startups

Startup or start up is a company or project initiated by an entrepreneur to seek, effectively develop, and validate a scalable business model. Hence, the concepts of startups and entrepreneurship are similar.

Source: en.wikipedia.org

Founders Unite to Connect African Tech Community, Plug Funding Gap

Founders Unite to Connect African Tech Community, Plug Funding Gap
Founders Unite to Connect African Tech Community, Plug Funding Gap
November 10, 2022  |  Technology

Although African startups secured close to $5 billion in venture capital (VC) funding in 2021, double of what was raised year-on-year (YoY), it still pales...

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Egyptian Digital Lender Blnk Raises $32M
Egyptian Digital Lender Blnk Raises $32M
November 10, 2022  |  Investments

Blnk, an Egyptian buy now, pay later (BNPL) startup, has raised $23.7 million in equity and debt funding and a further $8.3 million via securitized...

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Report: Tiger Global Cuts Tech Investments by Billions of Dollars
Report: Tiger Global Cuts Tech Investments by Billions of Dollars
November 09, 2022  |  Investments

As declining technology stocks have hacked the value of investor Tiger Global Management’s public stocks this year, the company has also slashed the value of...

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Macy’s Joins Vendor Diversification Trend
Macy’s Joins Vendor Diversification Trend
November 07, 2022  |  Retail

Saying that only 1.3% of the total venture capital dollars that were invested in the United States in 2021 went to a startup with a...

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Truist Foundry Billed as ‘Startup Within Bank’ for Innovation
Truist Foundry Billed as ‘Startup Within Bank’ for Innovation
November 04, 2022  |  Startups

Building upon its May acquisition of gamified mobile finance app Long Game, Truist has launched an innovation division that it said will function as “a...

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DLT Payments Joins Techstars Berlin Accelerator
DLT Payments Joins Techstars Berlin Accelerator
November 04, 2022  |  Investments

Web3 payment processing company DLT Payments said it has received $120,000 investment from startup accelerator Techstars Berlin to support its work developing payment solutions for...

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Where Today’s Receipt Data Falls Short for FIs and FinTechs
Where Today’s Receipt Data Falls Short for FIs and FinTechs
November 04, 2022  |  Data & Research

“Receipt level data is the Holy Grail of data.” Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access...

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Stripe Blames ‘Overhiring’ for 14% Job Cuts
Stripe Blames ‘Overhiring’ for 14% Job Cuts
November 03, 2022  |  Personnel

Stripe will lay off 14% of its workforce, a move the payments company blamed on the “very consequential mistakes” of growing operating costs too quickly...

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