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| 03.04.2025 | Navigating the African VC Landscape: Exits, Support, and Sectors to Watch | The African venture capital scene is a vibrant tapestry, woven with ambition, innovation, and a touch of uncertainty. As the continent's startups rise, so do the questions surrounding exits, support from venture capitalists (VCs), and the s... |
| 31.03.2025 | Ask an Investor: The path to exits, the support VCs provide, and Africa’s hottest sectors | Five weeks ago, we rebooted our Ask an Investor column, and in that time, we spoke to the heads of investment at Oui Capital, Antler Nigeria, Capria Africa, HoaQ, and Launch Africa. Scattered from Nairobi to Lagos, these fund managers told ... |
| 13.03.2025 | Scimplify Secures USD 40 Mn Series B Funding to Expand Global Specialty Chemical Manufacturing Scimplify will use the funding to expand beyond 16 countries and strengthen its presence in life sciences... | Bengaluru-based Scimplify, a specialty chemicals sourcing and manufacturing platform, has raised USD 40 million in a Series B funding round co-led by Accel and Bertelsmann India Investments, with participation from UMI, Omnivore, and 3one4 ... |
| 12.03.2025 | Accel, Bertelsmann India co-lead Scimplify’s Series B round | Scimpify founders (from left) Dheeraj Dhingra, Salil Srivastava and Sachin Santhosh
Specialty chemical manufacturing startup Scimplify has raised $40 million (about Rs 350 crore) in its Series B funding round co-led by venture capital firms... |
| 04.03.2025 | Vietnam’s Techcoop raised $70 M series A equity and debt funding | The integrated agritech platform Techcoop, with its headquarters in Vietnam, has closed a $70 million Series A funding round that includes both debt and equity financing.
The funding consists of $42 million in debt financing and $28 million... |
| 04.03.2025 | Deals in brief: Edge Tutor and Techcoop raise funding, Airtree Ventures backs Twine, GCL acquires stake in Nekcom Games, and more | Edge Tutor receives USD 1 million in pre-Series A funding
Edge Tutor, an online tutoring outsourcing company, has received USD 1 million in a pre-Series A funding round. Investors include Seaborne Capital, M Venture Partners, Kaya Founders,... |
| 10.02.2025 | Peak XV-backed Eduvanz raises bridge funding round | Raheel Shah and Varun Chopra, co-founders, Eduvanz
Education-focused non-banking finance company Eduvanz Financing has raised around Rs 26 crore (about $3 million) in a bridge funding round from its existing venture capital investors.
Juvo ... |
| 09.02.2025 | Eduvanz Bags INR 26 Cr To Scale Up Education-Focussed Lending Play | SUMMARY
Co-led by existing investors Juvo Ventures and Capria Fund, the round also saw participation from Peak XV Partners and Unitus Ventures
While Capria Fund and Juvo Ventures pumped INR 8.66 Cr and INR 8.57 Cr, respectively, Peak XV Par... |
| 22.01.2025 | SeamlessHR: Pioneering HR Tech in Africa with New Funding | In the bustling heart of Lagos, a revolution is brewing. SeamlessHR, a leading human resource technology company, has secured an additional $9 million in funding from the Gates Foundation and Helios Digital Ventures. This investment is not ... |
| 20.01.2025 | SeamlessHR raises $9 million Series-A extension from Gates Foundation and Helios Venture | SeamlessHR, a Nigerian company that helps businesses manage HR functions, has raised a $9 million Series-A extension round, according to three people with knowledge of the conversation.
SeamlessHR raised a new round from the Gates Foundatio... |
| 11.12.2024 | Capria Ventures to raise $100 million for India Fund III
Recommended Stories For You | Global South specialist venture capital firm Capria Ventures has launched its $100-million (Rs 830 crore approximately) Capria India Fund III, said a top executive. The fund, structured as a master-feeder investment, will see participatio... |
| 28.09.2024 | Pidilite Ventures Invests INR 5 Cr in Wify to Boost Home Improvement Services The funding will accelerate Wify's growth, enabling enhancements to its technology, expansion of services, and strengtheni... | Pidilite Ventures, a subsidiary of Pidilite Industries Limited, has announced an investment of INR 5 crore in Wify (Installco Wify Technology Private Limited), a leading platform for home improvement and maintenance services.
