Top 50 Consumer Angel Investors in Africa (August 2026)
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| Investor | Relevant Deals | Geography | Stage | Focus | Round Size |
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Cem Garih
Angel
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3 | United States, India, Kenya | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Financial Services, FinTech, Artificial Intelligence | $460k–$38M |
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Justin Mateen
Angel
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3 | United States, Mexico, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, E-Commerce, Health Care | $400k–$27M |
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Olugbenga Agboola
Angel
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2 | Nigeria, Kenya, United States | Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A | FinTech, Financial Services, Payments | $625k–$7.5M |
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Patricia Ithau
Angel
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2 | Kenya | Seed, Pre-Seed | Beauty, Retail, Fashion | |
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Kevin Ambrosini
Angel
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2 | United States, Egypt, Kenya | Seed, Series B, Series A | E-Commerce, Logistics, Fashion | $2.5M–$60M |
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Ashwin Ravichandran
Angel
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1 | Ghana, Nigeria, United States | Non-Equity Assistance, Pre-Seed, Seed | Education, Health Care, Information Technology | $100k–$1.2M |
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Peter anker
Angel
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1 | Kenya | Seed | Beauty, Retail, Consumer | |
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Kanyi Maqubela
Angel
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1 | United States, Brazil, Canada | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Artificial Intelligence, FinTech, Software | $1.2M–$108M |
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Echukwudi Daniel
Angel
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1 | Nigeria | Angel | Drones, Energy, Delivery | |
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Mato Perić
Angel
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1 | Germany, India, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Financial Services, FinTech, E-Commerce | $2M–$100M |
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Frank Smit
Angel
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1 | South Africa | Seed | Fashion | |
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Sumit Bhasin
Angel
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1 | Kenya | Pre-Seed | Fashion, E-Commerce, Information Services | |
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Kendall Tang
Angel
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1 | Kenya | Pre-Seed | Fashion, E-Commerce, Information Services | |
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Ben Munoz
Angel
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1 | Kenya | Pre-Seed | Fashion, E-Commerce, Information Services | |
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Sean Mahsoul
Angel
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1 | Nigeria | Seed | FinTech, Computer, Software | |
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Oliver Merkel
Angel
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1 | Germany, South Africa, United States | Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed | Retail, Fashion, Banking | $6M–$9.8M |
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Matt Kalish
Angel
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1 | United States, Kenya | Seed, Angel, Series A | Gaming, Web3, Retail | $1.5M–$5M |
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Dr Ritesh Malik
Angel
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1 | India, United States, Kenya | Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel | Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology | $160k–$5M |
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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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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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Kwehnui Tawah
Angel
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1 | Kenya | Seed | Beauty, Retail, Consumer | |
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Rajesh Sawhney
Angel
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1 | India, United States, Singapore | Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel | Software, E-Commerce, Artificial Intelligence | $11k–$2.1M |
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Gregory Rockson
Angel
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1 | Kenya, Germany, Nigeria | Seed, Grant, Pre-Seed | FinTech, Financial Services, B2B | |
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Babatunde Soyoye
Angel
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1 | United Kingdom, Kenya | Seed, Grant, Series A | Apps, Sales, Fitness | |
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Wes Schwalje
Angel
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1 | India, United States, Mexico | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | FinTech, Financial Services, Information Technology | $150k–$2M |
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Jordan Nel
Angel
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1 | Nigeria | Seed | Drones, Big Data, Cyber Security | |
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Cheryl Heller
Angel
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1 | Kenya | Seed | Hardware, Telecommunications, Enterprise Software | |
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Gary Scheft
Angel
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1 | Kenya | Seed | Hardware, Telecommunications, Enterprise Software | |
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Trond Riiber Knudsen
Angel
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1 | Norway, United States, Kenya | Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel | Software, SaaS, Machine Learning | $300k–$3.5M |
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Matt Sutton
Angel
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1 | Kenya | Seed | Consumer Goods | |
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Jim Sorenson
Angel
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1 | United States, Kenya | Seed | Gaming, Banking, FinTech | $1.8M–$3.3M |
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Ugochukwu Aronu
Angel
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1 | Nigeria | Seed, Pre-Seed | Web3, Drones, Energy | |
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Shola Akinlade
Angel
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1 | Nigeria, Kenya, Rwanda | Pre-Seed, Seed | FinTech, Education, Insurance | $192k–$4M |
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Ashley Lewis
Angel
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1 | Egypt, Togo, Kenya | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | E-Commerce, Financial Services, Retail | $500k–$38M |
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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 | $450k–$70M |
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Hesham Zreik
Angel
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1 | United States, Nigeria, India | Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A | Information Technology, Software, E-Commerce | $12k–$5M |
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Camilla Hagen Sørli
Angel
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1 | Kenya | Seed | Beauty, Retail, Consumer | |
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Kiprono Elvis Terigin
Angel
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1 | Kenya | Seed | Beauty, Retail, Consumer | |
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Daniel Funk
Angel
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1 | South Africa | Seed | Retail, Fashion | |
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Peter Njonjo
Angel
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1 | Kenya, United States | Pre-Seed | Fashion, Software, E-Commerce | $1M–$3M |
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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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Anthony Nicalo
Angel
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1 | Kenya | Pre-Seed | Banking, FinTech, Embedded Software | |
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Vikram Chopra
Angel
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1 | India, South Africa | Seed, Series B | Internet, Retail, Fashion | $1.3M–$9.5M |
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Jean-Paul Zammitt
Angel
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1 | South Africa | Seed | Retail, Fashion | |
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Lars Fjeldsoe-Nielsen
Angel
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1 | United States, United Kingdom, Denmark | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology | $1.8M–$125M |
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Sebastien Breteau
Angel
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1 | United States, France, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A, Angel | FinTech, Software, Apps | $500k–$150M |
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Victoria van Lennep
Angel
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1 | United Kingdom, France, Spain | Series A, Pre-Seed, Seed | Financial Services, FinTech, EdTech | $686k–$23M |
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Andrea Iannelli
Angel
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1 | Kenya | Seed | Beauty, Retail, Consumer | |
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Michael Vaughan
Angel
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1 | United States, Brazil, Germany | Seed, Series A, Series B | FinTech, Financial Services, Software | $4M–$100M |
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Pierre Martensson
Angel
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1 | Kenya | Seed | Beauty, Retail, Consumer | |
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- Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States, India, Kenya
Investor stats
- Total investments: 34
- Round size: Seed $2.5M–$11M; Pre-Seed $460k–$1M; Series A $5M–$38M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- TuMeke Ergonomics — Computer vision joint tracking for ergonomic risk assessments. Automate assessments so you can focus on implementing solutions.
