Stuart Minnaar

Impact Investment | All things VC in EU & Africa | Aspiring & emerging fund manager | Father of 2 & 🐕 | 🇿🇦-🇪🇸-🇬🇧-🇪🇸

[Stuart Minnaar @mincestew]

NopeaRide 🇰🇪closed after parent insolvency.
SafeBoda 🇰🇪Exited Kenya, thrives in Uganda
MondoRide 🇰🇪$5M raised, lost to competition.
Gokada 🇳🇬Pivoted to logistics
SWVL 🌍$100M+, exited key markets
Little Cab🇹🇿growing elsewhere.
WhereismyTransport 🇿🇦27m raised
Mobius 🇰🇪$56M Raised

[Stuart Minnaar @mincestew]

#AfricanMobility #EVs #cleantech
The rise and fall of African Mobility Startups: A Cautionary Tale. 🚗🌱
Below are the stories of 8 startups who once aimed to revolutionise transportation across the continent, Let’s take a moment to remember!

[Stuart Minnaar @mincestew]

Any African #angelinvestors - I'm hosting an info session on Angel Investment in Africa and how to start with $1500

Date: 23 July 2024, 6pm CAT/CET

https://t.co/IsxvjSycLv

[Stuart Minnaar @mincestew]

We are looking for 🇪🇺 European and 🌍 African climate tech (decarbonisation) startups raising between €250k - €1m.

Criteria: registered entity, could be pre-revenue, proven revenue model is great, commercial traction: pilot, MVP or soft launch, valuation below €5m. DM me

[Stuart Minnaar @mincestew]

@dePAKES Learn

[Stuart Minnaar @mincestew]

@The_MMW Wealth

[Stuart Minnaar @mincestew]

@UliKuenzel VC

[Stuart Minnaar @mincestew]

@StephNass Would love to join please.

[Stuart Minnaar @mincestew]

@UliKuenzel VC

[Stuart Minnaar @mincestew]

@colingrowlancer 131

[Nichole Wischoff @NWischoff]

Looking for an intern this summer to work directly with me on every aspect of building and scaling a new venture firm. Sourcing and diligence on deals, managing existing portfolio, planning a massive Summit, LP relations, etc. Will be a blast! https://t.co/9qeOr65oqv

[Stuart Minnaar @mincestew]

🚀 There's still time to apply to Included VC's Global Venture Capital Fellowship!
📆 Deadline: April 19th 1pm BST
✅✊🏽 For people from underrepresented communities
✅✊🏽 Fully-funded VC education, masterclasses, mentorship, retreats
👉🏾 Apply today: https://t.co/ZeEa54RIru

[Eunice Ajim @euniceajim]

Want to raise venture capital in Africa?

If you don't have powerful networks, it can feel exhausting.

Here are 8 tips (I learned the hard way) to scale your African startup:

[Steph from OpenVC @StephNass]

We've just released a VC search engine 🙃

4,400+ VC firms. Type in "Enterprise SaaS 👨‍💼", "Fintech 💵", "Black founder 👨🏿‍🦱", "Woman-led 🙋🏻‍♀️"... And voilà!

It's 100% free and collaborative: https://t.co/KQgQIlMLOr

Also, RT to help a founder out! 👏👏👏

[Stuart Minnaar @mincestew]

@byosko send

[Elizabeth Yin 💛 @dunkhippo33]

Looking to raise pre-seed or seed capital?

Pitch your company on The Pitch!

[Stuart Minnaar @mincestew]

@StephNass This is what we use internally: https://t.co/8vSMch4J2B

[Stuart Minnaar @mincestew]

@seed_blink I noticed that UK is not one of the listed countries for the personal verification process? Just want to check why that is? Tx

[Stuart Minnaar @mincestew]

@JuneAngelides I have seen the same in verticals that don’t traditionally have/need a fintech component: eco-tourism, healthtech and insurance. Might be as founders are seeing that African fintech generates the most investment (75 deals worth north of $1.1bn in total in 2021). Signaling? 🤷🏽‍♂️

[Stuart Minnaar @mincestew]

@RevolutApp Sent a DM

[Stuart Minnaar @mincestew]

@RevolutApp I was chatting to your agents to solve a transaction issue and they sent me a google form: https://t.co/uAqCaywBqb is this a scam? Would imagine Revolut would be able to pay for secure in-house forms.