General Atlantic led a USD70m round for Klar, a Mexico-based personal finance management and lending platform, with participation from Endeavor Catalyst and Acrew Capital, and follow-on from Quona Capital Mouro Capital, Prosus Ventures and IFC. Read more… Read More
Polaris Partners led a USD126m Series A for Tessa Therapeutics, a Singapore-based biotech developer for cancer treatments, with follow-on from Temasek, EDBI, Heliconia Capital and Heritas Capital. Read more… Read More
Sequoia Capital China led a USD210m Series A for Envision Digital, a Singapore-based provider of AI and IoT software that helps drive the transition to net-zero, with participation from GIC. Read more… Read More
A consortium of investors comprising African Infrastructure Investment Managers, Royal Bafokeng Holdings and SUEZ agreed to acquire South Africa-based waste management company EnviroServ from Rockwood Private Equity for an undisclosed amount. Read more here, here and here… Read More
Proparco, through AFD Group’s FISEA+ initiative, committed USD12m to Maris Limited, an impact investor targeting investments in startups and SMEs in the renewable energy, agriculture and business services sectors in East and Southern Africa. Read more… Read More
Tiger Global led a USD16m Series A for Zippi, a Brazil-based payroll and credit platform for independent contractors, with participation from Volpe Capital, YC, Rainfall Ventures, Globo Ventures, Hummingbird, Mantis, MSA Capital and Soma Capital. Read more… Read More
DisruptAD, Reciprocal Ventures and Shorooq Partners led a USD22.5m round for UAE-based Banking as-a-Service provider NymCard, with participation from Chimera, DFDF, Knollwood, Endeavor Catalyst, OTF Jasoor Ventures and additional new and existing investors. Read more… Read More
Vertex Growth and Brunei Investment Agency led a USD80m round for India-based small business credit platform Kissht at a reported USD400-500m valuation, with follow-on from Vertex Ventures SEA and India and Endiya Partners. Read more… Read More
Toters, a Lebanon-based super app that began as a food delivery service, raised a USD18m Series B from IFC, March Holding and existing investor B&Y Ventures, along with undisclosed investors. Read more… Read More
Kushki, an Ecuador-based payments infrastructure startup, raised a USD100m Series B at a reported USD1.5b valuation from KASZEK, Clocktower Ventures, SoftBank and DILA Capital. Kushki raised USD86m in the first tranche of the round earlier this month. Read more… Read More
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