Africa’s startup funding gap—and investor opportunity—is right after the seed stage

The major African tech breakthrough of 2021 was that it is becoming easier for startups to…

Why Africa is defying global trends in VC funding

In recent weeks, tech media has been awash with coverage of falling startup valuations and sell-offs…

Orna raises over $1 million in seed funding to bolster AI-powered cybersecurity platform

Toronto SaaS startup Orna has secured over $1 million in a seed round led by WGG…

Apple Launches Own Buy Now, Pay Later Service

Apple has announced its plans to muscle its way into the Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL)…

How women in east Africa are reshaping tech

When law professor Douglas Branson published the book The Future of Tech is Female in 2018,…

Why this startup is on a mission to design the perfect sneaker

Atoms offers a welcome alternative to the frequent product drop model that fast fashion was built…

Vybe Network raises $13.1 million CAD for Solana blockchain data infrastructure solution

Burnaby startup Vybe Network has raised a $13.1 million CAD ($10.5 million USD) Series A round…

American Express just made its first investment in an African startup

Nigerian fintech startup Klasha announced today (June 7) that it has received a $2.1 million investment…

A startup’s novel unorthodox VTOL P2 Speeder has been unveiled

It offers both autonomous and remotely-piloted flight. Originally published on Interesting Engineering : Original article

May was the worst month for startup layoffs since the start of the pandemic

Roughly 17,000 workers got laid off from 71 tech startups around the world in May—the highest…