P1 Ventures
Venture
Pan-African contrarian investor P1 Ventures reaches $25M first close for its second fund
2:26 am PDT • September 26, 2023
P1 Ventures has reached the first close of its second fund at $25 million. It expects to reach a final close early next year.
Fintech
Kotani gets $2M pre-seed to help African workers send money home via crypto — without the internet
10:22 pm PDT • September 4, 2023
Of the many lofty promises of cryptocurrency, one of the most commendable ones is its potential to bring financial inclusion to underserved users. Nairobi-based Kotani Pay is a crypto payments…
Startups
Gameball raises $3.5M to scale its CRM platform for consumer brands
9:00 pm PST • February 6, 2023
The uptake of customer relationship management (CRM) tools has grown immensely over the last few years such that the market size is expected to experience a 12.5% compound annual growth…
Startups
Chari, a Moroccan startup digitizing mom and pop stores, raises $5M at $70M valuation
1:03 am PDT • October 6, 2021
If there’s a sector that has seen the biggest uptick in the number of startups and venture capital in emerging markets since the start of last year, it has to…
