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Fabrice Grinda says he never intended to run a venture firm. He just really (really) enjoyed angel investing. In fact, by late 2013, when he was on the verge of selling the global classifieds marketpl

Denim, the fintech platform for freight and logistics formerly known as Axle Payments, today announced that it raised $126 million in a Series B funding round led by Pelion Venture Partners with parti

The U.K.’s Enterprise Investment Scheme has been a powerhouse for startups out of the U.K. because it allowed angel investors to invest in a very tax-efficient manner. Launched in 1994, it was desig

More venture capital keeps trooping into Africa’s B2B e-commerce retail, a space where startups are digitizing informal trade to get thousands of merchants to operate more efficiently. This time, it

The B2B payments company is doubling down in both Chile and Mexico, while also eyeing new countries for expansion.

PayU, the fintech business controlled by Prosus with operations in 50+ countries — it’s been described as the PayPal of emerging markets — announced a double-deal today to expand its

Strike Security, a continuous penetration testing platform that combines automation with ethical hackers, has secured a $5.4 million seed investment to make bug hunting more accessible to small busine

Startups that create platforms making it easier to buy “buy to let” properties are proliferating. In the U.S., there is Roofstock, Mynd, Awning and Doorvest, among others. In Europe, there is, for

The medium is the message more than ever these days, and brands are faced with a challenge — but also opportunity — to capture what consumers think about them and their products if they ca

Gamification and social hooks have become cornerstones across every category of consumer apps these days, and today one that’s using these to build out a new e-commerce platform in Europe is ann

Cayena is injecting technology into the Brazilian food procurement process for restaurants, bars, bakeries, hotels and dark kitchens that still much of their ordering with pen and paper.

Though the COVID-19 pandemic almost immediately devasted the business of travel booking startup Headout, the company has been able to return to growth as domestic travel rebounded in recent months. Th

Namibian business-to-business e-commerce startup JABU confirmed to TechCrunch that it has raised a $3.2 million financing round. The seed round, which was closed last year, welcomed investors such as

Employing a dark store model is “virtually non-existent in Canada,” according to the company.

Earnr is a new finance and tax service aimed at the U.K. creator economy and people doing “side-hustle” businesses. It’s now secured £650,000 to launch an app aimed at “solopreneu

It was in 2017 that I covered the emergence and first funding of Learnerbly, a SaaS marketplace for professional development. Quite a lot has happened since then, not the least of which was the COVID-

Umamicart aims to be a one-stop shop for home cooks, offering staple products and pantry essentials, recipe inspirations and occasion-specific kits.

Abacum, a SaaS maker geared toward upgrading midsized companies’ financial planning and analysis tools, has fast-followed the $7 million seed it raised in April with a $25 million Series A round

Yassir, an Algerian startup that provides on-demand services such as ride-hailing and last-mile delivery, has raised a $30 million Series A round. The investment came from a long list of VCs and angel

Warsaw-based Packhelp has been riding the boom in e-commerce and on-demand delivery to scale a business that helps even the smallest brands wrap their wares in eye-catching custom packaging, while cou