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Investor news
A running feed of venture, private equity and technology financing news, gathered automatically from the sources we read. Headlines link through to the publisher.
Lithuania’s LITILIT lands €8M to take femtosecond lasers into mass manufacturing – Tech.eu
Vilnius-based femtosecond laser manufacturer LITILIT has received an €8 million loan from the Lithuanian National Development Bank ILTE. The company manufactures lasers based on patented technology t...
Siemens Energy Ventures: Shifting focus from investing to driving industrial change – Global Venturing
Having spent its first six years building a portfolio, Siemens Energy Ventures' next phase is about creating a "commercialisation engine" to bring these startups to scale. The post...
Nigerians are returning to ATMs as PoS transactions fall 20% – TechCabal
After years of losing ground to Point-of-Sale (PoS) agents, Automated Teller Machines (ATMs) are making a comeback as transaction volumes rise while PoS volumes decline.
Africa is building a single payments market but its currencies remain divided – TechCabal
Africa is building regional payment systems that could make cross-border money transfers faster and cheaper, but its fragmented currencies remain a problem that payment rails alone cannot solve.
SoftBank invests $200M in Swiss robotics startup Gravis Robotics – Tech.eu
SoftBank has invested $200m in Swiss robotics startup Gravis Robotics, in what has been billed as a record investment. Gravis says the Series A funding round, in which...
