MEST

MEST Incubator is a venture capital arm of Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of Technology specializing in incubation, seed, early stage, and startups. The firm seeks to invest in software startups with a focus on SaaS, consumer internet, ecommerce, digital media, and healthcare information technology. The firm seeks to invest in Sub Saharan Africa with a focus on Ghana. The firm prefers to invest in graduate companies of the incubation training program. It typically invests between $0.03 million and $0.2 million in exchange for a minority equity stake, usually less than 30 percent, in the companies. MEST Incubator was founded in 2010 and is based in Accra, Ghana.
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Celine Duros

Director of Global Operations, Finance and Governance

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Joshua Okpata

Venture Partner

12 past transactions

Colibri

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Colibri is a platform that delivers its services in digital tasks to deserve time and effort. It focuses on Quick Turnaround Time, Quality Work, and Customer Support. Their services include content writing, sorting documents, translation, digital typing, virtual assistant, market research, and data collection.

KPI Lens

Pre Seed Round in 2020
KPI Lens Limited develops a cloud-based monitoring and evaluation platform for project managers and stakeholders. It tracks and generates real time insights of KPI reports. KPI Lens Limited was founded in 2020 and is based in Accra, Ghana.

Tendo

Seed Round in 2020
Tendo designs and develops a platform, which allows people to resell ready-to-ship products available on the platform. The company sources products from different suppliers and delivers it to the customers of the resellers. Tendo was founded in 2019 and is based in Accra, Ghana.

OZÉ, Inc.

Seed Round in 2020
OZÉ brings African small businesses into the digital era. It is an app that makes it easy for businesses to track sales, expenses, and customer information. The data is analyzed to provide tailored recommendations, reports, and business education. If the entrepreneur needs a little extra support, an OZÉ Coach is just a click away. As they are using OZÉ to manage their business and learn how to run it better, we are learning about them. Using this data and machine learning, we can predict their credit risk and provide them with affordable capital from our banking partners. With over 20,000 registered users, OZÉ is the largest online community of SMEs in Ghana. The most exciting thing is that OZÉ works; 97% of businesses that have used OZE for at least 9 months are growing or profitable or both!

Judy Prep Inc.

Seed Round in 2018
Judy is the first emergency kit that’s digitally-connected keeping people prepared for any scenario. With natural disasters happening more frequently, and with bigger impact, having the right supplies and emergency plans are more important than ever. That’s why they are dedicated to making preparation for a household essential. The company was founded in 2019 and is based in New York.

Accounteer

Seed Round in 2018
Accounteer is a cloud accounting platform for small businesses. Business owner can create invoices, track expenses and follow up on their finances with ease. Accounteer integrates with external services like banks, e-invoicing platforms and e-commerce. Future proof your business today by subscribing for a free Accounteer trial account.

Joovlin

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Joovlin designs and develops payment platform that offers e-wallet services. Its platform offers payments solution for online merchants. Joovlin was founded in 2019 and is based in Lagos, Nigeria.