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Baobab Network
Venture capital
Baobab Network is a long-term investment company that backs early-stage entrepreneurs and builds companies across Africa. It operates an accelerator, a company builder called Origins, and a branding agency called Labs.
Invests inFintech
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Your fit with Baobab Network
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Or find every investor that fitsBaobab Network lists 50 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 1 funding round. Its most frequent entry is Pre-seed, 100% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are Fintech (35%), E-commerce & Marketplaces (11%) and Legal & Compliance (10%). It invests most often alongside Catalyst Fund, Y Combinator and 4DX Ventures.
Counts come from funding rounds that name Baobab Network, complete from mid-2025: earlier rounds appear only when they were reported later. Round amounts and full round histories are on Fundup AI.
Round figures show recent activity, not Baobab Network's whole history. Rounds on record name 1 company; its own site lists 50. Funding rounds are complete from mid-2025, so counts and the yearly trend undercount a firm that invested before then. The portfolio, themes and places come from its own site and are not affected.
Entry stage
share of companies by the stage of its first roundShow as a table
| Value | |
|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 100% |
| Seed | 0% |
| Series A | 0% |
| Series B | 0% |
| Growth | 0% |
Activity by year
rounds it joined, last 10 yearsShow as a table
| Total | Rounds it led | |
|---|---|---|
| '17 | 0 | 0 |
| '18 | 0 | 0 |
| '19 | 0 | 0 |
| '20 | 0 | 0 |
| '21 | 0 | 0 |
| '22 | 0 | 0 |
| '23 | 0 | 0 |
| '24 | 0 | 0 |
| '25 | 0 | 0 |
| '26 | 1 | 0 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 84th | 50 companies |
| Recent activity | 59th | 1 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 100th | 100% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 54th | 2% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 63th | 35% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 97th | 12 countries |
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| Fintech | 35% | 12% |
| E-commerce & Marketplaces | 11% | 6% |
| Legal & Compliance | 10% | 2% |
| Education | 8% | 7% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 8% | 15% |
| AI & Machine Learning | 7% | 18% |
| Enterprise Software | 6% | 8% |
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 2% | 7% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Catalyst Fund | 2 |
| Y Combinator | 2 |
| 4DX Ventures | 1 |
| AAIC Investment | 1 |
| Alliance DAO | 1 |
| Bain Capital Crypto | 1 |
| Cathexis Ventures | 1 |
| Chui Ventures | 1 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers50100%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company00%
- Parked or sold domain00%
A site that stops answering three checks in a row is counted as no longer answering; that is not proof of closure. A site that points to another company is often an acquisition.
Co-investor network
who it backs companies with, and who they back togetherCompare Baobab Network head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Recent portfolio activity
when companies last raised with Baobab Network| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 26 Oct 2026 | Pre-Seed |
Round details for Baobab Network
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in Baobab Network's rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
50 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adafri provides tools and services for managing publicities, marketing, and team collaborations | Media & EntertainmentEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| BeBlocky provides an online platform for kids to learn coding through interactive lessons and exercises | EducationEducation | Portfolio page | ||
| BrandDrive provides business management software for African and global businesses | FintechEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Bunce empowers teams to engage, support, and retain customers globally through a single platform for every customer communication | FintechE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | ||
| Buyam is the simplest way to conduct a product search, find nearby stores that offer the item, their prices, and their locations, then bargain with the vendor directly and make a purchase. | E-commerce & MarketplacesAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Colis.ma provides international shipping and messaging services | Legal & ComplianceE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | ||
| Community Wolf turns what happens on the ground into intelligence that consumer apps, insurers, logistics companies, and security operators can act on. | AI & Machine LearningCybersecurity | Portfolio page | ||
| ConDigital provides enterprise management software for Ethiopian companies. | Enterprise SoftwareEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| CreditChek Africa provides a credit bureau API and credit intelligence platform for lenders to assess and verify creditworthiness across Africa. | FintechLegal & Compliance | Portfolio page | ||
| Residency produces dealcoholised sparkling wine featuring collectible labels with African art. | Food & Agriculture | Portfolio page | ||
| Drugstore.ng is an online pharmacy aggregator platform that aggregates different registered retail pharmacies for easy access to those pharmacies and also helps to deliver the medicines that you need. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Edusko matches children with schools and provides access to education financing options | EducationFintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Emaisha Pay provides digital trade financing for agro-exporters | FintechAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| FX Kudi allows users to send, receive, and spend money across Africa, as well as create virtual dollar cards and pay bills. | FintechE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | ||
| PocketDoc provides a medical application for doctors to diagnose and prescribe treatments | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Scandium provides AI-powered software quality assurance solutions for various industries | FintechHealthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Thola helps businesses become energy resilient by providing energy intelligence and management solutions. | EducationIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Gladefinance provides global trade financing infrastructure solutions for importers, exporters, and financial institutions | FintechE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | ||
| Hadi Finance provides financial solutions to informal retailers and SME suppliers | FintechLegal & Compliance | Portfolio page | ||
| iFunza provides an AI-powered collaborative educational platform for students, parents, and schools | EducationEducation | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- thebaobabnetwork.com
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 6 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 26 Oct 2026
- Companies checked
- 50
Rates come from what VCinfo has observed since observation_start. Firms tend to remove companies that closed, so early rates understate reality. A company leaving a portfolio page does not mean it closed or exited. An unreachable site means our checks failed, nothing more.
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