- Troop — Troop is an app for retail investors to vote, organize shareholder resolutions and activist campaigns. Sign up for early access today.
- Moment — Engineering the future of fixed income with the world's leading financial institutions.
Justin Mateen is the Cofounder and former CMO of Tinder, the world's largest dating platform. In 2021, and 2022 Business Insider ranked Mateen as the best early stage investor in the US, placing him at the number 1 spot on the top 100 list of US Seed Investors both years. In 2020, Forbes included Mateen on their list of the decade's top10 tech entrepreneurs. Fast Company has listed him as one of the most creative people in business.Founded in 2012, Tinder is the highest grossing app on Apple's app store since 2017 and was valued at over $40 Billion dollars in 2021.
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- Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Health Care
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States, Mexico, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 170
- Round size: Seed $1M–$10M; Pre-Seed $400k–$3.9M; Series A $8M–$27M
- Lead/follow: 27% lead, 73% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Mason America, Inc. — Mason is the device innovation platform for product leaders who dare to deliver the next innovation in their field.
- Estate Media — Real Estate's Biggest Personalities Under one Roof
- Subquadratic — AI lab leading the subquadratic LLM revolution.
Olugbenga Agboola is based out of San Francisco, California, and is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Flutterwave. Olugbenga previously worked at Access Bank as a Head of Digital Factory and Innovation. Olugbenga Agboola attended EC-Council University. Olugbenga Agboola has been a Certified Ethical Hacker and a Security Analyst.
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- Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, Payments
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
- Geography: Nigeria, Kenya, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 29
- Round size: Seed $1.5M–$7.5M; Pre-Seed $625k–$3.7M
- Lead/follow: 3% lead, 97% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Terra Industries — Terra Industries develops autonomous security systems and software platforms that support the monitoring and protection of physical assets, infrastructure, and operational environments across land, air, and maritime domains. The company provides unmanned vehicles, autonomous towers, and sensor-based surveillance hardware that collect and transmitdata for continuous situational awareness. Its software layer, built around an integrated operating system, processes sensor inputs, applies artificial intelligence models, and coordinates automated responses to detected events. Terra Industries designs its systems to support functions such as perimeter security, infrastructure monitoring, asset tracking, and threat detection within complex operational settings. The company’s platforms enable operators to manage multiple autonomous devices through a unified interface that supports mission planning, data visualization, and system control. Its technology is used by organizations that require coordinated security, monitoring, and response capabilities for facilities, remote sites, and distributed operations.
- Lorum Finance — Lorum is the correspondent institution for banks and fintechs: programmable access to global clearing, named custody, and treasury on a 100% reserve model.
- Fuse Financial Technologies — Financial APIs for building products in the Middle East.
Patricia Ithau
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- Industry: Beauty, Retail, Fashion
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Kenya
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Shop Zetu — Shop the latest trendy fashion, beauty and accessory brands in Kenya online! Discover affordable clothing, footwear, accessories, beauty products and more. Order today from Shop Zetu.
- Uncover — Dermatologist-tested K-Beauty formulas powered by African botanicals for melanin-rich skin. Shop SPF 50 sunscreen, serums & kits with free Kenya shipping.
Kevin Ambrosini is Chief Strategy Officer at Payoneer, a publicly-traded fintech with $80bn volume (+21% year-over-year), $1bn revenue and 28% adj EBITDA margins [2024]. Previously, Kevin was the Head of Global Strategy & GM, North America at Alibaba.com, where he helped take the business from revenue of $800m and 4% annual growth to $3bn and30% annual growth over 4 years. Kevin join Alibaba through its acquisition of OpenSky, where he was Co-founder and CFO. Kevin graduated from the University of California, Berkeley.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Logistics, Fashion
- Stage:Seed, Series B, Series A
- Geography: United States, Egypt, Kenya
Investor stats
- Total investments: 7
- Round size: Seed $2.5M–$7.5M; Series B $39M–$60M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- MaxAB — The Region's Leading Retailer Super App At MaxAB, we change how the supply chain works through our B2B food & grocery e-commerce platform At MaxAB, we change how the supply chain works through our B2B food
- buywith — buywith is an online shopping Livestream marketplace for retailers & brands, where influencers and experts can broadcast online shopping sessions with their followers & make them buy via a highly engaging experience. We help brands generate more revenues from their e-commerce activity and increase their ROI.
- Passport — Passport is the modern shipping carrier for international ecommerce that helps direct-to-consumer brands ship their products internationally.
Ashwin Ravichandran is the Co-Founder & Head of Operations at Spark. Ashwin attended Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham.
