Y Combinator Cutoff 17 Staff as it Takes Out Late-Stage Investment
This comes due to the fact that Y Combinator included late-stage investing in its focus, and this led to a distraction in its core mission
Nigeria’s Bujeti Accepted into Y Combinator 2023 Cohort
Bujeti is an expense management platform founded in 2022
YC-backed Remedial Health to Scale Beyond Nigeria with $4.4 Million Seed Round
Boosting its goal achievement, the seed fund will enable Remedial Health to broaden operations beyond its current 16 states in Nigeria, as it also targets East and West Africa expansion
Grey raises $2M to Simplify Cross-Border Payments Across Africa
The service offered by Grey enables its customers to have virtual international bank accounts for free and enjoy a seamless foreign payment process
Y Combinator Advices Startups to Prepare ‘for the Worst’
It should be noted that one of YC’s portfolio companies, Shopify, lost 12% of its value this year, and Netflix saw a loss of over $54 billion in market value…
Topship Raises $2.5 Million, Plans African Expansion
Including expansion across Africa, Topship will leverage the fund to improve its asset-light technology and build out a proprietary global shipping infrastructure to make imports and exports significantly faster and…
Identitypass Raises $2.8 Million Seed Funding Backed by Y Combinator, Others
Identitypass plans to expand its existing infrastructure, roll out new verticals around compliance, security and data collection, spread its reach into new African countries and employ more innovative minds
Remedial Health Accepted into Y Combinator, Raises $1m pre-seed
The funds, as well as its participation in Y Combinator, will accelerate the fruition of its goal
Nigeria’s Grey accepted into Y Combinator’s Winter 2022 batch
Following its recent name change from Aboki Africa, Grey has been accepted into Y Combinator’s 2022 Winter batch for startups
Y Combinator announces increased investment of $500,000 in accelerator startups
Asides the $125,000 for 7% of accelerated startups, Y Combinator will now offer $375,000 in the form of an uncapped SAFE note