Seed-stage · African fintech
An early-stage venture firm backing the best founders by bringing Africa’s financial infrastructure into focus.
Equitable Ventures brings a disciplined lens to early-stage African fintech, identifying opportunities with precision and conviction.
We back founders building the digital infrastructure for 1.3 billion Africans, where technology, resilience and market need converge.
We combine technical rigour with qualitative judgement, assessing founder future fit, market trend and timing, and deal mechanics.
Sectoral and geographical exposure, complementary founder profiles and risk-reward dynamics are composed in balance rather than collected at random.
We partner actively through fundraising support, network access and CFO monitoring, helping our portfolio companies become category leaders.
African fintech revenue is forecast to grow thirteenfold by 2030, outpacing every other global benchmark.
Equitable Ventures stands at the intersection of this momentum, deploying active capital and disciplined diversification to identify the winners before they become consensus. We do not just follow the light; we control it.
Source: BCG & QED Investors, Global Fintech 2023
Twelve markets and counting, shows our ability to source and win the best deals in every corner of the continent.
A track record built alongside a trusted community of co-investors.
“Fabrice and Marc’s genuine curiosity and transparency during our first meetings built instant trust. Since investing, Equitable Ventures has provided strategic guidance and connected us with key industry players and customers. Their hands-on support has been a great positive, and we’ve forged a collaborative, open relationship that has been value-adding to DigiTax.
“Fabrice has been one of the first to believe in our product and vision. His active support in both good and challenging times, especially during our fundraisers, has been invaluable. Over the past few years, we have built a fully transparent relationship, benefiting immensely from his strategic insights and vast network. His relentless support has been essential to our success.
“Their deep investor network across the African continent opened doors to conversations and connections that proved critical during our seed raise. Fabrice and Marc also challenged and refined our thinking on product strategy, which helped Happy Pay reach strong user growth and product-market fit. They understand what it means to build at the early stage while keeping a long-term vision in mind.
An aperture balances four choices: focus, speed, light and composition. We bring the same to early-stage African fintech: a focused thesis, deployment velocity, illuminating diligence, and balanced portfolio construction across stage, technology, sector and geography.
Our first fintech vehicle, deployed from 2024 at pre-seed and seed alongside a trusted community of co-investors.
Two cohorts run with Katapult, the Norwegian accelerator — seventeen startups backed and supported out of Mauritius and Rwanda.
The corporate venture fund of ENL, the largest conglomerate in Mauritius — fully deployed from 2018, with initial exits achieved and further realisations under way.
Founders, co-investors and prospective LPs — we read everything that comes in.
