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Grocery start-up Gorillas raises nearly $1bn in round led by Delivery Hero

German start-up Gorillas has raised nearly $1bn to expand its on-demand grocery delivery business. The Series C funding round was led by Delivery Hero, the German food and grocery delivery giant that recently took a stake in Deliveroo. Gorillas also received backing from existing investors including Coatue Management, DST Global and Tencent, as well as …

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The BASE and AwakenHub launch Start-up Incubator Programme

To celebrate the opening of The DigiHub, the team behind The BASE and AwakenHub are launching a Start-Up Incubator Programme open to female founders. Start-up Incubator Programme Applications for the opportunity for 1 female to start up or grow her Digital or ICT business are open today Monday the 18th of October. This business start-up …

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Irish Startup Vudini targets the booming creator economy

Vudini, an Irish Artificial Intelligence startup, supported by Voxpro co-founder and investor Dan Kiely, has seen a major increase in customer growth, as a result of the pandemic-led boom in the Creator Economy. The company’s tech helps creators and brands to scale and monetise their audiences on YouTube using AI. Through its market testing, it …

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Irish Start Up Hopes To Help Women ‘Feel Normal’ During Menopause

For many years the menopause was something that women suffered through in silence, never really speaking out about how much it can affect their lives. But in recent years, it has been brought to the forefront that the menopause is not just hot flushes and that some women suffer immensely in both the peri-menopausal and …

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SA Ed Tech startup, gets funding boost from leading VCs

EdTech company d6 Group, announced that the cloud-based management platform for schools has received a capital injection from Knife Capital, Hlayisani Capital and NuState Ventures. d6 is currently the most widely used cloud-based school communication and management platform in South Africa and the investment will be used primarily for international expansion and to further product …

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SA startup DigsConnect partners with Student.com to expand globally

South African student accommodation marketplace DigsConnect has partnered with global site Student.com to expand its presence globally. The partnership will let the local startup expand to approximately 30 new countries and 400 new cities in the next six months. Primary growth regions for DigsConnect include the USA, Asia-Pacific, and Europe. “Our global network combined with …

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UK satellite start-up aims for the skies after securing £15m funding

UK scale-up Satellite Vu has secured £15m in an oversubscribed Series A funding round, coming only six months after its seed funding round of £3.6m. The latest funding round was led by space-tech fund Seraphim Space Investment Trust. Other participants included Draper Esprit, A/O PropTech, Ridgeline Ventures, Earth Sciences Foundation, E2MC Ventures and Stellar Solutions/Ford …

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Automotive tech startup launches in Kenya

Lagos-based and founded automotive tech startup Autochek has expanded its operations and launched in Kenya. The expansion forms part of the tech startups’ pan-African expansion.  Autochek launches in Kenya After the acquisition of automotive marketplaces Cheki Kenya and Cheki Uganda from ROAM Africa (, the move into the Kenyan market indicates that the tech startup …

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CarbonSpace the carbon footprint tracking startup raises €900k seed round

CarbonSpace has finalised a €900k seed round led by The Yield Lab Europe and Rockstart as co-investor. The startup plans to use the funding to scale its business in the EU and the US with a focus on food and forestry supply chains; to strengthen its technology core by integrating new sources of data and optimising ML …

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Cape Town tech startup creates innovative food-related platform

Based in the Mother City, KnowItWorld, a local tech startup, has created a platform that provides users with detailed information about food items. KnowItWorld is an innovative local tech startup that has created a food info platform According to reports, the tech startup has recently secured its second round of funding from an undisclosed investor …

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