GSMA Ecosystem Accelerator
VC Fund
London, United Kingdom
GSMA Ecosystem Accelerator is a VC fund in London focused on Information Technology and Software. GSMA Ecosystem Accelerator's mission is to build synergies between start-ups and mobile operators, with the aim to scale innovative and sustainable mobile services in emerging markets.Despite an increasing number of mobile products and services in emerging markets, reaching scale is still a challenge for most. The GSMA Ecosystem Acceleratorworks to bridge the gap between operators and innovators, enabling strong partnerships that support the growth of commercially sustainable mobile products and services.By opening the dialogue between innovators and operators, the programme helps operators contribute their assets and expertise to the most promising ideas. This will in turn support innovators to secure the funding and direction they require in order to bring their products and services to scale.In fostering these partnerships, they can bring the most impactful mobile solutions to the people and places that need them most, generating the greatest socio-economic impact.
- Total investments:
- 41
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 90%
Last updated:
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Industries GSMA Ecosystem Accelerator invests in
Stages GSMA Ecosystem Accelerator invests in
Countries GSMA Ecosystem Accelerator invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Round size
- Seed
- $400k–$2.5M
- Grant
- $150k–$350k
Investment Focus
Industry
- Information Technology 9 (22%)
- Software 7 (17%)
- Mobile 6 (15%)
- Agriculture 5 (12%)
- Health Care 5 (12%)
Stage
- Grant 36 (88%)
- Seed 3 (7%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 1 (2%)
Country
- Kenya 4 (10%)
- Indonesia 3 (7%)
- France 2 (5%)
- Uganda 2 (5%)
- Myanmar 2 (5%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Martin Karanja
Director, GSMA Innovation Fund & Ecosystem Accelerator
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Director, GSMA Innovation Fund & Ecosystem Accelerator | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Peter Ndichu
Market Engagement Manager
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Market Engagement Manager | Total investments: 0 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Koolboks manufactures solar-powered freezers and other refrigeration units. The products are designed to keep items cool and preserved without the need for a continuous power source. The company's product line includes freezers, chillers, ice makers, and specialized vaccine freezers. | $2.5M / Seed / Aug 18, 2022 | ||
| Jamii Africa is mobile micro-health insurance for the informal sector. They built a mobile policy management platform that performs 99% of insurance administration activities and formed strategic partnerships with an Insurer/ Jubilee Insurance and a Telecom/ Vodacom Tanzania to enable a cashless facility and utilise the mobile moneyplatforms for premium collection and benefit payouts. Their platform manages the benefit ledger and is integrated to mobile money and insurer systems.Enabling us to cut down administration costs by 99% which results to cheaper premiums affordable to their target market. | $1M / Venture - Series Unknown / Dec 31, 2018 | ||
| Taskmoby is a home services application working In Ethiopia that aims to connect a service provider with clients seeking their services. The application works such that a person in need of a service eg. a locks smith, a cleaner, a plumber etc, requests the service through the application or calling 8191 customer care number, and the serviceprovider nearest to them, sees the request notification through their application, receives it and attends to it. | $126.5K / Grant / Dec 15, 2018 | ||
| AgroCenta was founded by two ex-esoko employees, Francis Obirikorang and Michael K. Ocansey in 2015 to improve the agricultural value chain in Ghana. Two critical problems within the value chain, which are the lack of an access to market for smallholder farmers in the rural areas, which subjected them to activities of exploitative, buying frommiddlemen and the lack of a coordinated truck delivery system to cart their commodities from farms to markets to sell.AgroCenta’s idea is to solve these age-old problems by introducing an online sales platform that connected smallholder farmers directly to an online market, which has wider geographic size, to sell their commodities. The end result? Exploitative buying was reduced to the barest minimum since farmers were in control of selling their commodities at prices that were favorable to them.Once a farmer gets offers from interested buyers, the problem of logistics and transportation were sorted using AgroCenta’s patent TrucKR solution that allowed the smallholder farmer in any remote village in Ghana access trucks at the click of a button. You can call it the uber for trucks. AgroCenta is changing the very lives of smallholder farmers by using technology to solve problems they encounter in agriculture. | $400K / Seed / Dec 14, 2018 | ||
