
19 FEB, 2021
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In today's edition:
- Cleantech again
- Ethiopia moves one step closer
- Facebook Vs Australia
- Is it legal?
- TC Insights
$90 Million One Time!

This was the highest funding amount raised in 2020 by a renewable energy company ‘Greenlight Planet’ within the Green Tech (also known as Clean Tech) space in Kenya.
Green Tech is one of the fastest-growing tech sectors in the world, worth $8.9Billion in 2019.
The Ugandan startup, gnuGrid also raised a US$250,000 funding round as it works to scale its solution. Yet another cleantech startup, SunCulture has now received $11 million in funding to expand solar irrigation in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Green Tech is about digitizing solutions to achieve sustainability goals thereby creating human-ecosystem equilibrium. The sustainability goals are based on 3 main pillars:
- The economy (focused on improving profit)
- The society (focused on preserving human and social capital)
- The environment (focused on protecting natural resources)
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Ethiopia Moves One Step Closer

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Facebook Vs Australia

Is it legal?

TC INSIGHTS: Deal tracker

Out with St. Valentine and in with the harmattan. This week’s breeze seems extra chilly on our end and TC Insights has brought you this week’s deals.
Funding deals for this week are:
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Si-Ware Systems raised $9,000,000 led by Sawari Ventures.
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SFAN secured $250,000 from King Solomon’s Capital
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VeggieVictory raised an undisclosed amount from Sustainable food Ventures and other investors
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Amitruck secured an undisclosed amount from Dynamo Ventures.
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gnuGrid raised $250,000 from US-based investors.
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Skudu secured an undisclosed amount from AgVentures.
That’s it for this week!
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