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Shared Mobility Startup Plentywaka Raises $1.2 Million Seed Round and Acquires Stabus Ghana
Plentywaka acquired Ghanaian mobility startup, Stabus as it looks to expand its African operations, starting with West Africa.
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- Investing, Technology, Transportation
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Mexican Neobroker Flink Raises $57 Million To Boost Financial Inclusion in Latin America
Flink, a Mexico City-based neobroker, has raised $57 million in a Series B round of funding led by Lightspeed Venture Partners.
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- Finance, Technology
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- Latin America
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AgNext Technologies lands $21 million Led by Alpha Wave Incubation
AgNext Technologies has raised $21 million in its Series A round, led by Alpha Wave Incubation (AWI), in the largest Series A funding received by an Indian agri-tech startup so far.
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- Technology
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- Asia Pacific
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- startups
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India’s Eruditus Valued at $3.2 Billion in $650 Million Fundraise
The universities and Eruditus work to develop courses that are aimed at offering higher education to students.
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- Education
- Region
- Global
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- edtech, global development, startups
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Tendenube Becomes the New Unicorn in Mexico After Receiving an Investment of US $500 Million
The ecommerce platform Trendenube received a new round of investment for 500 million dollars, making it the new unicorn in Mexico
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- Investing
- Region
- Latin America
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- e-commerce, startups
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Brazil’s Nuvemshop Raises $500 Million at a $3.1 Billion Valuation Months After Last Raise
Nuvemshop aims to give entrepreneurs a way to build and grow online businesses.
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- Uncategorized
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- Latin America
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- e-commerce, startups
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Three Common Mistakes Startups Make When Running Lean Experiments – And How To Avoid Them
Reaching product-market fit is critical to growing a startup, but the process can be chaotic, as founders must solve multiple problems at once. But while planning and strategizing can address some of these issues, Akansha Kasera and Malika Anand at Catalyst Fund argue that the most robust solutions come from experiments and iterations. They explore the lean experimentation approach used by Catalyst Fund's portfolio companies, share a free product-market fit toolkit that can guide experiment design — and highlight three mistakes to avoid during this crucial process.
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- Finance, Impact Assessment
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Nigerian Mobility Startup Moove Raises $63.2 Million Series A to Democratise Vehicle Ownership
Moove is democratising vehicle ownership in Africa by providing revenue-based vehicle financing to mobility entrepreneurs.
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- Social Enterprise, Technology, Transportation
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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