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We’ve backed over 140 founders daring to redefine sectors from healthcare to logistics. They don’t just dare. They’re doers. And each day they start over again, driven by their commitment to shape Africa’s future.

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Virtual payment platform for Africans

Exited

http://bitnob.com

Bitnob enables users across the continent to purchase bitcoin as an asset class, providing an automated way to do this while protecting them from the downside (volatility) and expanding the use case for cryptocurrencies by enabling businesses to receive them as payments.

Founders

Bernard Parah, Adeolu Akinyemi

Founded

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FinTech

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Pre-Seed

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Easy-to-use banking, payments and operations tools for businesses

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https://www.blochq.io/

Bloc gives businesses the opportunity to easily tap into the gold mine of FinTech solutions, from payment gateways and international payments to global digital banks to decentralised finance. Bloc helps businesses of all sizes build, launch, and grow their FinTech applications in less than half the usual time it takes.

Founders

Edmund Olotu

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FinTech

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Pre-Seed

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Commerce and financial tools for African businesses

Exited

https://www.trybrass.com/

Brass is a digital bank for small and medium businesses. Brass provides them with a suite of products — credit and payment services, payroll and expense management, API, cash-flow analytics, team management, POS, debit and credit cards — all wrapped around a business bank account.

Founders

Sola Akindolu, Emmanuel Okeke

Founded

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FinTech

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API services for virtual and physical cards issuance

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https://bridgecard.co/

Bridgecard is a card issuing provider for fintechs in Nigeria and Africa at large with easy-to-integrate APIs, allowing them to give virtual and physical Mastercard or VISA cards with a limit of up to $10,000 or €10,000 monthly to their users within five days or less.

Founders

Tunde Adewole, Festus Owumi

Founded

Industry

FinTech

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Pre-Seed

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Earth's most helpful data analyst

Exited

https://www.caantin.com/

Explore, analyse, and visualise your data easily with Caantin AI. Caantin is building advanced models that transform the way the fastest-growing companies understand their data and make decisions.

Founders

Njavwa Mutambo

Founded

Industry

Saas

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Operations management and payment services for businesses

Exited

https://catlog.shop

Catlog offers merchants on social media a simple way to take orders via chat, manage their businesses & get paid easily. Through a custom store link created for the merchant, potential customers can shop and make payments seamlessly.

Founders

Silas Adedoyin

Founded

Industry

Saas

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Pre-Seed

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Simplified first-mile logistics in Francophone West African countries

Exited

http://chargel.me/

Chargel is more than just a road transport platform; it is a gateway to optimised logistics in French-speaking West African countries. Chargel simplifies and streamlines transportation by helping shippers easily find available trucks to move goods while carriers discover lucrative new business opportunities.

Founders

Moustapha Ndoye, Alioune Ndoye

Founded

Industry

Logistics

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Pre-Seed

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Delivering tasty meals in minutes

Exited

https://500chow.com/

ChowCentral is building an asset-light restaurant chain for Africa. ChowCentral partners with commercial kitchens like hotels and third-party delivery providers to serve customers at 10 times less cost than traditional brick-and-mortar restaurants. Through ChowCentral's food brands, customers get access to a wide variety of meals.

Founders

Tosin Onafuye, Christopher Obasi, Yemi Onafuye

Founded

Industry

FoodTech

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Pre-Seed

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Enabling group investment in building projects

Exited

https://cobuildit.com/

CoBuildit is a project management company with a platform that allows users to invest in ongoing building projects and earn attractive returns. Every CoBuildit user can part-fund the construction of new homes, allowing home buyers a more extended timeframe to pay for their homes.

Founders

Oluwole Olabanji

Founded

Industry

FinTech

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Pre-Seed

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Providing robust customer management solutions for banks and businesses across Africa

Exited

http://connectedanalytics.xyz/

Connected Analytics is a multi-channel platform for businesses to acquire, retain and reward loyal customers at the point of payment for purchases. With an infrastructure for rewards, loyalty, deals, buy now, pay later, and cash back, Connected Analytics has perfected one offering: the cashback product where merchants can get more walk-in customers.

Founders

Simeon Ononobi, Madonna Ononobi, Suraj Supekar

Founded

Industry

FinTech

Initial Investment

Pre-Seed

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Active

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Automated investment portfolio tracking and asset management

Exited

https://getcova.com/

Cova allows users to track, manage, and access their assets across multiple platforms through a simple-to-use dashboard. Regardless of domiciled location, users can store relevant documents in a virtual fault and link their bank and pension accounts, crypto wallets, and stock portfolios to their Cova accounts.

