There is no doubt that Artificial Intelligence (AI) is set to change the world in dramatic ways soon. While the true potential of AI is yet to be unleashed, a few entrepreneurs are already making inroads into various industry verticals through their cutting-edge solutions. Here is a look at the top ten Asian-based artificial startups looking… Read More »
Uber, the global ride-sharing company that relies on smartphone technology for dispatch and fee payment, has become the most recognized alternative to traditional taxicabs. Uber operates in 15 major African cities, with some 60,000 drivers in Egypt, Ghana, Kenya, Morocco, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania and Uganda. The company is best known for disrupting the transport… Read More »
According to reports, Kenya’s blockchain & artificial intelligence taskforce has proposed a digital asset registry and a digital currency for the country citing that they can create trust. The taskforce’s chairman Bitange Ndemo asserts that the creation of a digital asset registry should come first followed by the digital currency. The digital asset registry will… Read More »
On Friday, Tel Aviv-based AI startup AnyVision announced it has closed a $28 million Series A funding round led by Bosch. The young startup is growing really fast with plans to o open up three new offices by the year’s end. According to the AI startup, the company is working on face, body and object recognition tech and… Read More »
Hyderabad-based realty startup Foyr.com has announced $2 million in funding from SRI Capital in a series A funding round. This round of funding brings to $6.5 million the amount of money raised by the startup since its inception in 2015. Besides SRI Capital, property consultant JLL, Astarc Ventures and Brick Eagle are major investors in the… Read More »
London-based startup TrueLayer has raised $7.5 million in funding in a round led by venture capital fund Northzone. This follows a$3 million series A round in June 2017. TrueLayer has built a developer platform to make it easy for fintech and other adjacent companies, such as retailers, to access bank APIs. TrueLayer offers a single platform/API to connect… Read More »
Sweden-based heath tech startup Engaging Care has raised $800,000 in “pre-seed” funding. The round saw participation from Hampus Jakobsson (venture partner at BlueYard Capital , Sophia Bendz (EIR at Atomico), Erik Byrenius (founder of OnlinePizza) and Neil Murray’s The Nordic Web Ventures. The fresh injection of cash will be used to further develop Engaging Care’s SAAS platform. Co-founded… Read More »
India’s online ticketing service for cinemas, theatres and sports in India BookMyShow has raised $100 million in series D funding. The round was led by private investment firm TPG Growth with participation from undisclosed existing investors. to date, the Mumbai-based startup has raised a total of $225 million from a range of backers that include Accel,… Read More »
Founded in 2006 by Alan Patricof, Ian Sigalow and Dana Settle, Greycroft, the venture capital firm that’s backed companies like the Huffington Post has announced that it has raised $250 million for its latest fund apart from seed and Series A funding rounds, the venture capital firm also invests in growth-stage startups from a seperate fund focused… Read More »
Lagos-based advertising-technology startup TaxiTV has raised an undisclosed amount of seed funding in a round led by Beta.Ventures. Other backers in the round include Collins Onuegbu of SASWARE, Sam Senbanjo of Neon Ventures and several prominent individual investors. Founded in October 2017 by Akinbola Asalu and Dami Osiyale, TaxiTV provides advertising channels for corporate brands… Read More »
