Koolboks, the sustainable cooling company providing accessible cold storage solutions to businesses across Africa, has closed a $2.5 million seed funding round. The round was led by Nigeria-based Aruwa Capital Management and with participation from Acumen, Blue Earth Capital, All On, GSMA and other investors. This brings the company’s total investment to date to $3.5 million.
Unless you happen to sell point of sales systems, this Epicor survey of POS buyers may not seem relevant. But the results are probably similar for other tech products. Key findings: 73% of buyers consider replacing a system within three years of buying it; 93% prefer a system tailored to their industry; 92% want sales teams that understand their industry; sellers don’t provide enough support during deployment; and data migration is the biggest deployment challenge.
Kenya’s B2B agritech startup, iProcure, has raised $10.2 million in Series B funding to grow its presence in its current markets – Kenya and Uganda, and expand to Tanzania. The round was led by Investisseurs & Partenaires (I&P), with participation from Novastar Ventures, Ceniarth, and British International Investment (BII) participating.
It’s deal-making time for generative AI model builders and publishers who can provide them with quality data. Germany publishing giant Axel Springer is trading access to its data for Microsoft adtech, AI, and Azure hosting solutions. Meanwhile, The Financial Times has struck a deal with OpenAI to license its content with attribution of summaries and quotes.