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- 28 Mar 2023
Fez Delivery, Nigeria's Techstars-backed Logistics Startup Raises $1m Seed Fund
Fez Delivery, a leading logistics and delivery company, announced its $1 million seed round today. Ventures Platform led the funding round, with participation from Voltron Capital, Acasia Ventures…
- 24 Aug 2021
Plentywaka, Nigerian mobility startup Raises $1.2m Seed Funding, Acquires Ghana’s Stabus
Plentywaka, a Nigerian mobility startup has raised a $1.2 million seed round, after successfully ending the Techstars Toronto Accelerator Program in July 2021. L-R: CMO Stabus, Nicholas Boampong,…
- 27 Apr 2020
TLcom Invests $1mn Pre-Seed Funding into Okra
Nigerian fintech platform Okra has secured a $1mn pre-seed fundraise from TLcom Capital, strengthening its push to build the infrastructure for Africa’s next wave of fintech innovation. With the…
- 21 Nov 2021
Nigerian Startup Kippa Secures $3.2M Pre-seed Funding
Nigerian fintech startup, Kippa announced that it has raised $3.2 million in a pre-seed funding round led by Berlin-based VC Target Global. Other VCs that participated in the round include Entrée…
- 30 Nov 2023
Amini closes $4m Seed Funding Round led by Salesforce Ventures and Female Founders Fund
Amini, a climate tech startup focused on solving Africa’s environmental data gap through artificial intelligence and satellite technology, has raised $4 million in a seed funding round. The round was…
- 26 Nov 2019
Edtech Startup uLesson Secures $3.1mn Seed Funding Ahead of Market Launch
Nigerian edtech learning platform uLesson has closed a $3.1mn seed-level round led by TLcom Capital with participation by Sim Shagaya - the founder, to address infrastructure and learning gaps in…
- 21 Oct 2014
Five Start-Ups Benefit From CcHub $500,000 Seed Fund
Five start-ups are the first phase beneficiaries from $500,000 seed investment fund launched by Co-creation Hub (CcHUB) in August this year. CcHUB boosted its incubation program with the launch of a…
- 3 Sept 2014
Cc-Hub Launches $500,000 Seed Investment Programme
Co-creation Hub boosts its incubation program with the launch of a $500,000 seed investment fund to support early stage start-ups over the next two years. Start-ups will receive sums ranging from…
- 19 Jul 2023
MyCover.ai Secures $1.25M Pre-Seed Funding
MyCover.ai, the insurtech startup building Africa’s digital insurance infrastructure, has announced the close of a $1.25 million pre-seed funding round, today, led by Ventures Platform. The round…
- 30 Apr 2024
Chowdeck Secures $2.5M Seed Funding to Optimize On-demand Food Delivery in Nigeria
Chowdeck, Nigeria’s on-demand delivery service, has secured $2.5 million in seed funding to optimize its operations and support expansion into more cities across the country. The seed funding round…
- 3 Nov 2021
Payhippo Raises $3m in Seed Funding to Accelerate SME Lending
Payhippo, a lending startup that is widening credit access for small businesses in Nigeria, announced today that it raised $3 million in seed funding. The round was led by influential African fintech…
- 24 Oct 2022
Flourish Ventures Launches Africa-Focused Pre-Seed Investment Platform Madica
Flourish Ventures, a global venture capital firm investing in mission-driven fintech entrepreneurs, has announced the launch of affiliate Madica, a structured investment program for pre-seed stage…
- 21 Mar 2019
Farmcrowdy Closes on Additional Seed Funding of $1 Million
Farmcrowdy, Nigeria’s first and leading digital agriculture platform which allows Nigerians to invest in agriculture, has announced that it has closed on additional seed funding of $1 million. This…
- 22 Mar 2025
Nigeria to Launch $40 Million Fund for Tech Startups
Nigeria has plans to launch a $40 million fund to support early-stage tech startups, aiming to strengthen the country’s entrepreneurial ecosystem and reduce young companies’ reliance on private…
- 14 Feb 2022
Remedial Health Raises $1M Pre-seed Funding to Digitize Africa’s Neighbourhood Pharmacies
Remedial Health, a healthtech startup that develops solutions to make Africas pharmaceutical sector more efficient, has raised $1 million in pre-seed funding to roll out its digital procurement and…
