Investing in ambition
We invest and back ambitious founders at the seed/pre-seed stage that are building category defining fintech and fintech-enabled businesses.
We have a passion for and focus on emerging markets in Africa and the Middle East.
We aim to be value-add partners to the founders we back, providing access to our unparalleled network of deep domain experts & partnership catalysts.
To date, our portfolio companies have raised hundreds of $ millions in follow-on capital from top tier institutional venture capital firms.
Portfolio*
AxisPay
Egyptian SME banking
Bank54
Pan-African lending & compliance as a service
Brolly
West African Auto Insurance
Capi Money
Pan-African B2B cross-border payments
Chipper Cash
Pan-African remittance & credit cards
Elevate
MENA multi-currency accounts
Fin
Pan-African credit led neobank
Kotani Pay
Kenyan crypto payment rails
Kwara
Kenyan credit-union led neobank
LemFi
Pan-African diaspora remittance
MNZL
Egyptian asset-backed lending
Octo Pay
Egyptian credit-led banking
Oliv Finance
Egyptian SME digital invoicing
OnePipe
Nigerian BaaS platform
Onit (fka Shara)
Kenyan SME financing & banking
Paymob
MENA payments processor
Ponto
Global crypto payment rails
ShipBlu
North African logistics and payments
Startbutton
Pan-African payment orchestration & tax compliance
Stitch
Pan-African payments infrastructure
Tanel Health
Francophone Africa Health Insurance
Termii
Twilio for Africa
Traction
Square for Africa
Trella
North African logistics, insurance & working capital
Union 54
Pan-African social commerce & payments
Waza
Pan-African B2B cross-border payments
* inc partner investments