Top 30 Artificial Intelligence Angel Investors in Africa (June 2026)
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Phillip Sebole Masango
Angel
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3 | South Africa | Seed, Series A, Private Equity | Information Technology, Software Engineering, Artificial Intelligence | $1.6M–$14M |
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Jai Mahtani
Angel
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3 | United States, United Kingdom, Nigeria | Seed, Angel | FinTech, Financial Services, Payments | $1.3M–$20M |
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Sudeep Ramnani
Angel
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3 | United States, Nigeria, United Kingdom | Seed, Angel | FinTech, Financial Services, Sports | $1.3M–$20M |
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Christian Faes
Angel
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2 | United Kingdom, Australia, United States | Seed, Series A | FinTech, Financial Services, Finance | $357k–$20M |
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Charles Delingpole
Angel
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2 | United Kingdom, United States, Spain | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Financial Services, FinTech, Payments | $382k–$20M |
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Christian Angermayer
Angel
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2 | Germany, United States, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A, Series B | Financial Services, FinTech, Blockchain | $549k–$125M |
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Richard Aseme
Angel
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2 | Egypt, United States | Seed, Angel | FinTech, Credit, InsurTech | $8.3M–$20M |
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Yuzuru Honda
Angel
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1 | Japan, Nigeria, Singapore | Seed, Angel | Information Technology, SNS, Internet | $2.8M–$5.7M |
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Jonathan Doerr
Angel
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1 | United States, United Arab Emirates | Seed, Angel, Debt Financing | Credit, Retail, FinTech | |
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Leo Stigler
Angel
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1 | United States | Angel | Credit, FinTech, InsurTech | |
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Manuel Coser
Angel
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1 | United States | Angel | Credit, FinTech, InsurTech | |
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Michael Chow
Angel
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1 | United States, Kenya | Seed, Grant, Pre-Seed | Financial Services, FinTech, Internet | |
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Eric Nadalin
Angel
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1 | United Kingdom, United States, Nigeria | Seed, Pre-Seed | Software, SaaS, Financial Services | $1.3M–$4.2M |
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Bill Spruill
Angel
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1 | South Africa | Series A | Facial Recognition, Identity Management, Information Technology | |
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Michael Seibel
Angel
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1 | United States, Nigeria, United Kingdom | Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A | Artificial Intelligence, Software, FinTech | $500k–$32M |
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Moses Koledoye
Angel
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1 | Nigeria | Pre-Seed | Credit, FinTech, Lending | |
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Kahlil Lalji
Angel
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1 | United States, Nigeria, Switzerland | Seed, Pre-Seed | Artificial Intelligence, Software, Information Technology | $500k–$11M |
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Meyer Malka
Angel
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1 | United States, Brazil, India | Series A, Series C, Seed | Financial Services, FinTech, Payments | $1M–$133M |
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Jackson Moses
Angel
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1 | United States, Canada, Nigeria | Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A | Aerospace, National Security, Military | $600k–$70M |
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Jeff Dean
Angel
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1 | United States, United Kingdom, Japan | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology, Software | $450k–$53M |
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Amandine Lobelle
Angel
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1 | United States | Seed | Credit, FinTech, InsurTech | |
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Andrew Bredenkamp
Angel
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1 | South Africa | Seed | Software, Speech Recognition, Translation Service | |
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Joe Caruso
Angel
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1 | United States, France, Israel | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Software, SaaS, Internet | $420k–$2.2M |
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Tayo Oviosu
Angel
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1 | Nigeria, Brazil, United States | Angel, Seed, Pre-Seed | Financial Services, SaaS, Credit | $1.4M–$3.6M |
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Hirokazu Mashita
Angel
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1 | India | Seed | Apps, EdTech, Consumer | $500k–$1M |
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Leonard Stiegeler
Angel
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1 | Nigeria, South Africa, United States | Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed | FinTech, Financial Services, B2B | $1.3M–$6M |
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Bernard Arnault
Angel
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1 | United States, France, Israel | Seed, Series A, Series D | SaaS, Events, Banking | $10M–$300M |
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Klemens Hallmann
Angel
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1 | United States | Angel | Credit, FinTech, InsurTech | |
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Karim Beguir
Angel
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1 | Tunisia, France, United Kingdom | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Software, Artificial Intelligence, E-Commerce | $600k–$31M |
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Biola Alabi
Angel
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1 | Nigeria, United States | Seed, Pre-Seed | Logistics, AgTech, FinTech | |