Founders

Oluyomi Ojo

Founded

Industry

FinTech

Initial Investment

Pre-Seed

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BaaS solutions for non-financial businesses across emerging markets

Exited

https://www.credable.io/

Credable is driving the future of banking by enabling financial and non-financial institutions to deploy various digital financial solutions, such as digital savings wallets, lending products, payments, and more, to their end consumers, through a modern API-driven platform.

Founders

Nadeem Juma, Jad Abbas, Michael Tarimo

Founded

Industry

FinTech

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Helping businesses & individuals offer split payment to consumers across Africa.

Exited

https://clan.africa/

CreditClan, also known as Clan Africa, helps banks, merchants, and businesses provide credit to consumers across Africa. Clan Africa hopes to get thousands of merchants so that more sectors like the medical, real estate, and insurance will have businesses offering credit and pay-later options to customers.

Founders

Femi Bejide, Soji Okunuga

Founded

Industry

FinTech

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Pre-Seed

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Modern banking services for merchants

Exited

https://crowdforce.io/

CrowdForce crowdsources trusted industry insights, market research for public and private organisations, and financial services to individuals through their agent network. PayForce, a sub-brand of Crowdforce, provides modern banking services for merchants of all sizes.

Founders

Tomi Ayorinde, Damilola Ayorinde

Founded

Industry

FinTech

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Pre-Seed

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Enabling employers to offer employees instant access to daily earned salaries

Exited

https://earnipay.com/

Earnipay enables employers to offer employees instant access to daily earned salaries without changing their payment process through an innovative earn-as-you-work solution. Earnipay integrates with companies’ existing payroll systems while employees can then track and withdraw their accrued salaries via the app.

Founders

Nonso Onwuzulike, Busayo Oyetunji, Joshua Ajayi

Founded

Industry

FinTech

Initial Investment

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Active

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Omnichannel customer engagement platform for businesses

Exited

https://www.ebanqo.com/

eBanqo is an omnichannel customer engagement platform that helps businesses to automate customer support, provide live chat, and offer their services on web chat and messaging apps that customers already use, reducing the support team's workload and enabling customers to enjoy business services from multiple platforms.

Founders

Charles Ifedi

Founded

Industry

Enterprise SaaS

Initial Investment

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Marketing automation tools for businesses

Exited

http://engage.so/

Engage provides marketing automation tools for businesses with features that allow business owners to deliver personalized campaigns and automate customer onboarding, conversion and retention messages.

Founders

Opeyemi Obembe

Founded

Industry

Enterprise SaaS

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Optimising logistics for businesses

Exited

https://fezdelivery.co/

Fez Delivery is a tech-enabled last-mile logistics service operating across different verticals such as fintech, fashion, electronics, skincare and beauty, pharma, and food delivery. Fez Delivery's offerings include global shipping, local delivery, and corporate delivery management software.

Founders

Seun Alley, Olufemi Jose

Founded

Industry

Logistics

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Pre-Seed

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Active

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Accelerating growth for African export businesses

Exited

https://fluna.co

Fluna is a B2B SaaS digital best-in-class treasury management and financing platform that helps high-growth African exporters and importers tap into global markets via proprietary trade data, flexible financing, and international treasury solutions.

Founders

Miguel Sousa Dias

Founded

Industry

Enterprise SaaS

Initial Investment

Seed

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Active

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Simplifying product delivery value chain

Exited

https://frain.dev/

Frain is passionate about the product delivery value chain. Frain is home to Convoy, a cloud-native webhook service that allows developers to push webhook events to their users in minutes.

Founders

Subomi Oluwalana, Emmanuel Aina

Founded

Industry

Enterprise SaaS

Initial Investment

Pre-Seed

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Active

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Holistic health care services for elderly persons

Exited

https://gerocare.org/

GeroCare is an affordable subscription-based medical service for parents and older people, entitling them to regular doctor home visits. Aside from providing them with holistic health care services, GeroCare takes care of these people by providing support to improve their quality of life.

