Satgana closes €30 million fund to support African climate tech startups
Satgana, a European venture capital (VC) firm headquartered in Luxembourg, has closed a €30 million fund to fund startups that tackle climate change problems in Africa.
Satgana, a European venture capital (VC) firm headquartered in Luxembourg, has closed a €30 million fund to fund startups that tackle climate change problems in Africa.
We interrupt our usual stream of bad-Meta news to report that they’ve partnered with LiveRamp to expand targeting of Meta campaigns based on advertisers’ first-party data. Specifically, LiveRamp’s Authenticated Traffic Solution can now connect to Facebook’s Conversions API. You either know what that means or don’t care. In more good news, Meta announced Media Ratings Council brand safety certification for its Instream Video and Instant Articles, but not the (much larger) Facebook Feed and Instagram Feed ad placements.
Egyptian fintech startup MoneyFellows has announced the first close of its Series B round funding with a US$31 million investment to help it accelerate its growth and move into new markets.
Twilio is adding ‘contextual awareness’ to its Segment CDP, which in plainer English means data stored in Segment will be available when creating event-triggered, real-time messages. This and a redesigned journey architecture are part of Twilio’s “next generation” customer engagement platform, which also includes natural voice AI agents, voice and text analytics, and RCS and WhatsApp messaging. Twilio separately announced a multi-year partnership with Microsoft to speed the adoption of conversational AI for customer engagement.