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  This is in response to the growing demand for its expert car diagnostics services from customers outside Lagos. Launched in 2019, 234Parts has in the ensuing years established itself as Sub-Saharan Africa’s largest online auto spare parts marketplace. 234parts offers a blend of classified and e-commerce services to customers. The service is delivered via …

234Parts.com extends its diagnostics service to key cities in Nigeria Read More »

  Our Portfolio company Filmmakers mart is building a marketplace for African creatives. You read that right! Registering to become a service provider under Filmmakers Mart provides you with the opportunity to make money working with filmmakers and creatives within Africa! Visit filmmakersmart.com to register now as a service provider 😄

As a business owner or organization, verifying the physical address of your customers is necessary for KYC compliance and ensuring you stay clear of the wrong individuals. Here’s exactly how you can achieve it: Read the article on Youverify’s website The nature of businesses today and compliance regulations have made address verification in Nigeria very …

YouVerify in the news Read More »

  With the current astronomical rises of Petrol and its followup effect on general household items prices, managing the cost of transportation has become a “must-do” especially in Africa. This is the industry that SolarTaxi, under the leadership of George Kwadwo Appiah, is trying to tackle. Pls read the article below to see the efforts …

Rising Fuel Prices: Ghana Begins to Adopt EVs as SolarTaxi Brings Electric Motorbikes to The On-Demand Delivery Market Read More »

The Founder Showcase is Silicon Valley’s leading international startup pitch event, helping pre-seed startups learn, launch, and connect to investors. On this interactive online event you can watch presentations from promising pre-seed startups from across the globe, and hear from Keynote Speaker David Brown (Founder, Board Member & Former CEO of Techstars). In addition, there …

Founder Showcase: Startup Pitch & Networking Event, with David Cohen (Techstars) Read More »

  The African communities is a natural setting to being “your-brothers-keeper”, we constantly borrow money from friends and family when we are short! Well, this act has turned friends to enemies, when the other party refused to pay back. Download the Sycamore.NG app and learn to manage this very import transactions that you do all …

Sycamore.Ng recognized by Yale Africa Startup Review as one of the startups shaping the future of Africa with entrepreneurship. Read More »

“When I retired in 2019, I wasn’t quite sure what I wanted to do, but I knew that I wanted to give back.” Our community round lead investor, Bade Aluko speaks on his journey from entrepreneur to investor, and his mission to create opportunity for African startups Read full article here Entrepreneurship and Investing in Africa: A …

Our Managing Partner was interviewed by Untapped Global. See the full article below Read More »

In 2020, the Founder Institute launched ‘VC Lab’ to help new fund managers launch venture firms across the globe. Here are some stats after one year into this journey: – 75 venture funds launched– Over $100m+ raised from LPs– Average time to first close is 5 months– 57% of participants did not have prior VC …

Founder Institute launched ‘VC Lab’ to help new fund managers launch venture firms across the globe Read More »

  Rachel Sheppard, is the director of global marketing at global pre-seed accelerator Founder Institute, and co-founder of the Female Founder Initiative, a program launched in 2016 as a means of offering support, funding, and visibility to female founders.  Hiring in the US has slowed sharply over recent months despite good progress being made in the country’s economic …

5 Steps To Ensure Your Return To Work Strategy Isn’t Excluding People From The Future Of Work Read More »