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Phillip Sebole Masango, is a South African C-Siute Executive and Venture Capitalist, a visionary who seamlessly navigates the intersections of Technology, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Business Development, Business Intelligence (BI), Design, Web, Blockchain, Cloud Computing, Cybersecurity, IoT, Digital Strategy, Creativity, and Innovation. With aproven track record of assuming CEO, CTO, and other top executive roles, he brings a rare fusion of technical expertise, business acumen, and strategic foresight to every venture he leads. Phillip doesn’t just build companies—he drives innovation, scales businesses, and redefines industries.A Mission Rooted in Empowerment and Progress: With extensive experience in the Startup Ecosystem, Technology Industry, Creative Industry, Digital Innovation, Management Consulting, and Venture Capital, Phillip thrives in environments where innovation flourishes. His mission is to empower individuals, startups, businesses, and organizations by delivering cutting-edge technology and digital solutions that drive exponential growth. However, his work extends beyond personal ambition—it is a devotion to serving humanity. Phillip is committed to creating a world where technology democratizes and decentralizes industries, enabling individuals and businesses to innovate, lead, and thrive. He envisions a future where technology not only liberates but also elevates and inspires—enabling companies to reach new heights and igniting a wave of global prosperity.A Legacy of Meaningful Success: For Phillip, success is not defined by accolades or financial gain—it is measured by the profound impact he creates. He refuses to chase success in pursuits that lack meaning, believing that true success comes from doing what one loves—better than anyone else—driven by passion, joy, and self-mastery. His approach to business and innovation is holistic, tackling challenges from multiple angles to fuel transformative change. He thrives in collaborative environments where boundaries are pushed, industries are reshaped, and new possibilities emerge.Yet beyond business, Phillip understands that life is a journey of emotions and meaning. He embraces every experience—both triumphs and challenges—as stepping stones toward a greater purpose. With unwavering dedication and a heart set on impact, he continues to push forward, leaving a legacy that will resonate for generations to come.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Software Engineering, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Private Equity
- Geography: South Africa
Investor stats
- Total investments: 11
- Round size: Seed $4.8M–$11M; Series A $1.6M–$14M
- Lead/follow: 82% lead, 18% follow
Portfolio highlights
- The AI Studio — The AI Studio is an advanced artificial intelligence research and innovation hub operating under Amani Creative Studios. It is designed to enhance and integrate AI capabilities into our existing services, spanning Web2, Web3, cybersecurity, branding, and software development. Every solution we offer at Amani Creative Studios and Web3 Studio willnow be AI-powered and AI-enhanced, unlocking new capabilities in automation, prediction, personalization, and efficiency.AI-Powered Web3 Solutions – AI-driven smart contracts, blockchain forensics, and decentralized automation., AI-Driven Branding & Marketing – Intelligent content creation, data-driven strategies, and hyper-personalization, AI-Powered SaaS & Software Development – Automated workflows, predictive analytics, and intelligent decision-making, AI-Optimized UI/UX & Product Design – AI-powered design systems, adaptive interfaces, and automated A/B testing.
- Amani — Amani Creative Studios is a Dynamic B2B innovation and technology studio where creativity, strategy, and cutting-edge technology converge to empower businesses, startups, and organizations at every stage of growth. We craft transformative digital solutions that redefine industries—blending artistry, strategic insight, and technical excellence todrive meaningful impact. In today’s digital-first world, we provide end-to-end technology and digital solutions that fuel innovation, enhance efficiency, and accelerate growth. Whether you're a startup bringing a vision to life, an established business scaling new heights, a company seeking innovation, or an organization embracing transformation, we are your strategic partner in pushing the boundaries of what's possible. Amani Creative Studios understands the intricate relationship between business products and brand identity. That’s why we offer tailored solutions designed to meet your unique objectives. We’re here to help you navigate the complexities of today’s competitive landscape, providing the expertise and strategies necessary to bring your business products and brands to the forefront. Let’s collaborate to turn your vision into a reality, combining innovative marketing, cutting-edge design, strategic branding, and advanced software development to elevate your business to new heights.
- Startup Venture Studio — Startup Venture Studio is a leading venture studio dedicated to supporting startups from inception through to post-IPO. We offer a comprehensive suite of services designed to help founders navigate the complexities of building and scaling successful businesses. Our approach combines strategic consulting, operational support, and growth accelerationto drive sustainable success and innovation.
Jai is an entrepreneur and investor based in the UAE. He has a track record of building and scaling sports and digital businesses, including Sporty Group and PalmPay.At 885 Capital, he backs ambitious founders and ideas at the intersection of sports and technology - diversifying into other high-impact fields, with a specific interest in realestate.Jai holds a BSc in Management Studies from Nottingham University.
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- Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, Payments
- Stage:Seed, Angel
- Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Nigeria
Investor stats
- Total investments: 12
- Round size: Seed $1.3M–$20M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Alaan — Take control of your business spend.
- Paystack — Over 60,000 businesses of all sizes use Paystack to collect payments with a modern, secure payment gateway.
- Finclusion Group — Enhancing financial inclusion in Sub-Saharan Africa through data driven lending.
Sudeep Ramnani is the Founder & Managing Partner of 885 Capital. He previously worked at PalmPay as Co-Founder, Board Member, and Investor. Sudeep attended the London School of Economics and Political Science, where he studied economics.
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- Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, Sports
- Stage:Seed, Angel
- Geography: United States, Nigeria, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 15
- Round size: Seed $1.3M–$20M
- Lead/follow: 13% lead, 87% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Chowdeck — Order food, groceries, drinks, medicines & everyday essentials from top restaurants, pharmacies, local markets, and stores near you. Fast delivery with Chowdeck.
- Paystack — Over 60,000 businesses of all sizes use Paystack to collect payments with a modern, secure payment gateway.
- Finclusion Group — Enhancing financial inclusion in Sub-Saharan Africa through data driven lending.
