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Tech
From Pro Athlete To AI Founder — Kyle Rowley Raises $1.3M To Solve One Of E-Commerce’s Most Frustrating Financial Problems
What do sports and fintech have in common? For Kyle Rowley, it’s all about endurance, focus, and flawless execution. Born…
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Tech
HarbourView Equity Partners, An Investment Firm Founded By Sherrese Clarke Soares, Raises $500M In Debt Financing Backed By KKR
HarbourView Equity Partners just landed a major financial boost to supercharge its growing empire. The Black-founded investment firm, led by…
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Tech
Carrot Credit Raises $4.2M To Scale Digital Asset-Backed Lending Across Africa
Carrot Credit, a Nigerian fintech company, recently announced via LinkedIn that it has raised $4.2 million in seed funding to…
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South Loop Ventures Raises $21M To Back Diverse Founders, Boost Houston’s Tech Scene
South Loop Ventures has officially closed a $21 million Fund I to support early-stage startups, with a strong focus on…
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Tech
Doji Raises $14M To Transform Virtual Try-Ons With AI Avatars And Fashion-Forward Tech
With some assistance from artificial intelligence (AI) and a great deal of artistic vision, one business is reinventing the virtual…
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Tech
Ghana’s Kofa Raises $8.1M To Supercharge Battery Swapping And Clean Energy Across Africa
Kofa, a Ghana-based energy tech startup, secured $8.1 million in a pre-Series A funding round to expand its AI-powered battery-swapping…
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Crypto
BlackRock-Backed Securitize Raises Strategic Funding From Jump Crypto
Carlos Domingo, founder and CEO of Securitize Securitize Jump Crypto, the digital asset arm of Chicago quantitative trading firm Jump…
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Tech
Aruwa Capital Management, A Woman-Led Firm Based In Lagos, Nigeria, Raises 90% Of Its Fund II Target
Aruwa Capital Management, one of Africa’s few woman-led private equity firms, has secured $35 million for its second fund to…
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Black Breaking News
Reporter Raises Alarm About Father’s ‘Brutal Hazing’ That Left Him Blind After Another Southern University Student Dies During Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Ritual
An investigation is underway into the mysterious death of mechanical engineering student Caleb Wilson, a junior at Southern University, who…
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Black Breaking News
WWE sex abuse suit raises concerns ahead of Linda McMahon’s hearing to run Education Dept.
As Linda McMahon is set to face a confirmation hearing Thursday to lead the Education Department, several former WWE employees,…
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