GreenTec
December 2021The payments gateway for retailers across Francophone Africa raised $2.4M round from 4DX Ventures and Flutterwave
December 2021Enterprise drone solutions provider announced $4.29M seed round led by Wavemaker Partners
October 2021Healthtech startup treating insomnia announced R$ 2M investment for behavioral therapies application to improve users’ night rest
December 2021Vietnamese HR tech firm announced seed money raised from CyberAgent Capital
November 2021Developer of mobile esports tournament platform BAASH, announced BAASH acquired by Coda Payments
October 2021Announced in the Washington Post new partnership program with Freddie Mac to help renters build credit
November 2021Automated credit assessment fintech gets a $620k pre-seed funding boost
October 2021Announced €300k pre-seed angel round for deployment first neobank for unbanked and underserved consumers in Francophone Africa
November 2021Agri-tech marketplace selected by Google Black Founders Fund for non-dilutive capital and mentorship in 2021 Africa Fund
October 2021Raised pre-seed investment round for try-before-you-buy (TBYB) e-commerce platform
October 2021Online therapy services startup takes home $500k investment from 43North competition
October 2021Raised $6M in funding round led by existing investor Cultivation Capital, for childcare center management software
October 2021Leading interactive content creation platform raises $20M Series B led by 645 Ventures and Owl Ventures
a cloud computing services pioneer, announces $16M Growth Equity Investment to fuel cloud native solutions on AWS
Raises $16M Series A for using AI to make the world more Customer-Centric
Imperfect fresh produce seller announced £16M investment to accelerate fight against food waste and expand UK footprint
Indigenous and diasporic African medical data repository raised $1.5M from IsimoVest
Raises $650k in seed funding to accelerate smart manufacturing software
Raised R$ 2 million from KPTL for document scanning technology
Pre-seed fundraising round joined by Starta VC for smart aircraft industry marketplace
Acquired by US brand Slinger, adding the sports data and analytics software company ahead of upcoming NASDAQ listing
a smart energy storage platform, joins Techstars Alabama EnergyTech 2021 class
Connected fitness device leader for boxing and martial arts sports raised $90M Series B round
Cybersecurity and DevOps automation platform acquired by Sophos
Rent-reporting social impact fintech announced $10M Series A, including investment from Serena Williams
Raised $2.5M to Advance the Careers of Underrepresented Talent Through the Power of Mentorship
Agritech startup receives $100K funding from Guinness and Promasidor at the UN World Food Programme’s Zero Hunger Sprint
Mobile App and Marketplace for after school activities raised $1M seed funding round
Announced Angel Investment of £340k for the gaming company to fuel rapid growth in the mobile esports space
Awarded USAF SBIR Phase II Contract to Improve Aircraft Maintenance with AR
Automated subtitling and translation startup for content creators raised $1M seed funding round
Spanish Traveltech topped up Series A with additional €2M funding announcement
Waste tech and recycling startup won $40k prize from Nestlé at global awards ceremony
Curated talent and EQ-based hiring platform announced follow-up investment from Loyal VC
D2C eyewear startup now based in Morocco received 3 million DH investment from CDG
Founder Dina Aboughazala named recipient in Google News Initiative’s Middle East, Turkey and Africa Innovation Challenge
Accepted into the Techstars Atlanta 2021 seed accelerator cohort
Maker of sensors for powered wheelchairs joins Google For Startups Accelerator’s Women Founders Class of 2021
Language-learning mobile app announced $250k raised
High-speed 3D printing company raised funding from Laurence Innovation
Platform for plant and garden care took home $250k investment from Pelion Venture Partners at StartMadness Pitch competition
Blockchain-enabled fintech received funding via cryptocurrency investment (ETH 43.7821) from UNICEF Innovation Fund
Indonesian digital cross-border shipping platform Raises Series A Funding led by Sembrani Nusantara Fund (SNF), a fund operated by corporate VC firm BRI Ventures
Sri Lankan blockchain-as-a-service platform raised Rs. 21M in capital from LAN’s Angel Fund
Presentation and infographics software tool announced soon to close new round of international financing, thanks to its presence in New York
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