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VentureburnStuut Raises $52.5M to Expand AI Order-to-Cash Platform
Stuut Automates the Full Order-to-Cash Process Stuut, a New York-based AI finance platform, has raised $52.5 million in Series B funding. Insight Partners led the round with participation from Andreessen
SME South AfricaThe Funding-Fit Gap: Why More Capital Won’t Fix SA’s SME Problem
Access to finance remains one of the most significant barriers facing South Africa’s small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). While many entrepreneurs need additional capital to…
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From the advent of M-Pesa until the present day, African fintech has been about building accessibility to basic financial services, but now the rails are increasingly in place, there is room for serious innovation in all numbers of areas. Disrupt Africa recently partnered AZA Finance, Revio, EMURGO…
Disrupt AfricaRwandan e-bike startup Ampersand banks $19.5m funding
The Kigali-based electric transport energy company Ampersand has raised US$19.5 million in equity and debt funding to help it continue to expand operations. Formed in 2016, Ampersand assembles and finances electric motorcycles that cost less to buy and operate, and perform better than the five…
Disrupt AfricaNigeria’s Bujeti secures $2m seed funding to transform business finances, operations
Nigerian startup Bujeti, an end-to-end expense management and budgeting platform, has raised US$2 million in seed funding to accelerate its growth and boost market share. Founded in 2021, financial management platform Bujeti is transforming the landscape of corporate finance management for…