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Since 2021, First Minute Capital has backed 4 African startups across 7 disclosed funding rounds totaling $63.3M, most heavily in South Africa and Fintech.
Firstminute Capital is a seed-stage venture capital firm founded in 2017 by Spencer Crawley and Brent Hoberman. The firm manages $500m in assets under management and is supported by over 130 unicorn founders. Based in London, it operates with a team of 14 investors and operators across the UK and Europe. Firstminute Capital participated in five funding rounds totaling $55.3M between February 2021 and May 2023, focusing exclusively on fintech companies. It invested at seed (three rounds) and Series A (two rounds) stages, with a geographic emphasis on South Africa (three investments) and Egypt (two investments). Backed companies include Axis, a digital wallet in Egypt; Stitch, an enterprise payments API in South Africa; and Thndr, a mobile investment platform in Egypt. The firm frequently co-invested with Raba Capital (four rounds), Village Global and CRE Venture Capital (three rounds each), and others including Tiger Global, Tom Blomfield, Future Africa, and 500 Global.
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First Minute Capital has backed 4 African startups across 7 disclosed funding rounds tracked on Liners, totaling $63.3M since 2021.
Mostly Seed: 5 of its 7 tracked rounds are at that stage, followed by Series A (2).
First Minute Capital's tracked rounds are concentrated in South Africa (3), Kenya (2), Egypt (2).
Its tracked rounds lean toward Fintech (5), E-commerce & Retail (2).
First Minute Capital most often shares rounds with Raba Capital (4 shared deals), Base Capital (3 shared deals), Tom Blomfield (3 shared deals).
Firstminute Capital backed Axis in Egypt, Stitch in South Africa, and Thndr in Egypt. These fintech companies received investments across seed and Series A rounds from February 2021 to May 2023.