First Check Africa

https://www.firstcheck.africa

Last activity: 14.02.2025

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FirstCheck Africa is an early believer for a generation of African women in tech. We invest early, with high conviction, in high-growth female-led startups with category-leadership potential with check sizes of up to $250K.

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2021

Portfolio 11

Date	Name	Website	Total Raised	Location
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Nov 27, 2023	Kola Market	kola.market		United States, Delaware, Newark
Nov 27, 2023	Cleva Banking	getcleva.com	$1.5M	United States, California, San Francisco
	Jumba	thejumba.com	$4.5M	Kenya, Nairobi
	Uncover	uncoverskincare.co	$3.4M	Kenya, Nairobi Area, Nairobi
	Akiba Digital	akibadigital.com		South Africa, Gauteng, Rosebank
	FoondaMate	foondamate.com	$2M	United States, Oregon
	Tushop	tushop.io	$3M
	Healthtracka	healthtracka.com	$3M	Italy, Umbria, Africa
	Zoie Health	zoie.health		South Africa, Gauteng, Johannesburg
	MoneyHash	moneyhash.io	$12.7M	Egypt, Cairo Governorate, Cairo

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	Eloho	Omame	Co-Founder & General Partner	LinkedIn

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Apr 23, 2024	TLcom Capital Closes Africa's Largest Early-Stage VC Fund at $154 Million	TLcom Capital, an African VC firm, has successfully closed its second fund, TIDE Africa Fund II, at $154 million, solidifying its position as the largest investor in seed and Series A startups across Africa. The oversubscribed fund attracte...
Apr 22, 2024	TLcom closes Africa’s largest early-stage VC fund at $154 Million	Today, TLcom Capital, the Africa-focused venture capital firm, announced the final close of TIDE Africa Fund II, its second fund for technology in Africa, at $154 million. Confirming TLcom Capital’s status as Africa’s largest Seed and Serie...
Oct 24, 2023	In the wake of Dash’s closure due to fraud, 5 investors talk due diligence in Africa	It’s been a tough year for tech startups globally. These struggles have manifested in layoffs, down rounds and complete shutdowns caused by current market conditions, utter mismanagement or fraud. This August, SoftBank sued one of its portf...
Oct 10, 2023	TLcom announces Africa Tech Female Founder Summit 2023	TLcom Capital, the Africa-focused venture capital firm, has officially announced its fifth annual Africa Tech Female Founder Summit, which will be held on Tuesday 14th November 2022 in Lagos, Nigeria. The headline session will feature a fir...
Mar 7, 2023	International Women's Day 2023: These Eight Women Tech Entrepreneurs Made Significant Changes In The Tech Industry	Trisha Kae Andrada, Tech Times 07 March 2023, 08:03 pm (Photo : Tech Times owns this image.) The introduction of new technology changes everything. How we go about doing things like banking and shopping depends on it. It affects how we take...
Oct 20, 2022	Bumpa raises $4 million in seed funding to help underserved SMEs grow and manage their business	Emerging e-commerce startup: Bumpa has announced a $4 million raise in its just-completed seed funding round. This round was led by Base10 Partners with participation from Plug & Play Ventures commerce fund, SHL Capital, Jedar Capital, ...
Oct 20, 2022	MoneyHash expands operations into sub-Saharan Africa	Large organisations that operate in Africa often have issues with payment collection due to the varying currencies on the continent, differing government policies and fragment payment systems. To remedy this, these organisations have to hir...
Jun 27, 2022	FirstCheck’s Eloho Omame joins TLcom Capital to find and fund younger startups	Eloho Omame, co-founder and General Partner at FirstCheck Africa, has joined TLcom Capital as a Partner. Omame will support TLcom’s high-touch investment approach and help the firm discover best-fit investment opportunities as it seeks to d...
Jun 27, 2022	TLcom Capital appoints Eloho Omame as partner to back more pre-seed and female-led startups	Africa-focused venture capital firm TLcom Capital has appointed Eloho Omame as a partner six months after announcing the first close of TIDE Africa Fund II, its $150 million second fund (it expects to reach a second close later this year, a...
Apr 14, 2022	Tushop secures $3m pre-seed funding to scale affordable community eGrocery in Kenya	Tushop, a female-founded digital platform that aggregates Kenyan consumers into groups to buy groceries more cheaply, has secured $3 million in pre-seed funding. The investment was led by early-stage investment firm 4DX Ventures. Other inve...
Jan 7, 2022	African startups raised $1 million every 2 hours in 2021 — Africa: The Big Deal	Share this article: Even to a casual observer, 2021 was a massive year for the African tech ecosystem. It was the year when there were more disclosed funding rounds than we could keep up with. Data from various sources show that startups on...
Nov 9, 2021	How African founders can secure funding for their startups	This article was contributed to TechCabal by Ayobami Olajide and Ayobamigbe Teriba. Ayobami and Ayobamigbe work with Ingressive Capital, a venture capital firm that writes up to $400K cheques to early-stage startups. You’re a startup founde...
Nov 3, 2021	Local Venture Capitalists Impacting Africa Venture Capital Market	The African Venture Capital Market over the past few years has seen major developments and an increase in volume. In a report by Max Cuvellier, African startups since the beginning of the year have raised more than $2.9 billion through over...
Oct 12, 2021	From death to life: how a loved one’s demise spurred the idea for Healthtracka	Share this article: “I got a strange call that my dad slumped some years back. It was strange because my dad was the most interesting person ever. Master storyteller, healthy, ambitious, and optimistic. How did someone like that suddenly sl...
Jan 26, 2021	FirstCheck Africa is launching a funding initiative to help African women invest in technology	Founded by Eloho Omame and Odunayo Eweniyi, FirstCheck Africa is a women’s angel fund that invests “ridiculously early” in women in African technology. We are also developing a female-led investor group that generates opportunities to inves...
	FirstCheck Africa is launching a funding initiative to help African women invest in technology	Founded by Eloho Omame and Odunayo Eweniyi, FirstCheck Africa is a women’s angel fund that invests “ridiculously early” in women in African technology. We are also developing a female-led investor group that generates opportunities to inves...

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FAQ about First Check Africa

When was First Check Africa founded?

First Check Africa was founded in 2021.

How many startups has First Check Africa invested in?

First Check Africa has 11 portfolio companies on Parsers VC, among them Kola Market, Cleva Banking and Jumba.

What has the press written about First Check Africa?

Parsers VC has collected 17 articles mentioning First Check Africa, among them “TLcom Capital Closes Africa's Largest Early-Stage VC Fund at $154 Million” (Apr 23, 2024) and “TLcom closes Africa’s largest early-stage VC fund at $154 Million” (Apr 22, 2024).

Is First Check Africa still active?

Yes, First Check Africa is active; its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Feb 14, 2025.