# Tijan Watt

> Tijan Watt is a Series A investor at Wuri Ventures backing Software and Information Services. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Wuri Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/wuri-ventures)
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Jun 2021
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tijanwatt/

Tijan Watt is a General Partner at Wuri Ventures.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 1 | 100% |
| Information Services | 1 | 100% |
| Information Technology | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WhereIsMyTransport | WhereIsMyTransport is a leading mobility technology company and central source of complete public transport data for emerging-market megacities. Working on the ground in Africa, Latin America, Southeast Europe and South and Southeast Asia, we digitalise network information from all modes of public transport and maintain data accuracy as thesedynamic systems change. Our products and data services improve the public transport experience, and inform industry-leading clients. | $14.5M | Series A | Jun 08, 2021 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [BY Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/by-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Capria Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/capria-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Cathay Innovation](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cathay-innovation-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Cathay Innovation](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/c-entrepreneurs) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Global Brain Corporation](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/global-brain-corporation) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [KDDI Open Innovation Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kddi-open-innovation-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Wuri Ventures

VC Fund · Dakar, Senegal

Wuri Ventures focuses on innovating the spectrum between market-based solutions and pure public goods. It realizes that much successful innovation in Africa has occurred in this space, where innovation around market failures such as information asymmetry (data), fragmentation (platforms) and public goods (electricity, mobility) can solve previouslyintractable problems. Its unique mathematical properties, from cellular automata and emergence to numerical methods, studied by researchers, links ancient African culture to modern technology. It supports world-class entrepreneurs in solving Africa’s biggest challenges using innovation.

2 contacts available at Wuri Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Tijan Watt | General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tijan-watt |
| Jerome Cretegny | Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jerome-cretegny |

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## FAQ

### What does Tijan Watt invest in?

Tijan Watt invests primarily in Software, Information Services and Information Technology startups, most often at Series A stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United Kingdom. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Tijan Watt last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Tijan Watt closed in Jun 2021. Shizune tracks 1 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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