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Africa: Seedstars, Sanad Program to Back Female-Led Startups in Africa

eriinfo.com1 week ago03 mins

Seedstars has partnered with the SANAD Technical Assistance Facility (TAF) to launch the SANAD Elevate Her Programme. This multi-phase initiative supports female-led and 2X-aligned startups across the Middle East, North Africa, and Sub-Saharan Africa. The programme targets persistent barriers faced by women founders, including a $42 billion funding gap and limited access to finance, markets,…

Africa

Africa: Seedstars to Co-Manage Seco Startup Fund With $6.3m to Deploy

eriinfo.com5 months ago04 mins

TLDR The SECO Startup Fund (SSF), backed by Switzerland’s State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO), has announced a new co-management structure with Seedstars and iGravity SSF is being relaunched with a refreshed strategy to support high-impact businesses in Swiss partner countries that lack access to traditional financing The fund will offer flexible, non-dilutive debt capital…