BA

Baobab Capital

VC
Lagos, NigeriaWebsite
How to approach: warm intro preferred
Stage

Pre-Seed, Seed

Check Size

$50K – $150K

Portfolio

68+ companies

Team

4 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Targets gaps in African technological systems, with strong emphasis on B2B platforms streamlining workflows and enabling analytics.

Meet the Team

CU

Chijioke Umeh

Principal

Africa-focused SaaS
Enterprise workflows
AT

Anders Thorbjørnsen

Member - Investment Director at Abler Nordic

private equity
Nordic markets
frontier & emerging markets
NT

Nick Talwar

Chairman of the Strategy Committee - Senior Partner, K50 Ventures

strategy
venture capital
emerging/tech markets
HA

Hossam A. Moussa

Member - Partner, Apis

financial services
emerging markets

Industry Focus

Invests In

Other
Enterprise
SaaS
Developer Tools
Fintech
EdTech
AI / ML
Consumer
Security
Real Estate
Healthcare
Climate / Energy
Food / AgTech
Marketplace

Does Not Invest In

Fintech

Portfolio Companies (68)

Other

IN

InfoBank Africa

Enterprise Data/Market Research
LO

LocalDataX

B2B Analytics SaaS
BO

Bollore

Conglomerates·Public (listed)·Baobab SCI Flexible Fund

"Discovered via perplexity (medium confidence)"

Diversified conglomerate in logistics, media, and industrial services

EX

Exor

Financial Services·Public (listed)·Baobab SCI Flexible Fund

"Discovered via perplexity (medium confidence)"

Investment holding company with stakes in Ferrari, Stellantis, and PartnerRe

FA

Fairfax India Holdings

Financial Services·Public (listed)·Baobab SCI Flexible Fund

"Discovered via perplexity (medium confidence)"

Investment vehicle focused on Indian public and private companies

GR

Grindrod

Industrials·Public (listed)·Baobab SCI Flexible Fund

"Discovered via perplexity (medium confidence)"

Shipping and logistics services provider

IA

IAC Inc

Communication Services·Public (listed)·Baobab SCI Flexible Fund

"Discovered via perplexity (medium confidence)"

Internet and media holding company owning Angi, Dotdash Meredith

ID

IDT Corp

Communication Services·Public (listed)·Baobab SCI Flexible Fund

"Discovered via perplexity (medium confidence)"

Provider of telecom, payments, and cloud services

AD

Advisorshares Cannabis ETF

Financials (ETF)·Public (ETF)·Baobab SCI Flexible Fund

"Discovered via perplexity (medium confidence)"

Exchange-traded fund investing in cannabis-related companies

AV

Aveng

Industrials·Public (listed)·Baobab SCI Flexible Fund

"Discovered via perplexity (medium confidence)"

Construction and engineering services firm

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