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Since 2022, Byld has backed 3 African startups across 3 disclosed funding rounds totaling $6.1M, most heavily in Nigeria and Fintech.
BYLD is an institutional venture capital firm that specializes in leading early-stage investments in startups across the Middle East and Africa. The firm focuses on pre-seed and seed rounds, typically investing in the first few months of a startup's life. BYLD has backed three fintech startups at the seed stage: Munify in Egypt, Anchor in Nigeria, and Thepeer in Nigeria. Investments include $3.0M in Munify in August 2025, $1.0M in Anchor in August 2022, and $2.1M in Thepeer in June 2022. The firm has co-invested alongside Y Combinator in two rounds and others such as DCG, Mountain Peak Capital, and Raba Capital.
Data updated · Jul 29, 2026
Byld has backed 3 African startups across 3 disclosed funding rounds tracked on Liners, totaling $6.1M since 2022.
Mostly Seed: 3 of its 3 tracked rounds are at that stage.
Its tracked rounds lean toward Fintech (3), Developer Tools & Cloud (1).
Byld most often shares rounds with Y Combinator (2 shared deals), DCG (1 shared deal), Mountain Peak Capital (1 shared deal).
BYLD backed Anchor with $1.0M in a seed round in August 2022 and Thepeer with $2.1M in a seed round in June 2022, both in Nigeria.
