Echo VC Partners

Invest in dots before they become lines.

ECHOVC PARTNERS IS AN EXPERIENCED SEED, EARLY STAGE & GROWTH TECHNOLOGY VENTURE CAPITAL FUND FOCUSED ON FINANCING AND CROSS-POLLINATING LEADING TECHNOLOGIES, TEAMS AND BUSINESS MODELS IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA AND NORTH AMERICA.

As stage-agnostic investors with a combined network of local and global connections, we bring a disruptive approach to investing at the technology intersection of consumer, media, data, & devices and leverage knowledge transfer from Silicon Valley as a driver to seed growth across borders.

Our Mission

Seed and Syndicate Africa’s Entrepreneurial Inspiration®
Identify, Mentor and Invest in World-Class Teams – Connecting Dots & Lines
Impact (Earth-Mover) Outcomes: Infrastructure, Lubricants, Glue, Content, Commerce, Services, Digital Media, Economic Lift
Networking Cross-Border Knowledge and Mentorship

Investment Philosophy

Average investment size ranges from $25,000 to several million dollars depending on the stage of opportunity and capital needs of the business.

Our team capitalizes on the benefits that geo-diversity and knowledge transfer provide to successfully fund the best entrepreneurs and companies in the geographic markets we serve. We are interested in finding and funding amazing teams to build, deliver and scale services and products that matter in local and eventually global audiences. Our segments of interest include: Consumer Internet and Services, SmartGraph and SmartData, Mobile, Digital Media, Content and Advertising, E/M-commerce, Software, Tech-enabled Services and Enterprise Infrastructure.

In Sub-Saharan Africa, we are focusing on the underserved seed/early-stage venture and growth capital technology investment opportunities. Using our Silicon Valley insights and experience, along with knowledge as an amplifier, we aim to fund and develop strategic platforms, incubate local high potential growth companies and help develop mentorship opportunities and local networks. Our goal is to add significant value to, and grow, the tech-based entrepreneurial ecosystems across the continent.

EchoVC is passionate about supporting world-class entrepreneurs and we absolutely love what we do. We understand how hard it is to build great companies, and like all great entrepreneurs, we are orthogonal thinkers and we don’t flinch.

Overview

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Location	Dolphin Estate, 256a Ikorodu Crescent, Ikoyi, Lagos, Nigeria

Targets	Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Congo, Democratic Republic of the, Côte d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Tanzania, United Republic of, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Sectors	Computer software, EdTech, HealthTech, ICT, Information technology, Internet, Mobile
Part of	Investor network