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Inside Africa's Top💯 Most Funded Start-Ups
🌟 What does it take to have your star in Africa' Start-up Hall of Fame?
18 hrs ago
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Max Cuvellier Giacomelli
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Slow and steady wins the race - August '25
August was relatively quiet, but the yearly outlook continues to look strong
Sep 8
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Max Cuvellier Giacomelli
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August 2025
Two 💰 Billion 💰 Dollars
Start-ups in Africa have already raised more than $2 billion (exc. exits) in 2025
Aug 19
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Max Cuvellier Giacomelli
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July 2025 - A lot of debt, but not just
61 start-ups raised $550m last month, crossing (or getting very close to) important milestones
Aug 5
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Max Cuvellier Giacomelli
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July 2025
Fintech strikes back 🦹🏿
But there's more to life than fintech of course
Jul 29
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Max Cuvellier Giacomelli
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All of H1 2025 in one place 🎁
Black Panther 3 exclusive release! 🐈⬛ OK, not quite. But still an interesting watch...
Jul 22
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Max Cuvellier Giacomelli
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Same Lineup, Different ranking 🏆
South Africa and Egypt deliver strongest performance in H1 2025
Jul 15
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Max Cuvellier Giacomelli
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It's raining big deals 🌂
H1 2025 saw the largest number of both $10m+ deals and exits since 2022
Jul 7
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Max Cuvellier Giacomelli
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Start-ups in Africa raise $1.4b in H1 💰
Another strong month in June helped drive the numbers up and up
Jul 3
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Max Cuvellier Giacomelli
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June 2025
Disappearing women 🫥
Start-ups co-founded and led by women continue to be underrepresented, especially in later-stage financing
Jun 24
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Max Cuvellier Giacomelli
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One 🙂 Billion 😀 Dollars 😁
Start-ups in Africa have now crossed this important milestone, earlier than they had in 2024
Jun 17
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Max Cuvellier Giacomelli
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May 2025 - Another good month 😊
$250m+ were raised last month, with a total of $1bn+ invested in start-ups in Africa since the beginning of 2025
Jun 10
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Max Cuvellier Giacomelli
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