Shyp’s founder is back with a new kind of shipping startup
Like Shyp, Airhouse exists to take the pain out of shipping. But its customers are direct-to-consumer brands, and it aims to avoid some of Shyp’s missteps. By the time on-demand delivery startup Shyp collapsed in March 2018, its cofounder and CEO, Kevin Gibbon, was already thinking about his next company. As he told me at […]
AdQuick raises $6M to conquer an advertising market Google and Facebook won’t
With Google and Facebook yielding massive control over the online ad market, leaving only scraps for other ad platforms, perhaps it was only natural that tech startups would take a step back and start to look for opportunities in selling billboards. AdQuick, a marketplace for out of home (OOH) advertising, tells TechCrunch that it has […]
Ugandan fintech Asaak raises $30million to support acquisition of motorbikes, smartphones by taxi operators
Asaak, a Ugandan asset financing startup, has secured $30 million in pre-Series A equity and debt funding. The round saw the participation of new and existing investors including Resolute Ventures, Social Capital, HOF Capital, Founders Factory Africa, End Poverty Make Trillions, Decentralized VC and a number of angel investors. Asaak offers motorbike financing to operators, […]
Crypto Exchange BitOasis Raises $30M to Fuel Geographic Expansion
Crypto exchange BitOasis has raised $30 million in a Series B funding round co-led by Jump Capital and venture capital firm Wamda Capital, which focuses on the Middle East and North Africa. The money will be used to fund the Dubai-based exchange’s expansion in the region and to meet regulatory compliance. Other investors included Alameda […]
