Haskè Ventures

Haskè Ventures is a company builder and early-stage investor working in French-speaking West Africa. It sets out to reduce the failure rate of young companies by pairing funding with practical support.

Products and services

• Co-creation: finding co-founders, defining the sector and problem, then testing ideas.
• Launch support: incorporation, the start of operations and preparing the company for investment.
• Scaling support: market tests, product development, partnerships and targeting customer groups.
• Seed capital: funding from seed stage through to Series A.
• Operational help: strategy work, talent searches and ongoing support to founders.

Who it serves

The firm works with entrepreneurs it selects through an analysis process, and its pipeline comes from both an innovation route and a co-creation route. It also aims to give its investors a return on their money.

Key facts

• Region: Francophone West Africa
• Stage: seed to Series A
• Approach: personalised support from strategy through to execution