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Public data, unclaimed profileFund manager (General Partner), AVCA member, global early stage venture capital. Assets under management: ≈ USD 2.3bn.
At a glance
Based on observed investment behaviour: 3 recorded deals
- Investor type
- Private equity or venture capital fund (inferred, not verified)
- Capital type
- Venture capital (inferred from deals)
- Observed ticket
- Data unavailable
- Stated ticket : 100 k$ – 3 M$
- Countries
- Kenya (1), Nigeria (1)
- Activities
- Payments and mobile money (2), Tourism and leisure (1)
- Instruments
- Equity (3)
- Stages
- Pre-Seed (2)
- Recent activity
- 0 deal in 12 months, latest Jul 2022
Stated thesis versus observed behaviour
- Sectors: 67% of its deals within its stated thesis
- Countries: 100% of its deals within its stated thesis
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Investment thesis
Criteria published by the fund, recorded and checked by Invest Matching.
- Investment ticket
- 100 k$ – 3 M$
- Instruments
- Equity
- Preferred sectors
- Fintech, SaaS, E-commerce, Digital health, Edtech, Logistics, Tourism & hospitality*
- Target geographies
- Egypt, Nigeria, Kenya, Morocco, Senegal
* added from its deals
- Stages (stated by the fund and from its deals)
- Pre-SeedSeed
Team and contacts
- Christine Tsai — CEO & Founding Partner
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Reference deals
Recent public deals: they say better than a thesis what the fund actually signs.
Pre-SeedUndisclosed amountEquityFintechLead
Activity : Payments and mobile money
Instrument : First funding round
Network of financial service points (ATMs and interactive teller machines) interoperable with banks, mobile money operators and fintechs, bridging physical cash and digital services in West, Central and North Africa: Senegal, Mali, Togo, Benin, Congo, DRC, Morocco; Côte d'Ivoire, Gabon and Guinea planned for 2026.
Why they invested
- Bridging cash and digital: the last mile of financial services
- Agnostic infrastructure open to every operator
- 500 Global's first deal in Francophone West Africa
Team
- Mika Diol — Founder
- Saidou Kanté — Co-Founder & CTO
Source : linkedin.com
Pre-SeedUndisclosed amountEquityFintechLead
Activity : Payments and mobile money
Instrument : 500 Startups accelerator (winter 2022 batch)
Spend management platform for African SMEs: expense tracking, digital requisitions, bulk vendor payments, budgeting and corporate cards. Headquartered in Nigeria, expansion planned to Kenya, Ghana and South Africa.
Why they invested
- 10x growth in annualised transaction volume over twelve months
- Inflation and SMEs' need to control costs
- Growing fintech adoption and regulatory push toward digitisation, AfCFTA
Team
- Yemi Olulana — Co-Founder & CEO
Source : 500.coN1 · Primary source
Triply (ex-Tripitaca)
KenyaUndisclosed amountEquityTourism & hospitalityCo-Invest
Activity : Tourism and leisure
Instrument : Equity stake (terms and date undisclosed)
Digital platform for small tourism businesses in Africa: hosts and operators build their packages and sell directly to travellers, without middlemen, and are notified when travellers look for properties. Founded in 2021, renamed Triply in 2024; Y Combinator alumnus (winter 2024).
Why they invested
- Removes middlemen between small tourism businesses and travellers
- Y Combinator's first travel-tech investment in Africa (2024)
Team
- Peter Wachira — Founder & CEO
- Collins Muthinja — Co-Founder
Co-investors Hustle Fund, The Baobab Network
Source : 500.coN1 · Primary source
In short
500 Global invests tickets ranging from 100 k$ to 3 M$, across the following sectors: Fintech, SaaS, E-commerce, Digital health, Edtech, Logistics, and Tourism & hospitality, in the following areas: Egypt, Nigeria, Kenya, Morocco, and Senegal. Check in 30 seconds whether your company fits these criteria.
