#naspers ventures

Naspers leads $22 million financing for agritech company, FarmLogs

Naspers Ventures has helped raise $22 million in a Series C round of funding for Michigan-based FarmLogs to invest in technology that will help farmers manage their farm activities effectively, efficiently and profitably. With this inflow, it will also increase its staff strength to cater for its increasing operations

Drive Capital, Huron River Ventures, Hyde Park Venture Partners, SV Angeland…

Naspers Invest R306 million in FarmLogs to Revolutionise Farming

by Staff Writer

South Africa’s Internet giant Naspers has plough in $22 million (R306 million) in US-based FarmLogs, the leading data science company that helps farmers unlock valuable insights from their fields to farm more profitably.

The company has invested through its venture capital division, Naspers Ventures.

Other participating existing investors include Drive Capital, Huron River…

Digital skills education firm Codecademy raises R431 million led by Naspers to fuel further expansion

New York-based Codecademy has secured a $30 million (R431 million) Series C investment led by Naspers through its Naspers Ventures division. By Staff Writer

Codecademy’s existing investors, including Union Square Ventures, Flybridge Capital Partners, Index Ventures and Sir Richard Branson contributed to the round.

The new funds will allow the digital skills education firm to grow its team to…

Follow the Leader: Alec Oxenford, founder of OLX and letgo

Read the first in Naspers’ new Follow the Leader series, where it profile entrepreneurs making waves in high growth tech markets around the world.

For its inaugural post, it spoke with Alec Oxenford, co-founder of Naspers companies OLX and letgo.

Q: What is your role at Naspers? A:I have an entrepreneurial role at one of Naspers more recent investments, letgo. I guide the company’s vision, I…

Naspers announces their first EDTech investment in Brainly, the world’s largest social learning community, based in Krakow and New York.

On May 11, South Africa-based Naspers, a $65B global internet and entertainment group with operations in more than 130 countries, announced its first investment targeting the Education Technology (EdTech) market. Through its Naspers Ventures division, the…