Investors / Launch Africa / Compare with Saama
Launch Africa vs Saama
Launch Africa lists 93 portfolio companies and has joined 8 funding rounds; Saama lists 48 companies and has joined 4 rounds. Launch Africa comes in most often at Seed (100% of its entries), Saama comes in most often at Pre-seed (33% of its entries). 1 company is on both portfolios, among them Fingo Africa.
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| Launch Africa | Saama | |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio companies | 93 | 48 |
| Funding rounds joined | 8 | 4 |
| Rounds led | 4 | 3 |
| Rounds, last 12 months | 7 | 4 |
| Typical round it comes in at | $1M to $5M | $1M to $5M |
| Sites no longer answering | 0% | 0% |
Where they come in
share of entries by stageLaunch AfricaSaama
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| Launch Africa | Saama | |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 0% | 33% |
| Seed | 100% | 0% |
| Series A | 0% | 33% |
| Series B | 0% | 0% |
| Growth | 0% | 33% |
Themes
share of checked companiesLaunch AfricaSaama
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| Launch Africa | Saama | |
|---|---|---|
| Fintech | 32% | 15% |
| Consumer | 0% | 20% |
| AI & Machine Learning | 16% | 12% |
| E-commerce & Marketplaces | 10% | 12% |
| Food & Agriculture | 4% | 11% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 8% | 9% |
Companies both back
1Shared companies are those both firms' own portfolio pages list, each checked against the company's site. The same comparison through the API is POST /v1/overlap, for up to 20 firms. How the data is graded
Compare Launch Africa and Saama as data
Pull both portfolios and every co-investor through one API key or MCP, and lay up to 20 firms side by side with POST /v1/overlap. A free account adds Ask AI searches and alerts when either firm adds a company.
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- Full listsEvery portfolio row and two-firm overlap
- API and MCP100 REST or MCP calls a month, one key
- AlertsFollow 5 investors for portfolio and fund changes
$ curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" \
https://api.vcinfo.io/v1/firms/launchafrica.vc/portfolio
# also
GET /v1/firms/saama.vc/portfolio
GET /v1/firms/launchafrica.vc/coinvestors