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Total investments 113
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$981K
Portfolio companies 95
Lead investments 2
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.16
Key employees Soon
Stages of investment
Early Stage Venture

Areas of investment

  • Financial Services
  • FinTech
  • Information Technology
  • Logistics
  • E-Commerce

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Workpay

Financial Services
Human Resources
Payments
Software
$2M21 Feb 2023 Nairobi, Nairobi Area, Kenya

Gameball

Software
$3M07 Feb 2023 Egypt, Texas, United States

Kredibank

FinTech
$200K22 Dec 2022 Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria

SIDEUP

E-Commerce
Logistics
Payments
Shipping
$1M05 Dec 2022 Cairo, Al Qahirah, Egypt

VOO

E-Commerce
Location Based Services
$1M04 Dec 2022 Cairo, Cairo Governorate, Egypt

SmartWage

Information Technology
Internet
$200K01 Dec 2022 Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

Djamo

Financial Services
$14M23 Nov 2022 Plaines Wilhems, Mauritius

Balad

Finance
Financial Services
FinTech
$200K01 Nov 2022 Cairo, Al Qahirah, Egypt

Numida

Apps
Business Development
Financial Services
FinTech
Insurance
Mobile
$7M28 Sep 2022 Kampala, Central Region, Uganda

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Total investments 113
Average round size 981K
Peak activity year 2022
Lead investments 2
Follow on index 0.16
Group Appearance index 0.66

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Workpay

Financial Services
Human Resources
Payments
Software
$2M21 Feb 2023 Nairobi, Nairobi Area, Kenya

Gameball

Software
$3M07 Feb 2023 Egypt, Texas, United States

Kredibank

FinTech
$200K22 Dec 2022 Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria

SIDEUP

E-Commerce
Logistics
Payments
Shipping
$1M05 Dec 2022 Cairo, Al Qahirah, Egypt

VOO

E-Commerce
Location Based Services
$1M04 Dec 2022 Cairo, Cairo Governorate, Egypt

SmartWage

Information Technology
Internet
$200K01 Dec 2022 Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

Djamo

Financial Services
$14M23 Nov 2022 Plaines Wilhems, Mauritius

Balad

Finance
Financial Services
FinTech
$200K01 Nov 2022 Cairo, Al Qahirah, Egypt

Numida

Apps
Business Development
Financial Services
FinTech
Insurance
Mobile
$7M28 Sep 2022 Kampala, Central Region, Uganda

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