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Startups Weekly: SoftBanks second act

Behavioral cybersecurity platform CybSafe raises 28M Series B led by Evolution Equity Partners

Indias Awfis raises 30M to grow its coworking spaces business

Forto raises 240M in funding round led by Softbank taking its valuation to 12Bn

SimbaPay launches Kenya to China payment service via WeChat

With a 10 million round Nigerias Paga plans global expansion

Fintech in Latin America continues to draw big dollars as Softbank invests 231 million in Creditas

Lessons from MPesa for Africas new VCrich fintech startups

Visa and Kenyas Safaricom partner on MPesa payments and tech

SirionLabs raises 44M to scale its contract management software

Advocating reform activist investor Elliott Management takes a 25B stake in SoftBank

Mortgage is suddenly sexy as SoftBank pumps 500M in Bettercom at 6B valuation

Karius raises 165 million for its liquid biopsy technology identifying diseases with a blood draw

Lowcode integration platform Digibee raises 25M Series A

MoEngage lands 25M for its mobilefirst customer engagement platform

Africa Roundup: African startup investments turn to fintech this winter season

WhatsApp brings its Business API to the cloud to speed adoption

Microsoft acquires 5G specialist Affirmed Networks

SoftBanks 100 million diversity and inclusion fund makes its first bet in health Vitable Health

EduMe raises 20M to scale its corporate learning platform targeting gig workers and other deskless employees

Egyptian fintech Paymob raises 50M led by PayPal Ventures and Kora Capital

Kenya turns to MPesa mobilemoney to stem the spread of COVID19

Losses at SoftBanks Vision Funds have consumed nearly all their historical gains

SoftBank leads cash infusion into AI infrastructure company Pyxis One as it starts year with new name

Giftgiving mobile app Goody nabs more capital to scale in time for the holidays

Loon and SoftBanks HAPSMobile team with Airbus China Telecom and more on stratospheric cell networks

SoftBank expects 24 billion in losses from Vision Fund WeWork and OneWeb investments

Kenyan telco Safaricoms Alpha incubator faces uncertain future

Softbank leads a 120 million round for insurance startup Lemonade

How SoftBanks Vision Fund turned losses into gold this summer

Internet connectivity projects unite as Alphabet spinout Loon grabs 125M from SoftBanks HAPSMobile

Chinas Jaka Robotics fueled by Saudi Arabias Prosperity7 in global push

Microsoft launches Edge Zones for Azure

Kenya turns to its mobilemoney dominance to stem the spread of COVID19

China Roundup: A blow to USlisted Chinese firms and TikToks new global face

Egyptian health and wellness platform Esaal raises 17M to scale across MENA

SoftBank leads 150M round for Fireworks shoppable video

SoftBank bets big on a digital Ellis Island

SoftBankbacked construction giant Katerra said to be shutting down after raising billions

Ghanaian fintech Dash raises 328M seed to build connected wallets for Africans

Vodafone confirms merger talks with Three UK in a no cash deal to scale up in 5G

Africa Roundup: Africas tech ecosystem responds to COVID19

CommerceIQ gets its horn as capital continues to flow into ecommerce infrastructure startups

SoftBanks Vision Fund is preparing to invest 1 billion in Grab

Spirable refuels with 74M to serve more personalized video ads in the US

US giants top tech industrys 100M a year lobbying blitz in EU

India grants approval for 5G trials avoids Chinese firms

H Twenty Capital aims to be goto fund for preseed investments in Latin America

Mortgage is suddenly sexy as SoftBank pumps 500M in Bettercom at a 6B valuation

Karius raises 165 million for its liquid biopsy technology identifying diseases in a drop of blood