| AgroCenta was founded by two ex-esoko employees, Francis Obirikorang and Michael K. Ocansey in 2015 to improve the agricultural value chain in Ghana. Two critical problems within the value chain, which are the lack of an access to market for smallholder farmers in the rural areas, which subjected them to activities of exploitative, buying frommiddlemen and the lack of a coordinated truck delivery system to cart their commodities from farms to markets to sell.AgroCenta’s idea is to solve these age-old problems by introducing an online sales platform that connected smallholder farmers directly to an online market, which has wider geographic size, to sell their commodities. The end result? Exploitative buying was reduced to the barest minimum since farmers were in control of selling their commodities at prices that were favorable to them.Once a farmer gets offers from interested buyers, the problem of logistics and transportation were sorted using AgroCenta’s patent TrucKR solution that allowed the smallholder farmer in any remote village in Ghana access trucks at the click of a button. You can call it the uber for trucks. AgroCenta is changing the very lives of smallholder farmers by using technology to solve problems they encounter in agriculture. | $250K / Grant / Dec 01, 2018 | ||
| We are building Emerging Asia's Health & Insurance Super App - a consumer-centric digital ecosystem that coordinates and integrates every aspect of a user’s healthcare journey from doctors consultations to health insurance management whilst bridging the online to offline divide.oDoc is the largest digital health company in Sri Lanka,serving over 200,000 users and 70+ corporates. We enable patients to get medical advice, medicines and lab tests from the comfort & safety of their own homes. We have grown revenues by 10X since 2020, and as of mid-2021, we have onboarded over 1,000 doctors across 60 specialisations. In response to COVID-19, oDoc launched the Sri Lanka National Telemedicine platform on behalf of the Ministry of Health in Sri Lanka. oDoc is Sri Lanka’s only Techstars and Stanford StartX backed company. | $241.9K / Grant / Nov 01, 2018 | ||
| Greenovator’s platform provides information for farmers, such as advice for producing better yields, local weather, demand projection and daily prices. The solution also allows traders to identify where to source produce at the right time and provides a way for vendors to project demand for agricultural inputs. | Grant / Nov 01, 2018 | ||
| KEA Medicals aims to interconnect African hospitals through a single database in order to manage the whole patient medical information. | Grant / Nov 01, 2018 | ||
| Qlue is a smart city ecosystem. Their solutions help decision-makers make efficient business decisions. The company implements smart city technology in both the government and private sectors. Qlue also focuses on computer vision technology, mobile workforce management, QlueDashboard, and QlueSense for the private sector, helping them to realizedata-driven decision-making. | Grant / Nov 01, 2018 | ||
| Coliba is a company collection and household waste management that makes use of computer technology to innovate in its industry. Coliba provides an online mobile application also downloadable on your mobile phones to help users easily connect with us, learn more on how to separate their waste and good waste management practices as well as sign upfor collection of waste. Coliba is an African wastes Recycle Company built with the purpose of solving Africa waste and sanitation challenges as well as providing employment and alternative source of income for waste generator. At Coliba, You see waste, They see resources. | Grant / Nov 01, 2018 | ||
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FAQ
What does GSMA Ecosystem Accelerator invest in?
GSMA Ecosystem Accelerator invests primarily in Information Technology, Software and Mobile startups, most often at Grant and Seed stage. Most of the 41 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Kenya. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does GSMA Ecosystem Accelerator invest in?
GSMA Ecosystem Accelerator typically joins rounds of $400k–$2.5M at Seed and $150k–$350k at Grant. These are whole funding-round sizes, not GSMA Ecosystem Accelerator's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds GSMA Ecosystem Accelerator took part in.
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Who are the partners at GSMA Ecosystem Accelerator?
The team at GSMA Ecosystem Accelerator includes Martin Karanja (Director, GSMA Innovation Fund & Ecosystem Accelerator) and Peter Ndichu (Market Engagement Manager). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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