Founders

Ebinabo Offrey, Ajibola Meraiyebu

Founded

Industry

HealthTech

Initial Investment

Pre-Seed

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Active

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Personalised learning at home and in schools

Exited

https://gradely.ng/

Gradely is Nigeria’s first truly personalised adaptive learning platform that identifies student learning gaps and offers tools and resources to close them. Gradely empowers educators and parents to make a difference in their ward’s learning outcomes and produce more globally competitive learners through artificial intelligence and real-time data.

Founders

Boye Oshinaga Femi Ibiwoye Seyi Adelaju

Founded

Industry

EdTech

Initial Investment

Seed

Status

Active

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Exited

Delivery restaurant meals in minutes

Exited

https://www.heyfood.africa/

Heyfood is a food delivery startup providing end-to-end tools and storefronts to connect users with QSRs, Indie restaurants, and cloud kitchens. Launched in 202, Heyfood has been termed the "DoorDash of Africa" as it operates in and expands to Lagos and other megacities across Africa.

Founders

Akinropo Taiwo, Odetara Demilade

Founded

Industry

Enterprise SaaS

Initial Investment

Pre-Seed

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Active

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Exited

Redefining exchange value and peer-to-peer P2P remittance

Exited

https://honeycoin.app/

HoneyCoin is a decentralised monetisation & peer-to-peer P2P remittance platform for African creators & consumers. HoneyCoin's financial infrastructure allows individuals and creators monetise their audiences and transact P2P using fiat (traditional currencies like KES, UGX, NGN) and crypto (digital currencies like BTC, ETH, LTC) channels.

Founders

David Nandwa

Founded

Industry

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Pre-Seed

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Building Africa's first digital free zone for the builders of tomorrow.

Exited

https://www.itana.africa/

Itana rests on the ambition of building the ideal environment for the tech ecosystem in Africa, where the best talents build together. We envision a connected community with the ideal governance, digital services and physical infrastructure for builders of the continent to thrive.

Founders

Iyin Aboyeji, Coco Liu, Luqman Edu

Founded

Industry

Infrastructure

Initial Investment

Pre-Seed

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Active

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Exited

Faster and reliable cross-border payments for African businesses

Exited

Juice is a payment network enabling African businesses to make faster, less complex, cheaper, and more reliable cross-border payments with their local currency. Juice also guides inquiry to integration and beyond for businesses, startups and MTOs' use cases.

Founders

Ife Johnson, Justin Ziegler

Founded

Industry

Initial Investment

Seed

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Active

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One platform for all international payments

Exited

https://lemonade.finance/

Lemonade, now LemFi, provides best-in-class financial services for Africans in the diaspora. Offerings include a multi-currency account for immigrants to hold, send, and receive money across 30 countries.

Founders

Ridwan Olalere, Rian Cochran

Founded

Industry

FinTech

Initial Investment

Pre-Seed

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Active

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Enabling companies to stop guessing Africa

Exited

https://www.lengo.africa/

Lengo’s mission is to enable companies to “stop guessing Africa” by providing consumer goods companies with granular data and insights on the largely unorganized retail sector that accounts for 90% of purchases on the continent.

Founders

Max Smith, Roger-Xavier Macia, Ismaila Seck

Founded

Industry

Enterprise SaaS

Initial Investment

Pre-Seed

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Active

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Exited

An investment platform with curated long-term investment opportunities

Exited

https://loomo.finance/

Loomo is a simplified investment platform that helps people access curated long-term investment opportunities. Loomo enables their customers spice up their investments with high-growth opportunities.

Founders

Mohamed Felata, Paul Otto

Founded

Industry

Initial Investment

Pre-Seed

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Convenient, high-quality, and affordable diagnostics for the continent's next billion

Exited

https://www.mdaas.io/

MDaaS (Medical Devices As a Service) provides affordable and high-quality diagnostic infrastructure to underserved Africans. MDaaS has built a network of private diagnostic and primary healthcare centres that offer radiology, cardiology, and lab services.

Founders

Oluwasoga Oni, Genevieve Barnard Oni, Joe Mccord

Founded

Industry

HealthTech

Initial Investment

Pre-Seed

Status

Active

Fund

Operating in

Exited

Modernizing FMCG distribution in Francophone Africa

Exited

https://www.maad.io/

Maad is modernizing FMCG distribution by allowing informal retailers to order products from their platform with reliable delivery and low prices and offering working capital credit facilities.

