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Grindstone Ventures Launches R500m Africa Startup Fund Targeting 15-20 Companies

Grindstone Ventures is raising a R500 million venture fund to back technology-enabled African companies from Seed through Series A, with South Africa set to form…

Heer Shah

September 11
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Madica Backs African Startups with $600K Across Health, Legal AI and Agritech

Vasundhra Tewari

4 min
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Tony Elumelu Foundation opens $5,000 seed grant window for African tech entrepreneurs in 2026

Epil Bodra

2 min
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Accion Ventures raises $61.6M, eyes India fintech

Vasundhra Tewari

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From Teenage Struggles to 1 Lakh Units: How 16-Year-Old Samara Roy Built SAMMMM

Manavi Gupta

4 min
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Ankita Sharma Is Building FigFinder AI to Make Travel Planning Less Fragmented

Epil Bodra

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Pure Lithium: Startup Bets on Graphite-Free Lithium Metal Batteries

Khushi Bhatia

6 min
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From Teenage Struggles to 1 Lakh Units: How 16-Year-Old Samara Roy Built SAMMMM

Manavi Gupta

4 min
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Why Is Flock Safety CEO Garrett Langley Being Trolled? Privacy, Surveillance and Security Concerns Explained

Epil Bodra

7 min
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Brand Content Strategy: Why Most Brand Content Fails Without a Point of View?

Khushboo Mulani

5 min
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