This pre-Serie... |
| 06.08.2024 | Agrizy's $9.8 Million Boost: A Game Changer for India's Agri-Processing Sector | In the bustling world of agritech, a new player is making waves. Agrizy, a B2B agri-processing platform based in Bengaluru, has secured $9.8 million in a Series A funding round. This investment, co-led by Accion and Omnivore, is set to resh... |
| 06.08.2024 | B2B agri-processing platform Agrizy raised $9.8 M Series A funding | The B2B agri-processing platform Agrizy has raised $9.8 million (Rs 82 crore) in its Series A funding round, which is being led by Accion and Omnivore. New investors Capria Ventures and Thai Wah Ventures have also participated, and Ankur Ca... |
| 05.08.2024 | Agrizy raises $9.8M funding led by Accion and Omnivore
Recommended Stories For You | B2B agri-processing platform Agrizy has raised $9.8 million in Series A funding round co-led by digital lending non-profit Accion and agri-investor Omnivore. The round also saw participation from Capria Ventures, Thai Wah Ventures, and exis... |
| 05.08.2024 | Agrizy Secures USD 9.8 Mn in Series A Round Led by Accion and Omnivore to Boost Agri-Processing The funding will be used to expand existing and new product lines, develop value-added advisory services... | Indian B2B agri-processing platform Agrizy has raised USD 9.8 million (INR 82 crore) in a Series A equity round co-led by Accion, a global nonprofit dedicated to financial inclusion, and Omnivore, an agritech investor in India. The round al... |
| 20.06.2024 | Capria Ventures’ India AUM may top $200 mn with new fund | Premium
Surya Mantha, managing partner, Capria Ventures
US-based venture capital firm Capria Ventures, which is an investor in many homegrown startups including Betterplace, BharatAgri, Eduvanz and Edenfarm, is likely to have $200 million i... |
| 04.06.2024 | GenAI to separate the haves from the have-nots in startup world, says Capria's Dave Richards | The world of startups is being split into two by the arrival of generative AI (GenAI), and those who can leverage this new technology ahead of their peers will have a significant advantage in attracting funding, according to Dave Richards, ... |
| 29.04.2024 | Capria Ventures' Success in India Opportunity Fund | Capria Ventures recently closed its India Opportunity Fund at INR 153 crore after the successful exit of Awign. This achievement marks a significant milestone for the company in the Indian market, showcasing their ability to identify and su... |
| 27.04.2024 | India Opportunity Fund closed by Capria Ventures at $19 M | The successful fundraising for Capria Ventures’ India Opportunity Fund, which has a target of Rs 153 crore ($19 million), has been announced. Following a full cash withdrawal from its portfolio company Awign, this occurs.
In February 2023, ... |
| 27.04.2024 | Majority stake in HRtech startup Awign acquired by Mynavi | Work-as-a-service platform Awign has announced that Mynavi Corporation has agreed to buy a strategic majority stake in the company for all cash.
A few of Awign’s early backers, including Capria, Lumis, MSDF, Amicus Capital, and Pankaj Bansa... |
| 26.04.2024 | Capria Ventures closes India Opportunity Fund post successful sale of Awign | Early-stage venture capital firm Capria Ventures has concluded the fundraising for its India Opportunity Fund at ₹153 crore ($19 million). This comes on the heels of a full-cash exit from its portfolio company Awign.
