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Total investments 71
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$2M
Portfolio companies 55
Lead investments 4
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.21
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Areas of investment

  • Financial Services
  • Information Technology
  • FinTech
  • Finance
  • Supply Chain Management

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Filmmakers Mart

E-Commerce
Film Production
Retail
$336K26 Oct 2023 Yaba, Lagos, Nigeria

Talent City

$2M06 Sep 2023 -

Anchor

Financial Services
$2M04 Sep 2023 Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria

Balad

Finance
Financial Services
FinTech
08 May 2023 Cairo, Al Qahirah, Egypt

HouseAfrica

Blockchain
Financial Services
Property Insurance
Real Estate
Real Estate Investment
$400K27 Mar 2023 Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria

Smile Identity

Apps
Financial Services
Identity Management
$20M14 Feb 2023 Oakland, California, United States

Smile Identity

Apps
Financial Services
Identity Management
$20M13 Feb 2023 Oakland, California, United States

Uncover

Beauty
Consumer
Health Care
Retail
$1M01 Dec 2022 Nairobi, Nairobi Area, Kenya

Laborhack

Construction
Home Services
Service Industry
$350K01 Nov 2022 Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria
News
Pngme Raises $15M in Series A Funding

– Pngme is a San Francisco, CA-based financial data infrastructure and machine learning-as-a-service platform.
– The company raised $15m in Series A funding.
– The round was led by Octopus Ventures with participation from Lateral Capital, Unshackled Ventures, Raptor Group, EchoVC, Future Africa, Two Small Fish Ventures, and a group of individual angel investors including RallyCap’s Hayden Simmons, Plaid’s Dan Khan, former COO of RBC Capital Markets Richard Talbot, and Intersect VC’s Kyle Ellicott among others.
– The company intends to use the funds to expand its executive team with the hiring of Lorraine Kageni Maina as Chief Strategy Officer and Nick Masson as Chief Technology Officer.

Nigerian investment platform Chaka secures $1.5M pre-seed after bagging country’s first SEC license

– Robinhood, a stock trading platform, raised $363m funding.
– The pre-seed round was led by Breyer Capital, while 4DX Ventures, Golden Palm Investments, Future Africa, Seedstars, and Musha Ventures participated.
– Robinhood plans to use the funding to expand its product offerings and grow its team.

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Total investments 71
Average round size 2M
Peak activity year 2021
Lead investments 4
Follow on index 0.21
Group Appearance index 0.96

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Filmmakers Mart

E-Commerce
Film Production
Retail
$336K26 Oct 2023 Yaba, Lagos, Nigeria

Talent City

$2M06 Sep 2023 -

Anchor

Financial Services
$2M04 Sep 2023 Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria

Balad

Finance
Financial Services
FinTech
08 May 2023 Cairo, Al Qahirah, Egypt

HouseAfrica

Blockchain
Financial Services
Property Insurance
Real Estate
Real Estate Investment
$400K27 Mar 2023 Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria

Smile Identity

Apps
Financial Services
Identity Management
$20M14 Feb 2023 Oakland, California, United States

Smile Identity

Apps
Financial Services
Identity Management
$20M13 Feb 2023 Oakland, California, United States

Uncover

Beauty
Consumer
Health Care
Retail
$1M01 Dec 2022 Nairobi, Nairobi Area, Kenya

Laborhack

Construction
Home Services
Service Industry
$350K01 Nov 2022 Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria
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