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The investment is led by Liil Ventures, and also includes existing investors Global Innovation Fund and Goodwell Investments, as well as Google, Nedbank, and Toyota Tsusho Corporation (TTC).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:22.3pt;margin-left:0cm;background:white;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#606569'>WhereIsMyTransport, which launched operations in Africa but has since expanded to India, Southeast Asia and Latin America, will use the funding to extend its global reach, scale its data collection practice, and develop new technology to translate complex data into useful information for commuters.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:22.3pt;margin-left:0cm;background:white;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#606569'>“We make the invisible visible, by collecting all kinds of data related to public transport and turning the data into information that can be shared with the people who need it most. In emerging markets, the mobility ecosystem is complex; informal public transport doesn’t behave like formal public transport,” said chief executive officer (CEO) Devin de Vries.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:22.3pt;margin-left:0cm;background:white;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#606569'>“Data and technology solutions that work well in London or San Francisco wouldn’t make anything like the same impact, if any at all, in the cities where we work. Our solutions are designed specifically to overcome these contextual challenges.”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:22.3pt;margin-left:0cm;background:white;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#606569'>Masato Yamanami, Automotive Division CEO at TTC, said his company was pleased to have the opportunity to invest in WhereIsMyTransport’s Series A round.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:22.3pt;margin-left:0cm;background:white;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#606569'>“Our division’s global network, that covers 146 countries, is primarily focused on new emerging countries where people rely on informal public transport. Through strategic collaboration with WhereIsMyTransport, we will develop better and more efficient mobility services that help to resolve social challenges and contribute to the overall economic development of nations, primarily emerging nations,” he said.--</span> <span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>disrupt-africa.com</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#606569'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:23.4pt;margin-left:0cm;background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#555555'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><i><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW'>Invest Wisely!</span></i><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><b><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW'>Bulls n Bears </span></b><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW'>Telephone: <a href="tel:%2B263%204%202927658" target="_blank"><span style='color:windowtext'>+263 4 2927658</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW'>Cellphone: <a href="tel:%2B263%2077%20344%201674" target="_blank"><span style='color:windowtext'>+263 77 344 1674</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW'>Alt. 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