P1

P1 Ventures — Pre-Seed & Seed VC Firm ($250K–$1.0M Checks)

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Douala, CameroonWebsite

P1 Ventures is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in Douala, Cameroon investing in SaaS, Marketplace, EdTech. The firm typically writes $250K–$1.0M checks and has 22 portfolio companies in our records.

Check size
$250K–$1.0M
Portfolio
22 companies on record
Partners
3 listed
AUM
$500M
Stage
Pre-Seed, Seed
Sectors
SaaS, Marketplace, EdTech, Consumer, Other, Fintech, Healthcare, AI / ML
HQ
Douala, Cameroon

Last verified: 2026-10-14

How to approach: warm intro preferred
Stage

Pre-Seed, Seed

Check Size

$250K – $1.0M

AUM

$500M

Portfolio

22+ companies

Team

3 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

P1 Ventures backs high-growth African software startups with a focus on pan-African scalability. It is a fit for products with network effects and strong user engagement loops.

How P1 Ventures invests

P1 Ventures is a vc firm based in Douala, Cameroon. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on SaaS, Marketplace, EdTech, Consumer, Other.

P1 Ventures typically writes checks of $250K–$1.0M per investment, backed by approximately $500M in assets under management. Our records include 3 funds raised by the firm.

P1 Ventures has backed 22 companies in our records, including Collab, Strix, Mindjoy.

Partners & Team

KT

Kemi Tijani

Venture Partner

SG

Selva Govinden

Director of Operations

HH

Hisham Halbouny

Managing Partner

Industry Focus

Invests In

SaaS
Marketplace
EdTech
Consumer
Other
Fintech
Healthcare
AI / ML

Funds

Fund III

$200M2023
investing

Fund II

$150M2020
investing

Fund I

$100M2018
fully deployed

Portfolio Companies (22)

Other

CO

Collab

ST

Strix

MI

Mindjoy

LU

Lua

MO

MoneyBadger

BE

betterauth

SA

salus cloud

JU

juicyway

LE

LENGO

BR

BRASS

How to pitch P1 Ventures
  • •Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • •Lead with your fit in SaaS, Marketplace, EdTech — the sectors they actively back.
  • •Size your ask to their typical $250K – $1.0M check.
  • •warm intro preferred
  • •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Kemi Tijani, Venture Partner.
  • •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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