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E-SCOOTER SERVICE PROVIDER Voi RAISES ANOTHER $85 MILLION European startup Voi raises another $85 Million in Series B funding, this came as the “micro-mobility” company ‘Voi Technology’ that operates an e-scooter service in thirty-eight (38) […]

GOOGLE ACQUIRED FITBIT FOR $2.1 BILLION It’s confirmed Google acquired Fitbit company after reports claim the internet and tech giant was close to buying the wearable company ‘Fitbit’, this was also confirmed as the Google […]

LOGISTICS STARTUP ‘ElasticRun’ SEES PROSUS VENTURES LEAD $40M INVESTMENT IN INDIA A Series C financing round led by Prosus Ventures sees the company formally known as Naspers Ventures lead $40M logistics investment in India. This […]

GOOGLE’S ALPHABET REPORTEDLY IN TALKS TO ACQUIRE FITBIT US: Router reports claim Google’s Alphabet is currently in serious talks to buy wearable company ‘Fitbit’. Though at the moment it’s not clear if the deal will […]

TWIGA FOODS RAISES $30M LED BY AMERICAN GOLDMAN SACHS Nairobi-based startup ‘Twiga Foods Raises $30M’ led by top American investment bank ‘Goldman Sachs’, which will see the American bank provide funds with other existing investors […]

AFRICA E-COMMERCE COMPANY JUMIA SHARES DROPPED 4% DAY AFTER IPO LOOKUP EXPIRED Jumia shares dropped 4% on the day of its April IPO lockup period expired, emerging from the New York Stock Exchange. The e-commerce […]

PITCH LAUNCHES IN PRIVATE BETA, IN THE PROCESS RAISES $30 MILLION AS IT EMERGE THE PRESENTATION TOOL FOR ‘GENERATION SLACK’ A collaborative presentation software startup ‘Pitch launches’ its own product in private beta and in […]

NIGERIA’S CcHUB BUYS KENYA’S iHUB TO DEVELOP ADVANCE AFRICA INCUBATOR Nigeria-based CcHub buys Kenya’s iHub in a bid to develop Africa’s mega tech incubator, the cost of purchase wasn’t disclosed. According to reports, CcHub will […]

BARCELONA-BASED CODEOP RAISES €320K – A CODING SCHOOL STRUCTURED PRECISELY FOR WOMEN AND TRANSGENDER COMMUNITY Europe: A Barcelona-based Codeop has raised a seed round of about €320k understood to be in excess of its initial […]

FESTICKET PLATFORM NOW ALLOW GROUP FESTIVAL BOOKINGS AS ‘PAY WITH FRIENDS’ INVITE Festicket platform designed for festival booking – headquartered in the United Kingdom is currently launching its newly developed feature that will potentially enable […]