A dedicated initiative for stellar tech entrepreneurs serving the Middle East and Africa

By leveraging Orange Group's expertise, networks & capital on the continent - we accelerate growth and expansion of businesses, nurturing them into global success.
A benchmark VC investor in Africa, with 50m€ under management and a dedicated team based in Cairo, Orange Ventures Africa invests via two distinct streams: Middle East & Africa Champions and Middle East & Africa Seed.

Middle East & Africa Growth

The stream focuses on supporting unique founders with amazing execution capabilities building category-defining businesses in areas of Orange group expertise and beyond in Africa and Middle East.

For tech startups raising from Series A onwards, with pan African or global scaling potential, working in tech sectors including but not limited to Networks & IT, Digital enterprise, Cybersecurity, Fintech, Consumer, Gaming, Edtech, E-commerce



Middle East & Africa Seed

To support the visionary entrepreneurs of Africa's booming tech ecosystem at earlier stages, we launched a special initiative for seed stage companies working in one of the 18 countries of Orange Middle East & Africa fooprint
Cameroon, Madagascar, Egypt, Ivory Coast, Jordan, Morocco, Senegal, Tunisia, Mali, Bissau, Guinea Conakry, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Centrafrique, DR of Congo, Botswana

For entrepreneurs working on innovative tech projects having raised under 1m€ in total funding

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Our news

Socium

  • Investment

19/11/2024

Orange Ventures MEA Seed Fund invests in Socium

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Sayna

  • Investment

28/04/2022

Learn to code and find your first job

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Middle East & Africa Seed Challenge

  • News

17/11/2020

Announcing results

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Youverify joins our portfolio

  • Investment

10/03/2020

Orange Ventures leads $1.5m investment round in Youverify

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Gebeya joins our portfolio

  • Investment

10/02/2020

OV co-leads pre series A of the Pan African Ed Tech & online Marketplace

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Africa’s tech growth

  • Report

01/07/2019

Our take on today’s ecosystem & key driving forces behind it

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Actility

Actility

Actility is a leading provider of network solutions and managed information systems for the Internet of Things (IoT), partnering with several leading carriers worldwide. They build a fully integrated software platform for nationwide IoT services, offering ready-to-go IoT connectivity, data and devices management solutions, plus a full set of ready-to-sell applications, in a unique combination of assets to federate this nascent ecosystem.

Actility.com

 

Africa’s Talking

Africa’s Talking

Based in Nairobi, Kenya, Africa’s Talking is currently the leading company providing access to telecom operators’ communication and payment APIs (programming interfaces) for developers. It is now the favourite solution of many Kenyan startups and over 15,000 developers, many of which rely on these APIs including SMS, voice and USSD to design services that are revolutionising financial, energy, health and insurance services among others.

https://africastalking.com/

 

Airalo

Airalo

Airalo is the world’s first eSIM store that solves the pain of high roaming bills by giving you access to 200+ eSIMs (digital SIM cards) globally at affordable prices.

 

https://www.airalo.com/

 

Batch

Batch

Created by Simon Dawlat and Antoine Guénard in 2015, Batch is recognized on the market and is growing rapidly and steadily thanks to its new generation CRM platform allowing brands to make their customer journeys mobile centric. It has 70 employees spread between Paris and Lyon and over 500 customers, including most media outlets, many key accounts, service companies, and startups as well as 30% of its customers being international – from the UK and Germany.

https://batch.com/

Bigblue

Bigblue

Bigblue is an asset light, end-to-end, plug-and-play and multi-channel fulfillment solution for independent D2C brands.

https://www.bigblue.co/

Brut.

Brut.

Leading global media brand for millennials and Gen Z, Brut. produces every day 100% video content aimed at new generations. Europe’s most powerful social media with 39 million unique viewers according to Tubular Audience Ratings, Brut. is building a unique community around the world through eight social media platforms, offering entertainment and news analysis according to a positive and committed editorial line focused on themes with high social impact.

Brut. contents are viewed in more than 100 countries, gather 300 million unique viewers worldwide per month, generated 20 billion views in 2020 and reached 1 billion users on Facebook this same year. Founded in 2016, Brut. is located in Paris and employs over 150 people.

 

https://www.brut.media/

Bryj

Bryj

Bryj is a SaaS platform that transforms any consumer, business, or employee interface into amazing user experiences in app stores worldwide.

A start-up with French roots headquartered in Silicon Valley in San Francisco, is a leading provider of new generation Mobile Marketing Automation solutions.

Its business mobile marketing platform helps marketing teams boost their mobile app engagement rates by creating personalised customer experiences.

Known for its innovation, it is trusted by brands like TF1, Wells Fargo, KFC, Sanofi, Michelin, Cartier, Louis Vuitton, Allianz and BNP Paribas Cardif.

The company has offices in New York, and Montreal, in addition to the Paris office which drives its innovation and development.

bryj.ai

DataGalaxy

DataGalaxy

DataGalaxy is an innovative startup specializing in collaborative data governance. Focused on usage, DataGalaxy offers the first agile data mapping platform, which enables teams to share a common knowledge of the company’s data to stay focused on the essential: creating value with data.

Dataiku

Dataiku

Dataiku was founded on the principle that in order to succeed in the world’s rapidly evolving ecosystem, companies — no matter what their industry or size — must use data to continuously innovate. Since its founding in 2013, Dataiku has been the leader in democratizing data and empowering organization-wide collaboration.

Today, more than 450 companies worldwide use Dataiku to systemize their use of data and AI, driving diverse use cases from fraud detection to customer churn prevention, predictive maintenance to supply chain optimization, and everything in between.

 

https://www.dataiku.com/

Epoca

Epoca

Epoca provides an intelligent remote medical monitoring platform that analyzes data collected via connected objects and provides remote monitoring of patients at home. It aggregates multiple data using Artificial Intelligence capable of analyzing the patient’s general health status in a personalized manner. Care managers (health professionals) and the Epoca doctor monitor the patient’s condition and alert the appropriate health service if necessary, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

https://epoca.health/

Famoco

Famoco

FAMOCO is the leader in Android-based transaction devices. Created in 2010 and awarded the Pass French Tech Label, FAMOCO’s sights are set on the transport, payment, logistics and access control markets and on equipment for mobile workers. With its range of secure and remotely managed devices, the company has developed the first Android-based transaction solution. This French start-up is experiencing strong international growth and is now present in 30 countries and has deployed more than 100,000 devices in 2½ years of commercial availability. Among its customers are prestigious companies such as Google, Gemalto, Alipay, Orange, Groupe Accor and Airtel. With support from Bpifrance’s Hub, FAMOCO already has 4 international offices: Paris, Brussels, New Delhi and Hong Kong.

famoco.com

Gebeya

Gebeya

Gebeya is a Pan African Ed Tech and online Marketplace Company headquartered in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The company focuses on cultivating the untapped tech potential of the African youth through its training program to prepare them for the demands of the global market. Gebeya aims to become an active contributor to Africa’s digital transformation and build a booming Africa for Africans through continental and global job opportunities.

https://gebeya.com/

 

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- matches one of our investment streams
- is tackling fundamental challenges using technology
- has reached its market fit and secured revenues
- has a large addressable market and high growth potential on an international scale

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