Pathao Ltd. is a prominent digital platform based in Dhaka, Bangladesh, founded in 2015. The company specializes in offering a variety of services, including ride-hailing, courier delivery, food delivery, and fintech solutions. With its application, users can access on-demand transportation via cars and bikes, as well as logistics solutions for online stores, facilitating parcel delivery for documents, accessories, and gifts. Pathao has expanded its operations to Nepal and serves 64 districts in Bangladesh and 22 cities in Nepal, establishing itself as the leading courier delivery company in Bangladesh. The platform aims to innovate mobility, logistics, and financial services across South Asia while providing a seamless experience for its users.
Leta Technology is a software development company that specializes in supply chain and logistics solutions. It offers a mobile tracking and logistics platform designed to efficiently monitor orders, vehicles, and drivers. The software optimizes fleet management and enhances order fulfillment by automatically assigning vehicles to trips based on factors such as capacity, traffic conditions, and driver schedules. Additionally, it proactively tracks driver and vehicle metrics, facilitating the automated movement of goods. By focusing on fuel consumption monitoring, Leta's solutions help logistics businesses reduce costs and their carbon footprint, thereby transforming operations to maximize productivity and profitability.
TerraHaptix
Seed Round in 2024
TerraHaptix is an aerospace and aviation based component manufacturer for aerial, ground and underwater drones.
BoardPAC
Funding Round in 2024
BoardPAC is a global provider of premium, on-premise board management software, headquartered in New York with offices worldwide. It caters to large corporations, including Fortune 100 and Fortune 500 companies, offering robust security and confidentiality features tailored to each territory's regulations. BoardPAC ensures data is stored and transmitted securely, with encryption and jurisdiction considerations. It provides complete control and monitoring capabilities, with user-friendly management tools for corporate organizers. The platform supports various devices and integrates with Active Directory, offering a comprehensive, clutter-free experience. BoardPAC aims to enhance corporate governance and decision-making through sustainable, experiential communication.
Vultron
Seed Round in 2024
Vultron is a technology company that builds artificial intelligence‑native infrastructure for federal proposal development and submission. Its platform uses proprietary language models trained on licensed winning proposals and customized to a client’s internal data. The system parses solicitations with context awareness, tracks compliance, and automates workflow steps, helping government contractors shorten turnaround times, enhance submission quality, and scale response capacity across procurement processes.
Prembly
Seed Round in 2024
Prembly specializes in AI-driven security infrastructure and compliance software for identity verification and fraud prevention. It offers company verification services across Africa, serving various sectors such as Fintech, Insurance, Mobility, E-commerce, HR management, and Crypto spaces. Prembly protects brands from ID thefts and enhances customer onboarding processes.
MoneyHash
Seed Round in 2024
MoneyHash streamlines payment processes for businesses by offering a unified API that integrates various pay-in and pay-out rails. It provides a customizable checkout experience, optimizes transaction routing to minimize fraud failures, and offers centralized reporting.
Raptures
Pre Seed Round in 2023
Raptures is a global digital storytelling platform and studio network, specializing in the creation and distribution of original webtoons, comics, and animations. The company focuses on amplifying diverse voices, particularly from Black American, African, and Arab communities, offering readers a wide range of genres on a single platform.
Adbot is a marketing firm that offers automated digital ad management services. Its platform uses machine learning and AI technologies to streamline campaign management across various channels, helping businesses optimize their online advertising efforts.
Termii is a Lagos-based company founded in 2014 that provides a cross-channel messaging and customer engagement platform tailored for African businesses. The platform facilitates communication with customers through SMS, email, voice, and instant messaging, enabling teams to secure repeat customers via personalized outreach. In addition to messaging services, Termii offers a suite of business applications that address various needs such as digital branding, sales, marketing, customer relationship management, eCommerce, accounting, inventory, and project management. This comprehensive approach allows clients to enhance their business operations and improve customer engagement across multiple channels.
Kena Health
Seed Round in 2023
Kena Health is a mobile health application established in 2021 and based in Johannesburg, Gauteng. The app is designed to simplify access to quality medical care by connecting users with a range of healthcare professionals, including nurses, doctors, and mental health specialists, through text, voice, or video communication. Kena Health aims to provide affordable healthcare services, making it accessible to a broad audience, particularly the uninsured. Users can obtain expert medical advice, prescriptions, sick notes, and referrals, all within a closed network of employed clinicians, ensuring a high standard of care. The platform's user-friendly interface and comprehensive services position Kena Health as a significant player in the digital healthcare space.
CAAFiSOM
Pre Seed Round in 2023
CAAFiSOM is a prominent healthcare technology provider that operates an online booking consultation application designed to connect users with suitable doctors. The platform facilitates the process of finding and booking appointments with specialists, enabling individuals to seek expert advice on healthcare-related questions. CAAFiSOM also offers free-of-charge responses to health inquiries, empowering users to take control of their well-being and make informed decisions regarding their healthcare. Through its comprehensive range of services, the company aims to enhance the accessibility and efficiency of healthcare for individuals seeking support.
