Two years after launching, Inspired Capital has closed its second fund with $281 million – TechCrunch techcrunch.com Inspired Capital, the New York-based early-stage venture firm that was founded in 2019 by entrepreneurs Alexa von Tobel and Penny Pritzker, is today announcing ...

The world’s biggest VCs are now vying for stakes in Nigeria’s tech sector restofworld.org But to maintain that attention, the work of local investors is more critical than ever....

Patient monitoring startup Doccla secures $3.3M seed funding for ‘virtual wards’ platform – TechCrunch techcrunch.com Doccla, a health tech startup with a platform that can monitor patients on hospital wards and in the home, has secured a $3.3 million seed funding round, led by...

TrueLayer nabs $130M at a $1B+ valuation as open banking rises as a viable option to card networks – TechCrunch techcrunch.com Open banking — a disruptive technology that seeks to bypass the dominance of card networks and other traditional financial rails by letting banks open the...

Jobandtalent takes $120M from Softbank to enter the US market – TechCrunch techcrunch.com Spain’s Jobandtalent, a digital temp staffing agency startup which operates a dual-sided platform that matches temps with employers needing casual labor i...

Sugar raises $2.5M in seed funding to connect apartment residents – TechCrunch techcrunch.com Sugar, a startup that aims to turn apartment buildings into “interactive communities,” has closed on $2.5 million in seed funding.  A slew of investors par...