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- Industry: Education, Health Care, Information Technology
- Stage:Non-Equity Assistance, Pre-Seed, Seed
- Geography: Ghana, Nigeria, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 35
- Round size: Seed $100k–$1.2M; Pre-Seed $100k–$110k
- Lead/follow: 14% lead, 86% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Qwili — Qwili makes smartphones with a voice-guided, local language onboarding experience for new users.
- BenBen — BenBen is a team of motivated engineers and innovators dedicated to improving Government Technology in Ghana.With their current focus on Land & Property Management , They aim to create a secured land title registration system and citizen payment portal that will bring Ghana to the forefront of land investment and govtech innovation and serveas a model for the rest of the world.
- Wi-Flix — Wi-flix is a streaming service that offers 30,000+ hours of African drama series, telenovelas, movies, sports, and more.
Peter anker
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- Industry: Beauty, Retail, Consumer
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Kenya
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Uncover — Dermatologist-tested K-Beauty formulas powered by African botanicals for melanin-rich skin. Shop SPF 50 sunscreen, serums & kits with free Kenya shipping.
Kanyi is a Managing Partner at Kindred Ventures, an early stage venture fund investing in mission-driven technology companies at the earliest stages. Previously, he served as a Partner at Collaborative Fund. Kanyi is a co-founder at Heartbeat Health, and previously ran growth at One Block Off the Grid (acquired by $NRG) and was an early employeeat Doostang (acquired by Universum Global). Kanyi has also served as a Lecturer and Adjunct at New York University Tisch School of the Arts, a curriculum adapted from his time in undergrad at Stanford University, where he studied Philosophy.
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- Industry: Artificial Intelligence, FinTech, Software
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States, Brazil, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 28
- Round size: Seed $1.2M–$5.6M; Pre-Seed $1.8M–$3.5M; Series A $10M–$108M
- Lead/follow: 61% lead, 39% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Brale — One regulated system for stablecoin issuance, custody, payments, and compliance. 75+ programs in production across 45 US jurisdictions. SOC 2 Type II. Book a demo.
- Qwili — Qwili makes smartphones with a voice-guided, local language onboarding experience for new users.
- Sandbar — Sandbar provides an interface platform that enables users to extend their cognitive and creative workflows by integrating voice, gesture, and haptic interactions. The company develops the core product Stream, which functions as a conversational extension of thought, capturing ideas, organizing notes, and facilitating hands-free music controlthrough gestures. In addition, it offers the Stream Ring, a wearable device that pairs with Stream to enable voice-activated control, capturing and organizing information in real time. The technology bridges the gap between internal thinking and external action, aiming to make idea generation and expression more fluid. Its services include product design, software integration, and support for gesture- and voice-based interfaces tailored to individual workflows.
Echukwudi Daniel
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- Industry: Drones, Energy, Delivery
- Stage:Angel
- Geography: Nigeria
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 100% lead, 0% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Arone — Idebet ialah situs slot ternama di indonesia resmi hadirkan slot gacor terbaru dengan inovasi perkalian x1000 gampang menang hari ini. Cobain sekarang juga!
Mato invests in technology companies globally. His portfolio companies have raised over US$ 5 billion in capital, employ >15,000 people and have operations in 35 countries across six continents.
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- Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Germany, India, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 55
- Round size: Seed $2M–$10M; Pre-Seed $3M–$6M; Series A $7.7M–$100M
- Lead/follow: 7% lead, 93% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Faro — Every garment deserves to be worn. Leveraging technology and a specialised supply chain, FARO enables brands to offload obsolete inventory through stores in non-core markets, ensuring complete traceability throughout the process.
- Tern Group — Tern Group is an AI Platform to hire and relocate top healthcare talents globally, faster and cheaper. TERN is a full-stack solution to source and relocate top-tier medical and engineering talent from India, North Africa, South Africa, and Central Asia and the approach ensures a seamless, ethical, and transparent migration process, drasticallycutting complexity and shaving costs for healthcare systems.
- 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.
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- Industry: Fashion
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: South Africa
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Kloset Klub — South Africa's 1st video-based resale fashion platform. Discover affordable second-hand clothes on WISI-Oi. Buy or sell effortlessly with ease!
Sumit Bhasin is the Senior Vice President, Innovation, Product Development, Corp R&D at The Estée Lauder Companies Inc.
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- Industry: Fashion, E-Commerce, Information Services
- Stage:Pre-Seed
- Geography: Kenya
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Shop Zetu — Shop the latest trendy fashion, beauty and accessory brands in Kenya online! Discover affordable clothing, footwear, accessories, beauty products and more. Order today from Shop Zetu.
Kendall Tang is the CEO of RT Knits. He attended HEI - Advanced Engineering Studies.
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- Industry: Fashion, E-Commerce, Information Services
- Stage:Pre-Seed
- Geography: Kenya
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Shop Zetu — Shop the latest trendy fashion, beauty and accessory brands in Kenya online! Discover affordable clothing, footwear, accessories, beauty products and more. Order today from Shop Zetu.
I am an e-commerce entrepreneur, social entrepreneur, and patient advocate.NADINE WEST CLOTHING SUBSCRIPTION Nadine West is Stitch Fix for the Everyday Woman. Nadine West sends every customer an individually curated, affordable, surprise outfit every month. Customers keep what they love and return what they don't. Nadine West is now the #1rated fashion box for women: http://boxes.mysubscriptionaddiction.com/box/nadine-westBENSFRIENDS PATIENT COMMUNITIES (501c3) In 2007, after I survived a near-fatal brain hemorrhage, my friend Scott Orn and I started BensFriends.org, a healthcare non-profit that provides patient-to-patient support communities for people with by rare diseases. Our first month (Dec 2007), Ben's Friend Patient Communities helped 100 patients. 10 years later, our communities help 100,000+ patients per month in need of support. Read about us on Forbes via the article "Community is the Best Medicine" below or at http://onforb.es/1fAnCzeBEFORE NADINE WEST Before Nadine West, I was a medical student at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, TX. I also have an MBA from Kellogg and worked as a software engineer for 6 years.
