Zebra Fuel, the London-based startup that delivered fuel directly to your vehicle — backed by Robin and Saul Klein’s LocalGlobe, Brent Hoberman’s Firstminute Capital and Zoopla founder Alex Chesterman — has told customers it is “no longer” delivering fuel in London. However, it is unclear at this stage if the…
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Raising startup funding in Latin America is hard, but it is getting easier. In the first half of 2019, VC investment in Latin American startups totaled US$2.6 billion, according to LAVCA. That compares to just under US$2 billion raised in all of 2018. Capital is flowing into Latin America, and…
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Statistics released by the Southern African Fraud Prevention Service (SAFPS) in September show a 99% increase this year over 2018 in the number of cases in South Africa involving identity fraud. One startup reckons it’s come up with a way to tackle this. Lance Fanaroff, the co-founder and co-CEO of…
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A CleanTech startup co-founded by a Cambridge University academic is tilting at a minimum $1 million global prize for transformative cooling technology. Barocal Ltd, co-founded by Dr Xavier Moya of the Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy and based on his research, has already clinched $200k by reaching the final…
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Over 100 tech startup founders had the rare privilege of learning potential pitfalls to avoid in their entrepreneurship journey from a panel of successful tech startup founders at the Greenhouse Lab Startup Ecosystem Exchange 2019. The event held on Friday, 22 November 2019, featuring some of Africa’s top founders: Temitope…
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Insurance tech startup Acko General Insurance Ltd has raised $16 million in fresh funding from growth capital provider Ascent Capital, according to the company’s filings with the registrar of companies (RoC), sourced from business intelligence platform Paper.vc. The Mumbai-based insure-tech startup received allotments of “10 equity shares of ₹10 each…
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Private equity fund Zephyr Peacock India Growth Fund, which invests in small and medium enterprises in India, has decided to fund financial solution startup Loanzen, business daily Economic Times reported citing the Press Trust of India. Headquartered in Bengaluru, Loanzen provides financial solutions to the logistics industry. The company plans…
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After raising Rs 400 crore from Chinese internet giant Tencent Holdings and others, MyGate, a company which provides technology to enhance security and convenience for residents in gated premises, is expanding to other parts of India. The company has forayed into Gujarat, where the Bengaluru-based startup has run a successful…
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Editor’s note: Below you’ll find a list of 10 ideas for your next office or family holiday gift exchange — each from a Kansas City startup or maker. Click here to check out the rest of Startland News’ 2019 Gift Guide. wlle drink sweater Made by Sandlot Goods, the WLLE…
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The story, narrated by Houston itself, tells how the founding team came up with the formula of large-scale viral marketing to rise among its competitors at the beginning of the century. A lesson for anyone who wants to increase their audience (and fast). It was then that Drew Houston, co-founder…
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