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Insuretech Startup Bright Health raises $200M

November 30, 2018
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Bright Health, a Minneapolis-headquartered provider of affordable individual, family and Medicare Advantage healthcare plans in Alabama, Arizona, Colorado, New York City, Ohio and Tennessee, has raised $200 million Series C. The company was founded by the former…

30 startups graduates from Google’s Indie Games Accelerator (IGA) programme’s

November 29, 2018
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30 startups have graduated from Google's Indie Games Accelerator (IGA) programme's. This was after participating in the four months-long programme run by Google in Singapore. The 30 startups, forms the first…

Techcelerator picks 8 tech startups for its accelerator programme

November 28, 2018
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Romania accelerator Techcelerator, that financially supports tech startups via its exclusive partner, GapMinder, has selected 8 startups for its second cohort. The 8 startups will benefit from intensive business mentoring…

Apple to offer coding camps for women-founded startups

November 28, 2018
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Apple will offer a two-week technology lab at its campus in Cupertino in which participants will receive one-on-one app development guidance from Apple experts and engineers. That includes “mentorship, inspiration, and insights from…

25 SA startups secure $90k grant funding

November 27, 2018
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Fortress Reit Limited partnered with 22 on Sloane to fund the next wave of emerging entrepreneurs across South Africa. Since 2018, start-up residents at the 2 on sloane campus have…

SaaS startup Verloop raises $3Million

November 27, 2018
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SaaS customer engagement automation provider Verloop has raised $3 million in Series A funding. The round was led by IDFC Parampara Fund with partipation from Kris Gopalakrishnan - Infosys Co-founder and Dr Ranjan Pai - Chairman of the…

The Hubert’s 100 Most Innovative Startups Of Germany In 2018

The Hundert is a Berlin based startup project and print magazine featuring outstanding companies and their founders since 2013. This year they launched a nationwide call for startups in June and received…

Nigerian e-health startup SonoCare raises $250k

November 26, 2018
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Nigerian female health startup SonoCare has raised US$250,000. The round saw participation from Gray Matters Capital. Founded in 2015, SonoCare provides services spanning the spectrum of women’s health such as on-demand mobile…

Grab unveils first batch of startups to join its accelerator programme

November 23, 2018
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Grab has unveiled the first batch of startups that are enrolling in its Velocity accelerator program. Velocity is run by the company’s innovation arm, Grab Ventures, which was launched by CEO Anthony…

5 UAE startups graduate from Sheraa’s accelerator program

Five startups have graduated from the first seed cohort 2018 program offered by the Sharjah Entrepreneurship Center (Sheraa) during the 2nd edition of the Sharjah Entrepreneurship Festival. "It is a…