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Pan-African Early-Stage VC Firm, Ventures Platform, Raises $46 Million in Latest Fund
Pan -African VC firm, Ventures Platform, has announced the final close of its early-stage and intercontinental fund at $46 million.
The fund was over-subscribed and surpassed an initial $40M target bringing in a wide array of new investors. The investors include top-tier commercial banks, corporates, DFIs, global institutional investors, and HNIs, including:
Ventures Platform plans to use the fund to double down on some of its investments in ‘category-leading’ companies and will also allow for follow-on investments for portfolio companies, up to Series A, the firm said.
Ventures Platform has over 60 investments in companies across the continent, mainly in Nigeria.
Some of the firm’s investees include:
To further consolidate its pan-African reach, Ventures Platform is actively seeking opportunities in regions such as Kenya, Egypt, and French-speaking West Africa. The firm has invested in companies across various verticals and lists healthcare, financial services, agriculture, education, big data, and Internet Infrastructure as key areas.
If you are a mission-driven founder, building a capital-efficient business that democratizes prosperity, plugs infrastructural gaps, connects under-represented communities, creates efficiencies, solves for non-consumption, and improves livelihoods, we would love to talk to you.” – Ventures Platform
Ventures Platform’s portfolio companies have to date gone on to raise more than $1B in follow-on funding, with the firm’s founder and general partner, Kola Aina, positive about more investment opportunities in spite of a challenging economic environment.
“We are also acutely aware that with our investment thesis, which is centered on market-creating innovations that thrive when value chains and markets are restructured, there continue to be incredible opportunities across the market,” Aina said.
Interested parties can apply to the fund here.
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