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- Industry: Fashion, E-Commerce, Information Services
- Stage:Pre-Seed
- Geography: Kenya
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Shop Zetu — Shop the latest trendy fashion, beauty and accessory brands in Kenya online! Discover affordable clothing, footwear, accessories, beauty products and more. Order today from Shop Zetu.
Sean Mahsoul
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- Industry: FinTech, Computer, Software
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Nigeria
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Maplerad — Global payment infrastructure for businesses.
Oliver Merkel is the Co-Founder of Flink Food.
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- Industry: Retail, Fashion, Banking
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Germany, South Africa, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 6
- Round size: Seed $6M–$9.8M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Faro — Every garment deserves to be worn. Leveraging technology and a specialised supply chain, FARO enables brands to offload obsolete inventory through stores in non-core markets, ensuring complete traceability throughout the process.
- NutriUnited —
- Augustus — Building the clearing bank for the AI era
Matt Kalish is the founder and CRO of DraftKings, a knowledge-based daily fantasy sports website.
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- Industry: Gaming, Web3, Retail
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Series A
- Geography: United States, Kenya
Investor stats
- Total investments: 4
- Round size: Seed $1.5M–$5M
- Lead/follow: 50% lead, 50% follow
Portfolio highlights
- FaZe Media — FaZe Media intends to return creative control to the personalities that created the brand in the first place.
- Nifty League — A game studio at the cutting edge of Web3 with a mission to inspire other indie game developers to build a decentralized future with us.
- Playtertainment — Playtertainment provides combination of classic arcade games and mobile technology and offers real live-streaming games with real prizes, enabling gamers to play live games directly from their phone.
Doctor turned Entrepreneur, Investor, Speaker & Philanthropist.
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- Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Geography: India, United States, Kenya
Investor stats
- Total investments: 42
- Round size: Seed $275k–$5M; Pre-Seed $160k–$2.1M
- Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% follow
Portfolio highlights
- HiWi — HiWiPay helps Indian exporters receive international payments in 24 hours with lower fees, GST FIRA, and real-time tracking.
- Kidbea — Kidbea is Asia's first Spill-proof & sustainable fashion-tech brand exclusively for kids. We make "certified organic, spill-proof, anti-bacterial, breathable, and softest" kids products. We aim to provide non-toxic sustainable products to the children and a relaxed parenting to every toddler's parent.
- Nava — AI-native cloud infrastructure designed for intelligent workloads. Deploy, scale, and manage your AI systems with autonomous cloud computing.
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.
- 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."
- Nuvemshop — Nuvemshop (also known as Tiendanube in Spanish-speaking Latin America) is the only D2C e-commerce platform built specifically for Latin America. It absorbs the full complexity of LATAM commerce — payments, logistics, marketing, banking, access to capital, point of sale, AI, agentic commerce, and fiscal compliance — with everything developedin-house.Unlike fragmented stacks where no single vendor owns the outcome, Nuvemshop gives brands a single platform, a single point of contact, and a fully integrated data layer. Merchants can sell more and operate less, with automation and AI running repetitive tasks so they can focus on building their brand.Founded in 2011 by Alejandro Alfonso, Santiago Sosa, Jose Abuchaem, Martin Palombo, and Alejandro Vazquez, Nuvemshop is headquartered in São Paulo, Brazil, and serves D2C brands across Latin America — from those building their first store to those scaling to hundreds of millions in annual revenue.
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
- Faro — Every garment deserves to be worn. Leveraging technology and a specialised supply chain, FARO enables brands to offload obsolete inventory through stores in non-core markets, ensuring complete traceability throughout the process.
- 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.
- Finclusion Group — Enhancing financial inclusion in Sub-Saharan Africa through data driven lending.
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Browse database — It's Free!Kwehnui Tawah is the Head of Platform Services + Special Projects at Sokowatch. He attended the University of Chicago.
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- Industry: Beauty, Retail, Consumer
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Kenya
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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- Uncover — Dermatologist-tested K-Beauty formulas powered by African botanicals for melanin-rich skin. Shop SPF 50 sunscreen, serums & kits with free Kenya shipping.
Rajesh is the co-founder and CEO of InnerChef and Super Angels. He holds a bachelor's degree in electronic engineering from Delhi University, and a master's degree in management from Mumbai University. He has also done a fellowship in 'Globalisation and Leadership' from the London School of Economics and Social Sciences.
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- Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Geography: India, United States, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 90
- Round size: Seed $250k–$1.9M; Angel $160k–$414k; Pre-Seed $11k–$2.1M
- Lead/follow: 28% lead, 72% follow
Portfolio highlights
- SIGN3 Technologies — Fraud prevention platform for high growth companies. #stopfraud #increaseconversions
- FlexifyMe — FlexifyMe is to achieve mental, physical, and spiritual harmony through live 1-on-1 and group sessions with our world-class yoga, meditation, and nutrition coaches.
- House Of Zelena — Premium Maternity dresses, Feeding Kurtis, Innerwear, Feeding Bras, Maternity Leggings and more at House of Zelena, India's most innovative Maternity wear brand
Gregory Rockson is based out of United States and is the Co-Founder & CEO of mPharma. Gregory previously worked at Six Days of Peace as a Founder. Gregory Rockson attended the University of Ghana.
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- Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, B2B
- Stage:Seed, Grant, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Kenya, Germany, Nigeria
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow
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- Float — Float helps you manage cashflow and gives you the credit your business needs to cover operational costs like payroll, inventory, or even marketing expenses.
