A record year for startup deals can hide a funding drought. StartupCentrum makes that contradiction useful, pairing ecosystem research with the people and tools founders need next.
Allegrow works in the awkward stretch after the handshake, when two companies have to become one without losing the people, customers, and value that made the deal attractive.
A telecom partnership, climate grants and a new fintech challenge reveal how the Dar es Salaam company helps founders reach the people who can test, fund and buy what they build.