Capria Ventures formerl... |
| 26.04.2024 | Capria Ventures Closes India Opportunity Fund at INR 153 Cr Post Awign Exit In February 2023, Capria achieved the first close of its India Opportunity Fund at INR 75 crore (announced originally as Uni... | - |
| 26.04.2024 | Mynavi acquires majority stake in Bengaluru-based start-up Awign | Japan-based HR company Mynavi Corporation has acquired a majority stake in Workspace-as-a-Service (WaaS) platform, Awign. According to Awign, it is the largest HR tech sector deal in the last two decades.
The partnership will also signify t... |
| 26.04.2024 | Capria Ventures closes Rs 153 cr India Opportunity Fund post Awign exit | - |
| 12.03.2024 | wagely has secured US$23M in new funding - The largest for any earned-wage access (EWA) player in Southeast Asia | Jakarta, Indonesia and Dhaka, Bangladesh (ANTARA/PRNewswire)- wagely, Asia's leading financial wellness platform, has secured US$ 23 million in new funding amidst current funding drought as the company surpasses more than one million salary... |
| 08.03.2024 | wagely Secures $23M to Revolutionize Financial Wellness in Southeast Asia | Asia's financial wellness startup, wagely, has secured a whopping $23 million in funding led by Capria Ventures, marking a significant milestone in the realm of earned-wage access (EWA) services in Southeast Asia. This injection of capital ... |
| 05.03.2024 | Capria Ventures led $23 M funding raised by financial wellness platform Wagely | Amidst the current funding drought, Wagely, an Indonesia-based financial wellness platform, has managed to secure $23 million in new funding as the company has paid out more than one million salaries since its founding.
Wagely said in a sta... |
| 04.03.2024 | wagely has secured US$23M in new funding - The largest for any earned-wage access (EWA) player in Southeast Asia reflecting strong investor confidence | JAKARTA, Indonesia and DHAKA, Bangladesh, March 4, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- wagely, Asia's leading financial wellness platform, has secured US$ 23 million in new funding amidst current funding drought as the company surpasses more than one mill... |
| 19.09.2023 | Unitus and Capria Ventures tie up, eye ‘Global South’ genAI opportunities | Artificial IntelligenceInvestmentsNews
Miguel Cordon · 20 Sep 2023 · 2 min readUnitus and Capria Ventures tie up, eye ‘Global South’ genAI opportunities
Photo credit: Rudra Narayan Mitra / Shutterstock
Unitus Ventures, an India-based VC fir... |
| 26.04.2023 | Capria announces first close of $100 mn 2nd fund | Capria announces first close of $100 mn 2nd fund 1 min read . Updated: 26 Apr 2023, 12:20 AM IST Sneha Shah
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The $100 million fund that primarily focuses on investing in... |
| 25.04.2023 | Seattle VC fund Capria raises $100M to invest in ‘Global South’ startups | Will Poole, co-founder and managing partner at Capria. (Capria Photo)
Seattle-based venture capital firm Capria has raised a $100 million fund to invest in 20-to-25 tech startups in the “Global South” areas of India, Southeast Asia, Latin A... |
| 09.11.2022 | Pre-series A investors pump $2.4 million into net zero intelligence startup Faradai | London-based net zero intelligence startup Faradai has taken on $2.4 million in pre-series A funds from investors led by Switzerland's Sangha Capital and Edenbase from the UK.
Faradai's product uses IoT devices to generate energy intelligen... |
| 10.06.2022 | From Wall Street to selling sugar in Dakar: How Tijan Watt built a pan-African VC | On a windy Thursday evening, in April, a delegation of investors, startup founders, and journalists gathered at the Port of Dakar waiting for the Chaloupe de Gorée, a formidable ferry that could hold as many as 340 people, to transport them... |
| 12.01.2022 | TLcom Capital backs Nigeria’s SeamlessHR in $10m Series A round | Nigerian startup SeamlessHR, which provides payroll and HR software-as-a-service (SaaS) solutions for medium to large-sized companies in several African countries, has closed a new $10 million Series A round.
