Egyptian startup Instabug, a mobile monitoring, crash and bug reporting solution for mobile teams, has raised US$46 million in Series B funding to add to its product and build what it says will be the first mobile observability and performance monitoring platform.
Habi, a startup that emerged in 2019 to digitize the process of buying and selling homes in Colombia, this week became Colombia’s second unicorn. The startup’s model is two-sided. For those who want to sell properties, Habi buys them expeditiously, within 10 days. And to those looking to buy, Habi offers real estate, helping them obtain a mortgage loan. The company operates in more than 15 cities in Colombia and Mexico.
African payments company Interswitch has secured a $110 million joint investment from LeapFrog Investments and Tana Africa Capital to scale its digital payment services across the continent.
It’s tough to get brand safety right, but the industry keeps trying. IPG Mediabrands announced a new set of tools to find and block inappropriate ad placements, while IAS expanded its suitability measurements to include standards from the Global Alliance for Responsible Media (GARM). Meanwhile, DoubleVerify admitted a mistake made brand safety on X/Twitter look worse than it really was in October 2023 and March 2024.