- COMESO GmbH — Boosting revenue by ensuring secure, direct healthcare payments and improving patient access to services.
- Caantin — Kibanda Topup digitizes the supply for micro, small and medium-sized restaurants. Kibanda Topup allows restaurant owners to order inventory such as grains, poultry, beverages, and beef by app through a simple SMS and get the orders the next day.
Mr. Soyoye holds a Master of Business Administration degree and Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering. He is a co-founder of Helios Investment Partners and a Board member of Africatel Holdings B.V.
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- Industry: Apps, Sales, Fitness
- Stage:Seed, Grant, Series A
- Geography: United Kingdom, Kenya
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Wasoko — Increasing purchasing power across Africa. Making every retailer thrive, every shopper happy and every community shine! We are Wasoko.
- Definely — Definely creates legal tech solutions to free lawyers from frustration, saving them time when understanding, drafting and reviewing legal documents.
- The Medic App — Medic was formed to provide the go-to integrated solution for patients, clinicians and carers globally. In doing so we want to improve medication management, enhance healthcare services and ultimately improve patient prognosis.
Operator at nexus of policy, tech, and dev, investor, advised 8 unicorns on MENAP entry/scale-up, support Big Tech / startups to get along with govt
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- Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: India, United States, Mexico
Investor stats
- Total investments: 43
- Round size: Seed $150k–$2M; Pre-Seed $360k–$1M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Finerio Connect — Finerio is an automated and free personal finance platform in Mexico. Finerio allows users to link debit and credit accounts of the most important banks in Mexico while providing them insights on how to financially plan and save money.
- PowerCred — PowerCred is a one-stop API suite for clients to access alternate data from SMEs. Our integrated system provides real time connectivity which allows financial institutions to build better products to suit small business requirements. We have a network of data partners across categories which help us to build a robust and comprehensive intelligence system, allowing FIs to make more confident decisions, and empowering small businesses to focus on business growth.
- Chhotastock — SAUDARATOTO adalah daftar situs toto slot dan bandar togel resmi 4D & 5D terpercaya yang menawarkan layanan aman, transaksi cepat, serta peluang menang besar setiap hari. Nikmati permainan lengkap dengan sistem stabil dan akses mudah kapan saja.
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- Industry: Drones, Big Data, Cyber Security
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Nigeria
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Terra Industries — Terra Industries develops autonomous security systems and software platforms that support the monitoring and protection of physical assets, infrastructure, and operational environments across land, air, and maritime domains. The company provides unmanned vehicles, autonomous towers, and sensor-based surveillance hardware that collect and transmitdata for continuous situational awareness. Its software layer, built around an integrated operating system, processes sensor inputs, applies artificial intelligence models, and coordinates automated responses to detected events. Terra Industries designs its systems to support functions such as perimeter security, infrastructure monitoring, asset tracking, and threat detection within complex operational settings. The company’s platforms enable operators to manage multiple autonomous devices through a unified interface that supports mission planning, data visualization, and system control. Its technology is used by organizations that require coordinated security, monitoring, and response capabilities for facilities, remote sites, and distributed operations.
Cheryl is the Founding Chair of the first MFA program in Design for Social Innovation at SVA and the founder of the design lab CommonWise. She is a business strategist and communication designer who has founded two companies and taughtcreativity to leaders and organizations around the world, helped grow businesses from small regionalenterprises to multi-billion global market leaders, launched category-redefining divisions and products, reinvigorated moribund cultures, and designed strategies for hundreds of successful entrepreneurs. Cheryl received the prestigious AIGA medal for her contribution to the field of design in 2014.She is a Matrix Award winner for excellence in communication and has been profiled through articles in the New York Times, the Boston Globe, BusinessWeek and many others. Her work in included in the permanent collection of the Library of Congress.
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- Industry: Hardware, Telecommunications, Enterprise Software
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Kenya
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- BRCK — BRCK is an integrated hardware and software company based in Nairobi, Kenya that designs and engineers a rugged, self-powered, mobile WiFi device which connects people and things to the internet in areas of the world with poor infrastructure. Our vision is a world connected, where the last-mile of internet connectivity is as seamless for someoneliving in Africa as it is in Europe or the US. Ushahidi is a global organization that empowers people to make serious impact with open source technologies, cross-sector partnerships, and ground-breaking ventures.
Gary is the co-founder of Accounting for Everything, and a serial entrepreneur with decades of experience in a variety of industries including healthcare, fashion, real estate, and communications. He is also a survivor of Wall Street.Gary’s is dedicated to helping small businesses and individuals organize and see the big picture of theirfinancial health, including relationships with partners, investors and customers.He brings experience in business management, marketing, human resources, and communication to client engagements, and many have benefited from his generosity and insight. Gary epitomizes the concept of wisdom, defined as experience, knowledge and the right action.Wise beyond his years, Gary is knowledgable about human issues as well as financial ones.
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- Industry: Hardware, Telecommunications, Enterprise Software
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Kenya
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- BRCK — BRCK is an integrated hardware and software company based in Nairobi, Kenya that designs and engineers a rugged, self-powered, mobile WiFi device which connects people and things to the internet in areas of the world with poor infrastructure. Our vision is a world connected, where the last-mile of internet connectivity is as seamless for someoneliving in Africa as it is in Europe or the US. Ushahidi is a global organization that empowers people to make serious impact with open source technologies, cross-sector partnerships, and ground-breaking ventures.
Trond Riiber Knudsen is a Founder of TRK GROUP.