Founders

Founded

Industry

B2B Ecommerce

Initial Investment

Seed

Status

Active

Fund

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A unified digital commerce marketplace for African merchants

Exited

https://marketforce360.com/

Through MarketForce 360, FMCG companies can manage their field sales activities and grow their distribution channels. MarketForce also enables merchants to earn more by making them a one-stop-shop for digital financial services like buying airtime, paying water bills, and banking & insurance services.

Founders

Mutethia Mbaabu, Mesongo Sibuti

Founded

Industry

Initial Investment

Pre-Seed

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Exited

Connecting auto business to automotive service providers and quality aftersale parts

Exited

https://mechoautotech.com/

Mecho Autotech is a robust and fully interactive technology platform that delivers seamless vehicle maintenance, repair services and aftersales parts. Mecho is able to serve customers and businesses across the automobile value chain due to the extensibility of its offerings.

Founders

Segun Owoade

Founded

Industry

Automobile Repair and Diagnostics

Initial Investment

Pre-Seed

Status

Active

Fund

Operating in

Exited

A lending platform for companies to extend credit to consumers

Exited

https://www.mines.io/

Migo is a cloud-based platform enabling companies to offer credit to their customers, augmenting traditional bank and payment card infrastructure. Migo's mission is to drive commerce worldwide by injecting liquidity into the last-mile retail sector.

Founders

Ekechi Nwokah, Kunle Olukotun

Founded

Industry

FinTech

Initial Investment

Pre-Seed

Status

Active

Fund

Operating in

Exited

Hassle-free payments for MENA and Sub-Saharan Africa

Exited

https://moneyhash.io/

MoneyHash is (MENA) Africa and Middle East's first flexible payments and revenue operations platform covering all payment needs. This platform builds a single API and optimises and scales payment infrastructure at any growth stage. MoneyHash aims to make payments efficient and scalable, empowering businesses to focus on what they do best.

Founders

Nader Abdelrazik, Anisha Sekar, Mustafa Eid

Founded

Industry

FinTech

Initial Investment

Pre-Seed

Status

Active

Fund

Operating in

Exited

Providing SMEs credit solutions leveraging social accountability

Exited

https://moni.africa/

Moni provides financial products to mobile money agents and micro and small-scale merchants using a social accountability credit system. Moni leverages social trust and group responsibility to deliver financial services and business loans to enable small business owners to access working capital.

Founders

Femi Iromini, Dapo Sobayo

Founded

Industry

FinTech

Initial Investment

Pre-Seed

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Active

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Exited

Simple solutions to power Nigerian business

Exited

https://moniepoint.com/

Moniepoint provides millions of people and businesses across Nigeria with access to banking, payments processing, loans and business management tools.

Founders

Tosin Eniolorunda

Founded

2015

Industry

FinTech

Initial Investment

Pre-Seed

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Active

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Empowering African businesses with secure financial data access.

Exited

https://mono.co/

Mono enables next-generation African businesses to securely access financial data, identity data and bank transfer payments with powerful APIs on one platform. Its plug-and-play technology allows customers to access a broad range of high-quality financial data from African institutions.

Founders

Abdul Hassan, Prakhar Singh

Founded

Industry

FinTech

Initial Investment

Pre-Seed

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Active

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Exited

Simplifying and improving insurance access and penetration in emerging markets

Exited

https://www.mycover.ai/

MyCover.ai is making it easier for people in emerging markets to access insurance products by co-creating insurance products with underwriters and distributing them via integration into existing products and services that people currently use.

Founders

Adebowale Banjo, Alexander Igwe-Ifendu, Fred Ebho

Founded

Industry

InsurTech

Initial Investment

Seed

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Active

Fund

Operating in

Exited

Tailored banking for SMEs, streamlining financial management.

Exited

https://www.nomba.com/

Nomba offers tailored business banking services to SMEs. Their platform facilitates digital payments, provides working capital loans, offers business credit cards, aids in expense management, and provides financial reporting, streamlining SMEs' financial management.

Founders

Yinka Adewale, Pelumi Aboluwarin

Founded

Industry

FinTech

Initial Investment

Pre-Seed

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Active

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Operating in

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Simplifying business registration and compliance across Africa

Exited

https://norebase.com/

Norebase simplifies business incorporation and registration across African countries. Their platform offers a centralized hub for paperwork and expert guidance, aiding businesses in navigating diverse legal and regulatory landscapes across the continent, with plans for further expansion.

