by globalpro | Nov 13, 2019 | Finance
Nigerian digital payments firm Interswitch confirmed today it has reached unicorn status after Visa acquired a minority equity stake in the firm. “The investment makes Interswitch one of the most valuable African fintech businesses with a valuation of $1...
by globalpro | Nov 2, 2019 | Finance
Why raise venture capital when you can raise debt and keep your equity? That’s the question a whole slew of new financial technology companies are hoping entrepreneurs will ask themselves as they begin to think about collecting outside capital for their...
by globalpro | May 30, 2019 | Finance
When SeedLegals launched in 2017 in the U.K., I’d say many of us thought, “why has that not been done before?” After all, two things have happened that make this an obvious idea for a startup: startup funding rounds are now so common that there is no...
by globalpro | May 12, 2019 | Finance
The African no-fee, cross-border payment startup Chipper Cash has raised a $2.4 million seed round led by Deciens Capital. The payments company also persuaded 500 Startups and Liquid 2 Ventures — co-founded by Joe Montana — to join the round. Chipper...
by globalpro | Apr 3, 2019 | Business
In 2007, Stefania Mallett and Briscoe Rodgers envisaged ezCater, an online market for company catering, and started constructing the business in Mallet’s Boston house, mainly at her cooking area table. Recently, sitting at that very same table, Mallett worked...
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