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Flourish Ventures

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Capital-risque (Omidyar) : fintechs qui améliorent la santé financière des particuliers et des PME.

Investment thesis

Investment ticket
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Instruments
Equity
Preferred sectors
Fintech, Financial services, SaaS*
Target geographies
West Africa, East Africa, Southern Africa

* added from its deals

Stages (stated by the fund and from its deals)
SeedSeries A

Reference deals

Recent public deals: they say better than a thesis what the fund actually signs.

Cauridor

May 2026 · Guinée
Seed2 M$EquityFintechCo-Invest

Co-investor alongside Proparco

Activity : Money transfer and remittances

Cauridor , a Guinea-founded fintech building remittance infrastructure, has secured a USD 2 M investment from Proparco as part of its ongoing Series A round, bringing total funding to USD 13 M.

Co-investors LoftyInc Capital

Source : weetracker.com

Lua

April 2026 · Kenya
Seed5.8 M$EquitySaaSCo-Invest

Co-investor alongside Norrsken22

Activity : Enterprise software (SaaS)

Lua has raised $5.8 million in a seed round led by Norrsken22, with participation from Flourish Ventures, 20VC, P1 Ventures, Phosphor Capital, and Y Combinator, alongside angel investors including Privy CEO Henri Stern, Opendoor CEO Kaz Nejatian, and Nuitee CEO Med Benmansour.

Co-investors 20VC, P1 Ventures, Phosphor Capital, Y Combinator

Source : techinafrica.com

littlefish

March 2026 · Afrique du Sud
Series A9.5 M$EquitySaaSCo-Invest

Co-investor alongside Partech Africa

Activity : Vertical software

Vehicle : Partech Africa

littlefish is a merchant operating system integrating point-of-sale, back-office CRM, merchant portal, payments and APIs, enabling African banks to deliver digital merchant services.

Why they invested

  • Already serves tier-1 banks (Standard Bank, FNB, Absa)
  • 30x monthly recurring revenue growth since seed round
  • Expansion plan into 10+ additional African markets

Co-investors Proparco, TLcom Capital

Source : partechpartners.com

HoneyCoin

August 2025 · Kenya
Seed4.9 M$EquityFintechCo-Invest

Co-investor alongside TLcom Capital

Activity : Money transfer and remittances

Vehicle : TIDE Africa Fund II

HoneyCoin builds stablecoin-powered payment rails covering collections, treasury, settlements and FX across Africa.

Why they invested

  • High-traction cross-border payment infrastructure
  • Early positioning on stablecoins in Africa
  • Strategic partnerships (Visa, Interswitch)

Co-investors 4DX Ventures, Antler, Lava, Musha Ventures, Stellar Development Foundation, Visa Ventures

Source : techcabal.com

littlefish

September 2024 · Afrique du Sud
SeedUndisclosed amountEquitySaaSCo-Invest

Co-investor alongside TLcom Capital

Activity : Vertical software

Vehicle : TIDE Africa Fund II

littlefish builds a digital platform helping banks, insurers and fintechs better serve South African SMEs.

Why they invested

  • TLcom's first South African investment
  • Underserved SME banking market (80 million SMEs across Africa)
  • Strategic partnership with Visa

Source : launchbaseafrica.com

Zone

March 2024 · Nigeria
Seed8.5 M$EquityFintechCo-Invest

Co-investor alongside TLcom Capital

Activity : Fintech infrastructure (APIs, open banking, BaaS)

Vehicle : TIDE Africa Fund II

Zone operates a blockchain network powering fiat transactions and, eventually, CBDC/crypto payments for Nigerian banks and fintechs.

Why they invested

  • Redesigning Africa's payment rails via blockchain
  • First VC round after becoming a standalone business in 2022
  • Early positioning on decentralized payment rails

Co-investors Alter Global, Digital Currency Group, Endeavor Catalyst, Verod-Kepple Africa Ventures

Source : techpoint.africa

In short

Flourish Ventures invests across the following sectors: Fintech, Financial services, and SaaS, in the following areas: West Africa, East Africa, and Southern Africa. Check in 30 seconds whether your company fits these criteria.