Hetz Ventures closes third fund of $123M to focus on DevOps tools, Open Source, Fintech and Cyber – TechCrunch

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Hetz Ventures, a seed-stage VC out of Israel launched in 2018, has closed its third fund of $123 million. The new (described as ‘over-subscribed’) fund, Hetz III, brings the firm’s total assets under management to nearly $300M. Focusing on seed and pre-seed investments, Hetz has previously backed Granulate (acquired by Intel last month), Trigo, Retrain.ai,…

Pangea to unlock diaspora inflows as funding source for African startups – TechCrunch

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Norway’s Pangea Trust, through its equity crowdfunding platform Connect, seeks to unlock diaspora remittance inflows as a source of funding for early and growth-stage startups in Africa. Remittances from abroad reached $45 billion in 2021, with Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya, Senegal and Zimbabwe leading the list of recipient countries. And as annual inflows grow, Pangea’s country…

Pangea to unlock diaspora inflows as funding source for African startups – TechCrunch

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Norway’s Pangea Trust, through its equity crowdfunding platform Connect, seeks to unlock diaspora remittance inflows as a source of funding for early and growth-stage startups in Africa. Remittances from abroad reached $45 billion in 2021, with Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya, Senegal and Zimbabwe leading the list of recipient countries. And as annual inflows grow, Pangea’s country…

Pangea to unlock diaspora inflows as funding source for African startups – TechCrunch

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Norway’s Pangea Trust, through its equity crowdfunding platform Connect, seeks to unlock diaspora remittance inflows as a source of funding for early and growth-stage startups in Africa. Remittances from abroad reached $45 billion in 2021, with Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya, Senegal and Zimbabwe leading the list of recipient countries. And as annual inflows grow, Pangea’s country…

NTT launches IoT for Sustainability offering

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NTT noted its IoT Services for Sustainability stack also incorporates a secure IT/OT integration and end-to-end support   Global technology and business solutions provider NTT announced the launch of its IoT Services for Sustainability offering. In a release, NTT said that the new end-to-end stack of solutions will help businesses advance progress against global sustainability…

New Hacker Group Pursuing Corporate Employees Focused on Mergers and Acquisitions

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A newly discovered suspected espionage threat actor has been targeting employees focusing on mergers and acquisitions as well as large corporate transactions to facilitate bulk email collection from victim environments. Mandiant is tracking the activity cluster under the uncategorized moniker UNC3524, citing a lack of evidence linking it to an existing group. However, some of…