Kopo Kopo Mobile Money Merchant Services Platform Secures $2.6 Million in Financing

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Kopo Kopo, a merchant services platform serving thousands of businesses in East Africa, announced that it raised $2.6 million in Series A financing. Javelin Venture Partners led the round with Vinod Khosla’s Impact Fund, an existing investor. Accion Venture Lab also participated. Noah Doyle of Javelin Venture Partners will join Kopo Kopo’s board of directors.

CardCash.com Closes on $6 Million in Growth Funding From Guggenheim Partners

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CardCash.com, the web’s largest secure secondary gift card exchange, announced that it has secured $6 million in growth financing from Guggenheim Partners, a global financial services firm. CardCash said it will use the funding to continue to enhance its popular exchange on which consumers can buy, sell, and trade the estimated $30 billion of unused