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- Industry: Software, SaaS, Machine Learning
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Geography: Norway, United States, Kenya
Investor stats
- Total investments: 19
- Round size: Seed $320k–$3.5M; Angel $300k–$933k; Pre-Seed $672k–$1.8M
- Lead/follow: 11% lead, 89% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Soolv — Automated screening that reads every application, surfaces real potential early, and gives you a consistent shortlist in minutes
- SportAI — SportAI is a B2B sports technology firm that is spearheading the revolution in sports technique coaching, commentary, and analysis using advanced AI and machine learning. The company aims to boost sports performance and make high-quality sports data more accessible. SportAI's SaaS platform, powered by Computer Vision and Machine Learning,delivers unbiased sports technique analysis and AI-generated sports data to different sectors in the sports industry. This technology can seamlessly integrate into broadcasting, training apps, simulators, sporting equipment brands, and product recommendation websites, offering significant benefits to the global sports industry.
- Starflow — Starflow goal is to create a scalable energy system that helps people achieve energy independence.
Matt Sutton is an entrepreneur-in-residence at INSEAD.
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- Industry: Consumer Goods
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Kenya
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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- Powered by People — Powered by People is a values-driven wholesale platform featuring handmade, ethical products from makers in over 40 countries. Sign up now for pre-approved credit and net 60 terms at poweredbypeople.com
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Browse database — It's Free!Jim Sorenson a renowned entrepreneur, business leader, and social investor and has built multiple highly successful companies in industries ranging from technology and life sciences to real estate and private equity investment. Jim is the founder and former CEO of Sorenson Media and Sorenson Communications, with the latter sold in one of the mostlucrative private equity deals in Utah Unversity .
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- Industry: Gaming, Banking, FinTech
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: United States, Kenya
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Round size: Seed $1.8M–$3.3M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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- Funium — Funium, a Provo, Utah-based Facebook games developer. The flagship game is Family Village, which is currently in Alpha testing. A limited beta test is planned for Q2 2011.
- BRCK — BRCK is an integrated hardware and software company based in Nairobi, Kenya that designs and engineers a rugged, self-powered, mobile WiFi device which connects people and things to the internet in areas of the world with poor infrastructure. Our vision is a world connected, where the last-mile of internet connectivity is as seamless for someoneliving in Africa as it is in Europe or the US. Ushahidi is a global organization that empowers people to make serious impact with open source technologies, cross-sector partnerships, and ground-breaking ventures.
- ImpactAlpha — Breaking news, data and analysis to sustain an edge in impact investing. Trusted insights. Climate. Policy. Sustainability. Finance.
Ugochukwu Aronu is the Co-Founder And CEO of Xend.
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- Industry: Web3, Drones, Energy
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Nigeria
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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- Arone — Idebet ialah situs slot ternama di indonesia resmi hadirkan slot gacor terbaru dengan inovasi perkalian x1000 gampang menang hari ini. Cobain sekarang juga!
- Gamic — Africa's biggest gaming guild.
Shola Akinlade s based out of Sunnyvale, California and currently works as the CEO for Paystack.
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- Industry: FinTech, Education, Insurance
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed
- Geography: Nigeria, Kenya, Rwanda
Investor stats
- Total investments: 12
- Round size: Seed $2.5M–$4M; Pre-Seed $192k–$4M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% 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.
- Myka.Insure — Myka is a insurance sales platform that enables individuals to sell insurance policies to their family, friends, colleagues, and community while earning income . It operates as a micro-entrepreneurship program where anyone (students, gadget sellers, car dealers, parents, retirees) can start their own insurance business with zero investment,flexible hours, and free training . The company is licensed by the National Insurance Commission of Nigeria and provides instant payouts to its partners .
- Afropolitan — Afropolitan is building a Network State to unleash the maximum potential of Africans around the world. Are you interested? Join us with your email.
Ashley Lewis - Director, Africa - Accion Venture Lab @ Accion Ventures
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Financial Services, Retail
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Egypt, Togo, Kenya
Investor stats
- Total investments: 5
- Round size: Seed $500k–$1.8M; Series A $16M–$38M
- Lead/follow: 40% lead, 60% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Khazna — Khazna is an Egyptian company that aims to improve and expand financial services for Egyptians through the mobile application.
- Sylndr — Sylndr is an automotive focused e-commerce marketplace bringing innovation to the used-cars market, where customers can reliably and transparently sell and buy used cars. The company is aiming to build trust in the used-car market by becoming the go-to place for customers seeking to sell and buy their cars, through an extensive range ofhigh-quality used vehicles accessible across a diverse set of financing solutions.
- MIA Group — MIA Group is a consumer internet company in Francophone Africa. We are on a mission to make commerce easy through a digital ecosystem fulfilling the everyday needs of consumers online and offline.Our businesses include Miaplenou.com: The largest online retail platform operating in Togo, Benin, Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso. Launched 2012.Kiosk: online reselling App that enables anyone to start a business without investment. Launched 2021.MiaPay: QR code payment and lifestyle services
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: 125
- Round size: Seed $3.3M–$28M; Pre-Seed $450k–$5.4M; Series A $17M–$70M
- Lead/follow: 15% lead, 85% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Amca — Amca is building America's new industrial base.
- Terra Industries — Terra Industries develops autonomous security systems and software platforms that support the monitoring and protection of physical assets, infrastructure, and operational environments across land, air, and maritime domains. The company provides unmanned vehicles, autonomous towers, and sensor-based surveillance hardware that collect and transmitdata for continuous situational awareness. Its software layer, built around an integrated operating system, processes sensor inputs, applies artificial intelligence models, and coordinates automated responses to detected events. Terra Industries designs its systems to support functions such as perimeter security, infrastructure monitoring, asset tracking, and threat detection within complex operational settings. The company’s platforms enable operators to manage multiple autonomous devices through a unified interface that supports mission planning, data visualization, and system control. Its technology is used by organizations that require coordinated security, monitoring, and response capabilities for facilities, remote sites, and distributed operations.
