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Mar 17, 2016

Seedstars World Startup Trends — a deep dive into 2015

With 54 SSW regional winners selected out of over 4,400 applications, 2015 was an outstanding year for Seedstars World. What does the future look like for us? To figure this out, we start by taking a closer look at our past…

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Mar 7, 2016

Best Space Startup goes to MapTasking at Seedstars World 2015

The Panamanian MapTasking, a mobile platform able to track field-operations live, was selected as the best space startup at the Seedstars Summit, receiving USD 50,000 grant from Inmarsat and AP-Swiss.

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Mar 5, 2016

Ukrainian TRIPMYDREAM is the Best Travel Startup of Seedstars World 2015

What a day for the most promising travel startups in emerging markets. Ukrainian TRIPMYDREAM was announced as the Best Travel Startup, and will be awarded up to USD 500'000 in equity investment from the…

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Mar 4, 2016

South African startup Giraffe is the Seedstars World 2015 Global Winner

Grand Winner Giraffe was awarded the Seedstars trophy and was crowned the “Seedstars World Global Winner 2015” for their innovative solution to reduce unemployment in the emerging markets. The Giraffe…

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Feb 16, 2016

Top 8 trends to watch for at the Seedstars Summit

According to the World Bank, developing economies are forecast to expand by 4.8 percent in 2016. What are the major implications of it? What’s the impact of technology innovation and diffusion? What are the hot topics on entrepreneurship and…

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Jan 13, 2016

African tech startups raised funding in excess of US$185.7m in 2015

African tech startups received a total amount of funding in excess of US$185.7 million in 2015, according to data compiled by Disrupt Africa.

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Jan 8, 2016

Announcing Seedstars Africa 2016

After years of traveling through over 15 African countries, meeting hundreds of entrepreneurs in…

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Jan 3, 2016

These Are The Most Popular Stories Of 2015

2016 is upon us and things are already looking bright. The tech community is already making predictions: Is 2016 the Year of the Unicorn? Who will make it to IPO? Is this the year AI takes over our screens and devices? Most investors are betting against…

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Dec 8, 2015

Meet the 13 top startups representing Africa at the Seedstars Summit

Here are the 13 top seed-stage startups who will represent Africa at the Seedstars Summit in March 2016:

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Nov 13, 2015

Our Startup Selection from The Web Summit

Last week, we attended the Web Summit in Dublin, Ireland. With approximately 43,000 attendees in total over the course of 3 days, it was a true melting pot of savvy startups, innovative entrepreneurs and invested investors. Seeing as our focus at Seedstars…