| Date | Title | Description |
| 17.06.2020 | The Big 5 Daily: 9th June, 2020 | Hello,
Its time for the Big 5 Daily!
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Big news! Sun Exchange, a peer-to-peer solar leasing startup has secured $3 million funding in a Series A round. The startup plans to leverage the funding to deepen its reach in Africa.
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| 10.06.2020 | Orange Digital Ventures launches seed challenge to invest €500k in seven startups | Seven startups from Africa and the Middle East will be able to land investment of between €50 000 and €150 000 through a new seed challenge launched by Orange Digital Ventures.
Orange Digital Ventures’ Africa & Middle East Seed Challen... |
| 10.06.2020 | Orange Digital Ventures launches seed challenge to invest €500k in seven startups | Seven startups from Africa and the Middle East will be able to land investment of between €50 000 and €150 000 through a new seed challenge launched by Orange Digital Ventures.
Orange Digital Ventures’ Africa & Middle East Seed Challeng... |
| 11.03.2020 | Nigerian identity verification startup Youverify raises $1.5m | Nigerian identity verification startup Youverify has raised a $1.5-million seed investment round. The round was led by Orange Digital Ventures Africa.
Tech publication TechNext reported in an article yesterday that Loftyinc Afropreneurs Fu... |
| 11.03.2020 | Nigerian identity verification startup Youverify raises $1.5m | Nigerian identity verification startup Youverify has raised a $1.5-million seed investment round. The round was led by Orange Digital Ventures Africa.
Tech publication TechNext reported in an article yesterday that Loftyinc Afropreneurs Fun... |
| 10.03.2020 | Lagos-based identity verification company, Youverify, raises seed round investment of $1.5 million | Share this article:
Youverify, a Lagos-based startup that helps automate due diligence and compliance by using data-driven decisions for the financial services, and telecommunication industries, has announced a raise of $1.5 million seed ro... |
| 10.03.2020 | Orange Digital Ventures leads $1.5m round in digital identity startup, Youverify | Share this:
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| 10.02.2020 | Ethiopian startup Gebeya raises $2m in seed funding | Ethiopian edtech startup and online marketplace company Gebeya has raised $2-million in seed funding in a round co-led by Partech and Orange Digital Ventures and followed by Consonance Investment Managers.
The Addis Ababa headquartered sta... |
| 10.02.2020 | Ethiopian startup Gebeya raises $2m in seed funding | Ethiopian edtech startup and online marketplace company Gebeya has raised $2-million in seed funding in a round co-led by Partech and Orange Digital Ventures and followed by Consonance Investment Managers.
The Addis Ababa headquartered star... |
| 06.02.2020 | Ethiopian-based edtech startup, Gebeya, closes $2 million seed funding as it plans to scale up services | Share this article:
Gebeya, an edtech and online software outsourcing marketplace company, announced today that it closed a $2 million seed round investment.
This round was co-led by Partech Africa and Orange Digital Ventures, with Consonan... |
| 10.12.2019 | InterCloud raises €22 million to consolidate its position as European leader in cloud interconnection | Paris, 10 December, 2019 – InterCloud announced today that it has raised a further €22 million in a financing round led by Orange Digital Ventures alongside three new investors (CNP Assurances, UL Invest and Weber Invest) and the historical... |
| 23.09.2019 | Hear about investing in African tech at Disrupt SF with Marième Diop, Wale Ayeni and Sheel Mohnot | If you’re a VC or founder in London, Bangalore or San Francisco, you’ll likely interact with some part of Africa’s tech landscape for the first time — or more — in the near future. When measured by monetary values, the continent’s tech ecos... |
| 19.07.2019 | Everything you need to know about West African startup landscape [2019 Update] | Update: Are you a venture capitalist or an angel investor looking to invest in a company? Are you an entrepreneur looking for capital or other opportunities? Are you an aspiring startup owner looking for assistance? Well, you have come to t... |
| 19.07.2019 | Everything you need to know about West African startup landscape [2019 Update] | Update: Are you a venture capitalist or an angel investor looking to invest in a company? Are you an entrepreneur looking for capital or other opportunities? Are you an aspiring startup owner looking for assistance? Well, you have come to t... |
| 18.04.2019 | Dakar Network Angels sets sights on making four investments per year | Dakar Network Angels (DNA), which launched last month, aims to make four investments each year in francophone Africa, with investment tickets of between $20 000 and $100 000, the network’s founder Marième Diop has revealed.
