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Daily Crunch: With $250M Series D, fintech Flutterwave becomes Africa’s highest-valued startup



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Hello and welcome to Daily Crunch for Wednesday, February 16, 2022! Most funding stories don’t go viral, but today is a bit of an exception – Flutterwave’s huge round made an impact, I can confirm.
But before that and the rest of the news, am happy to announce that GV’s Terri Burns is coming to TechCrunch Early Stage to talk product-market fit, which should be a great session. See you there! – Alex
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