SoftBank Vision Fund, Speedinvest, and several venture capital partners have announced a collective USD8.7 million in committed capital to the nine start-ups that make up the first European edition of the Emerge accelerator programme for underrepresented founders. 

The companies are: Blloc, Credrails, Fiat Republic, Juli, Kwara, Pear Bio, Robin AI, Vitaance, The Stack World. 

Including the investment contribution from Emerge, these nine companies have gone on to cumulatively raise upwards of USD23 million in their latest funding rounds.