Beacon Power Services
Seed Round in 2022
Beacon Power Services, established in 2013 and headquartered in Lagos, Nigeria, specializes in designing and implementing energy management solutions for commercial and industrial facilities. The company's core offering is its AI-enabled grid management platform, Adora, which provides real-time visibility into network performance for electric utilities, enabling them to anticipate outages, identify network losses, and distribute electricity more efficiently. Additionally, Adora empowers consumers with control over their energy infrastructure, facilitating invoicing, installations, and logistics. Beacon Power Services aims to enhance the quality and duration of electricity supplied in African cities by building smart grids and leveraging data to reduce inefficiencies in power distribution systems.
Seso Global
Seed Round in 2022
Seso Global is a digital platform focused on secure real estate management and transactions in Africa, with operations in Lagos, Accra, and Cambridge. The company offers a comprehensive property listing service that allows sellers to showcase commercial properties and residential homes for sale and rent in Nigeria, South Africa, and Ghana. By facilitating interactions between property owners, land service agencies, and financial institutions, Seso Global enhances the property purchasing experience, ensuring it is secure and efficient. The platform leverages blockchain technology to provide risk-free land transactions, enabling buyers to browse listings and connect with essential service providers such as banks and law firms to complete their transactions seamlessly.
Africa Health Holdings
Series A in 2021
CarePoint is a healthcare platform focused on transforming the healthcare landscape through innovation and digitization. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Accra, Ghana, with offices in Nigeria and New York, the company operates a network of healthcare businesses that provide various services, including hospital care, telemedicine, and clinics. By consolidating these services, CarePoint aims to create a connected and patient-centered healthcare system across Africa, enhancing the overall quality and accessibility of healthcare for local communities. The organization promotes a collaborative work environment that encourages professionals to exceed expectations and contribute to the development and success of healthcare in the region.
Decagon
Seed Round in 2021
Decagon is a Lagos-based company founded in 2018 that focuses on transforming high-potential individuals into skilled tech talent through a rigorous merit-based training program. It recruits the top 0.5% of tech talent in Africa, producing world-class software engineers equipped with deploy-ready skills in various programming languages and methodologies, including Node, Java, iOS, Android, C#, Python, and agile practices. In addition to software development training, Decagon operates as a digital product engineering hiring agency, providing vetted remote software engineering talent to companies worldwide. The company offers comprehensive services that include recruiting, ongoing HR management, and custom onboarding, ensuring that businesses have access to skilled engineers who can meet their specific product needs. Decagon currently serves leading companies in major cities such as Austin, New York City, Berlin, London, and Rome.
Moniepoint
Series B in 2021
Moniepoint is a fintech company offering comprehensive financial services for businesses. Its platform enables businesses to create accounts, accept online payments, manage expenses, access credit facilities, and more.
Seso Global
Pre Seed Round in 2021
Seso Global is a digital platform focused on secure real estate management and transactions in Africa, with operations in Lagos, Accra, and Cambridge. The company offers a comprehensive property listing service that allows sellers to showcase commercial properties and residential homes for sale and rent in Nigeria, South Africa, and Ghana. By facilitating interactions between property owners, land service agencies, and financial institutions, Seso Global enhances the property purchasing experience, ensuring it is secure and efficient. The platform leverages blockchain technology to provide risk-free land transactions, enabling buyers to browse listings and connect with essential service providers such as banks and law firms to complete their transactions seamlessly.
SHYFT Power Solutions
Seed Round in 2021
SHYFT Power Solutions develops an integrated hardware and software platform to monitor, manage, and control distributed energy resources from mobile and cloud interfaces. Its core offering, the SHYFT system, combines a hybrid smart meter and transfer switch to enable IoT-driven energy management that automatically transitions between the grid and backup sources. The company provides software that allows users to monitor, meter, and control power sources across sites, supporting residential, commercial, and industrial deployments. SHYFT focuses on industrial IoT and the orchestration of distributed energy resources to improve energy efficiency, resilience, and cost savings, with initiatives to expand decentralized power systems in markets with unreliable infrastructure.
Curacel
Pre Seed Round in 2021
Curacel is an insurtech company founded in 2019 by Henry Mascot in Ikoyi, Lagos. It offers an AI-powered platform designed to streamline and enhance the insurance claims process. The platform automates the processing of claims, enabling insurance staff to handle higher volumes efficiently. Additionally, it incorporates advanced algorithms for fraud detection, waste, and abuse management, ensuring that claims are thoroughly vetted. Curacel's technology integrates seamlessly with various systems and third-party applications, facilitating improved operational efficiency for insurance providers while fostering customer loyalty and retention.
Termii
Venture Round in 2021
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.
Bamboo is a digital investment platform based in Lagos, Nigeria, that allows users to buy, hold, or sell stocks listed on the United States and Nigerian stock markets. The platform offers real-time access to stock trading through a mobile application and web interface, making it convenient for users to manage their investments from various devices. By focusing on user-friendly technology, Bamboo aims to simplify the investment process for individuals looking to participate in global financial markets.