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African Fintech Giant Raises $150 Million in Funding Round Led by FTX, Firm Now Valued at Over $2 Billion
African Fintech Giant Raises $150 Million in Funding Round Led by FTX, Firm Now Valued at Over $2 Billion
Chipper Cash, one of Africa’s biggest fintechs, recently concluded a Series C extension funding round in which it raised $150 million, a report by Techcrunch has revealed. New Investors Participate in Latest Round According to the report, this latest funding round — which was led by Sam Bankman-Fried’s FTX — comes barely six months after the fintech startup Chipper Cash was able to raise $100…
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The Bezos Plague has killed the earth.
Famed founder Daphne Koller tells it straight: ‘With most drugs, we do not understand why they work’ Daphne Koller doesn’t mind rigid work. She joined Stanford University’s computer science department in 1995, spending the next 18 years there in a full-time capacity before co-founding the online education giant…
Are Venture Capitalists And Big Ideas Converging Again?
Are Venture Capitalists And Big Ideas Converging Again?
My biggest complaint with venture capital and the current entrepreneurial landscape is the lack of Big Ideas— the superficiality of the technology sector. “We were promised flying cars and we got 140 characters” –Peter Thiel. We also got corporate greed masquerading as “the sharing economy.”
Many other well-known observers of this industry share my complaint. Some argue that these Big Ideas are…
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The Amazon CEO now owns not only The Washington Post, but also El Tiempo Latino. And The Express. And The Gazette.