Remove 2015 Remove enablement Remove financing Remove sustainability
article thumbnail

Oxfam Novib and Goodwell target East African startups with €20M Pepea fund

TechCrunch

Impact investor Goodwell Investments and Oxfam Novib , a Dutch foundation and Oxfam International affiliate, have set up Pepea, a €20 million ($21.7m) fund, to provide financing to early-stage startups in Kenya, Uganda, and Ethiopia. Pepea’s long-term plan is to improve the quality and affordability of these necessities.

startup 107
article thumbnail

Nigerian mobility-tech startup MAX bags $31 million in Series B round, set to expand across Africa, build EV infrastructure

TechCrunch

The funds will also be used to extend vehicle financing credit to over 100,000 drivers in the next two years. The startup introduced vehicle financing in 2018, and in just over two years, CFO Guy-Bertrand Njoya told TechCrunch, the churn rate by drivers affiliated to them has crashed to “close to zero.”. “We

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Bringing the Mediterranean Way to the Masses

Revolution

Our partnership with CAVA began in 2015, when the Mediterranean fast-casual chain had just a dozen locations in D.C., CAVA’s founders had a vision to bring heritage, heart, health, and innovation to the fast-casual sector. Now their company is trading on the New York Stock Exchange. Maryland, and Virginia.

article thumbnail

FreshToHome nets $104m in Series D led by Amazon Smbhav Venture Fund

AsiaTechDaily

As we strive to offer more value to our farmers and fishers, customers, employees and investors, our focus is on profitability and sustainable value creation,” he added. Government’s development finance institution – DFC. This time, the company earned $104M from Series D, the company said in a statement.

article thumbnail

60 Top Women-led Venture Capital Firms

American Entrepreneurship

Fearless Fund : invests in women of color-led businesses seeking pre-seed, seed level, or series A financing, bridging the gap between venture capital funding for women of color founders to build scalable, growth-aggressive companies. Fearless Fund is built by women of color for women of color. Secretary of Commerce.

article thumbnail

SaaS-based Smart Logistics Platform Shipsy secures US$25 million funding

AsiaTechDaily

Register India’s SaaS-based logistics management platform Shipsy has secured US$25 million funding in its Series B financing round led by Z3 Partners and A91 Partners along with participation from Sequoia Capital India’s Surge. About Shipsy Shipsy was founded in 2015 by Soham Chokshi, Dhruv Agrawal, and Himanshu Gupta.

SaaS 64
article thumbnail

Canada’s Assent Compliance lands $350M from Vista Equity for supply chain data management

TechCrunch

Enter Assent Compliance — a Canadian company focused on supply chain sustainability management. The financing follows a $131 million Series C raise led by Warburg Pincus, which remains the company’s largest shareholder. Interestingly, Assent was bootstrapped for the first five years of its life — from 2010 to 2015.