Focused on Africa(ns)>
We Fund Africa's Future Tech Giants.
What we do >
Change
The Narrative -
One Unicorn At A Time
We track, fund, and serve Seed stage to Pre-Series A tech companies across the African continent and its diaspora focused on tech & infrastructure.
Our role is to act as the invisible hand connecting the best operators and fully scale the ecosystem through growth capital. The most successful African businesses are global businesses. We feed and curate constant connectivity within the continent and the rest of the world.
What we're investing in >
We Back
Three Key
Sectors
Telecommunication >
Internet infrastructure, Ai, Automated Online Broadcasting, SaaS and Cloud infrastructure.
The changes ahead are already having radical effect on society. We bet on local champions to show the way in emerging markets and build the bridge with global centers of innovation.
20%
of our target portfolio
Africa >
Africa
in Numbers
43%
CAGR - African Start-ups have a 2x higher rate of returns compared to Western counterparts.
$1.3T
yearly need estimated by the United Nations for Africa to achieve development goals.
1.4%
of US$ 233.9 Billion Global VC funding allocated to Africa in 2022. Extremely Low Penetration.
$20M
Ryad's first fund target AuM.
