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Tide Africa Fund

VC
Nairobi, KenyaWebsite
How to approach: cold outreach ok
Stage

Pre-Seed, Seed

Check Size

$250K – $500K

AUM

$350M

Portfolio

11+ companies

Team

7 partners

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

Investment Thesis

Focuses on early-stage African tech startups, especially within fintech and payments sectors.

How Tide Africa Fund invests

Tide Africa Fund is a vc firm based in Nairobi, Kenya. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on Fintech, Other. It does not invest in Consumer.

Tide Africa Fund typically writes checks of $250K–$500K per investment, backed by approximately $350M in assets under management.

Investing since at least 2017, Tide Africa Fund has backed 11 companies in our records, including Autochek, Okra, uLesson. Its most recent recorded investment was in 2021.

Meet the Team

MC

Maurizio Caio

Managing Partner

OJ

Omobola Johnson

Senior Partner

DL

Daisy Liech

Director of Strategy

MC

Maurizio Caio

Managing Partner

OJ

Omobola Johnson

Senior Partner

DL

Daisy Liech

Director of Strategy

KN

Ken Njoroge

Partner

FinTech
Payments

Industry Focus

Invests In

Fintech
Other

Does Not Invest In

Consumer

Portfolio Companies (11)

Other

CE

Cellulant

FinTech
SH

Shara

Grant is enabling informal merchants to extend credit to their customers

TE

Terragon

Marketing SaaS
KU

Kudi

Fintech/payments
PU

Pula

Rose and Thomas are bringing insurance to smallholder farmers

How to pitch Tide Africa Fund
  • Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • Lead with your fit in Fintech, Other — the sectors they actively back.
  • Size your ask to their typical $250K – $500K check.
  • cold outreach ok
  • Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Maurizio Caio, Managing Partner.
  • A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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