Intro

The top 7 investors according to the total amount of funding rounds. These are VC funds and corporate investors in Sub-Saharan Africa that have invested in Seed stage over the last 3 years. They are actively investing in Finance industry.

Amount of funding rounds in Sub-Saharan Africa is 8, which is 0.4% of the total amount of Seed rounds in the Finance industry over the last 3 years.

Top 7 investors in Sub-Saharan Africa that took part in the most Seed funding rounds in Finance industry over the recent years
data provided by Unicorn Nest

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Key takeaways

  • Funds Geography - The most common country among the top VCs is Mauritius which hosts 4 funds. There are also funds from Nigeria and South Africa. All funds are based in different cities. No city grouping tendencies were found in this sample. VCs tend to invest in startups from The United States, but also invest in startups from Spain, India, and Côte d'Ivoire. The country of the funds’ establishment and the country of their most frequent investments don't coincide.
  • Industry Focus - The funds’ most common field for investments is Banking. They also invest in Enterprise Software, Retail and Information Services.
  • Important Years - The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1994 and the newest one in 2017.
  • Investments - Usually VCs take part in 2 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 2 - 6. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 1, the maximum is 20. Average number of funding rounds is 9.9 while median is 12.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 13. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -37.67 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -2.9 and the median is 4.0. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds. The most common value is -37.67.
  • Typical Rounds - Funds participate in rounds with 3 - 4 or 1 - 2 investors more often than in rounds with 2 - 3 investors. The majority of funds have an average round size of less than 100 thousands. Others have 100 thousands - 1 million. The most common average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation for funds in the sample is 0.0. 0.48 and 0.31 are less common.