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NIGERIA Startups OPay

OPay Has Shut Down All Its Businesses Besides Payments/eCommerce Due to harsh business conditions.

by WeeTracker

2020-07-03

ISRAEL Startups Alt-steak

An Israeli Startup Wants To 3D-Print Meatless Steaks Created using its patent-pending 3D meat printing technology, the company claims their meatless steaks have the flavor, texture, and appearance of a 'real' beef steak.

by CalcalisTech

2020-07-03

UAE Startups Play:Date

Modus Capital Invests $250K in UAE-Based, Women-Led Tech Startup, Play:Date This boost of funding will support Play:Date in their journey to further grow the app, by primarily increasing its presence in the Middle East, followed by international expansion plans.

by magnitt

2020-07-03

INDIA Startups EDTECH

India-based Edtech Startup Flinto Raises $7.2 Mn in Pre-Series B Funding from Lightbox Ventures Flinto aims to make the first experience with learning fun and intuitive for children through high-quality educational kits and tools.

by Inc42

2020-07-03

SINGAPORE Startups Transcelestial

SG’s Transcelestial Closes $9.6m Series A Co-Led by EDBI, Wavemaker Transcelestial is building a space laser network which aims to deliver faster, cheaper and more accessible internet connectivity globally.

by DealStreetAsia

2020-07-03

ISRAEL Startups Curv Inc.

Israel’s Security Startup for Blockchain Assets Curv Raises $23 Million in Round A Funding Curv has developed encryption technology based on multi-party computation (MPC) that secures digital assets and enables the transfer, storage, and management of any digital asset on any blockchain or distributed log (DLT).

by CalcalisTech

2020-07-02

PAKISTAN Startups FUNDING

Pakistan’s Airlift Raises $10 Million in Fresh Funds, Expands into Grocery Delivery Airlift enables users to book rides on premium quality buses that have fixed routes, stops, and times, in Lahore & Karachi.

by MENAbytes

2020-07-02

SINGAPORE Startups Qualee

Singapore’s Qualee Technology Raises US$1M to Offer Customisable Employee On-Boarding Solution for Businesses Qualee is an online platform for organisations of all sizes to enhance their engagement and on-boarding processes with employees.

by e27

2020-07-02

ISRAEL Hunters Startups

Microsoft, USVP Lead $15 Million Round for Tel Aviv-based Cybersecurity Startup Hunters Microsoft, through its investment arm M12, and Menlo Park, California-headquartered U.S. Venture Partners (USVP) have led a $15 million series A round for Tel Aviv-based cybersecurity startup Hunters, the latter announced Tuesday.

by CalcalisTech

2020-07-01

UAE Ureed SEED ROUND

Dubai-based Freelance Marketplace Ureed Raises Seven-figure Seed, Acquires Nabbesh Dubai-based freelance marketplace Ureed has raised seven-figure (USD) investment in a seed round from Wamda and Anova Investment, it announced today.

by MENAbytes

2020-07-01

INDIA Bold Care Startups

India-based Men's Health And Wellness Startup Bold Care Raises Pre-Seed Round Bold Care is a digital me's health and wellness startup that offers free sexologist consultations and discreet delivery of holistic sexual wellness kits.

by YourStory

2020-07-01

INDONESIA InfraDigital Startups

AppWorks Joins Indonesian Edutech Startup InfraDigital's Series A Round InfraDigital aims to assist schools to address these pain points, targeting two of the most impactful areas of school management — financial operations and data transparency.

by e27

2020-07-01

Zuoyebang EDTECH CHINA

China’s Online K-12 Tutor Zuoyebang Collects USD 750 Million in Series E Round Chinese edtech firm Zuoyebang completed its Series E fundraising round raking in a total of USD 750 million from a group of investors including Tiger Global, Sequoia Capital China, and SoftBank’s Vision Fund I, as the founder and CEO announced in an internal letter on Monday morning.

by KrAsia

2020-07-01

SINGAPORE Startups ROBOT

Singapore's Botsync Closes Seed Round to Scale up Its Heavy-duty Autonomous Mobile Robot Solutions The startup enables companies to simplify automation of their material movement processes with an intelligent fleet of autonomous mobile robots that can transport payloads between 500 and 1,000 kg.

by e27

2020-06-30

SINGAPORE VC Maritime Tech

Maritime Tech Startups to Get US$36M Investment from SEEDS Capital There are more than 50 promising startups in Singapore that can benefit from this initiative.

by e27

2020-06-30

SINGAPORE Startups Ackcio

Ackcio Raises Pre-Series A Co-led by Wavemaker for Expansion of Its Wireless Monitoring Solutions Singapore-based Ackcio's solutions help contractors monitor their projects to manage risks and increase safety.

by e27

2020-06-30

NIGERIA Startups FINTECH

Nigerian Micro-Investment Portal Trove Nets New Funding, from Angel Networks The startup announced last month that over the “past couple of months”, Trove users have traded more than one billion naira on the platform.

by ventureburn

2020-06-30

CHINA Startups Smart Parking

China's Smart Parking Solution Provider AIpark Closes USD 42.4 Million Series C Round The fundraising round comes at a time when the Chinese government is pushing to build new digital infrastructure.

by KrAsia

2020-06-30

ISRAEL Startups DIGITAL CONTENT

Artlist Announces $48 Million in New Funding to Help Grow Catalog of Content for Video Creators The Israel-based startup aims to meet the increasing demand for video content as global viewership numbers skyrocket.

by CalcalisTech

2020-06-30

INDIA Startups INDUSTRY REPORT

India: Edtech Startups Witness Massive Jump in VC Deals in H1 2020 In the first six months of 2020, venture capital firms (VCs) have shown a clear preference for ed-tech startups with $795 million raised compared to $108 million in the year ago period.

by DealStreetAsia

2020-06-29