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European point of sale provider SumUp acquires customer loyalty startup Fivestars for 317M

Food delivery startup Dahmakan eats up 5M for expansion in Southeast Asia

Southeast Asias Carro raises 60M for its automotive classifieds and car financing service

Urbvan raises 9 million for its private shuttle service in Mexico

Korean hotel platform Yanolja raises 180M at a valuation of over 1B

2019 Africa Roundup: Jumia IPOs China goes digital Nigeria becomes fintech capital

African ecommerce startup Jumias shares open at 1450 in NYSE IPO

Carsome raises 19M for its usedcar sales platform in Southeast Asia

GuestReady a service for Airbnb hosts doubles down on Europe with another acquisition

As it delists Rocket Internets illfated experiment with public markets is over

Latin America is the next stage in the race for dominance in the ridehailing market

Cathay Innovations first investment in Germany is healthcare startup Medwing

PanAfrican etailer Jumia grows 3Q revenue epayments and losses

South African fintech startup Jumo raises second 50M VC round

Could Claap an asynchronous video meetings platform end the tyranny of Zoom calls

Selina raises 150M to dish out flexible loans that leverage home equity

Why this Nigerian fintech startup is volunteering audited financials

Passbase is building a fullstack identity engine with privacy baked in

Africa Roundup: Goldman leads 30M Twiga raise China grows tech influence Jumia weathers lockupexpiry

African ecommerce startup Jumia files for IPO on NYSE

Global Fashion Group plans to raise 300M in Frankfurt IPO

Moroccos Chari valued at 100M in bridge round as it looks to pilot BNPL services

Africa Roundup: CcHubs iHub acquisition Andelas 50M run rate and layoffs Transsions IPO

Meal planner startup Kitchenful raises 19M from VentureFriends Goodwater Capital and Jabbar

Operas Africa fintech startup OPay gains 120M from Chinese investors

TikTok parent ByteDance leads 6M round in financial AI startup Lingxi

Nigerian logistics startup Kobo360 raises 30M backed by Goldman Sachs

Arive raises 20M for an instant delivery service beyond groceries and essentials

Goldman backed ventures Jumia and Twiga partner on produce in Kenya

A young entrepreneur is building the Amazon of Bangladesh

Brazilian digital auto marketplace InstaCarro revs up with 23M in funding

Project A Ventures closes its fourth fund hitting 375M the largest to date

African fintech firm Flutterwave launches SME ecommerce portal

Flink the Berlinbased instant grocery startup is now valued at 285B after raising 750M in a round led by DoorDash

Dakar Network Angels begins startup investments in francophone Africa

MallforAfrica and DHL launch MarketPlace Africa global ecommerce site

Ondemand logistics startup Lalamove raises 300M for Asia growth and becomes a unicorn

Kenyan logistics startup Sendy raises 20M round backed by Toyota

Bringing affiliate marketing and outsourced customer acquisition to Brazil nets Escale 226 million

Korean hotel firm Yanolja moves into Southeast Asia with 15M investment in Zen Rooms

Africa Roundup: Jumia files for IPO OneFi acquires Amplify FlexClub expands in Mexico

Passbase is building a full stack identity engine with privacy baked in

4 keys to international expansion

Africa Roundup: CcHubs iHub acquisition Andelas 50M runrate and layoffs Transsions IPO

Automotive marketplace Carro acquires Indonesias Jualo extends Series B to 90M

Jumia adapts PanAfrican ecommerce network in response to COVID19

Chari a Moroccan startup digitizing mom and pop stores raises 5M at 70M valuation

DHL acquires stake in Link Commerce developed by MallforAfricacom

Kenyas Twiga Foods eyes West Africa after 30M raise led by Goldman

African tech took center stage in 2021