Raba is not a "fund." We are a partnership, a team of people who partner with founders to build companies that generate outsized returns and solve real-world problems. We have been early partners to the founders of many category-defining African software and internet companies. This site is designed to help founders learn about who we are and what we do @Raba.
We build long-term partnerships with long-term people.
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ποΈ Portfolio of companies and founders we are building with
Company | First partnered @ | Co-partners | Focus | Sector |
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Axis Pay | Pre-seed | firstminute | Sawari | Tiger Global | B2B2C fintech and payments company | Fintech |
Octo | Pre-seed | Raba as Founding partner | Consumer wallet and companion card | Fintech |
COVA | Pre-seed | TBA | Consolidated tracker for financial and digital assets | Fintech |
Flutterwave | Pre-seed | Avenir | DST | Tiger Global | Payments API infrastructure across Africa | Fintech |
OnePipe | Pre-seed | Tribe Capital | Banking as a service for African fintechs | Fintech |
Ramani | Pre-seed | Village Global | YCombinator | Software and payments for distributors and merchants | Fintech |
Shara | Pre-seed | TBA | Social payments and finance for African markets | Fintech |
Stitch | Pre-seed | firstminute | Paypal | Spruce House | API infrastructure for African fintechs | Fintech |
Thndr | Pre-seed | Prosus (Naspers) | Tiger Global | Digital investment platform focused on Egypt and beyond | Fintech |
Cashi | Seed | Fawry | Merchant payments and software | Fintech |
FloatPays | Seed | YCombinator | Fintech software focused on earned wage access | Fintech |
Kwara | Seed | Norrsken | Softbank Emerge | Credit union focused challenger bank | Fintech |
Nile.ag | Seed | Naspers Foundry | PIP | B2B marketplace and financial infrastructure | Fintech |
Djamo | Series A | Partech | Digital bank focused on Francophone Africa | Fintech |
Yoco | Series B+ | Dragoneer | Merchant payments and software starting in South Africa | Fintech |
Nestcoin | Pre-seed | Alameda | Distributed Global | Crypto and decentralised finance infrastructure | Crypto |
BVNK* | Seed | Avenir | Concentric | Tiger Global | Digital asset payments and banking | Crypto |
Bitnob | Seed | FTX Ventures | Kingsway Capital | Lightning network payments infrastructure | Crypto |
Busha | Seed | Cadenza | Jump Capital | Crypto exchange and payments | Crypto |
Caliza | Seed | Abstract | QED | Valor | APIs for fintechs to offer crypto payments and wallets | Crypto |
Float Capital | Seed | Alameda | Maven 11 | DeFi primitives and infrastructure | Crypto |
YellowCard | Series A | Coinbase | Square Inc | Valar | Pan-African crypto payments and exchange | Crypto |
VALR | Series B | Coinbase | Pantera | Institutional crypto exchange and payments | Crypto |
54gene | Series A | Adjuvant | KdT | YCombinator | Global medical discovery using African DNA | Healthcare |
mPharma | Series A | Breyer Capital | Social Capital | Software and data focused on digitising healthcare in Africa | Healthcare |
Kobo360 | Seed | Goldman Sachs | IFC | Digital freight forwarder and logistics for Africa | Logistics |
Lori Systems | Series A | DST | Hillhouse Capital | Trucking logistics marketplace and software for African carriers | Logistics |
Twiga | Seed | Goldman Sachs | IFC | Digital vertically integrated grocery for Africans | Logistics |
AMMP | Seed | Point Nine | Software tools for renewable energy companies | Climate |
Cloudline | Pre-seed | TBA | Software-powered autonomous airships and last-mile logistics | Climate |
Future Africa | Seed | LocalGlobe | Holding company that builds and invests in African companies | HoldingCo |
TBA = To be announced. *angel and Raba. As of 6.30.2022.
πΏ Our philosophy
We partner with founders building software and internet-first companies. We get involved early β during a time when we can have outsized impact. We have developed a series of investment themes that inform our partnership decisions. Our focus is on companies that facilitate the efficient movement of capital and essential products β the rails that enable other businesses to be built.
We believe long-term investment results are driven by a combination of an unconventional thesis, a rigorous investment process, and the ability to invest with a longer-term horizon than traditional market participants. Through our network of limited partners, we've built long-term thinking and company-building experience into our operating system from the start.
We align interests with our partners and are among the largest LPs in Raba's funds.
πͺπΎ Our team
Our broader team, our limited partners
We are proud to call the backers of Raba friends and partners. They come from varied backgrounds and include many of the best global investors and operators. Each is a welcome guest at our home. Partner fit and long-term relationships are at the core of our partnership. Many of our founders we have backed have invested their personal capital directly with us.
We are comfortable stating that we are NOT appropriate for most partners.
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