Funding

Pade HCM lands $500k pre-seed to automate HR processes for African businesses

Nigerian HRTech company, Pade has secured $500,000 pre-seed in a round led by Zrosk IML, Zedcrest Capital, Microtraction, Expert Dojo, and Resilience 17

Yodawy secures $16M Series B to drive e-pharmacy adoption in Africa

To drive e-pharmacy adoption in Africa and the Middle East, Yodawy has secured $16 million in a Series B round co-led by Delivery Hero Ventures and Global Ventures.

Egypt's Gameball secures $3.5M seed to double down on its CRM offering

Egypt-based Gameball has closed a $3.5 million Seed round led by 500 Global, P1 Ventures and Launch Africa, to accelerate product commercialisation, accelerate enterprise customer acquisition and strategic hiring.

Partech Africa II reaches oversubscribed first close at $262M

Doubling down on the success of its first pan-African fund, Partech has secured $262 million for the first close of its second Africa fund.

Eight ways to raise capital for your startup

Startup capital can be raised through bootstrapping, business partners, angel investors, accelerators, venture capital, grants and convert social capital to financial capital.

South African digital lender Lulalend secures $35M series B

Lulalend, a South African digital lender has raised a $35 million series B, to launch a digital bank for SMEs.

MNT-Halan secures $400M investment, becoming Africa's latest unicorn

Egyptian fintech company, MNT-Halan has become Africa's ninth unicorn after raising $400 million in funding at a $1 billion valuation.