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title: "Story Ventures"
description: "Story Ventures is a venture capital firm based in New York City. Its official site lists the firm at 54 West 21st Street, New York, NY 10010. In Africa, Story Ventures has backed companies at the pre-seed, seed, and Series A stages, based on the investment data provided. Its Africa portfolio in the records includes cybersecurity and legal and compliance companies, with investments in Nigeria and Egypt. The firms backed include Smile ID in Nigeria and MidLyr in Egypt. The available records show repeated participation alongside other venture investors, including Intercept Ventures and ValueStream Ventures on multiple rounds. This suggests the firm has taken part in follow-on financing as well as early-stage investments in African startups."
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# Story Ventures

Story Ventures is a venture capital firm based in New York City. Its official site lists the firm at 54 West 21st Street, New York, NY 10010. In Africa, Story Ventures has backed companies at the pre-seed, seed, and Series A stages, based on the investment data provided. Its Africa portfolio in the records includes cybersecurity and legal and compliance companies, with investments in Nigeria and Egypt. The firms backed include Smile ID in Nigeria and MidLyr in Egypt. The available records show repeated participation alongside other venture investors, including Intercept Ventures and ValueStream Ventures on multiple rounds. This suggests the firm has taken part in follow-on financing as well as early-stage investments in African startups.

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## Summary

Story Ventures is a venture capital firm based in New York City. Its official site lists the firm at 54 West 21st Street, New York, NY 10010. In Africa, Story Ventures has backed companies at the pre-seed, seed, and Series A stages, based on the investment data provided. Its Africa portfolio in the records includes cybersecurity and legal and compliance companies, with investments in Nigeria and Egypt. The firms backed include Smile ID in Nigeria and MidLyr in Egypt. The available records show repeated participation alongside other venture investors, including Intercept Ventures and ValueStream Ventures on multiple rounds. This suggests the firm has taken part in follow-on financing as well as early-stage investments in African startups.

## Recorded investments

| Product | URL | Stage | Amount | Date |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| MidLyr | /midlyr | Pre-Seed | 2500000 | 2025-10-01T00:00:00.000Z |
| Smile ID | /smile-id | Series A | 7000000 | 2021-07-01T00:00:00.000Z |
| Smile ID | /smile-id | Seed | 4000000 | 2019-04-01T00:00:00.000Z |

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