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Tushop, a startup which enables communities in Nairobi to buy groceries more cheaply with free delivery, has secured US$3 million in pre-seed funding to expand its team and platform and roll out across Kenya. The pre-seed round was led by 4DX Ventures. The round also saw participation from a number of VCs including: JAM Fund Breyer Capital
Tushop is a social commerce platform powering group-buying in Kenya. The startup uses community leaders who collect the orders and do last-mile deliveries.
Three Kenyan-based start-ups have raised Sh7.3 billion ($63.5 million) from multiple international investors to expand in East and West Africa as well as service offering.
Kenya-based agritech Apollo Agriculture, which helps farmers access high-quality farm inputs, financing and markets, plans to double the number of farmers it is serving by the end 2022 and to introduce other products that deliver more value per acre of land. This is after raising $40 million in Series B funding in the equity round […]
Weizmann Institute of Science It could happen if the tunnel is long enough, but the chances are basically zero How much time does it take to send a package from New York to Tel Aviv, and how does that compare with sending an email from one side of the Weizmann Institute of Science campus to the other? Now shrink the package down to the size of one of the electrons making up the email and put up an impenetrable barrier over the ocean. The “package” electron could make the crossing faster, even breaking the light “speed limit.” Prof. Eli Pollak, together with postdoctoral fellow Dr. Tom...