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TLcom Capital closes $154 million fund targeted at early-stage African startups

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“We are maintaining the same investment strategy for TIDE Africa Fund II as we had for our first fund, which made over 80% of its investments at Seed or Series A,” Caio said.

Source: TechCabal | Leading Africa’s Tech Conversation

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