Влияние нового венчурного фонда Flat6Labs на стартапы на рынках Восточной и Западной Африки

Flat6Labs

Flat6Labs is the МЕНА region’s leading seed and early-stage venture capital firm, currently running the most renowned startup programs in the region. Annually, Flat6Labs invests in more than 100 innovative and technology-driven стартапы enabling thousands of passionate entrepreneurs to achieve their daring ambitions and ultimately become their institutional co-founders.

The new fund looks to invest in pre-seed, seed and series A startups throughout the African region. As with itsМЕНА investments, Flat6Labs ориентирован на раннюю стадию технология и компании, занимающиеся цифровым здравоохранением, добавив к своему списку специальностей финтех, сельскохозяйственные технологии и edtech.

The Africa Seed Fund will be split into two distinct, but complementary parts: A $45 million fund that’s part of a trade finance program backed by international development organizations; and a $50 million fund that invests directly in Africa’s early-stage tech ecosystem. Under the terms of both funds, Flat6Labs has committed itself to deploy capital into 40 African startups over the next four years through a combination of equity investments and grants.

Flat6Labs also plans to deploy an additional $10 million into existing portfolio companies in addition to direct capital deployed from the core investment fund. This follows similar approaches taken at other accelerator programs such as Y Combinator: while they offer small amounts of initial funding for specific projects or ideas, they also become long-term backers after their initial investments. Given how many locations Flat6Labs already operates across, it’s possible this investment may extend beyond just East and West Africa later down the line most likely within North Africa where it exists as well.

By making this move in earnest into one of the world’s fastest-growing markets for startups –Africa — Flat6Labs is setting out on a new chapter for seed investing in tech throughout the continent that stands to benefit from its experience working with early-stage businesses over the past 11 years.

Investment Opportunities with Flat6Labs

The fund has made investments in over 100 startups since it was founded in 2011. Its current investment portfolio covers a range of sectors, including fintechs, health tech, logistics, mobility, clean tech, agtech and retail. Flat6Labs follows a sector-agnostic approach when it comes to investing, believing that successful startups can come from any field.

Что касается размера инвестиций, которые Flat6Labs делает в компании и стартапы на ранних стадиях развития, то обычно первоначальные инвестиции составляют от 150 до 400 тысяч долларов, а иногда и до 500 тысяч долларов для дальнейшей поддержки стартапа. По сравнению с прошлыми фондами, которые инвестировали от 30 до 100 тысяч долларов в посевные компании, это показывает, как далеко продвинулся этот фонд и насколько сильно он верит в свои портфельные компании. Это также свидетельствует об их приверженности продвижению инноваций в регионе MENA, а также о плодотворном сотрудничестве с различными партнерами, такими как правительствоагентства и образовательные учреждения.

Flat6Labs собрал в общей сложности $146.9M across 6 funds, their latest being Flat6Labs Africa Seed Fund. This fund was announced on the Mar 14th 2023 and raised a total of $95M. Flat6Labs has made 179 investments. Their most recent investment was on Apr 28, 2023, when Midient raised $125K. Flat6Labs is ranked 419 by crunchbase.
The accelerator has had4 exits. Flat6Labs’s most notable exits include Harmonica, Seemba, и Nafham.

Flat6Labs has 14 current employee profiles, including CEO Ramez El-Serafy.