Top 5 FinTech Startup Investors in Mali (October 2026)

Mercy Corps Ventures invests in and catalyzes venture-led solutions to increase the resilience of underserved individuals and communities. Founded in 2015 as the impact investing arm of global development agency, Mercy Corps, supports over 57 early-stage ventures to scale and raise over $515 million in follow-on capital. Their portfolio centersaround resilience-building solutions in adaptive agriculture and food systems, inclusive climate fintech, and climate-smart technologies so that those living in frontier markets can withstand disruption and plan for the future. Through capital and support, piloting new approaches, action-oriented insights, and rigorously managing impact, they catalyze the ecosystem toward smarter, more impactful investments.

Investment focus

Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, Agriculture
Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Geography: Kenya, United States, Nigeria

Investor stats

Total investments: 73
Round size: Seed $330k–$5.3M; Pre-Seed $100k–$7M; Series A $2.5M–$35M
Lead/follow: 18% lead, 82% follow

Portfolio highlights

Logidoo — Logidoo is a digital logistics marketplace-designed company that markets shuttles through smart logistics. The company's platform, which provides rapid, dependable, secure, and economical logistics, allows users to compare offers for sending and receiving items and to track parcels in real-time.
Meridia — De-risk the sourcing, procurement, trading & compliance of commodities under the EUDR.
ReForest Latam — ReForest Latam is an biotech company restoring ecosystems and creating forests to fight climate change.

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We're changing the way medicine is made - leveraging innovation to better serve scientific discovery, withstand disruptive events, and reach those in need.

Investment focus

Industry: Biotechnology, B2B, IaaS
Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
Geography: United States, Mali, United Kingdom

Investor stats

Total investments: 6
Round size: Seed $1.2M–$6M
Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow

Portfolio highlights

bit.bio — Bit.bio provides engineered human cell products and platform services for biomedical research, drug discovery, and cell therapy development. The company uses a precision cell programming system to convert stem cells into defined human cell types and supplies a portfolio of reprogrammed cells, custom cell development services, and research-readyhuman cell models for scientific and pharmaceutical use. Bit.bio also supports integration of its products into partner research ecosystems and offers platform capabilities that help identify transcription factors for specific cell states. Its focus includes enabling scalable access to human cell models for experiments, screening workflows, and therapeutic investigation.
PartnerSlate — Matching pre-qualified CPG brands with compatible co-manufacturers for over a decade, PartnerSlate makes reaching production faster and easier than ever.
Cellevolve — Situs slot online ALEXISTOGEL menghadirkan server Thailand gacor setiap hari dengan ragam game dengan tema dan fitur yang bervariasi.

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Touton delivers quality, responsibly sourced cocoa, coffee, vanilla and natural ingredient products to its customers around the globe

Investment focus

Industry: AgTech, InsurTech, Mobile Payments
Stage:Seed
Geography: Mali

Investor stats

Total investments: 1
Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

OKO — New generation crop insurance designed for emerging markets Droughts and flood insurance available from any mobile phone in Mali

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Newfund is a $300M entrepreneurial VC firm dedicated to pre-seed and seed investments in France and North America, in companies driving global change. The company is always looking for founders who are driven to realize a vision that will significantly alter the world in which we live. In order to appreciate what entrepreneurs are creating and utilize their strengths, Newfund aims to comprehend entrepreneurs as unique individuals.

Investment focus

Industry: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
Geography: France, United States, Canada

Investor stats

Total investments: 209
Round size: Seed $1.1M–$5M; Series A $1.4M–$13M; Venture - Series Unknown $850k–$8.4M
Lead/follow: 46% lead, 54% follow
Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $65M in 2023

Portfolio highlights

Moodwork — Moodwork provides a digital platform for workplace mental health that combines AI with human expertise to support employees through assessments, guidance, and access to professional resources. The platform also delivers anonymized workforce insights, enabling organizations to monitor mental health trends, protect employee privacy, and supportinformed workplace decisions.
AI-Stroke — Developer of an artificial intelligence-powered mobile application designed to assist in pre-CT/MRI stroke diagnostics. The company offers a platform that guides first responders and patients through relevant exercises for stroke detection, captures and analyzes video data, and leverages the world's largest proprietary stroke patientvideo dataset (20,000 videos and 6 million images), enabling patients with a diagnosis and outcomes by reducing delays in treatment for stroke, increasing the number of treatment procedures, and recuding the rehab costs.
Archeon — Archeon is fully dedicated to the development of innovative solutions for the monitoring, diagnosis and treatment of critically ill patients in prehospital care.

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