YC-backed Remedial Health raises $1 million pre-seed to digitize pharmacies in Nigeria

Remedial Health has secured $1 million in pre-seed funding to digitize pharmacies, and stem the supply of fake and substandard pharmaceutical products, starting with Nigeria before expanding to the rest of Africa. The round was led by Global Ventures and

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YC-backed Duplo raises $1.3M pre-seed to build financial OS for B2B companies in Nigeria

Startups have sought to use technology to digitize processes in Africa’s B2B e-commerce and retail space over the past couple of years. While many focus on moving products and providing credit, issues around cash overdependency haven’t been tackled at scale. 

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Vicarius raises $24M to build out its vulnerability remediation platform

Vicarius, a New York-based startup that has developed an autonomous vulnerability remediation platform, has raised $24 million in Series A funding to protect organizations from the next major supply-chain attack. The current vulnerability remediation situation isn’t working, Vicarius tells TechCrunch.

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Selina raises $150M to dish out flexible loans that leverage home equity

For many of us, our home is by far our biggest asset, and in the world of fintech, that’s led to a logical extension: when you need money, borrow against that biggest asset. Today, a London fintech called Selina, which

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Vivid Money, a financial super app, raises $114M at an $886M valuation to expand in Europe

Vivid Money, a challenger bank out of Berlin with 500,000 customers, has made a name for itself with a financial one-stop-shop  “super app” that, in addition to basic checking and money management services, also includes stock and cryptocurrency investing. Now,

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Nigerian healthtech startup Reliance Health raises $40M led by General Atlantic

There’s no denying the growth of healthtech globally over the past three years thanks to the pandemic. The event has accelerated the use of telemedicine, virtual care, and drug delivery, thus fuelling investor interest in the sector. Investment has also

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Todd McShay raises questions about potential No. 1 pick Kayvon Thibodeaux

While many believe Kayvon Thibodeaux is a lock to be the top pick in the upcoming NFL Draft, Todd McShay seems to doubt that a bit. Oregon’s Kayvon Thibodeaux has long looked like one of the most talented prospects for the upcoming

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ProductWind raises $1.67M to hook up your brand name with hundreds of influencers – TechCrunch

Some major makes devote tens of millions of dollars on internet marketing each individual 12 months and could only generate thousands of pounds in profits as a outcome. At the identical time, influencers are steering 1000’s, or even tens of

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Indian social commerce Meesho raises $570 million at $4.9 billion valuation – TechCrunch

Meesho has a lot more than doubled its valuation in considerably less than 6 months, to $4.9 billion, as a developing range of high-profile investors back again the Indian social commerce startup that is reporting powerful advancement inspite of the

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Tonic.ai raises $35M Sequence B to assistance engineers develop artificial knowledge sets – TechCrunch

When engineers are constructing application, they normally run into issues all-around tests it with no utilizing precise consumer knowledge. Creating a significant test established can be time-consuming and tough. Tonic.ai, a startup that assists engineers create synthetic facts sets, is

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Security audit raises severe warnings on Chinese smartphone models

Enlarge / Be sure you know what you’re getting into before buying and using unfamiliarly branded smartphones—especially international models not originally intended for your country. The Lithuanian National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) recently published a security assessment of three recent-model

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