Christian Faes was previously co-founder and CEO of LendInvest, which is a technology driven mortgage lender and a leading Fintech company. The company has over £3.5 billion of Funds Under Management, and is one of the largest non-bank mortgage lenders in the UK. Now building Faes & Co.
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- Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, Finance
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: United Kingdom, Australia, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 20
- Round size: Seed $357k–$20M; Series A $4.5M–$6.4M
- Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Knoma — Knoma offers a payment solution and marketplace for lifelong learning. The business is tackling the digital skills gap as the global economy shifts into the fourth industrial revolution. We help people looking to future proof their career or move into new areas of work by reducing the barrier of payment and removing the pain point of sourcingtechnical courses.The business is built upon the firm belief in the importance of lifelong education to drive improvements in our customers’ future prosperity. We believe education should be accessed in a short, but frequent manner; at a lower price point and a focus on gaining technical, digital and data skill-sets. All users can gain access up to £10,000, where the cost of a course can be spread over 12 months with flexible repayments. The product is completely free to all end users with no interest or fees applicable. Knoma works with leading coding and tech schools. We are a fun and driven team, ready to make an impact!
- Volume — Payment Infrastructure for the Internet
- Finclusion Group — Enhancing financial inclusion in Sub-Saharan Africa through data driven lending.
Charles Delingpole is Founder and CEO of ComplyAdvantage, a technology company focused on wiping out financial crime using Machine Learning. As CEO, Charles leads the product development and growth of the company. His passion for the issue came from his time as the MLRO of a previous startup he founded when he realized how inefficient processesaround money laundering are. Charles previously worked at The Student Room as a Founder and CEO. He attended the University of Cambridge and The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE).Over 99% of money laundering is successful, ComplyAdvantage is working to stop it completely. Founded in 2014 with offices in London, New York, Singapore, and Cluj, ComplyAdvantage work with over 350 firms across 45 countries. Charles set up his first company, The Student Room Group, now the world’s largest student discussion forum when he was 16. After completing his MA in Politics at Trinity College Cambridge, and then an MSc in Management, Strategy, and Finance from the LSE, he became an associate at J.P. Morgan Cazenove.
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- Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, Payments
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: United Kingdom, United States, Spain
Investor stats
- Total investments: 41
- Round size: Seed $2M–$10M; Pre-Seed $382k–$2.3M; Series A $6.4M–$20M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Ascendx Cloud — Supercharge Salesforce with connected apps that streamline sales, automate data, and drive enterprise-scale growth - Salesforce Solutions By Ascendx
- Firenze — Firenze aims to expand financial services by extending investment-backed lending to a wider audience, recognizing its importance in wealth creation and preservation. The founding team aims to democratize Lombard lending, making it accessible to all, while focusing on mass affluent clients.
- Isembard — Isembard has experience from the military, government, large enterprises, and a successfully exited technology business.
Christian Angermayer - Founder & CEO @ Apeiron Investment Group
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- Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, Blockchain
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: Germany, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 42
- Round size: Seed $549k–$20M; Series A $8M–$45M; Series B $4.4M–$125M
- Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow
Portfolio highlights
- TRIP — TRIP is the UK's most trusted CBD Oils and CBD Drinks Supplier. Shop the UK's best CBD oils available online with FREE UK Shipping.
- Plasma — Plasma is an operational setting that supports payments, real-world assets, and DeFi, with trustless settlement on Bitcoin.
- Enhanced Games — A global movement that develops scientific insights, medical discoveries and record-breaking sports events to unite humanity and inspire innovation.
Richard Aseme is the VP, International Marketing and Distribution, EMEA at Paramount Pictures. He attended Oxford University (Jesus College) oct 1996 - June 2000.
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- Industry: FinTech, Credit, InsurTech
- Stage:Seed, Angel
- Geography: Egypt, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 4
- Round size: Seed $8.3M–$20M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Axis — With axis, you can send money to friends instantly and for free, buy anything online, request money from anyone, earn rewards and cashback, and understand your spending habits so that you can budget.
- Octo — Experience infinite possibilities with financial solutions tailored to fit your lifestyle. From swift payments to personalized credit options, Octo is here to make every transaction seamless.
- Finclusion Group — Enhancing financial inclusion in Sub-Saharan Africa through data driven lending.
Yuzuru Honda is a Founder & Global CEO of FreakOut.
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- Industry: Information Technology, SNS, Internet
- Stage:Seed, Angel
- Geography: Japan, Nigeria, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 15
- Round size: Seed $2.8M–$5.7M
- Lead/follow: 7% lead, 93% follow
Portfolio highlights
- IVA — IVA ensures the safety of the market towards the threat of counterfeit goods.
- Tyms — Tyms online accounting software for your business connects you to your bank, accountant, bookkeeper, and other business apps. Start a free trial today. Also available in Nigeria, Ghana, Mauritius and South Africa.
- ForCreators — ForCreators is a company operating the virtual talent agency ‘NEXAS', with the goal of globalizing Japan's world-class culture such as anime and VTubers.
Jonathan Doerr is the CEO of Daraz. Prior to this, Jonathan served as the managing director of Jumia Nigeria.
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- Industry: Credit, Retail, FinTech
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Debt Financing
- Geography: United States, United Arab Emirates
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Opontia — Opontia was founded by e-commerce experts, to provide a fast and fair way for small e-commerce business owners to sell their companies.
