Aika Africa Fund

Where capital meets opportunity.

Africa's marketplace where screened businesses and serious investors meet, match and raise long-term capital.

Put a one-page profile in front of pre-screened investors and raise long-term funding — with predictable, stage-by-stage access.

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Pre-screened & verified NDA-gated profiles Unicorn screening

VerifiedBiometric & UBO

Pamoja LogisticsLast-mile delivery · Kenya

Unicorn

+38%YoY growth

A−Aika rating

$1.2MRaising

Match strength0%

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Pipeline readyPre-screened deals

One platform, the full journey

Everything Africa's builders and backers need.

Raise long-term capital

Get a one-page profile in front of pre-screened investors and raise the funding to scale — on predictable terms.

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Find pipeline

Access a curated flow of investment-ready, screened ventures.

Build your venture

Work with experts to scale — venture building that goes beyond support.

Track impact

Real-time ESG KPIs that unlock green-finance opportunities.

USD 331B

Africa's annual SME financing gap. The market Aika is built to close.

70%

of SMEs struggle to secure adequate funding and lack visibility.

2 weeks

of focused access to a business once the NDA is signed.

Built for both sides of the deal

Where good entrepreneurs and serious capital finally meet.

For founders & SMEs

Get ahead of the financing queue

A funding marketplace where doing things right gets you noticed — and funded.

Automatic matching saves time on the fundraising trail.
A clear tag & rating for entrepreneurs doing things right.
Engage only investors ready to commit, not those still doing R&D.
Predictable access to long-term finance, with stage-by-stage updates.

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For investors & fund managers

Deploy capital, not cold outreach

Built by investment professionals, for investment professionals. Less pipeline-building, more deployment.

A pipeline of pre-screened, investment-ready ventures.
Run your own funds & modules in a sandbox, with no data overlap.
Real-time ESG & impact KPIs that unlock green finance.
Deep local knowledge replaces boots on the ground.

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How Aika works

From screened profile to signed deal.

Screen & onboard

Biometric liveness and UBO checks before anyone enters the marketplace.

Match on metrics

Automatic matching surfaces the right counterpart, with a unicorn indicator.

Sign the NDA

Both sides sign, opening a confidential, compliant window to engage.

Two-week access

A focused window for the summary, data room and diligence — then deploy.

Why Aika

Closing Africa's financing gap.

Africa's SMEs face a USD 331B annual financing gap. Aika connects screened businesses with serious investors — turning real opportunity into long-term capital, transparently.