Circadian Technologies GmbH
Pre Seed Round in 2023
Circadian Technologies is a developer of a decentralized energy management platform aimed at accelerating the energy transition in frontier markets. The company offers a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solution that enables solar developers and energy service companies to optimize their operations and enhance profitability. By capturing data from multiple sources at a high frequency, Circadian's platform performs edge calculations and integrates this information into the cloud, providing clients with actionable insights. The company's proprietary Internet-of-Things hardware complements the software, delivering an end-to-end solution that improves the design, financing, operation, and maintenance of decentralized renewable energy systems for commercial and industrial sites.
Atmo, formerly known as Froglabs, Inc., offers a software solution that analyzes the impact of weather and climate on business operations. The technology utilizes machine intelligence and historical data to transform vast amounts of information into actionable insights, enabling users to optimize their operations across various sectors. Atmo's platform assists businesses in anticipating delivery delays, managing workforces, predicting sales, and understanding consumer behavior, thereby enhancing customer experiences and operational efficiency. The company caters to a diverse clientele, including e-commerce firms, logistics networks, retail chains, quick-service restaurants, ride-share and delivery services, hospitality venues, and sports organizations. Established in 2019, Atmo is headquartered in San Francisco, California, with an additional office in Bordeaux, France.
Cutstruct
Pre Seed Round in 2022
Cutstruct operates a technology-driven platform designed to enhance the efficiency and cost-effectiveness of construction projects. The platform serves various construction needs, including price discovery and comparison of materials, optimized procurement processes, and comprehensive project monitoring and management. By facilitating the purchasing of materials, hiring of labor, and overseeing of project logistics, Cutstruct aims to empower construction stakeholders to execute their projects with greater confidence and value. The company's applications are geared towards maximizing the potential of every investment in construction, making it easier for individuals and businesses to navigate the building process.
IQM Quantum Computers
Series A in 2022
IQM Quantum Computers, founded in 2018 and headquartered in Espoo, Finland, specializes in developing and manufacturing hardware systems for quantum computing. The company focuses on scalable hardware solutions utilizing superconducting technology to build quantum processors for universal quantum computers. By concentrating on practical applications, IQM aims to enhance quantum computing capabilities and address challenges faced by various industries and society. As a spin-out from Aalto University and the VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, IQM has achieved significant advancements in areas such as thermal management, which are crucial for improving computational speed and information accuracy. The company's innovations position it as a leader in the global pursuit of large-scale quantum computing solutions. IQM also offers access to its hardware for research laboratories and supercomputing centers, helping businesses reduce error rates that currently limit computing performance.
Nice Deer
Pre Seed Round in 2022
Nice Deer is an Egypt-based InsurTech startup that focuses on improving the interactions between healthcare providers, health insurance companies, and beneficiaries. By facilitating the insurance process and enabling the repayment of insurance claims, the company aims to streamline operations within the healthcare sector. Nice Deer operates an insurance technology platform designed to empower all stakeholders in the insurance industry, providing a comprehensive integrated digital ecosystem. This platform enhances communication among doctors, payers, and patients, thereby optimizing the overall efficiency and effectiveness of healthcare service delivery.
Nuport
Pre Seed Round in 2022
Nuport is a software company specializing in industrial route optimization and distribution planning, aimed at enhancing the efficiency of manufacturers and distributors in a post-COVID environment. Its platform provides live visibility and control over distribution channels by integrating order management, warehousing, and distribution planning into a unified system. This comprehensive approach allows companies to significantly reduce planning times—by as much as 85%—and streamline their operations. Historically, distribution companies have faced challenges with manual planning, often spending up to five hours daily on route planning and taking up to seven days to generate performance reports. Since its inception, Nuport has facilitated over 6,500 orders to thousands of locations, saving clients more than 750 hours in planning time. With the supply chain automation market projected to double by 2026, Nuport stands out as a key player, having been developed specifically for the demands of the modern distribution landscape. Co-founders Chris Li and Fahim Salam bring extensive experience in supply chain technology, having previously built a digital logistics company in South Asia.
Eksab operates an online daily fantasy sports platform that lets players draft and test predictions on live football matches, accumulate points based on accuracy, and win prizes. The service targets the Middle East and Africa while supporting predictions from around the world and allowing users to challenge friends with mobile fantasy, prediction, and trivia experiences. Founded in 2017 and based in Cairo, Egypt, Eksab focuses on accessible, user-friendly sports entertainment.
Lucky is a financial services company operating an app that offers credit products, discounts, and cashback rewards. It enables users to search, find, coordinate shopping, payments, and savings. Since its inception, Lucky has connected over six million users in the Middle East and North Africa.
SeamlessHR
Seed Round in 2019
SeamlessHR Limited is a human resource technology software company based in Lagos, Nigeria, founded in 2013. It specializes in creating enterprise-grade, cloud-based HR solutions designed to automate and optimize the entire HR process for medium to large-sized organizations. The company's comprehensive product suite includes a Recruitment Management System, HR Information System (HRIS), Performance and Competency Management, Payroll Management, Leave Management, and Learning Management System, among other modules. These tools facilitate various HR functions such as recruitment, training, payroll processing, performance evaluation, and analytics, enabling businesses to streamline their human resource operations from recruitment to retirement. Additionally, SeamlessHR provides embedded finance solutions that enhance financial security for both employers and employees.