Founders

Adetola Onayemi, Temitope Obanla

Founded

Industry

Enterprise SaaS

Initial Investment

Pre-Seed

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Active

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Operating in

Exited

Unlocking home loans for the informal market through alternative credit-scoring systems

Exited

https://nottoafrica.com/

Notto is Africa's first licensed alternative credit bureau. Their reliable, secure and accurate rent and bill tracking system uses tenants’ payment data to unlock access to a home loan, at a fair interest rate.

Founders

Dalumuzi H. Mhlanga

Founded

Industry

FinTech

Initial Investment

Pre-Seed

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Active

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Empowering retailers with business tools

Exited

https://omnibiz.com/

Omniretail provides a unified distribution platform, digitizing the chain from distributors to retailers. Omniretail also offers retailers tools for business management including inventory, order tracking, and payment processing.

Founders

Deepankar Rustagi

Founded

Industry

Ecommerce

Embedded Fintech

Initial Investment

Pre-Seed

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Active

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Operating in

Exited

Fast financing for SME business growth.

Exited

https://payhippo.ng/

PayHippo, an SME-focused fintech, helps businesses grow by providing access to quick and seamless financing. By leveraging technology and data analysis, PayHippo expedites the loan decision-making process and enables businesses to access funds more quickly.

Founders

Zach Bijesse, Chioma Okotcha, Uche Frank Nnadi

Founded

Industry

FinTech

Initial Investment

Pre-Seed

Status

Active

Fund

Operating in

Exited

Global money transfers and multi-currency spending

Exited

https://www.usepayday.com/

Payday helps Africans receive and send money globally. They enable customers to open USD, GBP, EUR and 20+ other global accounts for free & spend with the Payday Mastercard.

Founders

Favour Ori

Founded

Industry

FinTech

Initial Investment

Pre-Seed

Status

Active

Fund

Operating in

Exited

Modern online and offline payments for Africa

Exited

http://paystack.com

Paystack is the leading financial technology company in Nigeria and the largest independent neobank worldwide, with more than 20 million clients. Initially a no-fee credit card managed by a mobile app, Nubank has since expanded to include a proprietary loyalty rewards program, digital account and personal loans.

Founders

Ezra Olubi, Shola Akinlade

Founded

Industry

FinTech

Initial Investment

Pre-Seed

Status

Exited

Fund

Operating in

Exited

Saving and investing made easy.

Exited

https://www.piggyvest.com/

Piggyvest, a dynamic fintech platform, empowers users to save for targeted goals and offers diverse investment options including fixed deposits, treasury bills, and mutual funds. Piggyvest currently helps over 4 million customers achieve their financial goals.

Founders

Odunayo Eweniyi, Joshua Chibueze, Somto Ifezue

Founded

Industry

FinTech

Initial Investment

Pre-Seed

Status

Active

Fund

Operating in

Exited

Empowering supply chain SMEs with unique financial services

Exited

https://pivo.africa/

Pivo offers an array of financial services to supply chain SMEs, including digital payments, working capital loans, inventory financing, trade finance, expense management, and financial reporting, facilitating efficient financial management and business operations.

Founders

Nkiru Amadi-Emina, Ijeoma Jacquelyn

Founded

Industry

FinTech

Initial Investment

Pre-Seed

Status

Active

Fund

Operating in

Exited

Simplifying international payments for African businesses

Exited

https://plumter.com/

Plumter is helping to facilitate easy foreign payments and international banking for African businesses. With its robust infrastructure and network, Plumter acts as the bridge connecting these businesses to global payment rails, streamlining cross-border transactions and enabling seamless financial operations.

Founders

Yinka Elujoba, Joshua Eni

Founded

Industry

FinTech

Initial Investment

Pre-Seed

Status

Active

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Operating in

Exited

Building the entrepreneurs' mobile network

Exited

https://pressone.co

PressOne provides a shared phone number for teams. With PressOne, businesses can invite their teams to make and receive calls with the same phone number. They also enjoy shared call history, shared call credit, and automatic call recording.

Founders

Mayowa Okegbenle, Opeyemi Shokunbi

Founded

Industry

Digital Infrastucture

Initial Investment

Pre-Seed

Status

Active

Fund

Operating in

Exited

Accessible printing for businesses

Exited

https://printivo.com/

Printivo helps African business print marketing and business materials with ease. Printivo is an online print shop, users log on to Printivo.com, pick a template they like and edit in real-time to taste, they choose their desired quantity then submit it and pay with a credit card.

