FirstCheck Africa is an early believer for a generation of African women in tech. We invest early, with high conviction, in high-growth female-led startups with category-leadership potential with check sizes of up to $250K.
Employees: 1-10
Founded date: 2021
Portfolio 11
| Date | Name | Website | Total Raised | Location |
| 01.02.2025 | Knabu | knabu.me | $2.5M | United Kin... |
| 27.11.2023 | Kola Marke... | kola.market | - | United Sta... |
| 27.11.2023 | Cleva Bank... | getcleva.com | $1.5M | United Sta... |
| - | Jumba | thejumba.com | $4.5M | Kenya, Nai... |
| - | Uncover | uncoverskincare.co | $3.4M | Kenya, Nai... |
| - | Akiba Digi... | akibadigital.com | - | South Afri... |
| - | FoondaMate | foondamate.com | $2M | United Sta... |
| - | Tushop | tushop.io | $3M | - |
| - | Healthtrac... | healthtracka.com | $3M | United Sta... |
| - | Zoie Healt... | zoie.health | - | South Afri... |
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Persons 2
| Date | First Name | Last Name | Title | Location | |||
| - | Odunayo | Eweniyi | Co-Founder... | linkedin.c... | - | - | - |
| - | Eloho | Omame | Co-Founder... | linkedin.c... | - | - | - |
Mentions in press and media 17
| Date | Title | Description |
| 14.02.2025 | “Success speaks louder than stereotypes”–Norrsken22’s Lexi Novitske and Precious John-Adeyemi on bridging funding gap for female founders | Scaling a startup requires capital to invest in technology, hire talent, and achieve product-market fit. Many entrepreneurs rely on investors to fund this vision, but female founders find it more difficult to secure capital compared to men ... |
| 23.04.2024 | TLcom Capital Closes Africa's Largest Early-Stage VC Fund at $154 Million | TLcom Capital, an African VC firm, has successfully closed its second fund, TIDE Africa Fund II, at $154 million, solidifying its position as the largest investor in seed and Series A startups across Africa. The oversubscribed fund attracte... |
| 22.04.2024 | TLcom closes Africa’s largest early-stage VC fund at $154 Million | Today, TLcom Capital, the Africa-focused venture capital firm, announced the final close of TIDE Africa Fund II, its second fund for technology in Africa, at $154 million. Confirming TLcom Capital’s status as Africa’s largest Seed and Serie... |
| 24.10.2023 | In the wake of Dash’s closure due to fraud, 5 investors talk due diligence in Africa | It’s been a tough year for tech startups globally. These struggles have manifested in layoffs, down rounds and complete shutdowns caused by current market conditions, utter mismanagement or fraud. This August, SoftBank sued one of its portf... |
| 10.10.2023 | TLcom announces Africa Tech Female Founder Summit 2023 | TLcom Capital, the Africa-focused venture capital firm, has officially announced its fifth annual Africa Tech Female Founder Summit, which will be held on Tuesday 14th November 2022 in Lagos, Nigeria. The headline session will feature a fir... |
| 07.03.2023 | International Women's Day 2023: These Eight Women Tech Entrepreneurs Made Significant Changes In The Tech Industry | Trisha Kae Andrada, Tech Times 07 March 2023, 08:03 pm (Photo : Tech Times owns this image.) The introduction of new technology changes everything. How we go about doing things like banking and shopping depends on it. It affects how we take... |
| 20.10.2022 | MoneyHash expands operations into sub-Saharan Africa | Large organisations that operate in Africa often have issues with payment collection due to the varying currencies on the continent, differing government policies and fragment payment systems. To remedy this, these organisations have to hir... |
| 20.10.2022 | Bumpa raises $4 million in seed funding to help underserved SMEs grow and manage their business | Emerging e-commerce startup: Bumpa has announced a $4 million raise in its just-completed seed funding round. This round was led by Base10 Partners with participation from Plug & Play Ventures commerce fund, SHL Capital, Jedar Capital, ... |
| 27.06.2022 | TLcom Capital appoints Eloho Omame as partner to back more pre-seed and female-led startups | Africa-focused venture capital firm TLcom Capital has appointed Eloho Omame as a partner six months after announcing the first close of TIDE Africa Fund II, its $150 million second fund (it expects to reach a second close later this year, a... |
| 27.06.2022 | FirstCheck’s Eloho Omame joins TLcom Capital to find and fund younger startups | Eloho Omame, co-founder and General Partner at FirstCheck Africa, has joined TLcom Capital as a Partner. Omame will support TLcom’s high-touch investment approach and help the firm discover best-fit investment opportunities as it seeks to d... |
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