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Investments in African startups continue to grow at record-breaking rates. However, venture capital is still a novel idea for most Africans. Hosted by Chimgozirim Nwokoma, Equity Merchants dives deep into various issues around investing in African startups. We’ll cover topics such as conducting due diligence, employee stock options, and valuation. If you’re looking to understand venture capital from an African perspective, you would love this.
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A spin-off from Venture Garden Group, Nigerian fintech conglomerate, GreenHouse Capital launched as an investment firm in 2014. With startups like CredPal and Flutterwave in its portfolio, here’s how the firm invests.
Launched last year, Transsion Holdings-backed Future Hub has invested in 9 African companies like YC-backed Termii and Healthlane to household names like Techpoint Africa. Here’s how they invest.
Samurai Incubate Africa, Japanese early-stage VC firm, arrived on African shores in 2018. Since then, it has invested in 21 startups including Wallets Africa and more recently, Eden Life. Here’s how it invests.
Ingressive Capital has invested in 12 startups in Nigeria and Ghana. Following the completion of its $10m fund, founder and partner, Maya Horgan Famodu gives insight into how the venture fund invests.
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Giving its activities as an accelerator, we make The Baobab Network share some insights on how they invest.
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Kyane Kassiri is a Tunisian-born VC who moved to Nigeria because “numbers don’t lie”. He shares his insights about the Nigerian startup space in comparison with that of Tunisia
Every other week, Techpoint will put the spotlight on Africa-focused private and institutional investors and their activities. In this first edition, Chinese VC fund, Shaka VC answers important questions that will help many African entrepreneurs on their journey