DFS Lab invests in early-stage founders building the future of digital commerce in Africa
Location: United States, Washington, Seattle
Employees: 11-50
Founded date: 2016
Investment Type: Venture Capital; Accelerator
Investment Stage: Pre-Seed; Seed; Series A
Portfolio 25
| Date | Name | Website | Total Raised | Location |
| 24.04.2022 | TopUp Mama | topupmama.... | - | Kenya, Nai... |
| 24.04.2022 | Orda Afric... | orda.afric... | $4.5M | Nigeria, L... |
| 21.12.2021 | Boost Ghan... | withboost.... | - | Ghana |
| 21.10.2021 | Star Kitch... | starkitche... | - | Canada, On... |
| 21.10.2021 | OnePipe | onepipe.co... | - | Nigeria, L... |
| 21.10.2021 | ANDO | andofoods.... | - | Kenya, Nai... |
| 21.10.2021 | Boost Tech... | boost.tech... | - | - |
| 21.10.2021 | Kibanda To... | kibandatop... | $460K | - |
| 21.10.2021 | Payhippo | payhippo.n... | $4M | - |
| 21.10.2021 | Bumpa | getbumpa.c... | $4.2M | Nigeria, L... |
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Persons 6
| Date | First Name | Last Name | Title | Location | |||
| - | Chernay | Johnson | Director o... | linkedin.c... | - | c*****y@df... | - |
| - | Leila | H. | Research A... | linkedin.c... | - | L***a@dfsl... | - |
| - | Gift | Agboro | - | linkedin.c... | - | g**t@dfsla... | - |
| - | Jake | Kendall | Founder an... | linkedin.c... | - | j**e@dfsla... | - |
| - | Stephen | Deng | - | linkedin.c... | - | - | - |
| - | Joseph | B. | - | linkedin.c... | - | j****h@dfs... | - |
Mentions in press and media 28
| Date | Title | Description | Source |
| 20.03.2023 | Next Wave: The hard limits of retail digitalisation in Afric... | --> Lire en Français This essay is a contribution from Chernay Johnson (director of research, D... | techcabal.... |
| 09.02.2023 | After a record 2022, 8 investors explain why it’s ‘still jus... | Last year was a good 12 months of firsts for African tech startups. For the first time, the sector ... | techcrunch... |
| 29.09.2022 | Data snapshot: Launch Africa, Flat6Labs Cairo lead Africa ag... | Investments in African agrifoodtech startups reached record heights in 2021, according to AgFunder’s... | agfunderne... |
| 30.06.2022 | As the global venture capital market slows, Africa charts it... | Although Africa’s venture capital totals remained afloat in the first quarter, some investors and te... | techcrunch... |
| 14.04.2022 | Tushop secures $3m pre-seed funding to scale affordable comm... | Tushop, a female-founded digital platform that aggregates Kenyan consumers into groups to buy grocer... | agfunderne... |
| 05.03.2022 | Applications now open for Blockchain Bootcamp | DFS Lab – the early-stage investor – and Stellar Development Foundation (SDF) have opened applicatio... | venturebur... |
| 05.03.2022 | Applications now open for Blockchain Bootcamp | DFS Lab – the early-stage investor – and Stellar Development Foundation (SDF) have opened applicatio... | venturebur... |
| 02.09.2021 | Bumpa raises $200k pre-seed to build e-commerce solutions fo... | Bumpa, an e-commerce solution startup helping African retailers manage and grow their businesses fro... | techcabal.... |
| 22.07.2021 | DFS Lab & Stellar Development Foundation launch Blockcha... | Share this: Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new... | appsafrica... |
| 13.04.2021 | SA venture capital firm HAVAÍC invests in Kenyan start-up | HAVAÍC partner Rob Heath. Cape Town-based venture capital (VC) firm HAVAÍC has invested an undisclo... | itweb.co.z... |
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