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- 3 Aug 2021
Bolt Raises €600M from Sequoia, Others to Build First-ever Super-app
Bolt, the leading ride-hailing and mobility platform, has raised €600 million in a funding round that increases its valuation to over €4 billion. The funds will boost its new 15-minute grocery…
- 8 May 2026
Joshua Ichor, Nigerian Innovator Bags Europe’s €60m Fellowship
Joshua Ichor, a Nigerian geoscientist and innovator, has secured a rare invitation into the prestigious EWOR Fellowship, one of Europe’s most selective founder programmes built for outlier…
- 5 Apr 2023
LayerZero Raises $120M to Expand Cross-chain Messaging Efforts
LayerZero Labs, a web3 messaging protocol, has closed a $120 million Series B round, raising its valuation to $3 billion from $1 billion, the company said on Tuesday. Unlike Web 2.0 messaging…
- 23 Apr 2024
Zipline Achieves One Millionth Delivery Milestone
Zipline, the leading force in drone logistics delivery, has reached a monumental achievement with its one-millionth delivery to customers, signifying a significant leap forward in the logistics…
- 6 Jun 2025
Gambaryan, Binance Executive Leaves Company after 8-Month Detention in Nigeria
Gambaryan, Binance Executive Leaves Company after 8-Month Detention in Nigeria Tigran Gambaryan, Binance executive, is leaving the exchange after four years of service, eight months of which were…
- 29 May 2026
Anthropic Raises $65 Bn to Expand AI Research, Innovation
Anthropic, artificial Intelligence company, has said that it has secured sixty-five billion dollars in a new funding round, raising the company’s valuation to about nine hundred and sixty-five…
- 18 Nov 2019
OPay Gets $120m from Chinese Investors, Eyes African Domination
OPay, financial technology-oriented company owned by Opera, has raised an amount equating $120 million Series B funding backed by Chinese investors. The funding comes after the Africa-based…
- 18 Aug 2026
Standard Bank Targets Stake in OPay Ahead of IPO – Report
Africa’s largest bank by assets, Standard Bank Group is in negotiations with Nigerian fintech company OPay ahead of the latter’s planned initial public offering (IPO) in the United States.
- 14 Nov 2022
The Collapse of FTX
By Oluseyi Akindeinde FTX recently valued at $32 billion dollars, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the US. The filing in Delaware federal court on Friday 11th November, 2022 included…