Founders

Oluyomi Ojo, Ibukun Oloyede

Founded

Industry

Enterprise SaaS

Initial Investment

Pre-Seed

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Active

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Operating in

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Easy business operations via no-code automation

Exited

https://quabbly.com/

Quabbly, a no-code automation platform, streamlines business operations by automating tasks like email communication, invoice generation, inventory management, appointment scheduling, and financial tracking, enhancing workflow efficiency and productivity.

Founders

David Ogbonna -Eze

Founded

Industry

Enterprise SaaS

Initial Investment

Pre-Seed

Status

Active

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Operating in

Exited

Simplifying financial management for African remote workforce

Exited

https://www.raenest.com/

Raenest has built a modern financial management tool for African remote workforce talent and global businesses that removes the pain around contracting, invoicing, and payments. With Raenest, companies can effortlessly onboard remote contractors and employees from Africa, coordinate payments in 50+ currencies, sort out compliances, and control team expenses with virtual cards from one single dashboard, in minutes.

Founders

Victor Alade, Richard Oyome, Sodruldeen Mustapha

Founded

Industry

Enterprise SaaS

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Pre-Seed

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Active

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Your trusted partner for comprehensive health insurance

Exited

https://www.reliancehmo.com/

Reliance HMO provides health insurance plans for individuals, families, and businesses. Their comprehensive coverage includes doctor's visits, hospital stays, and prescription drugs, all at low premiums. Enrollment is straightforward, and they offer 24/7 customer support for assistance.

Founders

Femi Kuti

Founded

Industry

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Pre-Seed

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Enhancing access to affordable and authentic medicines in Africa

Exited

https://remedial.health/

Remedial Health combines the use of pharmaceutical procurement innovations, inventory financing solutions, and pharmacy operations/patient management solutions to improve access to genuine and affordable medicines in Africa.

Founders

Samuel Okwuada

Founded

Industry

HealthTech

Embedded Fintech

Initial Investment

Pre-Seed

Status

Active

Fund

Operating in

Exited

Your financial investment partner for stability and growth

Exited

https://rise.capital/

Rise is a financial investment company offering dollar-based investment options. They focus on stability and growth, providing choices in stocks, real estate, and fixed income. Rise empowers users to set financial goals and offers an auto-invest feature. Their professional approach includes partnerships and a supportive community.

Founders

Eke Urum, Bosun Olanrewaju Tony Odiba

Founded

Industry

FinTech

Initial Investment

Pre-Seed

Status

Active

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Operating in

Exited

Providing data-driven supply chain solutions.

Exited

https://www.joinsaltbox.com/

Saltbox offers comprehensive business solutions, including warehousing, order fulfillment, last-mile delivery, and data analytics. They provide businesses with efficient inventory management and data-driven insights to enhance supply chain decisions, simplifying operations and customer service.

Founders

Tyler Scriven, Che Sharma, Paul D’Arrigo, Maxwell Bonnie

Founded

Industry

Infrastructure

Initial Investment

Pre-Seed

Status

Active

Fund

Operating in

Exited

Streamlining HR management

Exited

https://seamlesshr.com/

Seamless HR is an easy to use, robust cloud-based HR management software that handles all human resource processes end to end; Recruitment Management, Talent, Payroll and Learning Management. It focuses on helping businesses optimize staff productivity and retention.

Founders

Emmanuel Okeleji, Deji Lana

Founded

Industry

HR Tech

FinTech

Initial Investment

Pre-Seed

Status

Active

Fund

Operating in

Exited

Simplifying freight forwarding for African businesses

Exited

https://www.send.ng/

Send is a digital freight forwarding and courier service for African businesses. Send help businesses ship container and air cargo to Nigeria; managing the entire process — from users suppliers in China, US, UK, Dubai, and India, to the customs clearance and last-mile delivery to customers.

Founders

Larry Oti, Kingsley Oti

Founded

Industry

Logistics

Initial Investment

Pre-Seed

Status

Active

Fund

Operating in

Exited

Delivering top-quality animal protein to restaurants and hotels.

