CR

CRE Venture Capital (formerly CRE Venture / TLcom Capital early team overlap)

VC
Lagos, NigeriaWebsite
Stage

Seed

Check Size

$250K – $2.0M

AUM

$407M

Portfolio

13+ companies

Team

8 partners

Investor activity
Last known investment: 2021Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Africa-focused early-stage VC with meaningful fintech investments across the continent.

Meet the Team

PM

Pardon Makumbe

Founding Partner & Managing Partner

Africa
Early-stage VC
Startup Ecosystems
PT

Pule Taukobong

Founding Partner

Africa
Early-stage Tech
Venture Capital
RC

Robel Chiappini

Partner / Investment Professional

Deal sourcing
Investment strategy
Sub-Saharan Africa
CV

Catalin Voss

Venture Partner

SB

Salem Belay

Principal

DE

David Eddyabasi

Principal

FP

Federico Pirzio-Biroli

Partner

Africa
FinTech
Enterprise Software
JO

Janet Ogabi

Principal

Industry Focus

Invests In

Other
Fintech
Developer Tools
Healthcare
EdTech

Portfolio Companies (13)

2021

UL

uLesson

EdTech·Series A
YO

Yoco

FinTech·Series C

2020

MP

mPharma

HealthTech·Growth
RE

Rensource

EnergyTech·Growth
RE

Rensource

EnergyTech·Series A

2016

FL

Flutterwave

FinTech·Series A and beyond
FL

Flutterwave

FinTech·Series A and beyond

Other

CU

CutStruct Technology Limited

Technology and telecoms·Early-stage·CRE Venture Capital Fund III

"Discovered via perplexity (medium confidence)"

Technology company operating in Nigeria

DA

DataServe AI, Inc.

Financial services·Early-stage·CRE Venture Capital Fund III

"Discovered via perplexity (medium confidence)"

AI-powered financial services platform

FL

Flood Pte Ltd.

Technology and telecoms·Early-stage·CRE Venture Capital Fund III

"Discovered via perplexity (medium confidence)"

Technology and telecoms company in South Africa

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