- Finclusion Group — Enhancing financial inclusion in Sub-Saharan Africa through data driven lending.
Leo Stigler is an investor.
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- Industry: Credit, FinTech, InsurTech
- Stage:Angel
- Geography: United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Finclusion Group — Enhancing financial inclusion in Sub-Saharan Africa through data driven lending.
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Browse database — It's Free!Manuel Coser has an extensive practice in the journalistic, TV, and film industry fields both as director, author, and camera operator; his work is specifically focused on citizens activism, political participation, human rights, and environmental issues.
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- Industry: Credit, FinTech, InsurTech
- Stage:Angel
- Geography: United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Finclusion Group — Enhancing financial inclusion in Sub-Saharan Africa through data driven lending.
Michael Chow is the Founder and CEO of Dart Technologies.
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- Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, Internet
- Stage:Seed, Grant, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States, Kenya
Investor stats
- Total investments: 7
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Teamble — Teamble dramatically improves how managers coach their people and how employees learn and up-skill. Teamble uniquely combines continuous feedback, performance, employee engagement, and learning & development in one AI-based platform, built to drive higher performance.
- Boom — Boom is the easiest way to build credit credit with your rent. With Boom, report your rent payments to all three credit bureaus for as little as $2 per month. Enroll in minutes.
- Tembo Health — Seniors deserve the very best care, no matter where they live. Tembo Health partners with nursing homes to provide residents with high quality telemedicine appointments in specialties like psychiatry, cardiology, and more.
Eric Nadalin has entrepreneurship experiences in both the payments and telecoms spaces for over 20+ years. He cofounded Nexmo and worked as a CTO managing product and engineering teams. The company was acquired by Vonage in May 2016. During the dotcom era, he was based in San Francisco and cofounded iPIN, which was later on acquired by Valista andwas integrated with major mobile operators around the globe. Eric holds several patents in telecommunication, a Bachelors and Masters Degree in Computer Science from Université Paul Sabatier in Toulouse, France.
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- Industry: Software, SaaS, Financial Services
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United Kingdom, United States, Nigeria
Investor stats
- Total investments: 13
- Round size: Seed $1.3M–$4.2M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Cledara — Manage, control and automate your Company's cloud software so that you can scale your operational processes, comply with regulations and save money.
- Northflank — Northflank is the comprehensive developer platform designed for scale. Seamlessly deploy and release any project on our cloud or in yours.
- Oyster — Hire, pay, manage, and take care of your globally distributed team with confidence. Try Oyster for free today!
Bill Spruill
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- Industry: Facial Recognition, Identity Management, Information Technology
- Stage:Series A
- Geography: South Africa
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- iiDENTIFii — iiDENTIFii: Secure biometric authentication for businesses. Verify customer identity in seconds with facial recognition and liveness detection.
Michael Seibel is the Managing Director and Group Partner of Y Combinator. He previously worked at Socialcam as a CEO. Michael Seibel attended Yale University.
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- Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Software, FinTech
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, Nigeria, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 176
- Round size: Seed $1M–$7.1M; Pre-Seed $500k–$500k; Series A $5.9M–$32M
- Lead/follow: 46% lead, 54% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Dripos — Dripos was crafted by restaurant operators like yourself to do it all. We aren't joking, everything from payroll & accounting to mobile ordering & marketing.
- Retell AI — RetellAI is an API for creating human-like conversational voice AI. Developers can build a voice AI similar to JARVIS in just a day — with an ~800ms response time and the ability to handle interruptions.
- Golden — Golden is a developer of a self-constructing knowledge database used to accelerate discovery and education. The company uses and leverages human effort by using machine intelligence to make the process of gathering and communicating knowledge simpler.It combines a powerful search across several entities with fine-grain alerts to stay on top ofchanges, and semi-automatic research assistance for gaps in knowledge that enable people in organizations to stay current, understand and leverage the latest trends in their industry.
Moses Koledoye - Software Engineer, SRE @ Google
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- Industry: Credit, FinTech, Lending
- Stage:Pre-Seed
- Geography: Nigeria
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Tyms — Tyms online accounting software for your business connects you to your bank, accountant, bookkeeper, and other business apps. Start a free trial today. Also available in Nigeria, Ghana, Mauritius and South Africa.
I'm a startup founder, designer, angel investor, and triathlete. Reach me at kahlil@bykahlil.com
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- Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Software, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States, Nigeria, Switzerland
Investor stats
- Total investments: 13
- Round size: Seed $2M–$11M; Pre-Seed $500k–$4M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Taxo — Taxo is an AI-powered platform for specialty clinics, designed to intelligently automate the full spectrum of administrative operations that traditionally burden healthcare providers.
- Affiniti — Overcome cash flow challenges with our tailored financial solutions for small businesses. Discover industry-specific tools that drive success.
- Superpower — The world's most comprehensive and convenient platform to manage your health, for life.
