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Since 2024, Milken Institute | FasterCures has backed 8 African startups across 8 disclosed funding rounds totaling $800,000, most heavily in Fintech.
FasterCures is a center of the Milken Institute focused on accelerating biomedical innovation and improving the system that delivers medical breakthroughs to patients. The Milken Institute describes itself as a nonprofit, nonpartisan think tank, and FasterCures is based in Washington, D.C. In Africa, the activity you provided shows a concentrated portfolio across fintech and agri-tech, with investments in Uganda, Kenya, Nigeria, Ethiopia, and Ghana. The recorded rounds span seed, venture, and other stages, with eight investments totaling $800K in October 2024. Backed companies include Flow Global, AZA Finance, Chapa, FarmPawa, Chumz, Oze, Verto, and Trade Lenda. The recorded co-investor across all eight rounds is the Motsepe Foundation.
Data updated · Aug 9, 2026
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Milken Institute | FasterCures has backed 8 African startups across 8 disclosed funding rounds tracked on Liners, totaling $800,000 since 2024.
Mostly Other: 6 of its 8 tracked rounds are at that stage, followed by Seed (1).
Milken Institute | FasterCures most often shares rounds with Motsepe Foundation (8 shared deals).
The recorded backed companies are Flow Global, AZA Finance, Chapa, FarmPawa, Chumz, Oze, Verto, and Trade Lenda. These are the companies listed in the provided investment records for October 2024.
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