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How African startups raised investments in 2020

TechCrunch

It was expected that these figures would increase in 2020. Investments did pick up, and from July, VC funding on the continent had a bullish run until December. Investments did pick up, and from July, VC funding on the continent had a bullish run until December. For 2020, the number dropped to $1.43 billion and $1.8

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2020 — Year in Review

Y Combinator

In early 2020 the entire world underwent a transformation. We were forced to rethink the end of our Winter 2020 batch and transformed its demo day to an online-only event. 2020 has been a challenging year for much of the economy, but companies focused on the digital world often flourished.

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How fintech and serial founders drove African pre-seed investing to new heights in 2020

TechCrunch

At the time, seven-figure seed investments in African startups were a rarity. Typically, pre-seed rounds are raised when the startup is still in the product development phase, yet to make revenue or discover product-market fit. Her firm, TLcom, led the $1 million pre-seed investment in Okra. Okra is an API fintech startup.

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Investing in Pahdo Labs

Andreessen Horowitz

Mihoyo’s Genshin Impact has grossed over $3B in revenue since taking the world by storm in 2020, and in the process also redefined the standard for cross-platform, live-operated role-playing games (RPGs). In 2022, anime games accounted for 20% of total mobile game spend at $17B , not inclusive of PC/console spend.

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5 Early Indicators Your Embedded Analytics Will Fail

Many application teams leave embedded analytics to languish until something—an unhappy customer, plummeting revenue, a spike in customer churn—demands change. But by then, it may be too late. In this White Paper, Logi Analytics has identified 5 tell-tale signs your project is moving from “nice to have” to “needed yesterday.".

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Women entrepreneurs find success despite lack of access to investment capital

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As we foster the development of entrepreneurial ecosystems, it’s important to design them to level the playing field for women. According to the National Minority Supplier Development Council, minority-owned businesses collect $1.4 Plenty of initiative. This is especially true when it comes to reaching minorities.

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This freshly funded startup spun out of a student-run Stanford investment club

TechCrunch

In late 2020, a group of Stanford students banded together to create Stanford 2020, a venture fund solely to invest in their fellow classmates’ ventures. million for the debut investment vehicle — waitlist not included. million seed funding round led by Initialized Capital, with investments from GSR, NEA and Canaan.

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