Micky Malka (born Meyer Malka Rais) is an entrepreneur by design and investor at heart, focused on the utilization of technology to disrupt consumer financial services. He is based in Palo Alto, California where he is the Managing Director of Ribbit Capital. Micky is also the CEO and a founding member of MECK Partners, an investment partnershipfocused on investing and building businesses in financial services, energy and agribusiness, and the Co-Founder and Chairman of Lemon, Inc. He currently serves on the Board of Wonga, a company transforming the credit market by offering small, short term loans with more transparency, speed, convenience and flexibility than banks, high street lenders and other websites. Micky also serves on the Board of Peixe Urbano, the first and largest Latin-American local commerce website.Micky grew up in Venezuela where he learned the impact of devaluation and hyperinflation at a very young age. Living with hyperinflation allowed him to develop a skill he is still well known for; accurately and quickly running numbers in his head. He also saw first hand how technology could transform businesses. In 1993, at the age of 19, Micky, co-founded Heptagon Group, a securities and investment broker dealer servicing the Venezuelan and US markets.In 1996, he graduated with a degree in Economics from the Universidad Católica Andrés Bello in Caracas, Venezuela and was one of the founders of the Wendy’s Hamburger’s franchise for Venezuela. It was one of the fastest growing food businesses worldwide with over 70 new store locations in the first 3 years.In 1998, Micky developed the online brokerage, Patagon by merging with Heptagon local operations. Patagon became Latin America’s first comprehensive Internet based financial services portal and dealer. The company expanded its online services to the United States and the rest of South America and was later acquired by the Spanish bank Banco Santander (NYSE: STD) for US$ 750 million.In 2000 Micky was the interim CEO for Banco Patagon the leader for online banking in Spain and Germany.In 2002, he co-founded Banco Lemon, a Brazilian retail bank serving the underbanked population) which became the largest private microfinance institution in Brazil. In 2009 it was acquired by Banco do Brasil, Latin America’s largest bank. Micky was also involved with Classified Media Group, an online classified company focusing on Colombia, Venezuela and Central America. The group was acquired in 2007 by MercadoLibre (NASDAQ:MELI). In 2011 he co-founded Banco Bracce a Brazilian financial institution positioned as the merchant bank of choice for mid-cap companies in Brazil. In 2011 Meyer co-founded Lemon a service to help individuals keep track of their expenses.
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- Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, Payments
- Stage:Series A, Series C, Seed
- Geography: United States, Brazil, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 42
- Round size: Seed $1M–$12M; Series A $7M–$90M; Series C $65M–$133M
- Lead/follow: 24% lead, 76% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Twenty20 — T wenty20 has closed its doors and is no longer accessible. Continue your creative journey with curated photos from Envato Elements.
- unico IDtech — unico IDtech is a developer of facial recognition and identification technology created to solve document and process management. The company's solutions operate on biometric authentication, digital onboarding and paperless verticals with a focus to transform relevant business processes, making the workflow between the company, government, andthe client to be simple and controlled.unico IDtech was established in 2007 and is based in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
- Wildlife Studios — "Play Tennis Clash for an exciting game of tennis! Try Zooba for a unique Battle Royale experience. Join Wildlife Studios for a career in game development."
Jackson Moses is the Founder and Managing Partner of Silent Ventures. He previously worked at ThinkOrbital as an Advisor. Jackson attended the University of California, Berkeley, where he took a Bachelor of Arts in Economics with a focus on Monetary Policy and a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science with a focus on Game Theory.
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- Industry: Aerospace, National Security, Military
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, Canada, Nigeria
Investor stats
- Total investments: 117
- Round size: Seed $3.3M–$25M; Pre-Seed $600k–$5M; Series A $7M–$70M
- Lead/follow: 14% lead, 86% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Amca — Amca acquires and develops critical aerospace and defense products and then scales them to deliver what the industry needs next. The company emphasizes rapid prototyping and delivery of new products, aiming to respond promptly to customer needs. Amca is committed to deploying top engineering and manufacturing talent to assist customers in buildingnew products and solving complex problems.
- Orbit Fab — Orbit Fab is creating the future of on-orbit satellite refueling. We maximize your operational assets by enabling mission flexibility and freedom of action in space.
- Base Power — Base provides a battery-powered home energy service so you can enjoy power without interruption and save money. Now available in select regions of Texas.
Jeff Dean is the Chief Scientist of Google DeepMind and Google Research. He joined Google in 1999 and has played a pivotal role in shaping the company’s technical foundations. He currently focuses on advancing AI and deep learning research across Google’s research teams.He co-founded and led the Google Brain team, helping drive innovations indeep learning for speech recognition, computer vision, natural language understanding, and a wide range of predictive applications. Over the years, he has co-designed and implemented several generations of Google's core systems, including its web search infrastructure, crawling and indexing pipelines, and advertising technologies such as AdSense for Content.He is also a key contributor to Google's distributed computing infrastructure, having co-designed and implemented systems like MapReduce, BigTable, Spanner, Protocol Buffers, LevelDB, and TensorFlow—one of the most widely used open-source machine learning platforms.Jeff Dean earned his Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Washington in 1996. He is a Fellow of the ACM, a member of the U.S. National Academy of Engineering and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and a recipient of the ACM-Infosys Foundation Award in the Computing Sciences and the Mark Weiser Award.
