The Baobab Network
The Baobab Network is a Pre-Seed venture capital firm based in London, UK investing in Fintech, Other, AI / ML. The firm typically writes $50K–$250K checks and has 67 portfolio companies in our records.
- Check size
- $50K–$250K
- Portfolio
- 67 companies on record
- Partners
- 8 listed
- Stage
- Pre-Seed
- Sectors
- Fintech, Other, AI / ML, Food / AgTech, Consumer
- HQ
- London, UK
- AUM
- Not in our records
Last verified: 2026-04-12
Pre-Seed
$50K – $250K
67+ companies
8 partners
Investment Thesis
Accelerator + pre-seed investor for African tech startups, frequently backing fintech at inception.
How The Baobab Network invests
The Baobab Network is a vc firm based in London, UK. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed stage, with a focus on Fintech, Other, AI / ML, Food / AgTech, Consumer.
The Baobab Network typically writes checks of $50K–$250K per investment.
The Baobab Network has backed 67 companies in our records, including Lemonade Payments, Hadi Finance, Nesti.
Partners & Team
Industry Focus
Invests In
Portfolio Companies (67)
Other
Lemonade Payments
Privacy-first digital payments platform for secure transfers, invoicing, and reporting for SMEs
Hadi Finance
Embeds trade finance into Nigeria’s informal economy
Nesti
Helps Kenyan tenants turn rent payments into homeownership at renting cost
Terminal
Connects Africa to the world through seamless full-stack logistics
Triply
Builds operating system and finance stack for Africa’s 26M tourism SMEs
Adafri
Aktivate
Alal
Builds solutions for Senegal's market (details limited)
Alerzo
AnalyticaBI
- •Raising at Pre-Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
- •Lead with your fit in Fintech, Other, AI / ML — the sectors they actively back.
- •Size your ask to their typical $50K – $250K check.
- •cold outreach ok
- •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Niama Bassunie, Managing Partner.
- •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.
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