- Thor Dynamics — Directed Energy Systems for Counter-Drone Defense
Hesham Zreik is the CEO of FasterCapital. He previously worked at DreamApps as a Project Manager. Hesham attended the University of Westminster.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Software, E-Commerce
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, Nigeria, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 888
- Round size: Seed $50k–$2.1M; Pre-Seed $12k–$1M; Series A $170k–$5M
- Lead/follow: 53% lead, 47% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Book Your Own — Book Your Own is building an integrated travel ecosystem designed to unify India’s fragmented travel market.
- UrbanFarmers — UrbanFarmers is a platform that connects city dwellers with local urban farms and community gardens.
- Excel And Impact Agro — Excel And Impact Agro aims to tackle the chronic shortage of vegetable production in Côte d'Ivoire.
Camilla Hagen Sørli
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- Industry: Beauty, Retail, Consumer
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Kenya
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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- Uncover — Dermatologist-tested K-Beauty formulas powered by African botanicals for melanin-rich skin. Shop SPF 50 sunscreen, serums & kits with free Kenya shipping.
Kiprono Elvis Terigin
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- Industry: Beauty, Retail, Consumer
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Kenya
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Uncover — Dermatologist-tested K-Beauty formulas powered by African botanicals for melanin-rich skin. Shop SPF 50 sunscreen, serums & kits with free Kenya shipping.
Daniel Funk
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- Industry: Retail, Fashion
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: South Africa
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Faro — Every garment deserves to be worn. Leveraging technology and a specialised supply chain, FARO enables brands to offload obsolete inventory through stores in non-core markets, ensuring complete traceability throughout the process.
Peter Njonjo is the current CEO and Co-founder of Twiga Foods. He previously worked at Coca-Cola West Africa as a President. Peter Njonjo attended Harvard Business School.
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- Industry: Fashion, Software, E-Commerce
- Stage:Pre-Seed
- Geography: Kenya, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Round size: Pre-Seed $1M–$3M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Leta — Leta Technology is a software development company that creates supply chain and logistics software to enable the efficient and automated movement of goods.
- Shop Zetu — Shop the latest trendy fashion, beauty and accessory brands in Kenya online! Discover affordable clothing, footwear, accessories, beauty products and more. Order today from Shop Zetu.
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Browse database — It's Free!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.
Anthony Nicalo
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- Industry: Banking, FinTech, Embedded Software
- Stage:Pre-Seed
- Geography: Kenya
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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- Alvin — Alvin is a powerful mobile app that automatically creates and adjusts your budget to help you meet your goals.
Vikram Chopra is the Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of CARS24. He is a former Co-FOunder of FabFurnish and Investment Analyst of Sequoia Capital and was Business Analyst at McKinsey & Company.Mr. Chopra received a BTech and MTech in Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, and earned an MBA in Finance at the Universityof Pennsylvania - The Wharton School.
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- Industry: Internet, Retail, Fashion
- Stage:Seed, Series B
- Geography: India, South Africa
Investor stats
- Total investments: 11
- Round size: Seed $1.3M–$9.5M
- Lead/follow: 9% lead, 91% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Cautio — The future of road safety starts here.
- Ninecamp — Ninecamp is a food and beverage company. They anticipate creating new and unique brands with a strong emphasis on high-quality offerings in product, service, and design.
- Faro — Every garment deserves to be worn. Leveraging technology and a specialised supply chain, FARO enables brands to offload obsolete inventory through stores in non-core markets, ensuring complete traceability throughout the process.
Jean-Paul Zammitt
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- Industry: Retail, Fashion
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: South Africa
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 100% lead, 0% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Faro — Every garment deserves to be worn. Leveraging technology and a specialised supply chain, FARO enables brands to offload obsolete inventory through stores in non-core markets, ensuring complete traceability throughout the process.
Lars Fjeldsoe-Nielsen grew up across Africa, from Angola and Guinea-Bissau to Tanzania and Libya, after his family fled the Angolan Civil War as refugees. Those early experiences instilled in him a belief that education, technology, and social innovation can transform lives and continue to anchor his career and philanthropic activities to this day.Today, Lars is a General Partner at Owl Ventures ($2.2 billion AUM), the world’s leading venture capital firm focused exclusively on education technology. He leads Owl’s expansion across Europe, Africa, and global markets, backing founders who harness AI and breakthrough technologies to make learning more accessible and impactful.Before joining Owl, Lars co-founded 2xN, an early-stage fund at the frontier of deeptech and quantum innovation, with standout investments including Quantinuum (valued above $10 billion), Oxford Ionics (acquired by IonQ in a $1 billion deal), QSimulate, and Sparrow Quantum. Prior to that, he was a General Partner at Balderton Capital in London during which time the firm led the Seed and Series A rounds in Revolut. His investments also span education (Labster, uLesson, StudySmarter, Kukua), mobility (Yassir, Voi, Monta, NoTraffic), and mobile and frontier tech (Hiya, Monarch Money, Rahko, Pocket, Colossal, Celus, Octant Bio, Vivino, OpenSea, Blue Bottle Coffee).Lars previously spent a decade in Silicon Valley, shaping some of tech’s most iconic growth stories. At Uber, he joined when it operated in fewer than 20 cities and, as Vice President, forged global alliances with Verizon and América Móvil that fueled its international expansion. Before Uber, as Head of Mobile at Dropbox, he was among the first 25 employees and helped the company reach its first 100 million users through partnerships with Samsung and other OEMs.Despite his career in technology and venture capital, Africa has never left Lars’s journey. After his father’s passing, he returned to Angola to trace his family’s history, discovering that his sister had died of malaria as a child. That revelation transformed a personal loss into a mission. A technologist turned humanitarian innovator, Lars filed a patent for genetically modified mosquitoes that light up when carrying malaria and began funding malaria-research projects in Angola through partnerships with global nonprofits. In 2024, he climbed Mount Kilimanjaro to raise funds for malaria research, following earlier campaigns such as climbing the Matterhorn and crossing the Sahara by motorbike.A Danish-Portuguese national who served with the Royal Danish Guards, Lars holds an MBA from London Business School, where he was a member of the Board of Governors and Chairman of the Endowment Fund, an MSc from Oxford University (Keble College), and a BSc from King’s College London. Across every chapter, from refugee to technologist to investor, his purpose endures: advancing education, health, and innovation as catalysts for social change.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Denmark
Investor stats
- Total investments: 98
- Round size: Seed $1.8M–$10M; Series A $6.4M–$48M; Series B $15M–$125M
- Lead/follow: 13% lead, 87% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Blue — An Operating System for your Personal Health. Join the waitlist here.
