Archive - Africa: The Big Deal

It's raining big deals 🌂

H1 2025 saw the largest number of both $10m+ deals and exits since 2022

Jul 7 •

Max Cuvellier Giacomelli

Start-ups in Africa raise $1.4b in H1 💰

Another strong month in June helped drive the numbers up and up

Jul 3 •

Max Cuvellier Giacomelli

June 2025

May 2025

April 2025

🧩 Mapping the Unmappable: Start-up investments vs. GDP (PPP) per capita

Comparing start-up investments with GDP (PPP) per capita in Africa

Apr 22 •

Max Cuvellier Giacomelli

Seeing the wood for the trees: Africa has a good story to tell...

How Africa might have benefitted more from the start-up investment boom than the rest of the world. At least relatively.

Apr 15 •

Max Cuvellier Giacomelli

Out of the woods? Looking at what could well be a 'new normal'...

A fresh look at the data brings a new perspective on the so-called 'funding winter'

Apr 7 •

Max Cuvellier Giacomelli

March Disappoints. Drags Down Q1 Perf.

Start-ups in Africa raise $460m in Q1, despite a promising January.

Apr 2 •

Max Cuvellier Giacomelli

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