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151 rue Saint Honoré, Paris, Ile-de-France, 75001, France

Overview

Strengthening the capacity of African digital entrepreneurs to build and deploy large-scale disruptive technologies in the service of the real economy: this is the purpose we have set for ourselves in order to achieve more equitable and sustainable development.

Total investments
7
Lead investments
0
Investments · 12mo
4
Active investors
0

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Investment portfolio

  • Enakl

    Participated · Seed · Jan 2026

    Founded in 2022 by Samir Bennani and Charles Pommarède, Enakl builds and runs intelligent shared mobility services that combine software and fleet operations to create dynamic, demand-responsive transport networks. Its proprietary platform allows companies, public bodies and commuters to plan, deploy and manage pooled routes in real time, aiming to reduce congestion and carbon emissions while widening job accessibility. After 18 months of R&D, the system is now live and reportedly "widely adopted," and in 2025 the company secured a pilot public contract with the Casablanca–Settat Region, validating its model. The firm is now preparing to launch a SaaS version of its technology, expand commercial teams and test new ride-pooling fleet formats. Proceeds from its recent seed financing will accelerate these initiatives and support broader rollout across Morocco and beyond. No revenue or user figures were disclosed, but investors cite the first public-sector win and rapid product deployment as evidence of traction.

  • DigeHealth

    Participated · Seed · Dec 2025

    DigeHealth is a health-tech startup focused on transforming gastrointestinal care by continuously capturing and analyzing bowel sounds through advanced acoustics, sensor fusion, and artificial intelligence. Its miniature wearable monitors intestinal motility around the clock, turning previously untapped gut sounds into actionable, personalized digital biomarkers for clinicians and patients. The technology aims to address a wide spectrum of GI issues—from post-operative ileus and neurogenic bowel dysfunction to inflammatory bowel disease—by making disease progression and therapy success measurable both in hospitals and at home. The company plans to channel newly raised capital into product development, clinical validation, and regulatory approvals while expanding access to clinical data and recruiting top AI talent. Health-tech incubator Evoleen initiated the product’s development, underscoring the significant market opportunity as an estimated 20 % of the global population suffers from GI disorders. Financially, DigeHealth has just closed its first external funding round, a CHF 1.25 million seed raise, and no revenue or user figures have yet been disclosed.

  • Ridelink

    Participated · Seed · Nov 2025

    Ridelink has built a two-sided digital marketplace that links more than 6,000 businesses to a network of over 25,000 transporters, serving enterprise clients such as PepsiCo. The company’s Adrian AI engine analyzes shipment data to match shippers with optimal carriers, predict efficient routes, and dynamically price jobs, resulting in 30 % faster deliveries, 20 % cost reductions, and a 95 % on-time delivery rate. Leveraging the proprietary logistics data it captures, Ridelink launched Boo$T, an embedded trade-finance product that extends working-capital lines to businesses otherwise unable to secure bank credit; 80 % of users now access this financing. The firm therefore generates two revenue streams—transaction fees from freight bookings and interest or fees from financing. Having proven the model in its first three years, management plans to scale the AI-driven logistics infrastructure and expand embedded finance to more geographies and customer segments. No revenue figures were disclosed, but the company positions its growing data advantage as a moat for both logistics efficiency and credit underwriting.

  • REasy

    Participated · Seed · Oct 2025

    Founded in 2023, REasy delivers an integrated trade-finance application that combines foreign-exchange payments, logistics support and regulatory compliance for African small and medium-sized importers. The platform links local payment methods such as Orange Money, MTN Mobile Money and bank transfers with international rails like Alipay, WeChat Pay and UnionPay, while also embedding customs brokerage and freight-forwarding services. A recent collaboration with the Bank of Central African States created a multi-currency FX mechanism that lets clients pay suppliers within minutes rather than weeks, turning the Central African Franc into euros through the central-bank channel. REasy already serves thousands of importers on the $3.71 billion China-Cameroon trade corridor, helping reduce transaction costs, fraud risk and settlement times. Backed by a $1.8 million pre-seed round, the company is enhancing its tech stack, securing new licences and preparing to enter Nigeria and other West African markets. Between 2027 and 2028 it plans to integrate with the Pan-African Payment and Settlement System, and by 2030 it targets South-South routes such as India–East Africa and Brazil–West Africa, with an ambition to support more than one million African import businesses.

  • ProXalys INC

    Participated · Equity · Feb 2024

    ProXalys, founded in 2021 by Thierno Sakho, focuses on digitizing the full value chain for business-to-business trade and modernizing procedures for informal retailers. The company operates in Senegal and has expanded operations to Tunisia. Its core work includes reimagining supply chain procedures and building products to empower Senegalese informal traders; it is preparing to launch a new product called ProBoutik. ProXalys plans to use the recent funding to strengthen its data and artificial intelligence teams in Senegal and Tunisia and accelerate ProBoutik’s rollout. The company highlights financial inclusion and digital transformation as central goals for driving sustainable economic development in the region. Financially, ProXalys previously closed a pre-seed round of USD 150,000 in 2022 and has now secured further growth funding.

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