Investment Type: Venture Capital
Mentions in press and media 15
| Date | Title | Description |
| 27.02.2026 | African Development Bank Group Approves €6.5 Million Investment in Saviu II Fund to Support Technology Start-Ups in Francophone West and Central Africa | The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group today approved an investment of 6.5 million euros in the Saviu II fund in order to support technology start-ups through their seed phase and first institutional fundraising, mainl... |
| 09.02.2024 | Africa-focused funds find their feet amid a downturn | In the midst of a funding downtime last year, and with conditions getting tougher for fund managers raising capital as backers (limited partners) enhanced their focus on strategy and track record, some new African and Africa-focused funds s... |
| 04.12.2023 | Waspito brings health care to Francophone Africa - now building brick-and-mortar clinics | From telehealth, the startup is expanding offline to make health care more accessible Waspito, a telehealth startup in Cameroon, has raised $2.5 million in extended seed funding as it grows its online network of physicians and offline mini-... |
| 24.11.2023 | Saviu Ventures’ second fund reaches €12 million first close to back Francophone Africa startups | Saviu Ventures, a VC firm targeting startups in Francophone Africa, has made an initial close of €12 million for its second fund with the backing of private investors, including French and Kenyan family offices. The VC firm aims to close th... |
| 11.01.2022 | Ivory Coast based e-commerce startup ANKA, formerly Afrikrea, raises US$6.2M in pre-Series A | Ivory Coast based e-commerce platform Afrikrea has rebranded to ANKA while successfully completing a US$6.2M pre-Series A round led by Investisseurs & Partenaires. The new investment includes participation from Alibaba’s Executive Vice... |
| 11.01.2022 | Ivory Coast based e-commerce startup ANKA, formerly Afrikrea, raises US$6.2M in pre-Series A | Ivory Coast based e-commerce platform Afrikrea has rebranded to ANKA while successfully completing a US$6.2M pre-Series A round led by Investisseurs & Partenaires. The new investment includes participation from Alibaba’s Executive Vice ... |
| 24.12.2021 | Venture funding in Senegal remains muted despite Wave’s $200m buzz | Much of the global hype about and investment in startups operating in Africa over the past decade have been skewed towards English-speaking countries. The reality is reflected in annual reports on startup funding in the continent and 2021 h... |
| 15.09.2021 | How early-stage venture capital firm, Saviu Ventures, is funding Francophone African startups | Share this article: It can be argued that most of the progress made in the African startup space has been concentrated in one part of the continent. One legacy of colonialism in Africa is language, with the United Kingdom and France colonis... |
| 28.07.2021 | Franco-Ivorian fintech Julaya raises $2M to digitize business payments in West Africa | Julaya, a fintech startup based in France and Côte d’Ivoire, raised USD$2M pre-series A funding with business angels and venture capital funds to grow and expand its product in West Africa. The company operates in the B2B payments sector an... |
| 24.11.2020 | Ivorian startup, Afrikrea, is building the online infrastructure for African culture commerce | Share this article: Growing up in Mali, Moulaye Taboure was passionate about art and fashion. His studies took him to France, where he noticed that the people there took particular interest in buying art and fashion depicting African cultur... |
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