Zedcrest Capital
Startups
Zedcrest launches $10 million ’emergency fund’ for African startups
8:26 am PDT • July 29, 2022
Zedcrest Capital, a firm known for its debt and equity capital markets investments but who recently started dabbling into venture investments, has launched a $10 million fund for pre-Series A…
UK fintech startup Leatherback raises $10M for its cross-border payments led by ZedCrest
1:00 am PDT • April 14, 2022
Immigrants, international students, and the migrant population in general all require international payments, or foreign exchange. Revolut and Wise are among those platforms to have taken advantage of this international…
Startups
How fintech and serial founders drove African pre-seed investing to new heights in 2020
11:00 pm PST • January 22, 2021
When Stripe-subsidiary Paystack raised its seed round of $1.3 million in 2016, it was one of the largest disclosed rounds at that stage in Nigeria. At the time, seven-figure seed…
