AfricaUp Ventures
AfricaUp Ventures is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in Nairobi, Kenya investing in Marketplace, Other. The firm typically writes $150K–$1.0M checks and has 1 portfolio company in our records.
- Check size
- $150K–$1.0M
- Portfolio
- 1 company on record
- Partners
- 1 listed
- Stage
- Pre-Seed, Seed
- Sectors
- Marketplace, Other
- HQ
- Nairobi, Kenya
- AUM
- Not in our records
Pre-Seed, Seed
$150K – $1.0M
1+ companies
1 partner
Investment Thesis
Specializes in seed investments in African marketplaces and tech platforms that are poised to scale across the continent.
How AfricaUp Ventures invests
AfricaUp Ventures is a vc firm based in Nairobi, Kenya. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on Marketplace, Other.
AfricaUp Ventures typically writes checks of $150K–$1.0M per investment.
AfricaUp Ventures has backed 1 company in our records, including MusicStream Africa.
Partners & Team
Kwame Mensah
Managing Partner
Industry Focus
Invests In
Portfolio Companies (1)
Other
MusicStream Africa
- •Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
- •Lead with your fit in Marketplace, Other — the sectors they actively back.
- •Size your ask to their typical $150K – $1.0M check.
- •cold outreach ok
- •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Kwame Mensah, Managing Partner.
- •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.
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