– French startup Skello has raised a $47.3m funding round.
– The company has been working on a software-as-a-service tool that lets you manage the work schedule of your company.
– Partech is leading today’s funding round. Existing investors XAnge and Aglaé Ventures are also participating.

– Billogram, a recurring billing platform, raised $45m in funding.
– The round was led by Partech and will be used to help the Stockholm-based startup expand from its current base in Sweden to six more markets, including Germany, Norway, Finland, Ireland, France, Spain and Italy.
– The company got its start working with SMBs in 2011 but pivoted some years later to working with larger enterprises, which make up the majority of its business today.
– It’s not surprising to see Stripe and others wanting to move in the area of more complex, recurring billing services.

– Wave, a U.S. and Senegal-based mobile money provider, raised $200m in Series A funding.
– The investment is the largest-ever Series A round for the region, and it values Wave at $1.7bn.
– The round was led by Sequoia Heritage, an endowment-style fund and a separate entity that operates independently under the Sequoia brand; Founders Fund; payments giant Stripe; and Ribbit Capital.
– Other investors include Partech Africa and Sam Altman, the former CEO of Y Combinator and current CEO of OpenAI.

– Hum Capital is a NYC-based AI powered funding platform.
– The company raised $9m in Series A funding.
– The round was led by Future Ventures, with participation from Webb Investment Network, Wavemaker Partners and Partech.
– The new investment will be used to scale the company’s go-to-market operations and onboard new institutional investors onto its Intelligent Capital Market (ICM) platform to expand access to a diverse range of non-dilutive financing products.

– CoachHub is a Berlin, Germany-based digital coaching platform.
– The company raised $80m in Series B2 funding.
– The round was led by Draper Esprit, RTP Global, HV Capital, Signals Venture Capital, Partech, and Speedinvest.
– The new investment will be used to fund the company’s global expansion.

– Yoco, a South African fintech, raised $83m in Series C funding.
– The round was joined by investors Dragoneer Investment Group, Breyer Capital, HOF Capital, The Raba Partnership, 4DX Ventures and TO Ventures; and existing investors Partech, Velocity Capital Fintech Ventures, Orange Ventures and Quona Capital. Current and former executives from global tech companies such as Coinbase, Revolut, Spotify and Gojek took part as well.
– The company plans to scale offline and online offerings and expand to new markets.

– Collectiv Food, a food supply chain startup, raised $16m in Series A funding.
– The round was led by VNV Global and joined by VisVires New Protein, Octopus Ventures, Norrsken VC and existing investors, including Partech, Colle Capital and Mustard Seed.
– The company operates by sourcing food directly from producers, disintermediating the wholesaler middleman, and delivering straight to professional kitchens.
– Customers include Big Mamma Group, The Hush Collection, Dirty Bones, Megan’s, Crussh, Butchie’s, Cocotte, Tossed and Fresh Fitness Food.

– Singapore-based startup Tinvio raised $12m in Series A funding.
– The round was led by AppWorks Ventures, with participation from strategic investor MUFG Innovation Partners, a venture capital firm for collaborations between startups and Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group.
– All of Tinvio’s existing investors — Sequoia Capital India’s Surge, Global Founders Capital and Partech Ventures — also returned for its Series A, which brings Tinvio’s total raised to $18.5 million.
– Tinvio’s last funding announcement was a $5.5 million seed round in April 2020.

– Fresha announced a $100m Series C investment led by General Atlantic with strategic participation from Huda Kattan of HB Investments and the founder of Huda Beauty, as well as Michael Zeisser of FMZ Ventures, former Chairman Investments at Alibaba Group, and Jonathan Green of Lugard Road Capital.
– Fresha’s existing global investors Partech, Target Global and FJ Labs also participated in the round, bringing the company’s total fundraising to $132m to date.
– Fresha will leverage the new funds to further broaden its global community of partner salons and spas, scale product development, deepen its marketplace bookings and pursue strategic M&A.

– Zenyum, a Singapore based direct-to-consumer dental products brand, raised $40m in Series B funding.
– The round was led by L Catterton, which invested invested $25m, with participation from existing investors Sequoia Capital India, RTP Global, Partech, TNB Aura, Seeds Capital, and FEBE Ventures.
– In conjunction with the funding, Anjana Sasidharan, Head of Growth Investments for L Catterton Asia, will be joining Zenyum’s board.
– The company intends to use the funds to accelerate expansion across Asia, deepen its range of products, and further develop its technology stack.

– Memfault, a San Francisco, CA-based provider a cloud-native platform for connected device monitoring, updating, and debugging, raised $8.5m in Series A funding.
– The round was led by Partech with participation from existing investor Uncork Capital.
– The company intends to use the funds to scale its engineering team and make investments across product development and marketing.

– Ugandan technology-enabled asset finance company Tugende today announced that it has closed $3.6 million in a Series A extension round.
– The investment, which, according to the company, was agreed on and structured in 2020, follows the $6.3 million raised in November 2020 and led by Toyota Tsusho investment fund Mobility 54. This brings Tugende’s total Series A financing to $9.9 million.
– San Francisco and Paris-based VC firm, Partech led the round. Enza Capital participated, alongside some unnamed angel investors.
– Michael Wilkerson founded Tugende in 2012. The company uses asset finance, technology and a customer support model to help micro, small and medium-sized enterprises own income-generating assets.

– Seattle startup Deako Lighting raised $12.5m in Series B funding.
– The round was led by Columbia Pacific Advisors and joined by Promus Ventures, Alumni Ventures Group, Partech, Innolinks Ventures, and angels.
– The company plans to double its 25-person headcount this year.

– Rohlik Group, a Prague, Czech Republic-based online grocery business, raised €190m in funding.
– The round was led by Partech, joined by Index Ventures, with participation from EBRD, J&T Banka, Quadrille Capital, R2G and existing investor Enern.
– The company intends to use the funds to accelerate its expansion in its existing markets and launch in Germany and other international markets and continue to invest in technology and operating capabilities.

– DataJoy, a startup, raised $6m in seed funding.
– The round was led by Foundation Capital with help from Quarry VC, Partech Partners, IGSB, Bow Capital and SVB.
– The company is still in the process of building the product and is pre-revenue.