Seedstars

Seedstars is an accelerator and investment firm based in Geneva, Switzerland, founded in 2012. It supports startups in emerging and frontier markets across Latin America, Africa, the Middle East and North Africa, Central and Eastern Europe, and Asia, backing ventures that address financial services, healthcare, education, and commerce through accelerator programs and early-stage investments.

Paul Ark

Venture Partner

Charlie Graham-Brown

General Partner

Michael Weber

Managing Partner

Past deals in CEMAC

Diool

Seed Round in 2019
Diool is a fintech company that provides a B2B payments platform in Africa, enabling businesses to receive invoice payments and pay suppliers through a mix of channels including mobile money, bank transfers, cash at mobile money agents, and instant payments. The platform automates transaction tracking, offers detailed financial reporting and user access controls, and integrates with local banks and mobile money services to streamline financial operations. Founded in 2015 and based in Douala, Cameroon, Diool supports online financial services through agent and mobile banking models, helping clients reconcile transactions and manage funds across multiple partners.

GiftedMom

Seed Round in 2014
GiftedMom is the first mobile health platform in Central Africa, which uses low cost technologies to improve the health conditions of pregnant women and new borns in under served and disconnected communities. The GiftedMom project was started by a group of Medical and engineering students, Medical Doctors, health and community workers, with vision to reduce maternal mortality rates (Millennium Development Goal 5) as well as infant Mortality rates (MDG 4) in Cameroon. The project comprises a Web and Mobile platform, SMS Services and Google Fusion Tables, all aimed at divulging important information on the proper management of pregnancy, and a healthy follow up of newborns.
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