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| Nov 17, 2023 | Amsterdam’s Joanna Invests unveils €5M package deal to invest €5M in female founders | Read this article in:
Amsterdam-based Joanna Invests, a women-led investment firm for female founders, has announced the official launch of its package deal aimed at investing €5M in female founders.
The company wants to make investing in s... |
| Oct 19, 2023 | Citrine Angels Invests $1,000,000 in Female Founded Startups | Citrine Angels Logo
Citrine Angels (Citrine), the premiere female-focused angel investment nonprofit organization in the Washington, D.C. region, announced the organization has invested more than $1 million USD in female founded companies s... |
| Aug 6, 2023 | ‘Barbie’ joins $1B club, breaks record for female directors | VIANNEY LE CAER/INVISION/AP / JULY 12
Greta Gerwig arrives at the premiere of “Barbie” in London. Gerwig turns 40 on Aug. 4.
Greta Gerwig should be feeling closer to fine these days. In just three weeks in theaters, “Barbie” is set to sail ... |
| Dec 23, 2022 | Ask an Investor: Twelve insights from Africa’s top investors in 2022
TechCabal’s 2021 Year-End report
Success! | In 2021, we started the Ask an Investor series to help explain why and how investments in companies happen in Africa from the people who make them happen.
This year, I interviewed over 20 investors who shared their thoughts on what investor... |
| Oct 13, 2022 | Angel Network Botswana is backing companies to help diversify Botswana’s economy | In 1967, a year after Botswana gained independence, diamond company De Beers discovered the Orapa kimberlite field located about 240km west of Francistown in north-central Botswana, in southern Africa.
The diamond mine discovery triggered a... |
| Sep 5, 2022 | Female founded clinical trials startup Evrima raises $3 million | Deloitte Tech Fast 50 startup Evrima, which helps pharmaceutical companies run clinical trials for new drugs, has raised $3 million.
The round was led by the Sydney arm of alternative investments firm Artesian, supported by BridgeLane Capit... |
| Jul 26, 2022 | Female founded ‘Dr Google’ alternative raises $10 million Seed round | Sydney healthtech startup Human has raised $10.15 million in Seed funding.
The raise was led by Airtree Ventures, supported by Skip Capital, the family VC of Kim Jackson and her husband, Atlassian co-founder Scott Farquhar.
Human was cofoun... |
| Jul 20, 2022 | Hannah Subayi believes the gap between Anglophone and Francophone African startups is reducing | Hannah Subayi Kamuanga’s passion for investing is evident in the many hats she wears as a foremost investor in the African tech ecosystem.
She’s currently the country manager for development finance institution Propaco in the Democratic Rep... |
| Feb 24, 2022 | BlackRock, Warner Music Invest $750 Million in Female and Diverse Artists | BlackRock Inc. and Warner Music Group Corp. have invested $750 million in a fund to amass music-rights catalogs from female and diverse artists, according to people familiar with the deal.
The fund, in partnership with music investment and ... |
| Feb 24, 2022 | BlackRock, Warner Music Invest $750 Million in Female and Diverse Artists | |
| Nov 9, 2021 | Female Invest Raises $4.5 Million To Empower Women To Invest | Camilla Falkenberg (left), Emma Due Bitz (middle) and Anna-Sophie Hartvigsen (right) are the ... [+] founders of Female Invest Female Invest. |
| Jul 6, 2021 | This female fintech CEO just raised $18m — and others look set to follow suit | It’s no secret that fintech has a severe shortage of women, both at the executive level and at the founder level.
But there’s reason to be optimistic today. Moneyhub’s Samantha Seaton has announced an $18m raise — one of the largest female-... |
| Nov 25, 2020 | Hannah Subayi on angel investing and bridging the Anglophone-Francophone startup gap | My Life In Tech is putting human faces to some of the innovative startups, investments, and policy formations driving the technology sector across Africa.
This week, Hannah Subayi, private equity, and angel investor shares her experiences w... |
| Jun 19, 2020 | TIA signs agreement to co-invest with black-owned VC WZ Capital | The Department of Science and Technology’s Technology Innovation Agency (TIA) has agreed to work with and offer matching funds with WZ Capital, a black-owned venture capital (VC) fund set up in 2015 by Sango Ntsaluba.
Ntsaluba, who chairs t... |
| Jun 19, 2020 | SA government signs agreement to co-invest with black-owned VC WZ Capital | This article is brought to you as part of a new partnership between two of Africa's foremost news and information platforms for African tech startups, Techpoint Africa and Ventureburn
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| Jun 19, 2020 | TIA signs agreement to co-invest with black-owned VC WZ Capital | The Department of Science and Technology’s Technology Innovation Agency (TIA) has agreed to work with and offer matching funds with WZ Capital, a black-owned venture capital (VC) fund set up in 2015 by Sango Ntsaluba.
Ntsaluba, who chairs ... |
| May 5, 2020 | TIA enters into co-investing agreements with Dazzle, Jozi Angels | The Department of Science and Technology’s Technology Innovation Agency (TIA) has agreed to work with and offer matching funds with two local angel investors, Jozi Angels and Dazzle Angels (SA’s first female-focused angel group).
The agree... |
| May 5, 2020 | TIA enters into co-investing agreements with Dazzle, Jozi Angels | The Department of Science and Technology’s Technology Innovation Agency (TIA) has agreed to work with and offer matching funds with two local angel investors, Jozi Angels and Dazzle Angels (SA’s first female-focused angel group).
