Madica, a program by Flourish Ventures, steps up pre-seed investing in Africa

25.04.2024

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Madica, an investment program launched by US-based investor Flourish Ventures to back pre-seed startups in Africa, plans to invest in up to 10 ventures by the end of the year, ramping up its funding efforts after closing three initial three deals. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Madica, a program by Flourish Ventures, steps up pre-seed investing in Africa

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Thoma Bravo’s LogRhythm merges with Exabeam in more cybersecurity consolidation

Spoor uses AI to save birds from wind turbines

Embedded accounting startup Layer secures $2.3M toward goal of replacing Quickbooks

Meet PayHOA, a profitable and once-bootstrapped SaaS startup that just landed a $27.5M Series A

Orange Charger thinks a $750 outlet will solve EV charging for apartment dwellers

Aplazo is using buy-now-pay-later as a stepping stone to financial ubiquity in Mexico

Sona, a frontline workforce management platform, raises $27.5M with eyes on US expansion

Retell AI lets companies build ‘voice agents’ to answer phone calls

Bluesky now lets you personalize its main Discover feed using new controls

Blackboard founder transforms Zoom add-on designed for teachers into business tool