Biolevate, a French pharma-focused SaaS startup, has raised €30 million in Series A funding, CEO Joël Belafa announced exclusively. The company provides software-as-a-service solutions for the pharmaceutical industry. The funding round comes as investors continue backing AI-assisted drug discovery and pharmaceutical technology plays. Biolevate joins a growing number of companies applying technology solutions to streamline pharmaceutical development and operations. The Paris-based startup will use the capital to expand its platform and grow its presence in the pharmaceutical software market.

Ghanaian music company Apprise Music & Media has secured grant support through the Orange Inspire Creative Ultimate Pitch 2026. The final pitch event took place on 11 September 2026 in Accra, bringing together entrepreneurs from Ghana's creative and cultural sectors. The Orange Inspire programme, supported by Fidelity Bank Ghana, ALX and UNESCO Ghana, offers up to GH¢600,000 in funding for creative enterprises across sectors including music, film, fashion and media. Apprise Music presented its business model focused on music distribution, publishing administration and rights management for independent artists and labels. Founder Michael Bamfo said the support would help strengthen operations and serve more creators. The company plans to invest in catalogue administration equipment, metadata improvement, artist onboarding and audiovisual content production to expand its services to African creators.