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Entrepreneurship
DEMO Africa alumni startup SpacePointe closed Seed and Series A, now finalizing series B
We had a chance to catch up with DEMO Africa 2014 alumna Sayu Abend, founder of Nigerian startup SpacePointe. SpacePointe is an online
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Entrepreneurship
Performing due diligence on startups in Africa: analyzing investment opportunities
What does it take to build a fruitful partnership between an early-stage entrepreneur and an equity investor in Africa? VC4Africa members and investor…
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Entrepreneurship
The essential startup starter pack: legal documents you need as a startup founder
What are the legal documents you need to have as a startup founder? Odun Longe, a startup lawyer at The Longe Practice in Lagos, Nigeria, lists
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Entrepreneurship
Tugende kicks off 2015 with USD 780K in new funding
VC4Africa listed Tugende, a for-profit social enterprise based in Uganda, gained USD 780,000 in additional growth funding and working capital in an in…
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Entrepreneurship
On valuations: How to “price” your startup
This article was originally published on Techcabal and is published with permission. Marek Zmyslowski, Managing Director of Jovago.com discusses the a…
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Investing
African Business Angels Network (ABAN) launches at EBAN 2014
African investor network group establishes pan-African association to promote Angel investing and accelerate early stage entrepreneurship. In the past…
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Entrepreneurship
The 2015 Green Pioneer Accelerator Program launches in Kenya and South Africa
A new acceleration program was announced for green entrepreneurs today at the Seed Africa Symposium 2014 in Nairobi, Kenya. This ambitious, continenta…
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Case studies
Africa’s early stage investor network on the rise, breaking down the numbers
At VC4Africa we have been busy building a leading network of investors actively investing in early stage companies. There are more than 600 investors
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Case studies
Companies on VC4Africa secure more than 12,000,000 USD in funding
By Ben White, Thomas van Halen, Miguel Heilbron Combined, 92 companies listed on venture capital community VC4Africa secured USD $12,000,000 in fundin…
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Entrepreneurship
“Only way to know more about this space is to actually do deals” – Pule Taukobong, founder of the Africa Angels Network
Africa Angels Network has recently joined the VC4Africa investor network. VC4Africa followed up with Pule Taukobong, the founder of the initiative (pr…