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📽️ H1 2024 Round-Up Recording & Deck
All you need to know about start-up funding in Africa in H1 in 45 mins & 45 slides
Jul 24
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Max Cuvellier Giacomelli
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🍕 H1 2024 🍕 Who got the biggest slice?
79% of all funding in Africa was raised by start-ups HQ'ed in one of the Big Four; a third of the total went to Kenya-based ventures alone
Jul 9
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Max Cuvellier Giacomelli
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🍕 H1 2024 🍕 Who got the biggest slice?
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🪙 H1 2024 🪙 A slow start of the year
With $780m raised, H1 has been the quietest semester in terms of start-up funding in Africa since late 2020
Jul 4
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Max Cuvellier Giacomelli
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Have you heard?! 🚀
Mark your calendars! Our infamous Start-up Funding Round-Up live event is back on 23 July
Jul 2
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Max Cuvellier Giacomelli
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Have you heard?! 🚀
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June 2024
💚 A pocket full of pretty green
Climate Tech represents 45% of all start-up funding in Africa in 2024 so far
Jun 18
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Max Cuvellier Giacomelli
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May (not meh)
Investments bounce back in May. Climate and debt financing confirm their trajectory.
Jun 10
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Max Cuvellier Giacomelli
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May (not meh)
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May 2024
🗺️ 5+ years in one map
A quick look at start-up funding in Africa since 2019
May 21
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Max Cuvellier Giacomelli
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April 2024 ...🐌
With only $75m raised through 25 $100k+ deals, April was a pretty slow month
May 7
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Max Cuvellier Giacomelli
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April 2024 ...🐌
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April 2024
The 100 Million Dollar Club 🤴
26 ventures have raised at least $100m in Africa since 2019, attracting almost half of all the funding raised on the continent in the past 5 years
Apr 30
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Max Cuvellier Giacomelli
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The 100 Million Dollar Club 🤴
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The show must go on 🌍
Start-up funding in Africa continues to represent a negligible proportion of global flows, and suffered relatively more than most other regions in Q1.
Apr 23
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Max Cuvellier Giacomelli
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The show must go on 🌍
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More start-ups raising $1m+ in Africa 💵
While overall funding levels remain low compared to previous periods, the number of ventures raising $1m+ is starting to pick up
Apr 9
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Max Cuvellier Giacomelli
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More start-ups raising $1m+ in Africa 💵
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Q1 2024 in a nutshell 🥜
120+ start-ups in Africa raised a combined $466 million in the first quarter of the year through $100k+ deals
Apr 3
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Max Cuvellier Giacomelli
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Q1 2024 in a nutshell 🥜
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