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Openspace Ventures Leads USD5.1m Round for Philippines’ Lista
Openspace Ventures led a USD5.1m round for Philippines-based financial management platform Lista, with participation from various angel investors and follow-on from East Ventures, Saison Capital and 1982 Ventures. Read More
KASZEK Leads ~USD10m Series A for Brazil’s Lemon Energia
KASZEK led a ~USD12m Series A for Lemon Energia, a Brazil-based solar and biofuel energy wholesale marketplace, with participation from Lowercarbon Capital and angels Kevin Efrusy (Accel) and Sergio Furio (Creditas). Read More
General Catalyst Leads USD17m Series A for Chile’s Examedi
General Catalyst led a USD17m Series A for Examedi, a Chile-based at-home vaccination and lab test provider, with participation from angels Thomaz Srougi (Dr. Consulta), Sebastian Mejia (Rappi) and Jaime Karraker (Alto Pharmacy). Read More
Openspace Ventures and VIG Lead USD25m Series B for Vietnam’s Finhay
Openspace Ventures and Vietnam Investment Group led a USD25m Series B for Vietnam-based digital investment platform Finhay, with participation from Insignia Ventures Partners, TVS, Headline, TNBAura and Infinity Ventures Crypto. Read More
Owl Ventures Leads USD75m Series D for India’s Leap
Owl Ventures led a USD75m Series D for Leap, an India- and US-based fintech platform for students pursuing higher education abroad, with participation from Steadview Capital and Paramark Ventures, and follow-on from Jungle Ventures and Sequoia Capital India. Read More
Prosus Ventures and NewQuest Capital Partners Lead USD90m Series E for India’s Cashify
Prosus Ventures and NewQuest Capital Partners led a USD90m Series E for India-based used electronics marketplace Cashify with participation from Paramark Ventures and follow-on from Blume Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners and Olympus Capital. Read More
Brookfield Asset Management Reaches USD15b Final Close for Global Transition Fund
Brookfield Asset Management reached a USD15b final close for its debut impact-focused Global Transition Fund, which focuses on investments that accelerate the global transition to a net-zero economy. The fund has deployed USD2.5b to date. Read More
Accion Venture Lab Leads USD2m Seed Round for Tanzania’s Kuunda
Accion Venture Lab led a USD2m seed round for Kuunda, a Tanzania-based fintech lender, with participation from Finca Ventures, Launch Africa, Seedstars, Mercy Corps Ventures, Greenhouse Capital, Kepple Africa Ventures, Future Africa, The Magic Fund and other fintech angel investors. Read More
Fortissimo Capital Leads USD30m Series A for Ghana’s Fido
Fortissimo Capital led a USD30m equity Series A for Ghana-based fintech Fido, with participation from Yard Ventures, a VC fund by Harvard alumni, and an additional undisclosed amount in debt funding. Read More
Sequoia Capital India Leads USD37m Series A for UAE’s Huspy
Sequoia Capital India led a USD37m Series A for UAE-based proptech Huspy, with participation from Founders Fund and Fifth Wall, and follow-on from Breyer Capital, VentureFriends, COTU, BY Venture Partners and VentureSouq. Read More
Admaius Leads USD100m Series C+ for MFS Africa
Admaius Capital Partners led a USD100m debt and equity Series C extension for Ghana-based digital payments network MFS Africa, with participation from Vitruvian Partners and AXA IM Alts and follow-on from AfricInvest FIVE and CommerzVentures. Stanbic IBTC Bank Nigeria and Symbiotic provided the debt financing.The new funding brings the total capital raised through the Series C to USD200m. Read more… Read More
Beyond Capital Ventures Leads USD2m Round for Uganda’s XENO
Beyond Capital Ventures led a USD2m seed round for XENO, a Uganda-based investment management platform. Read More