- 15 Oct 2015
Printivo.com Secures Seed Funding to Drive Digital Printing
Printivo.com, Nigeria-based digital printing startup, has closed on seed financing from early-stage technology venture capital firm, EchoVC Partners. The six-figure investment will be used to…
- 20 Sept 2022
Remedial Health Secures $4.4 million in Seed Funding to Provide Access to Credit for Neighbourhood Pharmacies
Remedial Health, a healthtech startup that develops solutions to make Africa’s pharmaceutical value chain more efficient, has raised $4.4 million in seed funding to accelerate its expansion across…
- 19 Apr 2022
ETAP Secures $1.5M Pre-seed Funding to Drive Car Insurance Penetration in Africa
ETAP, an insurtech startup that makes it easier to buy and claim insurance, has secured $1.5 million in pre-seed funding to grow its team and drive the adoption of much-needed car insurance across…
- 19 Dec 2017
Farmcrowdy Closes on Seed Funding of $1m
Farmcrowdy, Nigeria’s first and leading digital agriculture platform which allows Nigerians to venture in and sponsor agriculture, has announced that it had closed on seed funding of $1 million from…
- 17 Jan 2022
Nigeria Startups Raise $2.5Bn in Funding in 5 Years
Startups in Nigeria have raised about $2.5 billion in the last five years, representing aggregate funding, which startups received between 2017 and last year. For instance last year, startups…
- 31 May 2018
Piggybank.ng Secures $1.1M Seed Funding
Piggybank.ng, an online and mobile app savings platform targeted at African Millennials, has announced that it has closed on Seed Funding of $1.1M, from High Net Worth Individuals, led by Olumide…
- 16 Sept 2021
Releaf Secures $4.2M in Seed Funding, Grants to Drive Industrialization of Food Processing
Releaf, an agtech start-up that develops proprietary hardware and software solutions that makes African farmers and food factories more efficient and profitable, has raised $2.7 million seed funding…
- 24 Mar 2025
Enza Raises $6.75m Seed Funding to Boost Embedded Payment Solutions Across Africa
Enza, an embedded payment startup based in Dubai and founded by former Network International executives, has raised $6.75 million in seed equity funding. The round was co-led by Algebra Ventures and…
- 8 Sept 2022
NowNow Raises $13m Seed Funding to Promote Financial Inclusion Across Africa
Fast-growing Nigerian fintech startup, NowNow Digital Systems has raised $13 million in its seed round to improve financial inclusion across Africa by providing financial services to the unbanked and…
- 14 May 2024
Maad Raises $3.2m Seed Funding to Transform Francophone Africa's Retail Market
Maad, Francophone Africa's fastest-growing tech & logistics platform for informal retailers, today announced the successful completion of its $3.2 million seed funding round (debt & equity).…
- 26 Oct 2021
Autochek Secures $13.1mn Seed Funding to Scale its Technology, Accelerate Expansion
Autochek, the automotive technology company facilitating auto financing across Africa, has today secured $13.1mn in seed funding. Co-led by follow-on investors, TLcom Capital and 4DX Ventures, the…
- 16 Jun 2023
Eze Secures $3.7M Seed Funding to Build Global Marketplace for Electronics Wholesaling
Eze, a wholesale marketplace for used and new electronics, has secured $3.7 million in seed funding to develop its technology infrastructure, broaden its product offering and expand into new markets…
- 30 Mar 2021
Curacel Secures $450,000 Pre-seed Funding to Drive Insurance Inclusion in Africa
Curacel, an AI-powered platform for claims processing and fraud management in Africa, has raised $450,000 pre-seed funding in a round that was led by Atlantica Ventures and Consonance with…
- 20 Apr 2023
Creative Ways to Raise Business Startup Funds During Tough Times
It is said that small and medium sized enterprises mostly rely on internal finances or cash from friends and family to begin, and initially manage their businesses. According to a report by the World…
- 4 May 2022
Norebase Secures $1M in Pre-seed Funding
African tradetech company additionally launches incorporation API service to enable other companies to provide embedded incorporation services to their own customers on their website Norebase, the…