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- Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology, Software
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 87
- Round size: Seed $2.3M–$35M; Pre-Seed $450k–$3M; Series A $6.1M–$53M
- Lead/follow: 6% lead, 94% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Altara — Altara is a San Francisco–based startup building a scientific-intelligence AI platform that analyzes complex physical-science and engineering data (batteries, chips, materials, etc.) to speed up R&D and failure analysis.
- Periodic Labs — Periodic Labs develops artificial intelligence systems that simulate and predict the properties of materials using machine learning. The company applies computational models to support the discovery and design of materials used in sectors such as energy, electronics, and infrastructure. It builds tools that aim to reduce the time and costassociated with traditional research and development processes. Periodic Labs uses AI to analyze large-scale scientific data and collaborates with academic and industry partners to support material science research.
- depthfirst — An AI-native security platform that understands your code, business logic, and infrastructure to find more vulnerabilities, slash false positives, and give developers actionable fixes in their workflow.
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Browse database — It's Free!Amandine Lobelle is the Head of Business at Paystack. She attended Harvard Kennedy School.
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- Industry: Credit, FinTech, InsurTech
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Finclusion Group — Enhancing financial inclusion in Sub-Saharan Africa through data driven lending.
Andrew Bredenkamp is founder and CEO of Acrolinx. Andrew has been solving content problems for the world’s biggest brands for over 25 years. Before starting Acrolinx, Andrew was Head of the Technology Transfer Centre at the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI) Language Technology Lab. Andrew holds degrees in languages,linguistics and a PhD in Computational Linguistics. He is on the advisory board of a number of organizations, including Translators without Borders.
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- Industry: Software, Speech Recognition, Translation Service
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: South Africa
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Lelapa AI — Lelapa AI is an AI-driven language technology startup specializing in low-resource languages, creating innovative solutions to bridge linguistic gaps and enhance digital accessibility.
For the last 20 years Joe has served as mentor, coach, and personal advisor to CEO’s and entrepreneurs. In recent years, he has served as investor, advisor and active director with dozens of companies, public and private.Joe is currently a member of Launchpad Venture Group and was previously a member of Walnut Ventures, Common Angels, eCoastAngels and a principal of Brookwood Partners, all investment groups for early stage companies. He also maintains an active consulting practice dealing with structuring and negotiation of acquisitions, strategic partnerships and financings, and issues related to dispute resolution.He has served on dozens of boards over the years and is recipient of the Leadership in Private Corporate Governance award from the National Association of Corporate Directors New England Chapter. He is a graduate of Northeastern University (BSEE with honors) and the Harvard Business School (MBA) He has served as advisor to Northeastern’s School of Technological Entrepreneurship, and serves as a mentor for Boston University's entrepreneurship program, the Boston TechStars program, and Mass Challenge.Previously, Joe served as interim CEO for companies in need of strategic change - running businesses ranging from 5 to 1,000 employees. Early in his career, he worked at Teradyne and Autex, Inc., and was CEO at Cyborg Corporation, a venture-funded company that was a pioneer in the use of PC’s in laboratory and factory automation. He also has served as an arbitrator for the American Arbitration Association.Former board memberships include: ACT Medical, Acumenta, Adhesive Technologies, American Fantasy Sports, Audiofile, Boston Restaurant Associates, Boston University's Photonics Center (advisory director), Coffee Connection, Colonial Mills, Common Angels, Corion, Cyborg Corporation, General Analysis, Haymarket Bank, Iconics, i2Chem, Laser Science, Metrisa, MicroE, Nimbit, Qiave Technologies, QD Vision, Quant Funds (trustee); Tytronics, Wwwhoosh, Zentox, the Turnaround Management Association (founding director, New England Chapter), the National Association of Corporate Directors (New England Chapter), the Association for Corporate Growth (New England Chapter) and WEST (Women Entrepreneurs in Science and Technology). Joe has also served as an arbitrator for the American Arbitration Association.
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- Industry: Software, SaaS, Internet
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, France, Israel
Investor stats
- Total investments: 26
- Round size: Seed $420k–$2.2M; Pre-Seed $650k–$1.4M; Series A $1.6M–$2M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Konnecto — Market Intelligence | Konnecto | Prescriptive Analytics Konnecto is a GTM Intelligence Platform that provides brands with an ongoing blueprint on how to increase online sales and improve marketing ROI
- Mylestone — The pictures of your greatest memories are likely stored somewhere just out of reach. Maybe in an old photo album lost in the basement - or maybe indiscernible from the 3,000 other pictures on your phone, buried in streams on Facebook, or auto saved to a massive photo storage account.But what if you could access stories generated from thosepictures simply by talking to Alexa?With Mylestone, all you have to do is say “Alexa, tell me a story about Mom.” and voila, memories of loved ones at your beck and call.
- HomeBinder — HomeBinder is a residential home management platform that reduces complexity in partnership with the businesses who serve them, improving client relationships and increasing referrals, bringing effortless homeownership to all.
Tayo is the Founder & Group CEO of Paga (www.paga.com), Nigeria’s leading mobile money service. Prior to Paga, Tayo was Vice-President at Travant Capital Partners, a private equity fund in West Africa. Prior to joining Travant, Tayo was a Manager, Corporate Development, at Cisco Systems in San Jose California. Tayo’s work at Paga has beenrecognized globally - in 2014 CNBC selected Tayo as the Entrepreneur of the Year West Africa, and in 2015 the African Leadership Network selected Paga as the outstanding growing company of the year in Africa. Tayo is also the co-founder of Kairos Angels, an angel investment club.Tayo earned his Bachelors of Science degree in Electrical Engineering, cum laude, from the University of Southern California, and also has a Masters in Business Administration from the Graduate School of Business, Stanford University.
