onafriq

onafriq

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Overview

MFS Africa is the largest mobile money inter-operability hub in Africa, which connects mobile network operators across the continent through a single API. In addition to mobile remittance services, the MFS Africa API enables merchant payment, bulk payment, bank-to-wallet transfers, and an array of other cross border digital payments services.

Highlights

Founded

2009

Industry

Financial Services

Employees

501-1000

Investment

7

Lead Investment

2

Exits

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Stages

Seed, Early Stage Venture

Investor Type

N/A

Location

Johannesburg, NA - South Africa, South Africa, Africa

Contact Information

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onafriq, established in 2009 and headquartered in Johannesburg, NA - South Africa, South Africa, Africa., specializes in Seed, Early Stage Venture investments across Financial Services, Venture Capital, Augmented Reality, Finance, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Robotics, FinTech, Angel Investment, Enterprise Software, Mobile. Their recent investments include Y Combinator, Goodwater Capital, 4Di Capital, Soma Capital, Breega. The highest investment round they participated in was $2.0B. Among their most notable exits are Y Combinator and Goodwater Capital. Explore their portfolio in detail, see who is connected to them, and find their contact information on our platform.

Employees

imagePlace Dare Okoudjou

Dare Okoudjou

Founder & CEO

imagePlace Luke Kyohere

Luke Kyohere

Chief Product Officer

imagePlace Rachel Balsham

Rachel Balsham

Managing Director, Emerging Enterprise

Investment portfolio

onafriq has made 7 investments. Their most recent investment was on May 11, 2021, when maviance raised $3.0M.

investments

7

Diversity investments

0

Lead investments

2

Number of exits

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Investments

7

Annouced DateOrganization NameIndustryMoney Raised
Apr 13, 2021--2.3M
May 11, 2021
maviance maviance
Software3.0M
Jul 21, 2021--2.0M
Sep 28, 2022--12.3M

Exits

0

Funding Timeline

Funding rounds

7

Investors

21

Funds

0

Funding Rounds

7

onafriq has raised 7 rounds. Their latest funding was raised on Sep 28, 2022 from a Seed Round - Numida round.

Annouced DateTransaction NameNumber of InvestorsMoney RaisedLead Investor
Apr 13, 2021
Seed Round - Numida Seed Round - Numida
-2.3M-
May 11, 2021
Seed Round - maviance Seed Round - maviance
-3.0M-
Jul 21, 2021
Seed Round - Julaya Seed Round - Julaya
-2.0M-
Sep 28, 2022
Seed Round - Numida Seed Round - Numida
-12.3M-

Investors

33

onafriq is funded by 33 investor(s). Stanbic IBTC Bank and Symbiotics Group Kantor are the most recent investors.

Fund raised

2

Susa Ventures has raised a total of $590M across 6 funds, their latest being Susa Ventures Opportunities II. This fund was announced on Aug 30, 2021 and raised a total of $250M.

Annouced DateFund NameMoney Raised
May 10, 2013
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1.0M
May 11, 2013
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1.0M

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