Jun 15, 2026 · 1 hr 10 min · 13 segments
On this episode, Laolu, Furo, and Nosa discuss some recent fundraises in the ecosystem — Spiro’s $215M raise backed by Impact Fund Denmark and Equitane, Nala’s $50M credit facility, LemFi’s $34.8M…
Back to the topic at hand.
Spiro.
Spiro is a electric vehicle platform or EV.
Hmm, what does EV mean? It's electric vehicle, right? [laughing]
Yes.
Yes.
Yes.
Yes, Furah, that's what, that is what it means.
That's what EV means.
You are not, you are not doing yourself any favors here.
But-
Oh, gosh
... shut up.
I'm just this morning, please.
I know I took the time.
You need to drop this shovel, Furah.
Drop it.
Yeah.
Anyways- EV, African EV platform, Spiro, um, closed a $215, $215 million equity round backed by an impact, impact fund Denmark and Equitain.
Um, it's one of the largest investments made in EV infrastructure on the continent.
Um, yeah.
Hmm.
Interesting.
Yeah.
Back to the topic at hand.
Spiro.
Spiro is a electric vehicle platform or EV.
Hmm, what does EV mean? It's electric vehicle, right? [laughing]
Yes.
Yes.
Yes.
Yes, Furah, that's what, that is what it means.
That's what EV means.
You are not, you are not doing yourself any favors here.
But-
Oh, gosh
... shut up.
I'm just this morning, please.
I know I took the time.
You need to drop this shovel, Furah.
Drop it.
Yeah.
Anyways- EV, African EV platform, Spiro, um, closed a $215, $215 million equity round backed by an impact, impact fund Denmark and Equitain.
Um, it's one of the largest investments made in EV infrastructure on the continent.
Um, yeah.
Hmm.
Interesting.
Yeah.
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