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- Industry: Financial Services, SaaS, Credit
- Stage:Angel, Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Nigeria, Brazil, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 10
- Round size: Seed $1.4M–$3.6M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- RELAYTO Content Experience Platform — RELAYTO converts your PDFs & presentations to interactive web experiences with instant branding, analytics & more
- Tyms — Tyms online accounting software for your business connects you to your bank, accountant, bookkeeper, and other business apps. Start a free trial today. Also available in Nigeria, Ghana, Mauritius and South Africa.
- Venco Platforms — Venco automates visitor management, billing, and collections, as well as smart utility vending for communities across Africa.
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- Industry: Apps, EdTech, Consumer
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Round size: Seed $500k–$1M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- LazyLad — LazyLad offers an application that enables its users to shop, and get groceries, stationeries, and more delivered from local stores. It also provides users the convenience of doorstep delivery of items of daily need, sourced from local and trusted sellers. They offer a technological platform to booksellers, fruit and vegetable sellers, bakers,local grocers, florists, stationers, and other retailers enabling them to expand their outreach and hence and business.LazyLad provides pop and mom shops with a mobile platform to facilitate their neighborhood commerce. The app helps create a direct platform for retailers to sell and for customers to buy, thereby doing away with any middlemen in the neighborhood/hyper-local market.LazyLad was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Gurgaon, Haryana, India.
- NeoStencil — NeoStencil is a managed online education marketplace in the form of a comprehensive, one-stop test preparation platform for Indias most coveted jobs. The company's online test preparation platform offers live online classrooms where students can learn at their own pace, pause, rewind and replay anytime, use any computer or mobile device toaccess their classroom and submit their answers online, enabling them to access quality educational content from the comfort of their home. In last two years, NeoStencil has established itself as a leading player in the test preparation segment by giving industry best results for 2017. With a 3x growth YoY, the business model is operationally profitable since inception and built towards sustainability.
- Tyms — Tyms online accounting software for your business connects you to your bank, accountant, bookkeeper, and other business apps. Start a free trial today. Also available in Nigeria, Ghana, Mauritius and South Africa.
Leonard Stiegeler is an entrepreneur & investor in projects unlocking potential. Educated in Europe, he founded companies across EMEA and is now investing globally. He is passionate to develop opportunities with & for others. The companies he co-founded include Jumia, now a leading eCommerce company in Africa and Pulse, now a leading mediacompany in Africa. His investments include Paystack, Flutterwave, Scalable Capital, Conversion and many more. Dedicated to creating trusted connections to enable potential, he founded two networks - Africa Collective, focused on elevating the continent's role globally, and Counder, focused on enabling visionary leaders embrace emerging trends & regions collectively.
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- Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, B2B
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Nigeria, South Africa, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 8
- Round size: Seed $1.3M–$6M
- Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Bamba — Bamba is an android application allowing micro-merchants across Africa to run their entire business utilizing their phones. It focuses on simple tools for merchants to manage their customers, get paid, payout as well as takeout cash advances against their future cash flow.
- Paystack — Over 60,000 businesses of all sizes use Paystack to collect payments with a modern, secure payment gateway.
- Bamba — Today, organizations spend a lot of money on physical data gathering exercises using old-fashioned paper-based methods. These methods result in expensive, severely delayed and incomplete data . With Bamba, a client can launch a data collection exercise anywhere in the world simply from the comfort of their web browser and the client can ensureindividuals respond with complete answers by paying those individuals for that data with mobile airtime in 122 different countries thus far.
Bernard Arnault is Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer at LVMH Moët Hennessy – Louis Vuitton, the world’s leading luxury products group. Born to an industrial family in Roubaix, France on March 5, 1949, Bernard attended the Roubaix lycée and the Faidherbe lycée in Lille. Bernard then went on to study at the EcolePolytechnique, graduating in 1971. Bernard began his professional career that year as an Engineer with the Ferret-Savinel construction company and successively was promoted to various executive management positions before becoming Chairman of the Board of Directors in 1978. Bernard remained there until 1984, when he undertook the reorganization of the Financière Agache holding company. Bernard returned the group to profitability as he embarked upon a strategy of developing the world’s leading luxury products company. In the process, Bernard reinvigorated Christian Dior as the cornerstone of the new organization. In 1989, Bernard became the majority shareholder of LVMH Moët Hennessy – Louis Vuitton, creating the world’s leading luxury products group. Bernard has been Chairman of the BOard of Directors and Chief Executive Officer of the company since that date. Bernard is also President of the Board of Directors of Groupe Arnault S.A. (his family holding company). Bernard is married and has five children. Bernard has been awarded the honory titles of Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour and Commander of the Order of Arts and Letters.
