Ingressive capital

Ingressive Capital is a venture capital firm for African technology startups. It invests at pre-seed and seed and aims for around ten percent ownership in each company. The firm describes itself as a female-founded fund.

What Ingressive Capital does

• Early-stage funding: investment in startups that have launched and shown initial traction.
• Follow-on funding: introductions to its own investors, some of whom run well-known funds and accelerators.
• Business development: help winning large clients and building partnerships.
• Talent access: a related advisory company holds a network of developers and designers.
• Advisory for outsiders: the sister company, Ingressive Advisory, helps international firms enter Sub-Saharan Africa.

Who it works with

Early-stage African startups with a clear business model, a technical team and a large target market. Founders should be based in Sub-Saharan Africa, Egypt or Morocco.

Key facts

• Markets: Nigeria, Ghana, Egypt, Morocco and Kenya
• Stage: Pre-seed and seed
• Target ownership: About 10 percent