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.
Employees: 1-10
Founded date: 2021
Portfolio 10
| Date | Name | Website | Total Raised | Location |
| 27.11.2023 | Cleva | getcleva.c... | $1.5M | United Sta... |
| 27.11.2023 | Kola Marke... | kola.marke... | - | United Sta... |
| - | Healthtrac... | healthtrac... | $3M | United Sta... |
| - | Zoie Healt... | zoie.healt... | - | South Afri... |
| - | MoneyHash | moneyhash.... | $7.5M | Egypt, Cai... |
| - | Jumba | thejumba.c... | $4.5M | Kenya, Nai... |
| - | Uncover | uncoverski... | $2M | - |
| - | Akiba Digi... | akibadigit... | - | South Afri... |
| - | FoondaMate | foondamate... | $2M | United Sta... |
| - | Tushop | tushop.io | $3M | Kenya, Nai... |
Persons 2
| Date | First Name | Last Name | Title | Location | |||
| - | Odunayo | Eweniyi | Co-Founder... | linkedin.c... | - | - | - |
| - | Eloho | Omame | Co-Founder... | linkedin.c... | - | - | - |
Mentions in press and media 16
| Date | Title | Description | Source |
| 23.04.2024 | TLcom Capital Closes Africa's Largest Early-Stage VC Fund at... | TLcom Capital, an African VC firm, has successfully closed its second fund, TIDE Africa Fund II, at ... | parsers.vc... |
| 22.04.2024 | TLcom closes Africa’s largest early-stage VC fund at $154 Mi... | Today, TLcom Capital, the Africa-focused venture capital firm, announced the final close of TIDE Afr... | venturesaf... |
| 24.10.2023 | In the wake of Dash’s closure due to fraud, 5 investors talk... | It’s been a tough year for tech startups globally. These struggles have manifested in layoffs, down ... | techcrunch... |
| 10.10.2023 | TLcom announces Africa Tech Female Founder Summit 2023 | TLcom Capital, the Africa-focused venture capital firm, has officially announced its fifth annual Af... | venturesaf... |
| 07.03.2023 | International Women's Day 2023: These Eight Women Tech Entre... | Trisha Kae Andrada, Tech Times 07 March 2023, 08:03 pm (Photo : Tech Times owns this image.) The int... | techtimes.... |
| 20.10.2022 | MoneyHash expands operations into sub-Saharan Africa | Large organisations that operate in Africa often have issues with payment collection due to the vary... | techcabal.... |
| 20.10.2022 | Bumpa raises $4 million in seed funding to help underserved ... | Emerging e-commerce startup: Bumpa has announced a $4 million raise in its just-completed seed fundi... | venturesaf... |
| 27.06.2022 | TLcom Capital appoints Eloho Omame as partner to back more p... | Africa-focused venture capital firm TLcom Capital has appointed Eloho Omame as a partner six months ... | techcrunch... |
| 27.06.2022 | FirstCheck’s Eloho Omame joins TLcom Capital to find and fun... | Eloho Omame, co-founder and General Partner at FirstCheck Africa, has joined TLcom Capital as a Part... | techcabal.... |
| 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... |
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