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- Industry: SaaS, Events, Banking
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series D
- Geography: United States, France, Israel
Investor stats
- Total investments: 9
- Round size: Seed $100M–$100M; Series A $10M–$25M; Series D $15M–$300M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Viagogo — Viagogo is an online event ticket marketplace for secondary buyers and sellers. If you have extra football or concert tickets that you want to unload than Viagogo is the place to go. Users can list tickets, browse event listings by category or purchase tickets. Viagogo adds a ten percent service charge to buyers' prices and takes a fifteenpercent commission on sellers' prices.The site's interface is simple and easy to navigate on first visit, especially if you have used competitor Viagogo is an official secondary reseller of Cleveland Browns football tickets. The site provides ticket sellers a great venue for selling to more mainstream ticket buyers with its professional look and providing a buffer between buyers and sellers. Most people don't trust barebones marketplaces with direct communication between buyers and sellers like Viagogo was founded in 2005 and launched in mid-2006.
- Workstream — Workstream is an automated hiring platform that helps companies employing hourly workers. The platform helped Jamba, Chick-fil-A, McDonald's, Dunkin', Applebee's, Auntie Anne's, Cinnabon to increase their bottom line and cost savings.Workstream was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California, UnitedStates.
- H Company — H is an AI Research Lab and Product Company
Klemens Hallmann is an Austrian entrepreneur and investor. He is founder and sole owner of Hallmann Corporate Group, one of the larger Austrian groups of companies, specializing in sales, renovation, and development of real estate projects, in addition to a wide-ranging portfolio of investments including finance and film production
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- Industry: Credit, FinTech, InsurTech
- Stage:Angel
- Geography: United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Finclusion Group — Enhancing financial inclusion in Sub-Saharan Africa through data driven lending.
Co-Founder & CEO of InstaDeep and Google Developer Expert in Machine Learning, Karim helps companies get a grip on the latest AI advances and deploy them in practice. A graduate of France’s Ecole Polytechnique and former Program Fellow at NYU’s Courant Institute, Karim has a passion for teaching and using applied mathematics. This encouragedhim to launch InstaDeep, nominated at MWC17 in the top 20 global startup list by PCMAG. He is on a mission to democratize AI and make it accessible to a wider audience.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: Tunisia, France, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 11
- Round size: Seed $630k–$31M; Pre-Seed $600k–$600k
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Dabchy — Created in 2016 by Ameni Mansouri, Ghazi Ketata, and Osama Mahjoub, Dabchy is a localized fashion marketplace where women can buy and sell their new or used fashion items online. Dabchy is headquartered in Tunis, Tunis, Tunisia.
- Uptale — Uptale provides an enterprise solution that enhances employee learning through immersive experiences in 360° and virtual reality. The platform allows organizations to create, share, and analyze training modules without requiring technical expertise.
- Thunder Code — Transform your QA process with Thunder Code's AI-powered test automation platform. Create, manage, and run automated tests without coding - perfect for QA teams seeking efficiency, reliability, and seamless integration.
Biola Alabi is the Managing Partner of Biola Alabi Media, the media icon heads a dynamic consultancy and production company with expertise in strategic consulting for pay entertainment, digital television, interactive television and emerging entertainment distribution platforms; they service governments, content creators, telecommunicationindustry, and investors in the converging media technology space. Biola Alabi Media productions has recently produced Nigeria’s first food travel documentary-series "Bukas and Joints" currently airing across Africa and in the USA.She is also the founder of "Grooming for Greatness" a leadership development and mentorship program for a new generation of African leaders. Named one of the 20 Youngest Power Women in Africa by Forbes Magazine (2012), a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader (2012) and CNBC Africa’s AABLA West African Business Woman of the Year (2013), for over five highly successful years, Biola Alabi held the high-profile position of Managing Director for M-Net Africa, part of the globally renowned Naspers Group. Prior to this, she was based in the United States where she was part of the executive team at the influential children’s television brand Sesame Street and a member of the marketing team that launched the well-respected Korean motor vehicle corporation Daewoo in the USA.
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- Industry: Logistics, AgTech, FinTech
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Nigeria, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Winich Farms — At Winich Farms we are a technology-driven and agri-startup connecting farmers with access to finance, premium markets and passionate about ensuring global food security and democratising agricultural participation. We drive digital participation by crowdfunding through our online platforms, these we use to engage farmers with quality inputs,agricultural expertise, process automation, and machinery, with the promise of decent returns to our subscribers and the farmers at the end of each farming cycle.In addition to this, utilizing our agro e-retail platform (web and app), we connect vicinity farmers with market (households) directly at farm gate price thereby reducing the activities of middlemen, making agro produce more affordable and easily accessible.One farmer at a time, our big vision is to build an Africa that feeds the world and itself. How do we plan to achieve this? Empower African Farmers by lowering barriers to accessing Capital and financial services, data driven best practices and technology to improve yield as well as access to local and global markets for their produce with established offtaker relationships like Flour Mills of Nigeria, Dangote Foods, Labana Rice, Big Bull Rice etcBacked by Orange Corners we are on a mission to create a prosperous and economically resilient Africa powered by Agriculture.
- ChekkitApp — Chekkit is a DAG blockchain powered anti-counterfeiting solution for food and drug supply chain tracking and customer insights platform. It helps producers protect their brands, track supply chain activities, and collect last-mile consumer insights in real-time.
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