Exited

https://sendme.ng/

SendMe currently delivers a variety of the best animal protein to over 100 restaurants and hotels, helping them meet their business needs by creating the best meat experience for their customers and increasing their sales and profit margin.

Founders

Daniel Afolayan

Founded

Industry

FoodTech

Initial Investment

Pre-Seed

Status

Active

Fund

Operating in

Exited

Empowering auto dealerships with growth tools and resources.

Exited

https://shekel.africa/

Shekel Mobility is a B2B marketplace catering to auto dealerships, offering tools and resources for sustainable growth. Their products include Shekel Credit, Shekel Pay, and Shekel Trade, empowering dealers with financing, financial management, and a global marketplace.

Founders

Benjamen Oladokun, Sanmi Olukanmi

Founded

Industry

Mobility

Initial Investment

Pre-Seed

Status

Active

Fund

Operating in

Exited

Enabling education institutions across Africa financially resilient and sustainable

Exited

https://joinsteward.com/

Steward supports schools that are enthusiastic about growing and giving quality education to their students by providiing them with a financial services platform that enables them get loans, collect fees and manage finances.

Founders

Peter Kisadha, Ayodeji Ajuwon and Daniel Adegoke

Founded

Industry

EdTech

FinTech

Initial Investment

Pre-Seed

Status

Active

Fund

Operating in

Exited

Modern card issuing with customizable physical and virtual cards.

Exited

https://sudo.africa/

Sudo is a modern card issuing infrastructure, that provides APIs that enable card issuers to create customizable cards (Physical and virtual) that leverage just in time funding features, authorizing their end-users transactions in real-time. Integrated with major global and local card networks, modern card issuing allows companies to build payment solutions to their exact specifications and launch them easily at scale.

Founders

Aminu Bakori

Founded

Industry

Initial Investment

Pre-Seed

Status

Active

Fund

Operating in

Exited

Tailored solar energy access with flexible payment plans.

Exited

https://www.sunfi.co/

SunFi connects users seeking solar energy access with tailored payment plans. Users can access solar power solutions, select income-matching plans, monitor usage, and receive expert support through SunFi.

Founders

Rotimi Thomas, Tomiwa Igun, Olaoluwa Faniyi

Founded

Industry

FinTech

Initial Investment

Seed

Status

Active

Fund

Operating in

Exited

Subscription-based talent management with upskilling tools and courses.

Exited

https://talstack.com/

Talstack is a subscription-based talent management platform that enables companies to identify learning gaps or growth areas and upskill their employees with tools and courses from Africa’s best operators.

Founders

Seni Sulyman, Kayode Oyewole

Founded

Industry

EdTech

Initial Investment

Pre-Seed

Status

Active

Fund

Operating in

Exited

Affordable handheld ultrasound for underserved regions.

Exited

https://www.tambuahealth.com/

Tambua Health delivers a cheaper app-based handheld ultrasound system vital services at a cheaper rate, prioritizing rural and underserved regions.

Founders

Lewis Wanjohi, Daniel Gathigai, Eric Kirima

Founded

Industry

HealthTech

Initial Investment

Pre-Seed

Status

Active

Fund

Operating in

Exited

Providing affordable, convenient health insurance for businesses and individuals in Francophone Africa.

Exited

https://www.tanelhealth.com/

Tanél Health is a modern health insurance company making it easy for employers and individuals to access affordable, convenient health coverage in Francophone Africa.

Founders

Mouhamed Ndoye, Makhtar Diop

Founded

2020

Industry

InsurTech

Initial Investment

Seed

Status

Active

Fund

Operating in

Exited

Integrating customer connections and verifications seamlessly across all media.

Exited

https://termii.com/

Termii helps businesses across Africa to use messaging channels to engage, verify and authenticate customer transactions. It enables communication across SMS, email, voice, and instant messaging channels.

Founders

Gbolade Emmanuel, Ayomide Awe, Idowu Atinuke

Founded

Industry

Enterprise SaaS

Initial Investment

Series A

Status

Active

Fund

Operating in

Exited

Empowering African farmers through technology for food security.

Exited

https://www.thriveagric.com/

ThriveAgric leverages technology to empower smallholder farmers across Africa by linking them to finance, data-driven best practices, and access to local & global markets for their commodities; towards ensuring food security for all.

Founders

Uka Eje, Ayo Arikawe

Founded

Industry

Agric-Tech

FinTech

Initial Investment

Pre-Seed

Status

Active

Fund

Operating in

Exited

Affordable unlimited internet via innovative Wi-Fi technology.

