The E3 Low Carbon Economy Fund for Africa (E3LCEF), a fund by early-stage VC E3 Capital (formerly Energy Access Ventures), and emerging markets-focused investment bank Lion’s Head Global Partners, has hit the first close at $48.1 million. The E3LCEF limited partners include FMO, the Dutch entrepreneurial development bank; Swedfund International AB, the Swedish development finance […]
E3 Capital and Lion’s Head climate fund hits first close at $48M to back African startups by Annie Njanja originally published on TechCrunch
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
Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) launched Max to U.S. subscribers on Tuesday, giving them access to 35,000 hours of content—more than double the amount that HBO Max offered. Beginning today, a large portion of HBO Max subscribers will be automatically upgraded to Max, whereas other customers will have to download the new streaming app manually. All […]
Max makes its debut in the U.S. to give subscribers 35K hours of content by Lauren Forristal 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
It was only recently that we reported Buildier.ai had signed a strategic collaboration with and undisclosed investment from Microsoft. Builder’s “Natasha” AI will be shortly available to users of Teams. But it appears the startup is on a something of a roll. It’s now announced a $250 million Series D funding led by the Qatar […]
Modular app-building platform Builder.ai raises $250 million Series D funding by Mike Butcher originally published on TechCrunch
It was only recently that we reported Buildier.ai had signed a strategic collaboration with and undisclosed investment from Microsoft. Builder’s “Natasha” AI will be shortly available to users of Teams. But it appears the startup is on a something of a roll. It’s now announced a $250 million Series D funding led by the Qatar […]
Modular app-building platform Buildier.ai raises $250 million Series D funding by Mike Butcher 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