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Aika Africa Fund · Marketplace

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A single digital marketplace for capital across Africa — where screened businesses and serious investors meet, match and move on real metrics.

Find capital

Raise long-term funding & the skills to scale.

For SMEs & startups → Looking for pipeline

Access screened, investment-ready ventures.

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USD 331Bfinancing gap
2 weeksaccess window
100%verified onboarding
Deal flow  ·  screened pipeline Fund management  ·  private-cloud funds Venture building  ·  scale with experts Impact module  ·  real-time ESG
Why now

The opportunity Aika is built to capture.

USD 331B
Africa's estimated annual SME financing gap — the market Aika exists to close.
70%
of SMEs struggle to secure adequate funding, lacking visibility and structure.
1
seamless, secure marketplace for capital — purpose-built for transparency.
How it works

Screen, match, sign, access — a path built for speed and trust.

Screen

Digital onboarding with biometric liveness & UBO checks. Only verified businesses enter the marketplace.

Match

Automatic matching on live metrics, with a unicorn indicator that screens for the strongest ventures.

Sign NDA

Once the business agrees, both parties sign — opening a confidential, compliant window to engage.

2-week access

A focused window for the one-page summary, data room and due diligence — then deploy with confidence.

For SMEs & entrepreneurs

Get ahead of the financing queue

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

  • Meet vetted investors virtually with automatic matching.
  • A clear tag & rating for entrepreneurs doing things right.
  • Predictable access to long-term finance, with stage notifications.
Find capital →
For investors & fund managers

Deploy capital, not cold outreach

Built by investment professionals, for investment professionals.

  • A pipeline of pre-screened, investment-ready ventures.
  • Sandbox funds & modules with no data overlap.
  • Real-time ESG KPIs that unlock green-finance opportunities.
Find pipeline →
Impact as a value driver

Growing with good entrepreneurs — and measuring it.

Aika's impact module isn't a reporting chore. It actively tracks real-time ESG KPIs that help SMEs unlock green-finance opportunities and help funds meet their impact goals — backing the businesses building Africa's future.

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An African team of entrepreneurs and investors in a boardroom meeting
Transparent & compliant by design

Trust is the foundation, not a feature.

Verified onboarding

Biometric liveness & UBO checks before anyone enters.

Two-way transparency

No backroom deals — information symmetry for both sides.

Unicorn screening

Screen on provided metrics to surface the strongest ventures.

Impact tracked

Real-time ESG KPIs that unlock green finance.

Join the marketplace

A market for capital,
opportunity & skills.

The LinkedIn for businesses and financiers — bridging the financing gap and catalysing investment across Africa. Your gateway to the platform starts here.

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