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Since 2015, Chris Adelsbach has backed 7 African startups across 8 disclosed funding rounds totaling $22M, most heavily in Nigeria and Fintech.
Chris Adelsbach is a London-based entrepreneur, angel investor, and mentor. He is the Founding Partner of Outrun Ventures and a Venture Partner at Techstars. He also previously helped build and lead a fintech accelerator in partnership with Techstars and Barclays Bank. His Africa investing record shows a strong focus on early-stage fintech. The provided investment data shows 8 disclosed rounds from April 2015 to February 2023, with 7 Seed rounds and 1 Venture round, concentrated in Nigeria, Kenya, Egypt, Ghana, and Côte d'Ivoire. Backed companies include Kuda, Kwara, Credrails, PayQin, Spark, Dopay, and Curacel, with fintech as the dominant sector and AI and analytics represented by Curacel. Publicly available descriptions of his work also show a long-standing emphasis on early-stage fintech and a broad portfolio of fintech companies across markets. His Africa investments are consistent with that focus, especially in banking, payments, payroll, and financial infrastructure.
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Chris Adelsbach has backed 7 African startups across 8 disclosed funding rounds tracked on Liners, totaling $22M since 2015.
Mostly Seed: 7 of its 8 tracked rounds are at that stage, followed by Venture (Round not Specified) (1).
Its tracked rounds lean toward Fintech (7), AI & Analytics (1).
Chris Adelsbach most often shares rounds with Launch Africa Ventures (2 shared deals), SoftBank (2 shared deals), Babs Ogundeyi (1 shared deal).
His disclosed Africa investments include Kuda, Kwara, Credrails, PayQin, Spark, Dopay, and Curacel. These companies cover banking, payments, payroll, claims automation, and related fintech infrastructure.