Investor news
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.
August European tech funding falls 63% as dealmaking slows – Tech.eu
European tech funding slowed sharply in August, with companies raising €3.2 billion across 165 funding deals. Compared with July, when €8.6 billion was invested across 267 rounds, total...
Uber restores Visa payments in Kenya after eight-month pause – TechCabal
The move reverses a decision that had pushed Visa users to rely on M-PESA, cash and other payment methods. It comes as Uber reviews costs across its business,...
Sun King joins Kenya’s growing smartphone financing race – TechCabal
The move puts the company in direct competition with M-KOPA and Watu, which have built businesses around financing smartphones for customers who might otherwise struggle to afford them.
UK startup AI Score raises $5.4M to scale its enterprise AI governance platform – Tech.eu
London-based AI governancecompany AI Score has raised $5.4 million in seed funding to further develop itsplatform for managing the use of generative and agentic AI acrossorganisations. The round...
CVS Health Ventures looks beyond healthcare for its next bets – Global Venturing
CVS Health Ventures has evolved from a $100m venture unit into a broader investment platform combining financial discipline with a mandate to drive strategic change across CVS Health....
From 70 million to 317 million: How Serigne Dioum plans to turn every MTN subscriber into a MoMo user – TechCabal
MTN Group Fintech CEO Serigne Dioum, in this edition of Coffee With…, tells PHATHISANI MOYO how he plans to convert MTN’s 317 million telecom subscribers into a single,...
Should you buy the Redmi 17 5G? What to consider first – TechCabal
This phone replaces the Redmi 15 5G, but it’s easy to confuse it with three similarly named models: the 4G Redmi 17, the Redmi 17C, and the separate...
Beyond chatbots, South Africa’s 4Sight sees AI running business processes – TechCabal
The company says its AI transformation is built around four pillars: data, process, training and change.
Stellar Alpina secures €160K from Venture Kick for in-space propulsion – Tech.eu
Zurich-basedspace technology startup Stellar Alpina has secured €160,000 (CHF 150,000) fromVenture Kick to advance its compact rocket engine technology for in-spacepropulsion.Founded by Rick Röthlisbe...
