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Mar 4, 2022 • 3min
YC-backed Blocknom wants to become the “Coinbase Earn of Southeast Asia”
Blocknom, a crypto-earning platform in Y Combinator’s current batch, has aspirations to become the “Coinbase Earn for Southeast Asia.” Today the company announced it has raised $500,000 in pre-seed funding from Y Combinator, Number Capital and Magic Fund. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Mar 4, 2022 • 3min
Shares raises $40 million for its social investment app
Shares has closed a $40 million Series A funding round led by Valar Ventures. The company has been working on a mobile app that lets you easily buy and sell shares, but with a social twist. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Mar 3, 2022 • 3min
Microsoft partners with VCs, accelerators to back 10,000 startups in Africa
Microsoft has today announced plans to support 10,000 startups in Africa over the next five years through a series of initiatives including partnerships with accelerators and incubators across the continent. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Mar 3, 2022 • 6min
After raising $4 million, Emtech supports central banks across Africa, the Caribbean to deploy regulatory sandboxes
For fintechs to thrive in such a way that they remain meaningful to economies, a synergy between them and regulatory bodies is inevitable. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Mar 2, 2022 • 4min
Enterpret launches with $4.4M, NLP technology to decipher customer feedback
Enterpret is building and deploying customer-specific models, based on customer feedback, for product development teams. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Mar 2, 2022 • 5min
Live near an ocean? Kin Insurance’s data aims to more accurately predict home risk
By using data and technology to accurately price the risk, Kin Insurance is able to remove some of the costs of traditional insurance firms, like agents. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Mar 1, 2022 • 4min
Payhawk becomes a unicorn as it extends its Series B
European spend management startup Payhawk has added $100 million to its Series B round that I already covered back in November. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Mar 1, 2022 • 5min
Flashfood raises $12.3M to scale its grocery app that helps tackle retail food waste
Toronto-based Flashfood, a mobile marketplace that provides customers with access to discounted food nearing its best-by date, has raised $12.3 million in Series A funding led by S2G Ventures. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Feb 28, 2022 • 4min
Better Dairy slices into new funding for animal-free cheeses
Better Dairy is using precision fermentation to produce cheeses that are molecularly identical to traditional dairy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Feb 28, 2022 • 5min
Singapore-based micromobility startup Beam secures $93M Series B, enters new markets
Beam, a Singaporean shared micromobility operator, announced today that it has raised $93 million in a Series B round to accelerate growth into new countries in Asia. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
