Based in Minas Gerais (Brazil), the foodtech startup Nuu has successfully raised $4 million in a funding round to scale the distribution of their carbon-neutral food products made from cassava, a staple root vegetable in Brazil and South America. In addition to their flagship cassava-based cheese bread, Nuu produces various products, including tapioca sticks, cassava-based pizza dough, naturally colored cheese bread.

Talent City, now known as Itana, has raised a US$2 million pre-seed, money it intends to use to establish a digital free zone. Itana, founded by CEO Luqman Edu, COO Coco Liu and  ex-Andela and Flutterwave co-founder, Iyin Aboyeji, a founding investor, is primed to be Africa’s first digital free zone. The founders say the funding will support the startup’s efforts to improve Nigeria’s ease-of-doing-business index, drive foreign direct investment (FDI), and catalyze employment in Nigeria.