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VC4A and ABAN are looking back at a successful edition of the 7th andvirtual edition of the Africa Early Stage Investor Summit (#AESIS2020). The Summit took place on 3 & 4 November online. With a number of record-level deals making the headlines over the last year, Africa’s startup industry is ripe for investment. During the two-day virtual Summit, we came together, interacted and collaborated on deals – to invest in a resilient Africa. 

AESIS is ‘for investors, by investors’. To ensure this investor community is able to connect and continue important discussions during these unprecedented times, VC4A and ABAN offer investors the opportunity to join free of charge. You are welcome to invite your networks, but keep in mind the Summit is investor-only.

Headlining the Summit are renown international and local investors – with leading African angels and VC fund managers. Speakers include:

Iyinoluwa Aboyeji

Future Africa

Mobolaji Adeoye

Consonance Investment Managers

Adedana Ashebir

Village Capital

Eline Blaauboer

Africa tech Ventures, TBL Mirror Fund

Ola Brown

Greentree Investment Company

Clive Butkow

Kalon Venture Partners

Maelis Carraro

Catalyst Fund / BFA Global

Llew Claasen

Newtown Partners

Lauren Cochran

Blue Haven Initiative

Brett Commaille

Hlayisani Capital

Sangu Delle

Golden Palm Invesments Corporation

Tarek El Kady

Alex Angels

Rebecca Enonchong

APPSTECH

Bertrand Fotsing

Oracle Corporation

Alexandra Fraser

Dazzle Angels

Aaron Fu

Catalyst Fund - BFA

Anton Gaylard

Crossfin Technology Holdings

Zachariah George

Startupbootcamp Africa

Steven Grin

Lateral Capital

Stephen Gugu

Viktoria Ventures

Tim Harris

Wesgro

Tokunboh Ishmael

Alitheia Capital

Khaled Ismail

HIMangel

Candace Johnson

Johnson Paradigm Ventures

Omobola Johnson

TLcom Capital

Shonam Khaitan

AWS Activate

Derrick Kotze

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Acha Leke

McKinsey & Company

Benji Meltzer

Aerobotics

Carla Montesi

European Commission

Nivanne Mortagy

IFC

Danai Musandu

Goodwell Investment

Anne Njuki

DOB Equity

Justin Norman

The Flip

Jean-Noel Odier

Bamboo Capital Partner

Oluwakemi Mabel Olajide, MSc

Alitheia Capital

Gerrad Olisa-Ashar

Diaspora Angels

Eghosa Omoigui

EchoVC

Kwaku Owusu-Achaw

Shell Foundation

Aristide Ouattara

Deloitte Afrique

Matthias Papet

COINAFRIQUE

Lelemba Phiri

Africa Trust Group

Mathilde Schmidt-Rhen

VC4A

Hannah Subayi Kamuanga

Dazzle Angels

Rasima Swarup

BFA Global

Sewu-Steve Tawia

Asime Ventures

Arthur Thuet

Saviu Ventures

Wim van der Beek

Goodwell

Anton van Vlaanderen

4Di Capital

Fabian Whate

Naspers Foundry

Ben White

VC4A

Ryosuke Yamawaki

Kepple Africa Ventures

Erick Yong

GreenTec Capital Partners

VC4A is excited to see the Venture Showcase becoming a great example of true industry collaboration. The vetting process is fully undertaken by our partnering external investors, where these organizations refer their portfolio companies ready for the next round. These investors then assess the opportunities and ultimately decide who will appear on the virtual #AESIS2020 stage.

Investor participation has been outstanding this year, with 70+ major VCs and multiple angel groups and leading accelerators involved in the process. We believe initiatives like this help to build trust and foster collaboration between industry stakeholders, and importantly, create both co-investment opportunities and exit opportunities for our partners.

The selected companies for the VC4A Venture Showcase Series A and Seed program can be reviewed below. And the founders will showcase their businesses online during the Africa Early Stage Investor Summit 2020. Make sure you don’t miss this opportunity to meet the founders and reach out to them if you want to learn more.