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DOB Equity

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Total investments 47
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$3M
Portfolio companies 28
Rounds per year 1.74
Lead investments 14
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.40
Key employees 3
Stages of investment
Private Equity

Areas of investment

  • Food and Beverage
  • E-Commerce
  • Agriculture
  • Farming
  • Health Care
Summary

DOB Equity is the famous VC, which was founded in 1997. The company was established in Europe in The Netherlands. The main department of described VC is located in the Veessen.

The high activity for fund was in 2019. The real fund results show that this VC is 60 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other companies. The fund is generally included in less than 2 deals every year. The common things for fund are deals in the range of 5 - 10 millions dollars.

Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight M-KOPA, Twiga Foods, Sendy. For fund there is no match between the country of its foundation and the country of its the most frequent investments - Kenya. The fund has specific favorite in a number of founders of portfolio startups. Among the most successful fund investment fields, there are Education, Delivery. Moreover, a startup needs to be at the age of 2-3 years to get the investment from the fund.

Besides them, we counted 2 critical employees of this fund in our database.

The standard case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 1-2 partakers. Despite the DOB Equity, startups are often financed by Savannah Fund, Opes Impact Fund, Data Collective DCVC. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Wamda Capital, AHL Venture Partners, 1776 Ventures. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by TLcom Capital Partners, International Finance Corporation, LGT Lightstone.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Ilara Health

Electronic Health Record (EHR)
Health Care
Health Diagnostics
Medical Device
$2M12 Feb 2024 Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya

Zydii

E-Learning
EdTech
Training
17 May 2023 Nairobi, Nairobi Area, Kenya

Victory Farms

AgTech
Aquaculture
Farming
$35M06 Apr 2023 Nairobi, Nairobi Area, Kenya

Kwara

Information Technology
$3M16 Jan 2023 Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Power

Banking
Financial Services
Insurance
$3M20 Dec 2022 Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya

Eden Care Medical

Customer Service
Health Care
Health Insurance
Insurance
Wellness
02 Nov 2022 Kigali, Kigali, Rwanda

Zuri Health

Health Care
$1M18 May 2022 Nairobi, Nairobi Area, Kenya

Laboremus Uganda

FinTech
Information Technology
26 Apr 2022 Kampala, Kampala, Uganda

Mr. Green Africa

Environmental Engineering
Recycling
Waste Management
13 Jan 2022 Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya

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Total investments 47
Average round size 3M
Rounds per year 1.74
Peak activity year 2019
Lead investments 14
Follow on index 0.40
Group Appearance index 0.55

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Ilara Health

Electronic Health Record (EHR)
Health Care
Health Diagnostics
Medical Device
$2M12 Feb 2024 Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya

Zydii

E-Learning
EdTech
Training
17 May 2023 Nairobi, Nairobi Area, Kenya

Victory Farms

AgTech
Aquaculture
Farming
$35M06 Apr 2023 Nairobi, Nairobi Area, Kenya

Kwara

Information Technology
$3M16 Jan 2023 Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Power

Banking
Financial Services
Insurance
$3M20 Dec 2022 Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya

Eden Care Medical

Customer Service
Health Care
Health Insurance
Insurance
Wellness
02 Nov 2022 Kigali, Kigali, Rwanda

Zuri Health

Health Care
$1M18 May 2022 Nairobi, Nairobi Area, Kenya

Laboremus Uganda

FinTech
Information Technology
26 Apr 2022 Kampala, Kampala, Uganda

Mr. Green Africa

Environmental Engineering
Recycling
Waste Management
13 Jan 2022 Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya
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