🔊It has been a packed week for Maelis Carraro and Maxime Bayen in Oxford, where they met and discussed Venture Capital industry trends and challenges alongside 40 other fund managers across the continent hosted by the European Investment Bank🌍 We're always happy to connect and engage with stakeholders!

Proud to see Catalyst Fund among the most active VC investors in Africa this year!

Out of the 100 most-funded start-ups in Africa since 2019, only two currently have a female CEO ‼️ thebigdeal.substack.com/p/femaleceos

After an exciting week attending at #ClimateWeekNYC, Maxime Bayen will be off to London for a couple days next week! He wil be speaking at two events👇 AFSIC- Investing in Africa on 7th-9th October. AVCA- Sustainable Investing in Africa Summit on 10th October.

🌍 3,418 startups funding deals in Africa 🌍 105K+ data points collected on all the deals 🌍 2,180 investors covered 🌍 $18.4B worth of deals since 2019 🌍 50+ deals added each month 🌍 6,883 founders listed Everything on Africa startups funding. thebigdeal.gumroad.com/l/bQSRD

Meet Africa's 8⃣ unicorns! Insight 👉thebigdeal.substack.com/p/unicorns Database👉 thebigdeal.gumroad.com/l/bQSRD

The African Unicorns story.

This funding model is helping fight climate change 🌍 In today's episode of The Flip, we sat down for a roundtable conversation with Maxime Bayen Lyndsay Holley Handler James Irungu Mwangi to explore the merits of the venture-building model in Africa. Their venture firms - Catalyst Fund

This was really a fun excercise and a great way to share about our work at Catalyst Fund to back and scale climate resilience startups across Africa!

We're thrilled to announce that Maxime Bayen will be the opening keynote speaker for Day 1 of the AfricArena Grand Summit on Dec 3-4! He will share insights into the state of African tech and the exciting progress we’re seeing in 2024. Secure your spot here: lnkd.in/eBUXbMg9

More than 2,130 startups in Africa have raised funding in the past 5 years 👀🌍 Here's the list by Africa: The Big Deal thebigdeal.gumroad.com/l/bQSRD

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Exciting times ahead in Cape Town! Maxime Bayen & Sydney Thiam will be attending 3 major events on Africa's investment & innovation ecosystem: *Africa Early Stage Investor Summit *AfricArena Summit *SuperReturn Africa If you're in Cape Town, reach out for a chat over coffee! ☕

🎉 BIG NEWS! 🌍 Introducing our website africathebigdeal.com – your new one-stop hub for insights and data on startups funding in Africa! Check it out & let us know what you think! 👉 africathebigdeal.com

In November, 32 start-ups in #Africa announced a total of $180 million in funding, split between debt ($122m, 68%), equity ($55.5m, 31%) and grants ($2.5m, 1%). 👉 africathebigdeal.com

Founders love what they do. But the startup grind takes a toll. Investors can be part of the solution. Read our latest post in collaboration with Flourish Ventures thebigdeal.substack.com/p/founderwellb…

👉 Startups in Africa raised $2.2B of funding in 2024 👉 Just under 30% of that went to startups in 1 country: Kenya 🇰🇪 👉 188 startups raised $1M or more last year Insights: thebigdeal.substack.com Database: thebigdeal.gumroad.com/l/bQSRD

So, Africa: The Big Deal now captures valuation estimates for 1K+ startups deals in Africa. Just sayin 😉 👉 Check it out: thebigdeal.gumroad.com/l/bQSRD

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