Exited

https://wifi.com.ng/

Tizeti is leveraging the large wireless capacity available with wi-fi and plummeting cost of solar panels to create a low CAPEX/OPEX network of owned & operated towers to offer disruptive, customer-friendly pricing for unlimited internet.

Founders

Kendall Ananyi, Ifeanyi Okonkwo

Founded

Industry

Internet Infrastructure

Initial Investment

Pre-Seed

Status

Active

Fund

Operating in

Exited

Business tools for payment, loans, savings, and more.

Exited

https://tractionapps.co/

Traction offers a suite of business tools, including payment acceptance, loans, and various software like a retail POS system, e-commerce, invoicing, and CRM. They provide terminals for payments, offer bank transfer options and more for business growth and convenience.

Founders

Mayowa Alli, Dolapo Adejuyigbe

Founded

Industry

FinTech

Initial Investment

Pre-Seed

Status

Active

Fund

Operating in

Exited

Micro-investing app for Nigeria and international markets.

Exited

https://troveapp.co/

Trove is a micro-investing application that allows users to invest in financial securities in Nigeria (Government Bonds, Stocks) and also in international markets (US Exchange Traded Funds & Stocks of US companies) with the tap of a button.

Founders

Oluwatomi Solanke, Opeyemi.Olanipekun, Austin Osita Akagu, Desayo.Ajisegiri

Founded

Industry

FinTech

Initial Investment

Pre-Seed

Status

Active

Fund

Operating in

Exited

Independent debit card issuance and management for businesses.

Exited

https://union54.com/

Union54's API enables businesses to issue debit cards to customers independently of banks. It offers card management, allowing businesses to set limits and block cards, transaction reporting with details on spending and merchant info, and fraud protection to prevent fraudulent transactions.

Founders

Perseus Mlambo

Founded

Industry

FinTech

Initial Investment

Pre-Seed

Status

Active

Fund

Operating in

Exited

Africa's versatile offline and online payment platform.

Exited

https://vendy.money/

Vendy offers businesses in Africa a versatile payment platform. It enables them to initiate payments offline and through WhatsApp and accept payments through cards, mobile money, and bank transfers. Features include real-time reporting, dispute resolution, and fraud protection.

Founders

Kayode Disu, Peter Ekunkoya

Founded

Industry

FinTech

Initial Investment

Pre-Seed

Status

Active

Fund

Operating in

Exited

Cross-border payment solution for SMBs, startups and scale-ups.

Exited

https://www.vertofx.com/

Verto is a complete FX and payment marketplace built for business. VERTO provides liquidity and price discovery tools for international businesses. The marketplace provides easy access to exotic and foreign currencies with seamless international online payment services

Founders

Anthony Oduwole, Ola Oyetayo

Founded

Industry

FinTech

Initial Investment

Pre-Seed

Status

Active

Fund

Operating in

Exited

Streamlining the process of buying and selling used cars

Exited

https://voomeg.com/

Voom simplifies buying and selling used cars. For sellers, register the car, get it inspected, receive offers, finalize the deal, and receive payment. Buyers can browse, check inspection reports, request test drives, pay, and collect their cars. Voom ensures a hassle-free, secure, and guaranteed experience.

Founders

Abobkr Elmashtoly, Mohamed Kamel

Founded

Industry

Mobility

Initial Investment

Pre-Seed

Status

Active

Fund

Operating in

Exited

Offering access to global investments and investment education.

Exited

https://www.wealth-8.com/

Wealth8 is a technology-driven platform designed to connect people with wealth and investment opportunities, by providing easy access to global investment products, as well as the ability to learn the language of investing

Founders

Bimpe Nkontchou, David Fisayo

Founded

Industry

FinTech

Initial Investment

Pre-Seed

Status

Active

Fund

Operating in

Exited

Connecting people with skilled repair professionals

Exited

http://www.wesabi.com/

Wesabi is a platform where anybody can request for a reliable and well-trained plumber, electrician, AC repair expert, painter, cleaner, washing machine, and refrigerator repair experts; anything that has to do with the home or office repairs with just a few clicks.

Founders

Zainab Oyewo, Murtala Sanni

Founded

Industry

Gig Economy

Initial Investment

Pre-Seed

Status

Active

Fund

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