Y Combinator
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Ready Set Raise, An Accelerator For Women Built By Women, Announces Third Class
In 2018, Leslie Feinzaig, the founder of Female Founders Alliance, launched a free, equity-free accelerator for women called Ready Set Raise. The goal…
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What Paystack Acquisition Means For The Nigerian Startup Ecosystem
Last week, US-based payments giant, Stripe, announced its acquisition of five-year-old Nigerian payments startup, Paystack, for more than $200 million. Asides being the biggest…
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Stripe Acquires Nigeria’s Paystack For $200M+ To Expand Into The African Continent
When Stripe announced earlier this year that it had picked up another $600 million in funding, it said one big reason for the funding…
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Kenyan retail-tech startup MarketForce selected for Y Combinator, banks $150k
Kenyan retail-tech startup MarketForce is the only Sub-Saharan African company selected for the Y Combinator Summer 2020 batch, securing US$150,000…
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Egypt’s Sakneen gets Y Combinator’s backing for its online real estate platform
Cairo-based online real estate platform Sakneen announced today that it has been backed by Y Combinator. The startup was part…
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Yassir becomes first Algerian startup to get Y Combinator’s backing
Algerian ride-hailing startup Yassir has become country’s first to make it to Y Combinator. The startup was part of Y…
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