Diop (pictured ... |
| 18.04.2019 | Dakar Network Angels sets sights on making four investments per year | Dakar Network Angels (DNA), which launched last month, aims to make four investments each year in francophone Africa, with investment tickets of between $20 000 and $100 000, the network’s founder Marième Diop has revealed.
Diop (pictured a... |
| 13.03.2019 | Here are the 20 startups selected for the World Bank’s L’Afrique Excelle accelerator | L’Afrique Excelle, the francophone adaptation of the World Bank’s XL Africa tech accelerator, has announced the names of the 20 startups selected to participate in the first such edition of the programme.
The World Bank initiative is suppor... |
| 13.03.2019 | Here are the 20 startups selected for the World Bank’s L’Afrique Excelle accelerator | L’Afrique Excelle, the francophone adaptation of the World Bank’s XL Africa tech accelerator, has announced the names of the 20 startups selected to participate in the first such edition of the programme.
The World Bank initiative is suppo... |
| 04.02.2019 | Partech raises €125m for Africa Fund targeting Series-A and Series-B startups | Silicon Valley based venture capital (VC) fund Partech has completed a capital raise for its Africa Fund, with the fund closing at €125-million, more than double the size of its first closing a year ago at €57-million ($70-million).
Partec... |
| 04.02.2019 | Partech raises €125m for Africa Fund targeting Series-A and Series-B startups | Silicon Valley based venture capital (VC) fund Partech has completed a capital raise for its Africa Fund, with the fund closing at €125-million, more than double the size of its first closing a year ago at €57-million ($70-million).
Partech... |
| 23.01.2019 | Entrepreneurship hub Suguba to host Francophone Africa Investors Summit | West African entrepreneurship development platform Suguba has announced that it will host an investors summit in Bamako, Mali in March, in collaboration with the World Bank Group’s L’Afrique Excelle accelerator programme and UK-based publis... |
| 23.01.2019 | Entrepreneurship hub Suguba to host Francophone Africa Investors Summit | West African entrepreneurship development platform Suguba has announced that it will host an investors summit in Bamako, Mali in March, in collaboration with the World Bank Group’s L’Afrique Excelle accelerator programme and UK-based publis... |
| 19.11.2018 | How French investors are helping grow Senegal’s tech startup ecosystem | Senegal’s tech startup scene may still be small, but a rise in venture capital (VC) investments — led by French investors — suggest that things are beginning to warm up in the West African country.
Rodolphe Rosier — a Frenchman who co-found... |
| 19.11.2018 | How French investors are helping grow Senegal’s tech startup ecosystem | Senegal’s tech startup scene may still be small, but a rise in venture capital (VC) investments — led by French investors — suggest that things are beginning to warm up in the West African country.
Rodolphe Rosier — a Frenchman who co-foun... |
| 24.10.2018 | Marieme Diop and Shikoh Gitau to speak at Startup Battlefield Africa | Startup Battlefield Africa is set for December 11 in Lagos and investor Marieme Diop and ICT expert Shikoh Gitau will be there to lend their perspective and expertise. The Lagos TechCrunch event is a return to Africa for the Startup Battlef... |
| 23.10.2018 | First speakers confirmed for TechCrunch Startup Battlefield Africa | Nigeria’s former communication technology minister Omobola Johnson and Singularity Investments principal investment officer Lexi Novitske are among the first speakers confirmed for this year’s TechCrunch Startup Battlefield Africa — which t... |
| 23.10.2018 | First speakers confirmed for TechCrunch Startup Battlefield Africa | Nigeria’s former communication technology minister Omobola Johnson and Singularity Investments principal investment officer Lexi Novitske are among the first speakers confirmed for this year’s TechCrunch Startup Battlefield Africa — which t... |
| 28.09.2018 | L’Oréal makes undisclosed investment into Partech Africa fund | French cosmetics giant L’Oréal has made an undisclosed investment into Paris-based global venture capital firm Partech‘s Africa fund.
