startups

Startup or start up is a company or project initiated by an entrepreneur to seek, effectively develop, and validate a scalable business model. Hence, the concepts of startups and entrepreneurship are similar.

Source: en.wikipedia.org

Venture Capital Firms Invested Record $5.2B in African Startups in 2021
Venture Capital Firms Invested Record $5.2B in African Startups in 2021
April 19, 2022  |  Investments

Venture capital (VC) firms injected a record $5.2 billion into African startup firms in 2021, a nearly fivefold increase from 2020 levels, which dipped during...

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Société Généralee Launches Trade Finance Accelerator
Société Généralee Launches Trade Finance Accelerator
April 19, 2022  |  B2B Payments

French multinational investment bank Société Générale has launched what it calls the “Payment & Transaction Banking Accelerator” (P&T BAX). As the company said in a...

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Lending Startup Abhi Valued at $90M After Series A Round
Lending Startup Abhi Valued at $90M After Series A Round
April 19, 2022  |  Investments

Abhi, a Pakistan-based lending startup, has raised $17 million in a Series A funding round, bringing the company’s valuation to $90 million, Bloomberg reported Tuesday...

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Fraud Prevention Firm SEON Raises $94M
Fraud Prevention Firm SEON Raises $94M
April 19, 2022  |  Investments

British-Hungarian online fraud prevention firm SEON has raised $94 million in Series B funding, the company said in a news release Tuesday (April 19). SEON...

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Zambian Card Issuer Union54 Raises $12M
Zambian Card Issuer Union54 Raises $12M
April 18, 2022  |  Investments

Union54, a card-issuing startup based in Zambia, has raised $12 million in a seed extension round to further its goal of offering an alternative to...

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Founder of Argentina’s Ualá Launches VC Fund
Founder of Argentina’s Ualá Launches VC Fund
April 18, 2022  |  Investments

The founder of Argentina-based FinTech Ualá is launching a venture capital (VC) operation that has raised $30 million so far from a stable of investors....

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Report: UK Encryption Startup Arqit Overstates Its Outlook
Report: UK Encryption Startup Arqit Overstates Its Outlook
April 18, 2022  |  Cybersecurity

The viability of U.K. cybersecurity startup Arqit’s proposed approach to encryption technology is overstated, The Wall Street Journal reported on Monday (April 18), citing unnamed...

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US VC Firms Pump $13B Into Canadian IT
US VC Firms Pump $13B Into Canadian IT
April 18, 2022  |  Investments

American investors are sending a lot of money north to finance Canadian information-technology (IT) startups, which raised a record $13.6 billion in venture capital (VC)...

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The Office Redux: WeWork Concepts Get Another Look as Businesses Rethink Design
The Office Redux: WeWork Concepts Get Another Look as Businesses Rethink Design
April 18, 2022  |  Personnel

We often fall in love with imaginary workplaces on TV series from “The Office” to “Succession” without ever giving a thought to how things have...

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