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88mph.ac

Founders Kresten Buch

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Total investments 31
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$662K
Portfolio companies 29
Rounds per year 2.82
Lead investments 3
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.06
Exits 1
Key employees 2
http://www.88mph.ac
https://twitter.com/88mph_Africa
Nairobi, Nairobi Area, Kenya
Stages of investment
Seed

Areas of investment

  • Financial Services
  • E-Commerce
  • Software
  • Internet
  • Travel
Summary

88mph.ac is the famous VC, which was founded in 2011. The main office of represented VC is situated in the Nairobi. The company was established in Africa in Kenya.

The typical case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 1-2 participants. Despite the 88mph.ac, startups are often financed by Start-Up Chile. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Harveen Narulla, Automattic. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Denis Fayolle, Vinny Lingham, Techstars.

The current fund was established by Kresten Buch.

Among the most popular fund investment industries, there are Advertising, SaaS. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Adrenaline Hunter. For fund there is no match between the location of its establishment and the land of its numerous investments - France.

This 88mph.ac works on 26 percentage points less the average amount of lead investments comparing to the other organizations. The important activity for fund was in 2013. The real fund results show that this VC is 10 percentage points less often commits exit comparing to other companies. When the investment is from 88mph.ac the average startup value is 1-5 millions dollars. Deals in the range of 100 thousands - 1 million dollars are the general things for fund. The fund is constantly included in 2-6 deals per year.

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1 Byte Orbit
2 Start-Up Chile
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Team
Kresten Buch Founder and Managing Partner c110f7fde0046cdaa 9ea46915ffba

Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

PawaPay

Financial Services
Mobile Apps
Payments
$9M26 Aug 2021
88mph.ac
Kepple Africa Ventures
MSA Capital
 London, England, United Kingdom

Hospitality
Leisure
Software
Travel
15 Feb 2017
88mph.ac
 United Kingdom, England, United Kingdom

DavtonLearn

Content Creators
E-Learning
EdTech
Education
IaaS
Training
Video
$37K08 Sep 2015
88mph.ac
L5lab
 Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria

Ekaya.com

Internet
Internet of Things
Real Estate
Rental
$95K17 Sep 2014
88mph.ac
 South Africa, Gauteng, South Africa

BookNow

Social Bookmarking
Ticketing
Tour Operator
$75K31 Jul 2014
88mph.ac
 Nairobi, Nairobi Area, Kenya

Byte Money

Financial Services
Funerals
Market Research
01 Mar 2014
88mph.ac
 Gauteng

8bit

Advertising
Analytics
Content Discovery
$30K01 Feb 2014
88mph.ac
 London, England, United Kingdom

Graphflow

Analytics
Big Data
E-Commerce
Machine Learning
Predictive Analytics
$225K20 Jan 2014
88mph.ac
Automattic
 South Africa, Gauteng, South Africa

Touristlink

Social Media
Tourism
Travel
04 Oct 2013
88mph.ac
 Maharashtra
News
pawaPay Closes $9M Seed Funding

– pawaPay is a London, United Kingdom-based payments company focused on Africa.
– The company raised $9m in seed funding.
– The round was co-led by MSA and UK-based investment fund 88mph, with participation from Vunani Capital, Kepple Ventures and Zagadat Capital.
– The new investment will be used to scale operational presence, find more talent to join the team, and expand into new markets on the continent.

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Total investments 31
Average round size 662K
Rounds per year 2.82
Peak activity year 2013
Lead investments 3
Follow on index 0.06
Exits 1
Group Appearance index 0.13

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

PawaPay

Financial Services
Mobile Apps
Payments
$9M26 Aug 2021
88mph.ac
Kepple Africa Ventures
MSA Capital
 London, England, United Kingdom

Hospitality
Leisure
Software
Travel
15 Feb 2017
88mph.ac
 United Kingdom, England, United Kingdom

DavtonLearn

Content Creators
E-Learning
EdTech
Education
IaaS
Training
Video
$37K08 Sep 2015
88mph.ac
L5lab
 Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria

Ekaya.com

Internet
Internet of Things
Real Estate
Rental
$95K17 Sep 2014
88mph.ac
 South Africa, Gauteng, South Africa

BookNow

Social Bookmarking
Ticketing
Tour Operator
$75K31 Jul 2014
88mph.ac
 Nairobi, Nairobi Area, Kenya

Byte Money

Financial Services
Funerals
Market Research
01 Mar 2014
88mph.ac
 Gauteng

8bit

Advertising
Analytics
Content Discovery
$30K01 Feb 2014
88mph.ac
 London, England, United Kingdom

Graphflow

Analytics
Big Data
E-Commerce
Machine Learning
Predictive Analytics
$225K20 Jan 2014
88mph.ac
Automattic
 South Africa, Gauteng, South Africa

Touristlink

Social Media
Tourism
Travel
04 Oct 2013
88mph.ac
 Maharashtra
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