Overview
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Location | Orange Ventures Africa, Les Patios 2eme, rue 4, Point E, Dakar |
Targets |
Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Congo, Democratic Republic of the, Côte d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Réunion, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, United Republic of, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe
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Sectors |
Agribusiness, Banking, Computer software, E-commerce, Education, Financial services, Healthcare, Insurance, Mobile, Telecom
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Part of |
Orange Ventures offers the best of tho worlds, coupling the independent and quick decision-making scheme of classic VCs with the access to the unique technological and commercial expertise of Orange Group.
It is a 350m€ fund to invest in early stage startups. 50m€ dedicated to the MEA region with 2 streams:
> Middle East & Africa Champions:
The stream has a broad tech investment scope and looks at fostering innovation and supporting local vibrant tech scene by seizing the potential of Middle East and African continent. Orange Ventures Africa team based in Senegal focuses on supporting unique founders with amazing execution capabilities building category-defining businesses in areas of Orange group expertise and beyond with pan African or global scaling potential.
Geographies: Middle East, North Africa and Sub Saharan Africa
Investment up to 5m€
Sectors: various including but not limited to Networks & IT, Digital enterprise, Cybersecurity, Fintech, Consumer, Gaming, Edtech, E-commerce
Stage: Series A & B
>Middle East & Africa Seed:
Special initiative addressing Seed companies to support the visionary entrepreneurs of Africa’s tech ecosystem at earlier stages
Investment up to 200k€
Geographies : Orange footprint in MEA such as for instance Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Egypt, Jordan, Morocco, Senegal, and Tunisian
Sectors: Tech-driven solution
Stages: Seed (under 1m€ raised in total equity funding)
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