Adiwale Partners reached a EUR60m (~USD70m) final close for Adiwale Partners Fund I. The vehicle will provide growth capital to SMEs primarily in Côte d’Ivoire, Senegal, Mali and Burkina Faso. Read more… Read More
Alteria Capital reached a INR18b (~USD242m) final close for its second venture debt fund. Read More
Accel led a USD23 Series A for Higo, a a Mexican B2B payments platform for SMEs, with participation from Tiger Global and angels Claire Hughes-Johnson and Cristina Cordova (Stripe), and follow-on from Haystack, Homebrew, Audacious, Susa Ventures and J Ventures. Read more… Read More
DMI Alternatives reached a USD40m final close for The Sparkle Fund. The vehicle focuses on alternative lending, consumer finance, financial services IT, payments, regtech, wealthtech and AI platforms to drive automation in India. Read more… Read More
Northern Light Venture Capital reached a CNY2b (~USD309m) final close for its CNY-denominated fourth fund targeting investments in early-stage companies across the TMT, advanced technology and healthcare sectors in China and the US. Read more… Read More
Crescera Capital led a USD80m Series C for Tembici, a Brazilian micro-mobility platform focused on bikes, with participation from Endeavor Catalyst and Pipo. Read more… Read More
ARCH Emerging Market Partners, through its Africa Renewable Power Fund, provided USD2.5m in financing to South Africa-based solar leasing platform Sun Exchange in the form of a convertible note. ARCH EM Partners led the company’s Series A in 2020. Read more… Read More
Global Ventures led a USD4.5m pre-Series A for Cartona, an Egypt-based e-commerce platform connecting retailers and manufacturers, with participation from Kepple Africa, T5 Capital and angel investors. Read more… Read More
CDC Group made an undisclosed anchor investment in Techxila Fund I, a fund managed by Fatima Gobi Ventures targeting investments in early-stage tech companies across Pakistan. Read more… Read More
Quona Capital led a USD10m Series A for Verto, a global B2B payments platform that allows SMEs to make payments to their suppliers, with participation from Treasury, Middle East Venture Partners, TMT Investments, Unicorn Growth Capital, Zrosk Investment Management and P1 Ventures. Read more… Read More
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