3Bee, a five-year-old Italian startup that develops systems to improve bee health and protect biodiversity, raised a $5.2 million Series A round. Investors included Grow Impact Fund, Anya Capital, and ESA. The company has raised a total of $6.5 million. More here.
Kapu, a Kenyan startup founded this year that enables consumers to band together in order to buy groceries at lower prices, raised an $8 million seed round co-led by Giant Ventures and Firstminute Capital, with additional capital provided by Founder Collective, Base Capital, Norrsken, and Raven One. TechCrunch has more here.
OneOrder, a Cairo startup founded this year that makes it possible for Egyptian restaurants to order food supplies through its online platform, raised a $3 million seed round led by Nclude, with A15 and Delivery Hero Ventures also contributing. TechCrunch has more here.
Onomotion, a six-year-old, Berlin-based has come up with a scalable way to do micromobility-powered urban logistics — cargo e-bikes with built-in cover from the elements and attachable containers, has raised €6 million ($6.3 million) in Series A funding, along with and €15 million ($15.7 million) in debt. The equity comes from Proeza Ventures, Zu na mi GmbH, the European Innovation Council and existing investors; the debt, in the form of a bond, comes from GLS Bank. TechCrunch has more here.
Prophia, a four-year-old San Francisco startup that is building a platform to scour and extract key terms from commercial real estate contracts, raised a $10.2 million Series A round led by Cercano Management, with SignalFire also chipping in. The company has raised a total of $15.3 million. GeekWire has more here.
Pylon, a New York startup founded this year that claims to be bringing a way for lenders and fintechs to embed end-to-end mortgage tools into their existing platforms, raised a $8.5 million seed round led by Conversion Capital, with participation from Peter Thiel, Fifth Wall, Montage Ventures, QED Ventures, and Village Global. Forbes has more here.
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