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Africa, a Viable Investment Case with Promising Returns

November 1, 2024

Leveraging AI and Data Science for Early-Stage Product Strategy

November 1, 2024

Unlocking SaaS Growth: Key Indicators for Profitability, Viability, and Long-Term Growth

October 3, 2024

The Big Four Fallacy: Rethinking African Markets

September 18, 2024

Climate Tech in Africa: Balancing Innovation with Ethical Investment

September 5, 2024

Founding Partner, Kola Aina, Joins the EFInA Board

August 20, 2024

Funding Your Startup: A Realistic Look Beyond Venture Capital

Fundraising Terms: Warrants

Fundraising Terms: Pay-To-Play

Fundraising Terms: Anti-Diltuion Provision (Part 2)

Fundraising Terms: Anti-Diltuion Provision (Part 1)

The Unseen Advantage: The Power of Process in Building a Scalable Tech Startup

Fundraising Terms: Liquidation Preference (Part 2)

Fundraising Terms: Liquidation Preference (Part 1)

Is a SAFE Instrument Truly Safe? The Case for Priced Seed Rounds over SAFE Note

Fundraising Terms: Employee Option Pool

Fundraising Terms: Introducing the Term Sheet & Valuation

Navigating success: stories of triumph and resilience, Part 3

Navigating success: stories of triumph and resilience, Part 2

Navigating success: stories of triumph and resilience, Part 1

Surviving the Funding Winter: Startup Valuations, Exits, and Governance in the Time of Rising Interest Rates

December 30, 2023

Reflecting on 2023: A Year in Review

December 29, 2023

Igniting Prosperity: Recap of the Africa Prosperity Summit 2023

December 1, 2023

6 Strategies to Overcome the Funding Winter

November 3, 2023

Re-introducing Ventures Platform: Our Rebranding Story

October 30, 2023

Why we Invested: LENGO - Stop guessing Africa

October 19, 2023

The platform role for African VC firms: A mere trend or a value driver?

October 6, 2023

A Milestone Investment: Remedial Health Series A Funding

Funding Prosperity: Venture Capital Can Lift Nations Out of Poverty in Africa

Building Africa's Leading Communications Platform: Our Investment in Termii

Partnering With Talstack: Upskilling Africa's Workforce

Digitising Africa’s Freight Network: Our Investment in Chargel

January 10, 2023

Ventures Platform Closes its Pan-African Fund above its initial target - at $46M

December 15, 2022

Announcing our Latest Investments

October 3, 2022

Ventures Platform Fund is Hiring!!

September 26, 2022

Enabling Small Businesses Succeed: Our Investment in PressOne

September 15, 2022

How to think through your Business

Ventures Platform 2021: Year in Review

December 29, 2021

You Once Had A Business Idea

5 Years, and the Journey's Just Begun: Ventures Platform Foundation 2020 Annual Impact Report

December 30, 2020

Two quick lessons for aspiring entrepreneurs.

October 21, 2020

You’re a software developer. Where’s your start up?

Unpacking SaaS Churn

November 20, 2019

5 Reasons Why Blogging Is Great for Your Startup

November 15, 2019

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Ventures Platform @ 1: A note on Hacks & Lessons

December 27, 2017

Thanks to you; 2016 was awesome!

December 30, 2016