Pre-seed to Series A
Every great company starts as a single line.
A founder. An idea. A first cheque. We back people building across Africa, the diaspora and beyond, and we walk the whole route with them.
The route
Named for a queen whose caravans crossed continents.
The incense route once carried trade from Sheba to the Mediterranean. Ours runs from your first idea to a company that matters, with three stops along the way.
01Conviction
We arrive early.
Before the revenue chart, before the round gets crowded. We write first cheques and decide in weeks, not quarters.
First cheque
£250k to £1.5M
02Company
We stay close.
Operators who have built and sold companies sit beside you for the hard parts, not just the board meetings.
- Hiring
- Pricing
- Fundraising
- First customers
- The 2am calls
03Continents
We open doors.
Customers, co-investors and talent across three continents, one introduction away.
London--:--Lagos--:--Addis Ababa--:--Nairobi--:--
The travellers
Founders already on the line.
Your line starts here.
Every application is read by a partner, and every founder hears back. No warm introduction needed.