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Farmer's WeeklySouth Africa’s red meat industry has no shortage of plans, structures or committed people, yet weak coordination, inadequate funding and poor implementation continue to hamper efforts to turn strategy into results.
VentureburnUK embodied-AI startup Extend Robotics has closed a £2.6 million early-stage funding round to scale its Result-as-a-Service model across European industrial sectors. Skyworks Venture Capital Fund led the round, with
VentureburnBritish aerospace startup Certo Aerospace has secured £5 million in an early venture capital round to accelerate the development of its Capstone autonomous heavy-lift aircraft. The funding arrives after three
VentureburnHomeward Secures $120M Series D Funding Homeward has secured $120 million in Series D equity financing. The company also secured $330 million in asset-backed debt facilities. The new capital will
VentureburnSouth Korean defence components manufacturer Digitron has secured roughly US$8.38M in a Pre-IPO funding round. Six institutional investors participated, including SBI Investment, IBK Venture Investment, New Main Capital, Cornerstone Investment
VentureburnRestate Raises $20M Series A Restate has raised $20 million in Series A funding to expand its durable execution infrastructure. The round was led by Singular. Redpoint Ventures and Capital
VentureburnRelay Raises $36M in New Funding Relay has raised $36 million in new funding to expand its system for physical operations. The latest round brings the company’s total capital raised
VentureburnFlow Engineering Raises $50M at $750M Valuation Flow Engineering has raised $50 million in Series B funding at a $750 million valuation. The round was co-led by Antonio Gracias and
VentureburnBritish-Ukrainian defence technology firm Occam has secured €3.8 million in early-stage venture funding. The capital injection brings the company’s total funding to €7 million as it scales software designed to
Farmer's WeeklyLand Bank's Blended Finance Scheme is under renewed parliamentary scrutiny as demand outstrips available funding and farmers face delays that can have serious consequences for seasonal production.
VentureburnHertha Metals Secures $133.65M Series A Funding Hertha Metals has closed a $133.65 million Series A funding round. Khosla Ventures and Doerr Capital co-led the financing. The round included a
VentureburnJeeves Raises $110M to Scale Stablecoin Banking Jeeves has raised $110 million in equity funding to expand its stablecoin-native banking platform. CoinFund led the round with participation from several major
SME South AfricaSouth Africa’s retirement and pension fund industry holds aggregate assets exceeding R5,84 trillion, yet the country’s small- to medium-sized enterprise (SME) financing gap is put…
The CitizenMany profitable enterprises lack the financial systems and planning needed to secure funding and grow.
VentureburnStrong inflows into Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) can make a crypto founder’s next funding round look better timed. But demand for Bitcoin exposure does not establish that investors are more
VentureburnInstinct Raises $1 Billion in Series C Funding Instinct has raised $1 billion in its latest funding round. The Series C round was backed by Sequoia Capital, Benchmark Capital and
VentureburnOutmarket AI Raises $34.5M in Series B Funding Outmarket AI has raised $34.5 million in Series B funding led by SignalFire. Fika Ventures, Permanent Capital Ventures, TTV Capital and Dash
SME South AfricaSouth African small businesses lose more than time when a funding application stalls. They lose stock orders, staff hours, and, in some cases, customers to…
SME South AfricaYou wouldn’t start a series on episode nine. You’d miss the backstory, lose track of the characters and spend half the episode whispering, “Wait, who…
VentureburnSan Francisco-based startup Trebellar has secured $18 million in a Series A funding round to automate corporate real estate management. Blossom Capital led the financing, with backing from Haystack, Alt
VentureburnBasalt Health Raises $20M in Series A Funding Basalt Health has raised $20 million in Series A financing led by return investor New Enterprise Associates. The round brings Basalt’s total
VentureburnRightway Raises $155M Series E Funding Rightway has raised $155 million in Series E financing led by Francisco Partners. Existing investors Thrive Capital and Khosla Ventures also participated. The funding
VentureburnFrench software provider Wealthcome has secured a €15 million ($17 million) Series B funding round led by Breega, with continued backing from existing investor BlackFin Capital Partners. The firm builds
VentureburnNumeral Raises $100M in Series C Funding Numeral has raised $100 million in Series C funding to expand its AI-powered sales tax compliance platform. Insight Partners led the round, with
VentureburnBasecamp Research Raises $140M for AI-Designed Medicines Basecamp Research has raised $140 million in Series C funding to advance AI-designed medicines. The oversubscribed round was led by S32, with backing
VentureburnIMS Solutions, a spin-out from the University of Birmingham and Imperial College London has officially launched, backed by £1.1 million in funding to accelerate the development of advanced diagnostic technology.
VentureburnEnterprise AI adoption has officially moved past simple chatbots. Startups are now racing to give autonomous agents direct access to core company infrastructure, creating massive security blind spots for IT
VentureburnBaselayer Raises $35M for Agentic Identity Baselayer has raised $35 million in Series A funding to expand identity infrastructure for AI agents. M13 led the round, with participation from Torch
VentureburnConfido Raises $55M to Unify CPG Commercial Operations Confido has raised $55 million in Series B funding to expand its AI-powered CPG platform. Insight Partners led the round. Trenches Capital,
VentureburnAnde Raises $52M to Digitise Corporate Entertainment Spending Ande has emerged from stealth with more than $52 million in funding. The financing combines seed and Series A rounds. Lightspeed Venture