- UrbanKisaan — UrbanKisaan builds vertical farms in India and sells the produce directly to consumers via subscription based app. The farms create a positive change at every step from seed to store ensuring quality and traceability. They grow fresh veggies locally produced which are grown without using soil using 95% less water. It aims to create a sustainablefuture for farming and feed the world in a way that is good for both people and the planet.It was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India.
- Colossal Biosciences — The science of genetics. The business of discovery.
Sebastien Breteau is an entrepreneur, investor, avocado farmer & philanthropist. He is the founder and CEO of QIMA, a global quality and compliance solutions provider for the consumer goods, food, and life sciences industries. Founded in 2005, QIMA partners with 30,000 brands, retailers, manufacturers and food growers globally, helping themmake products consumers can trust with inspections, ESG audits, testing, and certification services. The company has become a leading player, employing over 5,000 people worldwide and operating in over 100 countries (www.qima.com). In 2013, Sebastien founded the Breteau Foundation, a NPO which aims at giving underprivileged children access to digital education. 180,000 children are now enrolled in its program (www.breteaufoundation.org). In 2019, Sebastien founded RayoVerde, and has built one of the biggest avocado farms in Europe (Andalucia, Spain), using the latest organic farming techniques and water needs optimization. Sebastien Breteau is also an active private investor in Europe, China & the US and has invested directly in over 70 start-ups globally.
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- Industry: FinTech, Software, Apps
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Angel
- Geography: United States, France, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 21
- Round size: Seed $500k–$3M; Series A $6.5M–$150M
- Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Ziwig — Ziwig helps to improve women's health through a holistic approach and the development of products, services, and a support ecosystem, guided by science and unique biology. of each person. Their approach, constantly supported by excellent research, is based on the close collaboration of medical experts and engineers specializing in cutting-edgetechnologies, such as artificial intelligence and high-throughput sequencing of human RNAs. Their ecosystem functioning, driven by meaning and centered on the person, using disruptive technologies contributes to the emergence of precision medicine, individualized, predictive and participatory, at the service of well-being and quality of life.
- REWORTH — En Reworth conectamos a instituciones financieras y comercios para ofrecer a los consumidores el programa de cashback personalizado mas efectivo.
- Sundayapp — Our solution is the world's fastest and easiest way to pay at restaurants. Your customers scan a QR code and pay in 10 seconds
Victoria van Lennep - Co-Founder @ Lendable
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- Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, EdTech
- Stage:Series A, Pre-Seed, Seed
- Geography: United Kingdom, France, Spain
Investor stats
- Total investments: 9
- Round size: Seed $2M–$5.5M; Pre-Seed $686k–$2M; Series A $16M–$23M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- GoodCourse — GoodCourse is where TikTok-style content meets expert-made learning paths - to build safer and bias-free cultures.
- Virgil — Virgil provides a financial solution to assist individuals in purchasing a home. For the buyer, Virgil is a dormant partner: in exchange for an investment of 10% of the price, Virgil buys 15% of the apartment and is paid at the time of resale, at the latest 10 years after the purchase. Virgil allows young working people to become owners on average7 years earlier than the average first-time buyer, i.e. as much rent saved. The company was founded in 2019 and is based in Paris, France.
- Defacto — Never fall behind with defacto's instant financing solution. We also integrate with your accounting systems & scale to your needs. Join our wait list !
Andrea Iannelli
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- Industry: Beauty, Retail, Consumer
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Kenya
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Uncover — Dermatologist-tested K-Beauty formulas powered by African botanicals for melanin-rich skin. Shop SPF 50 sunscreen, serums & kits with free Kenya shipping.
Michael Vaughan is based out of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and is the Chief Executive Officer of North America of IG Group. Michael Vaughan previously worked at Stem Disintermedia as a Board Member. Michael Vaughan attended The Wharton School.
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- Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, Software
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: United States, Brazil, Germany
Investor stats
- Total investments: 28
- Round size: Seed $4M–$10M; Series A $12M–$100M; Series B $28M–$61M
- Lead/follow: 4% lead, 96% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Flip — Transfer uang, top up e-wallet & kirim uang ke luar negeri lebih mudah dengan Flip. Bayar pulsa, listrik, BPJS, PDAM, dan pembayaran lainnya bisa lebih hemat.
- Kick — Daily bookkeeping for the modern business owner. Minimize your audit risk and only pay when you save. Join now and get your first $5,000 in Savings Credits.
- Maplerad — Global payment infrastructure for businesses.
Pierre Martensson
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- Industry: Beauty, Retail, Consumer
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Kenya
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Uncover — Dermatologist-tested K-Beauty formulas powered by African botanicals for melanin-rich skin. Shop SPF 50 sunscreen, serums & kits with free Kenya shipping.
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