Catch up on the latest Funding News across Africa. Watch an all new episode of #GFAROUNDUP with Nichole Manhire. In this week’s Episode of GFA ROUND-UP, Nichole Manhire and Axara discussed five African Startups that received Funding in recent times.
They gave full details on the following:
- The amount of investment made
- The Location of each StartUp
- Their Business Model
- Future Prediction of the industry.
Startups and Founders mentioned:
Nigerian startup Lifestores Healthcare and the founders are Bryan Mezue and Andrew Garza Kenyan Home Furniture Manufacturer and Retailer, Moko Home and the founders are Eric Kouskalis and Fiorenzo Conte Egyptian startup Fintech Telda and the founders are Ahmed Sabbah and Youssef Sholqamy Egyptian startup FlapKap and the founders are Ahmad Coucha and Khaled Nassef Kenya’s Purple Elephant Ventures and the founders are Ben Peterson, Mikul Shah, and Jan Van der Does de Willebois
Investors:
Health54, Aruwa Capital, Victoria Commercial Bank, Global Founders Capital, Sequoia Capital, QED, Nclude, Outliers, A15, The Untours Foundation, a Canadian investment company, Klister Credit Corp., a number of angel investors, including Fede Pirzio-Biroli, the founder of Playfair Capital, Ian McCaig, the former CEO of lastminute.com and a director of M-Kopa, Rich Hoops, the executive director of Impact Capital, Anthony Rock, the president of Rock Impact Capital, Jim Villanueva, the managing director of Global Partnerships Social Venture Fund, Helena Riese Harstad,