The agreem... |
| Feb 26, 2020 | Here’s where female founders can get funding for their African tech startup [List] | Women entrepreneurs in the tech sector in Africa can tap an increasing number of options when it comes to getting funding for their business.
From angel investor groups to acceleration programmes, to organisations providing grants, here’s ... |
| Feb 26, 2020 | Here’s where female founders can get funding for their African tech startup [List] | Women entrepreneurs in the tech sector in Africa can tap an increasing number of options when it comes to getting funding for their business.
From angel investor groups to acceleration programmes, to organisations providing grants, here’s a... |
| Dec 9, 2019 | The tech sector in SA is still a hot place to be [Opinion] | South Africa’s economic outlook may be gloomy, with annual growth forecast to barely past 1.5% over the next three years, but things are still hot in SA’s tech startup sector — so hot you’ll need a pair of shades when talking about it.
Awa... |
| Dec 9, 2019 | The tech sector in SA is still a hot place to be [Opinion] | South Africa’s economic outlook may be gloomy, with annual growth forecast to barely past 1.5% over the next three years, but things are still hot in SA’s tech startup sector — so hot you’ll need a pair of shades when talking about it.
Away... |
| Aug 28, 2019 | Startups, do you have a tip for Tito on how to transform SA economy? | The Minister of Finance Tito Mboweni is calling for comments for a new economic strategy for South Africa and tech startups and those that assist them should get stuck in commenting.
After all, who knows the challenges that a business faces... |
| Aug 28, 2019 | Startups, do you have a tip for Tito on how to transform SA economy? | The Minister of Finance Tito Mboweni is calling for comments for a new economic strategy for South Africa and tech startups and those that assist them should get stuck in commenting.
After all, who knows the challenges that a business face... |
| Jun 10, 2019 | Female focused Dazzle Angels close to making first investment | Dazzle Angels, SA’s first angel fund focused entirely on women-owned technology businesses, is edging closer to announcing its first deal.
Alexandra Fraser (pictured above), one of four founding members of the fund and founder of Fraser Con... |
| Jun 10, 2019 | Female focused Dazzle Angels close to making first investment | Dazzle Angels, SA’s first angel fund focused entirely on women-owned technology businesses, is edging closer to announcing its first deal.
Alexandra Fraser (pictured above), one of four founding members of the fund and founder of Fraser Co... |
| Jan 2, 2019 | What African startups should keep an eye out for in 2019 | The new year is upon us and it’s time to get that diary marked up. Last year was quite packed with happenings. What then can we expect in 2019?
Here then is a short list of what funds and initiatives are expected to launch in Africa in 2019... |
| Jan 2, 2019 | What African startups should keep an eye out for in 2019 | The new year is upon us and it’s time to get that diary marked up. Last year was quite packed with happenings. What then can we expect in 2019?
Here then is a short list of what funds and initiatives are expected to launch in Africa in 201... |
| Nov 26, 2018 | Despite global outlook African startup investors can get high returns [Opinion] | The global investor outlook is shifting quickly downward, with many macro approaches underperforming due to risks from trade wars, political uncertainty and inflation.
Yet one investment thesis remains relatively intact — technology is emp... |
| Nov 26, 2018 | Despite global outlook African startup investors can get high returns [Opinion] | The global investor outlook is shifting quickly downward, with many macro approaches underperforming due to risks from trade wars, political uncertainty and inflation.
Yet one investment thesis remains relatively intact — technology is empo... |
| Aug 15, 2018 | It’s confirmed – SA’s first female focused angel fund to launch this year | In what may be a first for South Africa, the country is set to get its first angel fund focused entirely on women-owned businesses.
Alexandra Fraser, one of the organisation’s founding members, confirmed that Johannesburg-based Dazzle Angel... |
| Aug 15, 2018 | It’s confirmed – SA’s first female focused angel fund to launch this year | In what may be a first for South Africa, the country is set to get its first angel fund focused entirely on women-owned businesses.
Alexandra Fraser, one of the organisation’s founding members, confirmed that Johannesburg-based Dazzle Ange... |
| Jan 5, 2018 | Funding your startup: Ventureburn lists the SA investors delivering [2019 update] | For entrepreneurs wanting to find early-stage funding, this is the article for you. As there is generally a veil of secrecy surrounding funding and startups, there is often smoke and mirrors in the industry, with many claiming to be “invest... |
| Jan 5, 2018 | Funding your startup: Ventureburn lists the SA investors delivering [2019 update] | For entrepreneurs wanting to find early-stage funding, this is the article for you. As there is generally a veil of secrecy surrounding funding and startups, there is often smoke and mirrors in the industry, with many claiming to be “invest... |
| Sep 15, 2016 | A-List Female Investors Join Khosla Ventures in $9 Million Funding Round for Ellevest | Disruptive fintech startup announces funding round from storied Silicon-Valley venture capital firm and a group of high-profile sports, business and investing power players.
Heard it before?
This disruptive fintech firm is Ellevest, a digit... |
| The average female college grad gets a $35,000 starting salary — not much more than the typical borrower's student-debt load, report finds | LPETTET/Getty Images
The American Association of University Women compared women's student-debt burdens to their income.
Black women have more student debt than white women, highlighting the racial wealth gap.
AAUW recommended simplifying r... |
