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Baobab Ventures

Pinetree Plaza, Nairobi, Kenya

Overview

Baobab Network is the fastest-growing start-up accelerator in Africa with offices across Nairobi, South Africa, Nigeria and London. Focused on early-stage technology ventures across the African continent, The Baobab Network offers companies funding, support and a platform for growth, in exchange for equity.

Total investments
5
Lead investments
0
Investments · 12mo
4
Active investors
5

Sector focus

  • Banking
  • Consulting
  • Crowdfunding
  • Financial Services
  • Impact Investing
  • Information Technology
  • Market Research
  • Marketing
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Investment portfolio

  • Opereit

    Participated · Seed · Jun 2026

    Opereit has developed AI agents that scan transport invoices and operations to detect billing errors, identify losses and damages, submit claims to logistics operators, and manage the automatic recovery of outstanding amounts. The company says its technology targets a structural issue that can cause companies to lose up to 10% of annual logistics spend, a problem it frames as exceeding $1 trillion globally each year. Founded by Pablo Cousin, Opereit began by signing early clients including Amphora Logistics, Nude Project and Ecoalf. With €2.2 million in pre-seed funding, the startup plans to accelerate product development, grow its team, and expand its commercial footprint in Europe. No revenue or detailed operating metrics were disclosed in the reporting.

  • Overwatch AI

    Participated · Seed · May 2026

    Overwatch AI develops an operational intelligence platform that combines fragmented operational data sources and official documentation into a single searchable system for airline teams. The platform answers natural language queries with fully sourced responses drawn from official documentation to support safety, compliance and operational decision-making. Overwatch AI is already deployed in live flight operations across multiple airlines and handles more than 30,000 flights per month. The company was founded in 2025 by former airline pilot Leo Kotil and technology entrepreneur Nikita Kaeshko. With the $1.5 million pre-seed round, the startup plans to expand its team, enhance operational capabilities, and support additional airline deployments in the months ahead.

  • BASE4 Biosciences

    Participated · Seed · Apr 2026

    BASE4 Biosciences develops a platform that combines multi-omic data—including genomic, molecular and transcriptomic information—with proprietary AI models to infer the functional state of dozens of tissues from a blood sample. The company builds sex-specific biological models to improve prediction accuracy and capture differences in disease mechanisms and aging between men and women. BASE4 has chosen female health as its initial clinical focus, launching a product to estimate ovarian biological age and detect early reproductive decline. It plans to expand into other conditions such as polycystic ovary syndrome, endometriosis and various hormonal and inflammatory disorders. The startup is a spin-off of Institut de Recerca Sant Pau and is based in Barcelona. Financially, BASE4 completed a $1.0M pre-seed round backed by Kfund, Baobab Ventures, Itnig Fund, Masia VC and individual investors to accelerate platform development and clinical applications.

  • Omnia

    Participated · Seed · Oct 2025

    Founded in 2025 by former Klarna executive Daniel Espejo and ex-GitHub/Fastly engineer Miguel Fernández, Omnia offers an agentic platform that lets marketing and growth teams influence how AI engines such as ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google AI Overviews surface brand content. The software identifies high-demand topics, benchmarks a brand’s position versus competitors, reveals the sources cited by AI assistants, and deploys autonomous agents to create and place AI-optimized content. Early customers—including Personio, ElevenLabs, Air Europa, Trade Republic, and several marketing agencies—report up to 3× visibility gains across AI channels. The company positions itself as a first mover in Spain’s emerging agentic-AI marketing ecosystem. Proceeds from its recent raise will expand topic intelligence and source coverage, enhance agentic placement capabilities, and fund international expansion. Omnia operates from Madrid and targets marketers who need to adapt to the shift from browser-based search to AI-driven answers.

  • Gendo

    Participated · Seed · Jul 2024

    Gendo offers a browser-based AI platform for architecture that enables architects to turn designs into beautiful visualisations in seconds rather than days using text prompts. The product is aimed at architects and designers and runs in the browser. Founded in 2022 by George Proud and Will Jones and based in London, the company emerged from beta in July 2024. Since beta it has amassed 3,600 global users and seen over 50,000 images generated across 5,000 projects, with users at practices including Zaha Hadid Architects, KPF, David Chipperfield Architects, and Benoy. Financially, the company has completed a pre-seed of £855K and a subsequent Seed round. Gendo plans to use the new funds to expand operations and accelerate development efforts. Gendo is a London, UK-based company founded in 2022 that provides an AI platform for architects and designers. It offers a browser-based application that leverages a novel combination of generative AI and ML models to assist designers. Users can upload PNG or JPG files and create accurate images of their work. The platform takes basic forms or well-resolved designs and adds materiality, lighting, and detailing while adhering to the user's intent. Gendo is already in beta with global architecture practices including Zaha Hadid Architects, KPF, David Chipperfield Architects, and Benoy. The company intends to use the €1M Pre-Seed funding to expand its proprietary AI capabilities, accelerate new feature launches, and scale its team.

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