In a statement last Friday (21 September), L’Oréal executive vice-president for Eastern Europe, Middle Ea... |
| 28.09.2018 | L’Oréal makes undisclosed investment into Partech Africa fund | French cosmetics giant L’Oréal has made an undisclosed investment into Paris-based global venture capital firm Partech‘s Africa fund.
In a statement last Friday (21 September), L’Oréal executive vice-president for Eastern Europe, Middle Eas... |
| 06.09.2018 | Yoco Raises $16M Series B Led by Partech | Share this:
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| 06.09.2018 | SA fintech Yoco raises whopping $16m in Series-B round led by Partech | In what is arguably one of the biggest venture capital deals announced so far this year in South Africa, SA point of sale payments provider Yoco has raised a massive $16-million (over R245-million as of the rate today) in a Series B funding... |
| 06.09.2018 | SA fintech Yoco raises whopping $16m in Series-B round led by Partech | In what is arguably one of the biggest venture capital deals announced so far this year in South Africa, SA point of sale payments provider Yoco has raised a massive $16-million (over R245-million as of the rate today) in a Series B funding... |
| 23.07.2018 | The Major Telcos Funding Startups In West Africa | Telcos are a very important part of the startup ecosystem, for one many startups deliver their products and services via mobile networks and the internet which are mainly run by them. Additionally, some startups need the customer base that ... |
| 31.05.2018 | Orange and Google form new partnership to invest in and buy EMEA startups | Google, more recently by way of parent company Alphabet, has been a prolific investor in startups across the globe by way of entities like GV and CapitalG. Today, it announced its newest effort in this area, specifically outside of the US. ... |
| 02.05.2018 | Orange Digital Ventures expands its investments in African telecoms | Orange Digital Ventures Africa, the Orange investment fund’s new initiative for Africa launched last June, has announced its first investment, helping Africa’s Talking to raise $8.6 million alongside the IFC World Bank and Social Capital. T... |
| 13.06.2017 | Orange launches African-focused investment programme | Telecoms company Orange has announced the launch of a new programme dedicated to helping African entrepreneurs achieve their goals.
The Orange Digital Ventures Africa programme will serve as Orange’s investment vehicle and is committing €50... |
| 13.06.2017 | Orange launches African-focused investment programme | Telecoms company Orange has announced the launch of a new programme dedicated to helping African entrepreneurs achieve their goals.
The Orange Digital Ventures Africa programme will serve as Orange’s investment vehicle and is committing €5... |
| 13.06.2017 | €50M for start-ups in Africa through Orange Digital Investment vehicle | Share this:
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| 12.06.2017 | France’s Orange Digital Ventures launches €50 million fund to invest in Africa | Orange Digital Ventures, the early stage investment fund of French telco giant Orange, is launching a new €50 million Africa-focused investment program for startups.
The investment division, which will be led by a team in Dakar to be set up... |
| 29.06.2016 | Wi-Fi Marketplace BandwidthX Receives Investment from Orange Digital Ventures | BandwidthX, a Carlsbad, California-based operator of a real-time Wi-Fi marketplace, received a strategic investment from Orange Digital Ventures.
The amount of the deal was not disclosed. In conjunction with the funding, Mr. Nicolas Demassi... |
| 11.02.2016 | Daily funding roundup - February 11, 2016 | Veniam raised $22M; DigiSchool secured $15.8; Label Insight completed $10M Series B funding
First Stop Health, a provider of 24/7 telemedicine services, secured a $2.1 million seed round of funding led by existing investors, including angel... |
| 23.01.2015 | Orange Launches $23M Digital Ventures Fund | Telecommunications giant Orange launched a $23m early-stage digital ventures fund.
Orange Digital Ventures will identify and fund startups working on the new and next transformations of the telecoms and digital sectors with a particular foc... |
| - | The Big 5 Daily: 9th June, 2020 | Hello,
Its time for the Big 5 Daily!
Enjoy your read!
Big news! Sun Exchange, a peer-to-peer solar leasing startup has secured $3 million funding in a Series A round. The startup plans to leverage the funding to deepen its reach in Africa.
... |