The largest agreement for the year so far happened in June, when four-year-old electric motorcycle maker Spiro raised $270 million. That helped raise the total for the half year, but the number of startups raising $100,000 or more fell to its lowest level since 2021, the data showed. Read more:

African startup funding dips 6% year on yearThe number of startups raising $100,000 or more fell to its lowest level since 2021.www.semafor.com