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Homegrown African VCs emerge to fill in the gaps foreign investors cannot
The African startup scene is expanding beyond the traditional markets of Egypt, Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa, with accelerated activity now reported in other regions across the continent. […]
Thomvest Ventures closes $250M fund to invest across fintech, cybersecurity, AI
Thomvest Ventures is popping into 2024 with a new $250 million fund and the promotion of Umesh Padval and Nima Wedlake to the role of managing directors. The […]
Exponent Founders Capital, led by Plaid and Robinhood alums, raises $75M to invest in early-stage startups
Exponent Founders Capital, an early-stage venture firm founded by alumni of startups such as Plaid, Robinhood and Ramp, has closed on $75 million in capital commitments, TechCrunch is […]
What is happening with all these new venture funds?
A growing number of venture firms may be uncorking champagne ahead of the New Year. Today, a handful of investment firms announced new funds: Artis Ventures, BoxGroup, Playground […]
Playground Global closes Fund III with $410M for early-stage deep tech investments
Playground Global, the storied early-stage venture capital firm, brought in $410 million in capital commitments for its Fund III to invest in early-stage deep tech and science companies. […]
Zelda Ventures’ new pre-seed fund backs serial entrepreneurs
We continue to see more pre-seed funds, which is great for ideas that need a boost to fruition. Today, pre-seed startups have another new source of capital — […]
Avenir seeks to raise $800M for new fund
Avenir Growth Partners is seeking to raise $800 million for its fifth fund, it disclosed in a securities filing, two years after it began the paperworks for raising […]
Tesla releases the Cybertruck, Sam Altman officially returns to OpenAI, and Evernote cripples its free plan
Hi, folks, welcome to Week in Review (WiR), TechCrunch’s newsletter that highlights some of the more noteworthy moments in tech over the past few days. The holiday season […]
Tola Capital, investing in AI-enabled enterprise software, closes largest fund at $230M
Tola Capital, investing in AI-enabled enterprise software, is the latest venture capital firm to announce its new fund, securing $230 million in capital commitments for its third fund, […]