Africa-focused VC firm, TLcom C... |
| 09.12.2021 | Capria ventures’ playbook on backing local funds and startups | When it was time to pick a name for their investment company, Jack Knellinger, Dave Richards, and Will Poole knew it had to be one that’d always be relevant to what they do. So, after a bit of back and forth, they arrived at “Capria”, which... |
| 16.09.2021 | Global Investment Firm Capria Ventures Invests in SEA; Partners with Indonesia based AC Ventures to Boost Early-stage Venture | Global investing firm Capria Ventures announces a partnership with Indonesian venture capital firm AC Ventures to advance the Indonesian startup ecosystem by investing in the next generation of technology entrepreneurs. AC Ventures manages ... |
| 23.04.2021 | Should you give an anchor investor a stake in your fund’s management company? | David Teten Contributor
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| 16.04.2021 | Business continuity planning is a necessity for your fund and portfolio | Will Poole Contributor
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| 16.12.2020 | OnePipe is building a super aggregator for every financial service API in Nigeria | Share this article:
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Nigerian API fintech startup, OnePipe, just announced that it raised $950k in pre-seed investment.
According to the startup’s founder and CEO, Ope Adeoy... |
| 31.01.2020 | Lateral Capital holds initial close of $50m venture fund | Lateral Capital, a US venture capital fund focused on sub-Saharan Africa, has announced that it has exceeded its initial closing target of $20-million for its Lateral Investment Partners I fund. This, after accepting its first limited partn... |
| 31.01.2020 | Lateral Capital holds initial close of $50m venture fund | Lateral Capital, a US venture capital fund focused on sub-Saharan Africa, has announced that it has exceeded its initial closing target of $20-million for its Lateral Investment Partners I fund. This, after accepting its first limited partn... |
| 18.12.2019 | How Latin American Entrepreneurs Are Changing The Region, One Business At A Time | 25 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
Juan Luis Palma is Latam Regional Director of Capria, a global investment firm.
Latin America’s growing startup ecosystem stands out because of how the region is using the combination of technology ... |
| 09.10.2019 | As Billions Flow Into Latin America, Its Startup Scene Scales | 165 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
So far, it’s been a good year for Latin America when it comes to venture funding.
In March, SoftBank Group announced plans to launch a $5 billion innovation fund in Latin America, or what it descri... |
| 09.10.2019 | As Billions Flow Into Latin America, Its Startup Scene Scales | 162 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
So far, it’s been a good year for Latin America when it comes to venture funding.
In March, SoftBank Group announced plans to launch a $5 billion innovation fund in Latin America, or what it descri... |
| 13.11.2018 | Capria's emerging markets $100 mn fund-of-funds marks first close | Global impact investment firm Capria said on Tuesday it has marked the first close of its $100-million emerging markets fund-of-funds after getting commitments from new Limited Partners (LPs) including Vulcan Capital, the investment arm of ... |
| 27.06.2016 | Accelerator for Impact Managers Capria Ventures Launches $100M Fund | Capria Ventures, a Seattle, WA-based global business accelerator for impact fund managers, has launched a $100M venture fund.
International Finance Corporation, a division of the World Bank; Ceniarth, a family office based in London; and So... |
| 08.04.2016 | Capria accepts inaugural cohort into Capria Network, prepares to accept second cohort | After completing its inaugural four-week Intensive, Capria has accepted 3 impact fund management teams into the Capria Network: iungo capital, Vakayi Capital, and Pomona Impact headquartered in Uganda, Zimbabwe, and Guatemala, respectively,... |
| 10.09.2015 | Capria launches global business accelerator for impact VCs | US-based venture capital firm Capria has launched a global accelerator programme for impact VCs. Yes, that’s a VC-cum-accelerator for VCs.
Claiming to be the first of its kind, the initiative aims to support and help catalyse new fund manag... |
| 10.09.2015 | Capria launches global business accelerator for impact VCs | US-based venture capital firm Capria has launched a global accelerator programme for impact VCs. Yes, that’s a VC-cum-accelerator for VCs.
Claiming to be the first of its kind, the initiative aims to support and help catalyse new fund mana... |
