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Ventures Platform Pan-African Fund II

Geography
Nigeria
Stage
Pre-Seed
Fund size
$84M
Focus
Signals
Published
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N°01 / About

About Ventures Platform Pan-African Fund II

Fintech, healthtech, agritech, edtech, and AI-enabled businesses solving what the firm calls "non-consumption" problems - infrastructural and access gaps rather than pure feature plays Geography: Pan-African, headquartered in Nigeria with expansion into Francophone West Africa (Abidjan), Egypt (Cairo), Kenya, and South Africa.

N°02 / Thesis

Investment Focus

Location / RegionNigeria
Funding StagePre-Seed
Industry Focus

Investor Signals Profile

active

Sweet Spot

African founder eliminating access barriers, creating new markets

pan-african
market-creating innovation
non-consumption
infrastructure gaps
financial inclusion

Bullish Signals

Fund II closed at $84Mexternal
$1B+ follow-on capital raised portfolioexternal
75+ active portfolio companiesexternal
Paystack, Piggyvest in portfolioexternal
Operating across 6+ African countriesexternal
140+ founders backed to dateexternal

Contrarian Signals

Crowded pan-African VC marketexternal

Founder Do's

Build market-creating innovations
Target underserved African markets
Show path to democratising access
Solve infrastructural gaps
Reduce delivery/service costs

Founder Don'ts

Don't pitch non-Africa-focused plays
Don't ignore cost-reduction angle
Don't skip traction data

15 signals on Ventures Platform Pan-African Fund II

6 bullish · 1 contrarian · 5 pitch do's · 3 don'ts, each with its source. From €9/month, cancel anytime.

Facts

Fund Overview

Fund Size$84M
Saves0
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