Outlierz Ventures

Outlierz Ventures is a pioneer African seed-focused VC firm backing outstanding founders solving Africa's most pressing challenges and reinventing the continent's future. We believe technology creates tremendous opportunities for talented entrepreneurs to change the status quo. Our mission is to channel capital, knowledge, and networks to Outlierz founders solving Africa’s pivotal problems, generating outsized returns while creating long-lasting socio-economic impact. We invest at Pre-Seed, Seed, and Pre-Series A stages in companies using technology to transform key traditional industries across Africa's main tech hubs. Our portfolio includes companies in sectors such as fintech, insurtech, agritech, healthtech, and logistics, with a focus on markets including Morocco, Egypt, Nigeria, and Kenya. Our team comprises experienced professionals committed to supporting entrepreneurs in their journey to build impactful businesses. We add value by providing access to our deep network of industry experts and by building bridges between North and Sub-Saharan African markets for expansion, especially opening doors to Francophone Africa. Our investment strategy involves leading or co-leading rounds, focusing on companies solving fundamental problems and digitizing key traditional industries. We are backed by world-class investors and successful entrepreneurs from Silicon Valley and Africa, including Michael Seibel of YCombinator, 500 Startups, as well as former CEOs and C-level executives of large companies in Africa and the diaspora. Our portfolio companies include Kenya's retail tech platform Sokowatch, Morocco's B2B trade platform for Africa WaystoCap, Africa's corporate data company Asoko Insight, Egyptian retail and distribution platform MaxAB, and last-mile B2B logistics company TousFacteurs (diaspora).

Companies must be technology-driven, Address fundamental problems in key industries, Operate in Africa's main tech hubs, Stage: Pre-Seed, Seed, or Pre-Series A, Focus on sectors such as fintech, insurtech, agritech, healthtech, B2B marketplaces, logistics, edtech, proptech, cleantech, mobility, media, e-commerce, foodtech, traveltech, and martech, Companies using technology to transform key traditional industries across Africa's main tech hubs, Companies at Pre-Seed, Seed, and Pre-Series A stages, Companies solving fundamental problems and digitizing key traditional industries