Tidjane Deme
General Partner @ Partech
Tidjane DEME is a General Partner at Partech, co-leading Partech Africa Fund, Partech’s multi-stages tech fund exclusively dedicated to Africa digital markets. He joined in May 2016.Prior to joining Partech, Tidjane has worked for 15+ years in the tech industry in Africa, as an entrepreneur, a consultant as well as a senior business manager. Heworked for 7 years as a senior manager at Google, leading activities in Africa. He started the Google Francophone Africa office in Dakar in 2009, led ecosystem efforts to support developer communities and tech startups across 15+ countries, led Google’s Africa Content Strategy, launching and growing YouTube in 6 markets. He also led business development for Google’s Infrastructure investments in Africa. Prior to Google, Tidjane was a tech entrepreneur who founded and led CommonSys, a consulting and integration company deploying e-gov platforms and enterprise solutions in west Africa. He also cofounded 2 startups, an e-reputation platform in Europe and a SaaS platform for African SMEs. Tidjane started his career working with Cap Gemini in France before joining Cosine Communications, a Silicon Valley startup building network virtualization technology for carriers.Tidjane grew up in Senegal until age 18, then moved to France to attend Ecole Polytechnique (Msc Physics), did an exchange program at Imperial College London, and attended Ensta-Paritech (Telecom and IT Engineering).
- Total investments:
- 17
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 59%
Last updated:
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Industries Tidjane Deme invests in
Stages Tidjane Deme invests in
Countries Tidjane Deme invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
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Round size
- Series A
- $3M–$200M
- Series B
- $10M–$42M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Financial Services 5 (29%)
- FinTech 3 (18%)
- Insurance 2 (12%)
- Mobile Payments 2 (12%)
- B2B 1 (6%)
Stage
- Series A 7 (41%)
- Series B 4 (24%)
- Seed 1 (6%)
- Series C 1 (6%)
- Funding Round 1 (6%)
Country
- Nigeria 4 (24%)
- Egypt 1 (6%)
- Uganda 1 (6%)
- Senegal 1 (6%)
- Ethiopia 1 (6%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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| Nawy is Africa’s largest proptech company, transforming real estate across the MENA region with cutting-edge technology. With AI-powered search, expert in-house brokerage, and innovative financing solutions, Nawy simplifies property transactions for consumers, brokers, and developers alike. Its growing portfolio includes Nawy Shares, Nawy Now, NawyPartners, and Nawy Unlocked where it enhances accessibility, transparency, and efficiency. Nawy’s vision is to play an integral role in every real estate transaction, driving innovation and shaping the future of the industry.. | $52M / Series A / May 12, 2025 | ||
| Djamo is a Provider of financial applications to allow customers to use their cards with zero fees in a wide range of services. | $17M / Venture - Series Unknown / Apr 03, 2025 | ||
| Djamo is a Provider of financial applications to allow customers to use their cards with zero fees in a wide range of services. | $14M / Series A / Nov 23, 2022 | ||
| RelianceHMO is solving this problem by providing affordable and reliable insurance packages for the average African. Reliance makes health insurance in Africa cheaper and easier to access by combining Telemedicine with data science. | $40M / Series B / Feb 07, 2022 | ||
| Reliance Health is a healthcare company using technology to make healthcare more affordable and accessible. Using an integrated approach that includes affordable health insurance, telemedicine, and a combination of partner and proprietary healthcare facilities. | $40M / Series B / Feb 01, 2022 | ||
| TradeDepot is an end-to-end distribution platform that connects the world's top consumer goods companies directly to retailers on the streets of Africa's cities. With its headquarters in Lagos, Nigeria, TradeDepot’s aim is to build the largest retail distribution network in Africa. The company was founded in 2016, with a mission toimprove milk distribution to smaller retailers on the continent, using technology. Today, the company is scaling the same technology to improve the distribution of food, beverages and personal care products to retailers, and to improve livelihoods for these retail store owners. | $42M / Series B / Dec 06, 2021 | ||
| Wave Mobile Money provides an app-based financial solution to save, transfer, and borrow money. Wave Mobile Money is on a mission to make Africa the first cashless continent. On a continent where less than 10% of the population has a bank account, Wave is building the first modern financial network — no account fees, instantly available, andaccepted everywhere! It is building life-changing financial infrastructure. When mobile money succeeded in Kenya, it lifted about a million people out of poverty. And yet, over 10 years later, most Africans still lack access to affordable ways to save, transfer or borrow the money they need to build businesses or provide for their families. Wave is solving this problem by using technology to build a radically inclusive and extremely affordable financial network. | $200M / Series A / Sep 07, 2021 | ||
| Yoco is a point-of-sale payments provider for small businesses in Africa. Yoco helps 100,000 small businesses in South Africa get paid in-store, online, and on the go. Yoco was named one of the top 250 most promising fintech companies by CB Insights for the last 3 years running.The company was founded in 2013 and is based in Cape Town, SouthAfrica. | $83M / Series C / Jul 27, 2021 | ||
| Tugende helps motorcycle taxi drivers own their own motorcycles in eighteen months or less instead of renting indefinitely. Ownership significantly increases income, job security and road safety. | $3.6M / Series A / Mar 31, 2021 | ||
| TradeDepot is an end-to-end distribution platform that connects the world's top consumer goods companies directly to retailers on the streets of Africa's cities. With its headquarters in Lagos, Nigeria, TradeDepot’s aim is to build the largest retail distribution network in Africa. The company was founded in 2016, with a mission toimprove milk distribution to smaller retailers on the continent, using technology. Today, the company is scaling the same technology to improve the distribution of food, beverages and personal care products to retailers, and to improve livelihoods for these retail store owners. | $10M / Series B / Jul 14, 2020 | ||
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Co-Investors
About Partech
Partech is a global tech investment firm headquartered in Paris, with offices in Berlin, Dakar, Dubai, Nairobi, and San Francisco. We are a team made up of independent thinkers. We are unconstrained by hype, trend or fixed ways of working. We believe in the power of alliance in action, working together and side-by-side with the founders we back, inthe shared pursuit of success. We bring together capital, operational experience and strategic support for the entrepreneurs we back from seed through to growth stage. Born in San Francisco 40 years ago, today we manage €2.5bn AUM and our current portfolio of 220 companies in 40 countries, across 4 continents.
Partech Contacts
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Alison Imbert
Senior Associate
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Andrew Whiting
Principal
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Cyril Collon
General Partner
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FAQ
What does Tidjane Deme invest in?
Tidjane Deme invests primarily in Financial Services, FinTech and Insurance startups, most often at Series A and Series B stage. Most of the 17 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Nigeria. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What is Tidjane Deme's check size?
Tidjane Deme typically joins rounds of $3M–$200M at Series A and $10M–$42M at Series B. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Tidjane Deme participates in.
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When did Tidjane Deme last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Tidjane Deme closed in May 2025. Shizune tracks 17 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
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