• Fuzu

  Participated · Series B · Jul 2026

  Fuzu operates an AI-driven platform that helps jobseekers with career guidance, personalised learning and skills development while providing employers with talent acquisition services and labour market insights. Founded in 2015, the company reports more than 7.5 million lifetime users. Management, led by CEO Jussi Hinkkanen, plans to use new capital to enhance the platform and grow the company’s workforce. Fuzu also intends to expand into additional African markets to capture rising demand for digital recruitment and career development services. The company’s recent $3.86M Series B further validates investor interest in its growth trajectory and product-market fit.

• Gigmile

  Participated · Seed · Dec 2025

  Founded in 2022 by former Jumia executives Kayode Adeyinka and Samuel Esiri, Gigmile operates a mobility asset-financing platform focused on gig-economy workers. Its flagship product, Gamma Mobility, offers a lease-to-own model covering motorcycles, tricycles, cars, and commuter vehicles, bundling insurance, maintenance, documentation, and daily repayments capped at one-third of expected earnings. The company has already deployed more than 10,000 vehicles, and 1,500 riders have reached full ownership. Gigmile works with manufacturing partners such as Yamaha, TVS, Bajaj, and Hero to secure vehicle supply. It currently serves customers in 13 cities across Nigeria and Ghana and plans a larger expansion in 2026. To date, the startup has raised a total of USD 21 million in combined debt and equity financing to support its rapid growth and social-impact mission.

• Lorien Finance

  Participated · Series A · Mar 2025

  Lorien Finance bridges global capital markets with students from emerging economies via an AI-driven lending platform and a global lender network. The company connects students to a $3+ billion lending pool from 17+ international lenders, including Sallie Mae, enabling interest rates as low as 3.49%. Since inception, over 1,000 Indian students have applied for funding through Lorien Finance. The startup positions itself to make education financing more accessible, faster, and smarter by combining digital-first lending with data-driven underwriting. With global education financing expected to surpass $500 billion by 2029, Lorien targets affordability barriers in emerging markets. Planned uses of recent funding include expanding reach to Tier 2 and Tier 3 cities in India and strengthening its AI-driven risk assessment to enable faster underwriting and more personalized financing solutions for students and lenders.

• LogShare

  Participated · Seed · Jun 2024

  LogShare is a São Paulo, Brazil-based logistics SaaS platform that enhances logistics operations by aggregating route data to promote collaboration and utilize idle capacity in freight networks. It focuses on the long-haul segment and provides tools to better coordinate freight and utilize underused capacity. Founded by Pedro Prado, Glauber Alves, and Eduardo Souza, the company serves a portfolio of 15 key corporate accounts, including Unilever, PepsiCo, Coca-Cola, Mondelez, BRF, and Leroy Merlin. In June 2024 LogShare raised $2.4 million in a seed round led by ONEVC with participation from Seedstars International Ventures, FJ Labs, Oxygea, Valutia, Silence, Rally Cap, Niu Ventures, and Kamay. The company plans to use the funds to expand product offerings, add new platform features, and enter new markets.

• Baniql

  Participated · Seed · May 2024

  BANIQL is developing a novel extraction technology aimed at making nickel and cobalt recovery from laterites more sustainable and less environmentally damaging. The company says its process can reduce chemical use, water and energy consumption compared with conventional techniques. BANIQL is pursuing a pending U.S. patent for its approach and plans to use seed capital to establish a pre-pilot facility and expand engineering and R&D staff. The seed proceeds will also support product development, partnerships, operations, and patent development. BANIQL identifies Indonesia as its primary target market (holding large nickel reserves) and is also pursuing markets in South Korea, Australia, and the Philippines. The article cites industry projections that the battery raw materials market could grow to $60 billion by 2030, with a combined market potential of $120 billion and $1–$3 billion in potential revenue if BANIQL achieves vertical integration.

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