Investors in Senegal

Seed stage & syndicated investing

Investisseurs & Partenaires is a family of impact funds fully-dedicated to the African continent. Created in 2002 by Patrice Hoppenot and directed by Jean-Michel Severino since 2011, I&P is a pioneer in the impact investing sector in Africa. With €75 million under management, I&P has invested in almost 60 small and medium-size companies across 15 countries. I&P brings long-term financing as well as strategic, managerial and technical support to its investees. I&P is the advisor of an impact team, managing a EUR 65 million fund dedicated to access to electricity in Africa. As an impact investor, I&P strives to maximise the economic, social and environmental impacts of its partners and aims to actively contribute to the African development. I&P’s team consists of 30 people based in Paris and in 7 African offices, and in 3 African investment funds.

Big Sur invests in innovative companies across sectors. They are especially focused on information technology, digital media, internet, technology enabled products and services, green tech and mobility . They have a successful track record with companies through numerous market cycles.

Development Partners International is a private equity firm. The firm prefers to invest in manufacturing, computer-related, chemicals and materials, medical and life sciences, mining, electronics, services, telecoms, logistics, retail, communications, transportation, beverages, financial institutions, pharmaceuticals and hospitals; telecommunications infrastructure; Healthcare, food service and agribusinesses; Consumer goods; financial services including consumer finance, banking, insurance; education; engineering; and construction sectors. The firm does not invest in start-ups or turnarounds. It seeks to invest in the Pan-Africa region with a focus on the Angola, Algeria, Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Mozambique, Rwanda, and Sierra Leone region. The firm invests between $10 million and $120 million in the form of equity per company. Development Partners International was founded in 2007 and is based in London, United Kingdom with an additional office in Lagos, Nigeria.

Slow Ventures is a venture capital firm specializing in early and seed stage investments. The firm seeks to invest in technology. Slow Ventures was founded in 2009 and is based in the United States.

Canaan is an early stage venture capital firm that invests in entrepreneurs with visionary ideas. With $5B under management, a diversified fund and over 190 exits to date, Canaan has invested in some of the world's leading technology and healthcare companies over the past 30 years. Canaan’s focus areas include fintech, enterprise/cloud, marketplaces, frontier tech, biopharma, digital health, and medtech.

Breyer Capital is a premier global venture capital and private equity investor focused on catalyzing high-impact entrepreneurs in the United States and China. Founded by Jim Breyer in 2006, Breyer Capital makes long-term, idea-driven strategic investments in its chosen core areas: social media, entertainment/media, digital health, and financial technologies. Breyer Capital actively partners with a diverse set of companies including early-stage startups building breakthrough technologies, fast growing companies, and established worldwide leading corporations. Its team enjoys helping to frame strategic investments anchored by the passion of founders and owner/operator teams, the insights of its network of world-class investors, and a conviction that artificial intelligence, machine learning, and virtual reality will transform technology and investment opportunities globally.

ECP is a private equity group dedicated to investing in Africa. They are a pan-African private equity firm that has raised over US$2 billion for investment across the African continent, including the Francophone regions. They have put their investors’ capital to work in over 40 countries in all major regions of the continent, directly supporting over 50,000 jobs.

Founded in 1948, CDC Group is a Development Finance Institution and is wholly owned by the UK government. CDC's mission is to support the building of businesses throughout Africa and South Asia, to create jobs and to make a lasting difference in the lives of people who live in some of the world's poorest areas.

Energy Access Ventures invests in growing, entrepreneurial businesses in Sub-Saharan Africa addressing the lack of electrification in the region with new technology and innovative business models. The fund is backed by Schneider Electric, the leading energy management multinational, and a number of public-sector investors.