# Rising Tide Africa

> Rising Tide Africa is a VC fund backing Health Care. See 22 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Total investments: 22
- Last investment: Oct 2024
- Lead investor: 9%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company-beta/10987846/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/RisinTideAfrica
- Website: http://risingtideafrica.com/

Rising Tide Africa is a group of women angel investors harnessing their power, network, passion and capital to create a New Africa.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $75k–$6.1M |
| Pre-Seed | $100k–$600k |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Health Care | 5 | 23% |
| Information Technology | 4 | 18% |
| FinTech | 3 | 14% |
| Financial Services | 3 | 14% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 3 | 14% |

47 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 12 | 55% |
| Pre-Seed | 5 | 23% |
| Series A | 1 | 5% |
| Series B | 1 | 5% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 5% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Nigeria | 12 | 55% |
| United Kingdom | 3 | 14% |
| Ghana | 1 | 5% |
| Kenya | 1 | 5% |
| Indonesia | 1 | 5% |

6 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Yemi Keri | Co-founder | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/yemi-keri |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Amayi Foods | Amayi Foods is a Nigerian company and one of core beliefs is ensuring that have a positive impact on operating environment. | $75K | Seed | Oct 03, 2024 |  |
| Figorr | Figorr is a provider of cold chain solutions that specializes in temperature-controlled products, temperature monitoring solutions, and cold chain services. Figorr focuses on understanding the unique challenges that each of the markets it serves faces. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Dec 25, 2023 |  |
| Wazima | Wazima health is a Digital solution which provides Non-Communicable Diseases(NCDs) patients with access to continuous wrap-around and integrated care from the healthcare ecosystem for better health & life outcomes. |  | Seed | Oct 19, 2022 |  |
| LifeBank | LifeBank App is an intuitive blood donor database that inspires committed Africans to give blood and save lives in their community. LifeBank Plus is an enterprise marketplace for hospitals and blood banks. The app helps their clients to source for the best blood and blood products that patients need. Their nimble logistics system helps to deliverthe products to patients on time and also provides a simple payment systems that works. |  | Series A | Sep 20, 2022 |  |
| Seso Global | Seso Global is a platform for secure real estate management and transactions in Africa.Based in Lagos (Nigeria), Accra (Ghana) and Cambridge (UK), Seso Global is a Digital Lands Transactions platform that facilitates secure, trusted, and risk-free Blockchain Land Transactions between, Property Owners, Land Service Agencies and FinancialInstitutions. |  | Seed | Jul 01, 2022 |  |
| Seso Global | Seso Global is a platform for secure real estate management and transactions in Africa.Based in Lagos (Nigeria), Accra (Ghana) and Cambridge (UK), Seso Global is a Digital Lands Transactions platform that facilitates secure, trusted, and risk-free Blockchain Land Transactions between, Property Owners, Land Service Agencies and FinancialInstitutions. |  | Pre-Seed | Jul 01, 2022 |  |
| Pivo | Pivo is a financial hub that allows small & medium businesses across Africa access to all the financial services they need in one place. | $100K | Seed | Jan 19, 2022 |  |
| ANKA | ANKA is a platform to discover, buy, and sell African fashion, arts, and crafts. ANKA’s goal is to allow African creation lovers to live their passion while allowing the creators to live from theirs. ANKA facilitates transactions and exchanges directly between buyers and sellers on both sides of the world, in a user-friendly and secure way. | $6.1M | Seed | Jan 11, 2022 |  |
| Wealth8 | Wealth8 is a technology-driven platform designed to connect people with wealth and investors. The company offers services including general investment accounts, stocks, and share ISAs. | $465.3K | Pre-Seed | Nov 30, 2021 |  |
| Shuttlers | Shuttlers is a platform that offers mobility solutions by providing scheduled bus-sharing services for the professionals within the region. | $1.6M | Seed | Nov 16, 2021 |  |

10 of 22 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Kepple Africa Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kepple-africa-ventures) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Adaverse](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/adaverse) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Launch Africa](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/launch-africa) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [LoftyInc Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/loftyinc-capital-management) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [EchoVC Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/echovc-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [EMURGO](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/emurgo) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Rising Tide Africa invest in?

Rising Tide Africa invests primarily in Health Care, Information Technology and FinTech startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 22 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Nigeria. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Rising Tide Africa's check size?

Rising Tide Africa typically joins rounds of $75k–$6.1M at Seed and $100k–$600k at Pre-Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Rising Tide Africa participates in.

### How do I contact Rising Tide Africa?

Public channels for Rising Tide Africa include LinkedIn, X (Twitter) and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at Rising Tide Africa?

The team at Rising Tide Africa includes Yemi Keri (Co-founder). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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