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Since 2021, AfricInvest has backed 9 African startups across 12 disclosed funding rounds totaling $353M, most heavily in Nigeria and Fintech.
AfricInvest is a pan-African private equity firm founded in 1994. The firm describes itself as an investment and financial services group and says it focuses on growth-capital investments in SMEs with the potential to scale beyond their home markets. In Africa, AfricInvest invests across venture and growth stages, including Seed, Pre-Series A, Series A, Series B, Series C, Venture Round, and other private financing rounds. Based on the provided investment record, its recent activity has been concentrated in fintech, health tech, cybersecurity, and insurtech, with backing across Nigeria, Egypt, Morocco, South Africa, Ghana, and Kenya. The portfolio examples provided include BFREE, Nawah Scientific, Kredete, Paytic, Oze, AURA, Moove, Turaco, and Onafriq.
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AfricInvest has backed 9 African startups across 12 disclosed funding rounds tracked on Liners, totaling $353M since 2021.
Mostly Series A: 5 of its 12 tracked rounds are at that stage, followed by Venture Round (2).
Its tracked rounds lean toward Fintech (8), Health Tech (2), Cybersecurity (1), and 1 more sector.
AfricInvest most often shares rounds with Den Ventures (2 shared deals), Build Ventures (2 shared deals), Axian Group (2 shared deals).
AfricInvest is a pan-African private equity firm that invests in businesses across Africa. It has also described its strategy as backing SMEs with potential to scale beyond their home markets.
The companies provided include BFREE, Nawah Scientific, Kredete, Paytic, Oze, AURA, Moove, Turaco, and Onafriq. These examples span fintech, health tech, cybersecurity, and insurtech.