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FirstCheck Africa
Venture capital
FirstCheck Africa is an early-stage venture capital firm that writes first checks for female-led startups in Africa. It is sector-agnostic and backs diverse teams building high-growth companies.
Invests inFintechE-commerce & MarketplacesHealthcare & Biotech
In its own wordsfemale foundersafricasector-agnosticearly-stagefintechcommerce
Your fit with FirstCheck Africa
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Or find every investor that fitsFirstCheck Africa lists 12 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 2 funding rounds. Its most frequent entry is Seed, 100% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are Fintech (30%), E-commerce & Marketplaces (20%) and Healthcare & Biotech (20%). 33% of its companies are based in United States. It invests most often alongside LoftyInc Capital, DFS Lab and TLcom Capital.
Counts come from funding rounds that name FirstCheck Africa, 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 FirstCheck Africa's whole history. Rounds on record name 2 companies; its own site lists 12. 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 | 0% |
| Seed | 100% |
| 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 | 1 | 0 |
| '26 | 1 | 0 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 30th | 12 companies |
| Recent activity | 59th | 1 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 100th | 100% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 52th | 0% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 52th | 30% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 78th | 5 countries |
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
Show as a table
| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| Fintech | 30% | 12% |
| E-commerce & Marketplaces | 20% | 6% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 20% | 15% |
| Space & Defense | 10% | 3% |
| Enterprise Software | 5% | 8% |
| Education | 5% | 7% |
| AI & Machine Learning | 5% | 18% |
| Food & Agriculture | 5% | 3% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| LoftyInc Capital | 3 |
| DFS Lab | 2 |
| TLcom Capital | 2 |
| The Continent Venture Partners | 2 |
| Y Combinator | 2 |
| 1confirmation | 1 |
| 4DX Ventures | 1 |
| Alumni Ventures | 1 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers12100%
- 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 togetherAll co-investors or Compare portfolios with LoftyInc Capital
Compare FirstCheck Africa 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 FirstCheck Africa| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 6 Feb 2026 | Seed | |
| 5 Aug 2025 | Seed |
Round details for FirstCheck Africa
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in FirstCheck Africa's rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
12 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Akiba provides a risk decisioning engine and API products for customer verification, risk analysis, and fraud intelligence to help businesses make decisions and streamline their onboarding process. | FintechSpace & Defense | Portfolio page | ||
| FoondaMate provides a smart AI study robot available 24/7 on chat applications, giving access to past exam papers, memos, and homework answers | EducationAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Fusepay builds software and payments for trade businesses | FintechE-commerce & Marketplaces | Aug 2025Seed | Funding round | |
| Cleva allows users to send money across borders, particularly to Nigeria, and provides other financial services such as multi-currency accounts and virtual cards. | FintechE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | ||
| Healthtracka provides lab testing services, including at-home testing and walk-in lab services, with doctor consultations to explain results. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Kola connects consumer brands to verified retailers across Ghana and West Africa | FintechE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | ||
| MoneyHash provides payment infrastructure software to help businesses improve payment success rates and reduce costs in emerging markets. | FintechSpace & Defense | Portfolio page | ||
| Ruvo automates prior authorization for hospitals by taking cases from the work queue, checking coverage, submitting to payers, and making phone calls to resolve pending cases. | Healthcare & Biotech | Feb 2026Seed | Funding round | |
| Jumba helps hardware businesses digitize their operations, understand their finances and access credit. | FintechEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Tushop delivers groceries, wholesale products, and other items to customers. | E-commerce & MarketplacesFood & Agriculture | Portfolio page | ||
| The company sells skincare products for melanin-rich skin | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Zoie Health delivers expert virtual care, supplements, community and pharmacy services for women and families. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- firstcheck.africa
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 5 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 5 Aug 2025
- Companies checked
- 12
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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