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Also known as New Venture Africa Ltd
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Investment thesis
The Baobab Network backs early-stage African founders, providing a first cheque of $100k alongside an intensive 12-week accelerator program. It helps founders refine product-market fit, accelerate traction, and prepare for follow-on fundraising through its global investor network. The firm positions itself as a long-term partner, offering ongoing support via its Baobab OS platform and expert partners to help companies scale across the continent. It also runs a Scout Programme to source promising startups across Africa.
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Team · 1 people
from the firm's websiteWhat they invest in
from 34 of 61 portfolio companiesFintech ×20SaaS ×17AI & Machine Learning ×7E-commerce ×5Enterprise Software ×4Marketplaces ×4Data & Infrastructure ×3EdTech ×3
HQs:Kenya×5Nigeria×4United States×2Ethiopia×1United Kingdom×1Morocco×1
Portfolio companies · 61 tracked
alumni founders can tell you what the program is really likeCommunity Wolf operates a safety intelligence platform that ingests real-world safety signals and exposes risk data (hex-level scores, route risk, and place insights) through an API for developers, insurers, logistics teams, and security operators.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureInsurTech
Co-investorsFuel VenturesVastly Valuable Ventures
Edusko operates a web-based platform that matches children with K-12 private schools and provides access to tuition financing, letting parents compare schools, obtain tuition discounts and low-interest loans, and enroll online.
EdTechFintechMarketplaces
Jide AYEGBUSI(Founder)in
Co-investorsInjini
PocketDoc is a medical reference application for physicians and healthcare professionals, offering AI-based clinical answers, disease diagnosis and treatment guides across 23 specialties, a drug database, drug interaction checks, and reference values.
AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthHealthtech
Thola offers energy margin software for high-load small businesses such as restaurants, gyms, and laundromats, helping them identify peak-cost periods, recover those costs through a recommended Energy Premium, and lower future bills via load shifting and energy upgrades.
CleantechEnergySaaS
Glade Finance offers an all-in-one platform providing AI-driven working capital, invoice financing, letters of credit, global payments (fiat or stablecoin), yield, and card and expense management.
AI & Machine LearningFintechLogistics & Supply Chain
Co-investorsExpert DOJO
Hadi Finance offers invoice discounting for SME suppliers, allowing them to convert outstanding invoices into immediate working capital via a web and mobile platform.
FintechRetail TechSaaS
Co-investorsMicrotractionGriffin Gaming PartnersMakers Fund
Kakbima is an insurtech company offering an insurance management and distribution platform that connects insurers, distribution partners (brokers, agents, micro-insurers), and customers to handle products, policies, claims, quotations, premium payments, and CRM in one system.
Enterprise SoftwareFintechInsurTechSaaSNairobi, KE
MuduPay offers financial tools including a mobile wallet for peer-to-peer transfers via mobile numbers with cash withdrawals at agent shops, a money transfer service for remittances to Africa, and a business management product covering inventory, payments, and workforce.
Fintech
Co-investorsAsia Africa Investment & Consulting (AAIC)Future Africa
Powerfull Technology develops technology solutions for solar and battery system optimization to enhance energy management and financial returns for residential and commercial properties.
CleantechEnergyIoTDewsbury, GB
Co-investorsTechstars
Sidebrief is a platform that enables business incorporation and compliance management across African markets, offering company registration, tax filing, licenses, and ongoing regulatory support.
Enterprise SoftwareGovTechLegalTechMiddletown, US
Abdulwaheed Yusuf(Founder)in
Co-investorsTechstarsVelocity Digital
Terminal Africa is a logistics platform that connects African businesses to 13+ local and international shipping carriers for global deliveries.
B2B MarketplacesE-commerceLogistics & Supply ChainSaaS
Nnamdi Okoh(Founder)in
Co-investorsBattery VenturesCathexis VenturesFirst CircleDFS LabGolden VenturesWayfinder Ventures+1 more
Thola builds software that automates sustainability compliance, certification and facility/livestock monitoring for SMEs and buildings.
E-commerceFintechMountain View, US
Co-investorsHustle FundTechstars
Triply provides an integrated platform for travel businesses in Africa that consolidates payments, invoicing, payroll, accounting, and operational management in one system.
Enterprise SoftwareFintechMarketplacesSaaSNairobi, KE
Peter Wachira(Founder)inCollins Muthinja(Founder)in
Co-investors4DX VenturesOui CapitalY Combinator500 GlobalAccionF-Prime Capital+2 more
Other
Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.
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Principals & officers · per Companies House
what is this? ⓘDirector · British · since 2018
Director · British · since 2015
Director · British · since 2015
Director · American · since 2020
Toby Jones Hanington — right to appoint and remove directors
Thomas Oliver Fairburn — right to appoint and remove directors
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has The Baobab Network made?
- The Baobab Network has 61 tracked investments.
- What stage does The Baobab Network invest at?
- The Baobab Network invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages.
- What is The Baobab Network's typical check size?
- The Baobab Network typically writes checks of $100K.
- What sectors does The Baobab Network focus on?
- The Baobab Network focuses on Sector Agnostic.
- Who does The Baobab Network co-invest with?
- The Baobab Network most often shares deals with Oui Capital, Techstars, Battery Ventures, among 15 tracked co-investors.
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