FirstFounders

We are a portfolio holding venture studio committed to building and funding companies from scratch in partnership with founders of great passion and character committed to solving some of the biggest problems in Africa that engender wealth and job creation in underserved communities. We are also committed to institutionalising venture building in Africa by helping governments, corporations, family business offices, universities, and key partners set up and operate thriving venture studios that produce startups in unique vertical sectors. We have in the last three years built a robust community of over 1000 early-stage founders; raised over $3 million for startups; developed and launched 8 portfolio startups; built 3 equity-free startups; worked with over 200 founders to create pathways to funding and advisory and have developed strategic partnerships that support the growth of startups with investors, advisors and venture firms across the world. We are committed to democratising entrepreneurship in Africa while identifying founders who build startups that serve underrepresented communities and markets. Sector Focus For our Venture Studio We are generally interested in repeatable and scalable B2B2C SaaS and transactional ideas/early MVPs with a strategic focus on the following sectors: FinTech Healthcare/BioTech Artificial Intelligence