Aruwa Capital Management

Aruwa Capital Management is a Lagos-based, female-founded and led growth equity impact fund. The firm focuses on investing in rapidly growing companies that provide essential goods and services to women or are founded/co-founded by women or have gender-diverse teams. Aruwa Capital Management aims to unlock untapped investment opportunities that have been historically overlooked due to the underrepresentation of women in investment decision-making roles. The firm's investment strategy centers on high-growth small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in sectors such as healthcare, energy access, financial services, and consumer goods. Aruwa Capital Management prioritizes female-founded or female-led businesses or businesses that produce goods and services that benefit women. The firm employs a gender lens investing approach, aiming to advance women's economic empowerment throughout all of its investments. Aruwa Capital Management has a track record of investing in companies like MDaaS Global, a Nigerian e-health startup, which secured $3 million in a pre-Series A funding round to advance its technology platform. The firm has also invested in AgroEknor International, a fast-growing agribusiness, and FairMoney, a fintech company. Aruwa Capital Management's portfolio reflects its commitment to supporting businesses that drive positive social and economic outcomes across Africa.

Female-founded or female-led businesses, Companies providing essential goods and services to women, Businesses with gender-diverse teams, SMEs with annual turnover of at least $300-500k, Proven management teams with a history of delivering business plans