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South African digital banking platform TymeBank has raised $77.8 million in a pre-Series C round led by African-focused growth stage fund Norrsken22 and Swiss global impact investment firm Blue Earth Capital. TymeBank expects to close its Series C round later this year, it said in a statement. Tencent, the lead investor in the fintech’s $70 […]

South African challenger bank TymeBank raises $77.8M from Norrsken22 and Blue Earth Capital by Tage Kene-Okafor originally published on TechCrunch

Many new discoveries and technologies never make it out of the lab, let alone to market. Climate tech needs that to change.

Collaborative Fund and the Wyss Institute partner to bridge the climate tech ‘valley of death’ by Tim De Chant originally published on TechCrunch

Matrix Partners India has extended the target size for its current fund to $525 million, from $450 million it disclosed earlier, joining a burgeoning roster of venture capital funds intending to deploy in excess of half a billion dollars for new investment initiatives in the South Asian market. The Indian firm, whose portfolio includes Razorpay […]

Matrix Partners expands new India fund to $525 million by Manish Singh originally published on TechCrunch

This is a critical moment for CIOs and other technical leaders to take stock of their cloud and IT budget and usage.

Cutting your cloud spend? Consider sharing your bill data internally by Walter Thompson originally published on TechCrunch

Shein is partnering with Reliance to re-enter India, a strategy which, if proven viable, could set an example for startups grappling with the China backlash amid rising geopolitical tensions. The China-founded, Singapore-headquartered fast fashion giant is teaming up with Reliance Retail, the retail subsidiary of Indian conglomerate Reliance, The Wall Street Journal reported. A spokesperson […]

The Shein-Reliance India alliance could offer inspiration for Chinese startups by Rita Liao originally published on TechCrunch